January 7 – The Premier League kicked off 2025 with a below-average attendance week, recording 97.12% capacity across its ten matches—marking a notable drop from the consistent 98%+ averages seen during the festive period.
January 7 – Germany is renowned for its youth development programmes, and that is set to continue after Borussia Dortmund announced a new partnership between its Nachwuchsleistungszentrum (Youth Academy) and VfB Waltrop.
January 7 – Benfica Football Club has announced ambitious plans to expand their iconic stadium in Lisbon to a 70,000-seat capacity.
January 7 – Tammy Abraham’s stoppage-time strike crowned a remarkable comeback as AC Milan edged city rivals Inter 3-2 to claim the Italian Super Cup in Riyadh on Monday.
January 6 – Barcelona’s precarious financial situation has been brought into sharp focus after their request to register Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor for the rest of the season was denied by the Spanish league and federation.
January 6 – Kings League, launched by former Spain and FC Barcelona defender Gerard Pique and his Kosmos company, has secured more than 20 media partners and several major sponsors for its new Kings World Cup of Nations 7-a-side tournament.
January 6 – Paris Saint-Germain have kicked off 2025 in style with a 1-0 victory against AS Monaco to claim the French Super Cup in Doha.
January 6 – AC Milan will meet Inter Milan in tonight’s Supercoppa Italiana after new boss Sergio Conceicao christened his first game in charge with an important 2-1 over Juventus at Al-Awwal Park in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where the final four format is being hosted.
January 6 – Argentine great and World Cup winner, Lionel Messi, has won every conceivable football award on and off the field of play, can add the highest honour bestowed on civilians in his new home of the USA after just two years in the country.
January 6 – San Diego FC who are due to kick-off their inaugural Major League Soccer (MLS) campaign have unveiled a multi-year agreement to play perennial LigaMX super team, Club America.
January 6 – Ventseslav Stefanov (pictured), the president of Bulgaria’s oldest club Slavia Sofia, has terminated the contract of the team’s captain and former Bulgarian international, Galin Ivanov.
January 6 – With the Middle East becoming a global player in the world of football, the next natural step is to create a show that can out-muscle the Ballon d’Or and FIFA’s world’s best player awards.
January 3 – Denver has beaten off bids from Cleveland and Cincinnati to become the National Women’s Soccer League’s (NWSL) 16th team, paying a record $110 million for the franchise.
January 3 – Inter Milan secured a place in the final of the Supercoppa Italiana with a 2-0 victory over Atalanta in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Thursday evening, keeping Simone Inzaghi’s side firmly in the hunt for silverware this season, with the Serie A title race, that resume later this month, also tighter than ever.
January 3 – Barcelona star Dani Olmo has denied, via his agent, of any ongoing transfer talks amid speculation the Euro 2024 winner could leave the Catalan club on a free transfer.