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©  FIFA
FIFA/Women’s Champions Cup: $2.3m for the winning club, a record amount for a women’s tournament

The winners of the 2026 FIFA Women’s Champions Cup will receive $2.3m (€1.94m), "the highest single payout ever awarded in women’s club football," announced the international body on 23/01/2026. FIFA will also award $1m (€0.84m) to the runners-up, $200,000 (€169,000) to each of the two losing…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Essentials Clubs, Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations, Clubs, …
• Article # 427829
• Published on 26/01/26 at 14:00
©  WSL Football
Women’s football: 28.5 million fans worldwide for the top two English divisions

The top two divisions of English women’s football (the Barclays Women's Super League and the Barclays Women's Super League 2) have a combined fanbase of 28.5 million fans worldwide, according to the results of a study conducted by consultancy agency YouGov, published by WSL Football on…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Professional leagues, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 427792
• Published on 26/01/26 at 13:00
©  News Tank
Weekly News Extra (19-23/01/2026)

• FIFPRO has published a study on the impact of concussions on professional female footballers' brain function, based on a survey conducted among 68 players. • The board of directors of FC Barcelona (LALIGA EA Sports) has agreed to call elections for the club presidency on Sunday 15/03/2026. …
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Essentials Clubs, Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations, Essentials Media, …
• Article # 427687
• Published on 23/01/26 at 18:00
©  DFL
Day of Remembrance in German football: "Political neutrality in sport is a fiction" (DFL)

"Political neutrality in sport is a fiction. Sports clubs are, by their organisational form, political institutions, as they are based on democratic core values and thrive on participation and equality. A look at history shows: democracy is not a given. And almost always, when democracy comes…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Government, Professional leagues, Parliament, …
• Article # 427642
• Published on 23/01/26 at 13:10
©  FIFA
FIFA/2026 World Cup: "Bringing joy to our 211 member countries in these particular times" (G. Infantino)

"In these particular times, we forget to be happy, to be joyful. Everyone has their own problems, issues in life, and with football, we want to give to communities all over the world. There are 211 countries which are members of FIFA; we want to give them a moment of joy and happiness. When a…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Federations, Authorities, International authorities, …
• Article # 427622
• Published on 23/01/26 at 12:00
©  CAF
AFCON 2025/Algeria-Nigeria: two Algeria players suspended and $100,000 fine for FAF

A suspension of several official matches for two of its players (Luca Zidane, two matches; Rafik Belghali, four matches including two suspended) and fines totalling $100,000: these are the sanctions imposed by CAF's disciplinary board on the Algerian Football Federation (FAF) following the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Federations, International authorities, Governance, …
• Article # 427550
• Published on 22/01/26 at 19:30
©  Department of Homeland Security
US/2026 World Cup: launch of the "FIFA Pass" priority appointments scheduling system for obtaining visas

"2026 World Cup ticket holders can now access priority visa interview appointments ahead of the tournament" via the FIFA Pass system, announced the international federation on 20/01/2026. "All current ticket holders will be notified in the upcoming days by the FIFA ticket office with…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): International authorities, Ticketing, Geopolitics, …
• Article # 427363
• Published on 22/01/26 at 10:00
©  D.R.
World Sevens Football: Claire Bloomfield (ex-EFC) appointed chief of football affairs & governance

Claire Bloomfield (GBR) has been appointed chief of football affairs & governance at World Sevens Football, an entity which organises a women's 7-a-side football competition, she announced on LinkedIn on 21/01/2026. "It’s exciting to see a new property entering women’s football with a genuine…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): International authorities, Event organisers, Governance, …
• Article # 427264
• Published on 21/01/26 at 13:00
©  D.R.
Scotland: 14,315 jobs supported & £820m generated by national professional football in 2023-24

Scottish professional football - men’s and women’s clubs - contributed £820m (€945m) in gross value added (GVA) to the national economy and supported 14,315 full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs during the 2023-24 season, according to a study by the Fraser of Allander Institute at the University of…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Essentials Clubs, Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations, Federations, …
• Article # 427210
• Published on 21/01/26 at 11:10
©  IFAB
IFAB: three “specific extensions” to VAR proposed ahead of annual general meeting on 28/02/2026

• Allowing video match officials, where there is clear factual evidence, to review red cards resulting from factually incorrect second yellow cards. • Allowing video match officials to intervene in cases where the wrong team is penalised for an offence resulting in a red or yellow card. …
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Authorities, International authorities, Refereeing, …
• Article # 427208
• Published on 21/01/26 at 10:20