January 30 – Gotham FC’s defeat to Corinthians in the FIFA Women’s Champions Cup semifinal has reignited a debate in the women’s game that expansion, while promoting the game, has to have a calendar that aligns or sporting integrity suffers.
January 29 – Arsenal and Corinthians will contest the inaugural final of the FIFA Women’s Champions Cup. The Brazilians upset Gotham 1-0 while Arsenal beat ASFAR 6-0 at a half-empty GTech Stadium in Brentford.
January 29 – FIFA has outlined plans for a nationwide fan engagement programme in Canada ahead of the World Cup this summer, launching a series of one-day public events designed to extend the tournament experience beyond the country’s two Host Cities.
January 29 – FIFA has released in annual report of global transfer spending, with transactions in the transfer market topping €10 billion for the first time – a sign that football’s economic profile continues to expand.
January 28 – Spain has wasted little time in staking its claim to being the central point of the 2030 World Cup after the chaos of the AFCON final and in the process, delivered a series of barely disguised jabs at its co-host across the Mediterranean.
January 27 – Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter has suggested that fans across the globe should not travel to the United States this summer for the World Cup due to the current political situation in the country.
January 27 – German Football Association (DFB) President Bernd Neuendorf has ruled out a German boycott of the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
January 27 – FIFA has officially begun the countdown to the Women’s World Cup 2027 with a launch event on the iconic Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro.
January 26 – Brazil has unveiled the branding for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027, formally launching the tournament with an event in Rio de Janeiro as FIFA begins selling its vision for the first women’s World Cup to be staged in South America.
January 26 – The inaugural FIFA Women’s Champions Cup is potentially reshaping the financial landscape of women’s club football, with FIFA is throwing down the gauntlet to UEFA and the other confederations with ambitions to develop their club games by offering the biggest prize money in the women’s international club game to date.
January 23 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino has pledged FIFA’s full support to US president Donald Trump’s new Board of Peace.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Infantino said: “FIFA gives its full support to President Trump and all members of the Board of Peace. We must support peace. We must unite people.”
January 23 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino has admitted that a significant number of 2026 World Cup ticket applicants intend to sell them on resale platforms for profit.
January 23 – FIFA has announced Michele Kang’s women’s sports investment group Kynisca as the Presenting Partner of the inaugural FIFA Women’s Champions Cup, with the decisive phase of the new competition set to be staged in London later this month.
January 22 – Previous World Cups have all attempted to sell a feeling of open borders, shared stories, and football as a common language. World Cup 2026 is currently selling something else entirely, starting with priority visa appointments, disclaimers, and an asterisk.
January 22 – The Women’s Super League (WSL) has raised “serious concerns” over the scheduling of the inaugural FIFA Women’s Club World Cup, set to run from January 5–30, 2028, warning the decision could be “catastrophic” for both the domestic competition and player welfare.