Weekly News Extra (26/12/2025-02/01/2026)

• FIFA and Dubai Sports Council have signed a Memorandum of Understanding stipulating that a new annual world football awards event will be held in the emirate from 2026 onwards.
• Club Atlético de Madrid (LALIGA EA Sports) welcomed more than 2.6 million spectators at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano (Madrid, ESP) in 2025.
• Indonesian bank BRI has become a regional partner of FC Barcelona (LALIGA EA Sports) until December 2027.
• The OTT platform DAZN has extended its partnership with the Kings League and will globally broadcast selected seven-a-side football competitions in 2026.

These are just some of the news items that did not make it into an article this week, but which are nonetheless worth bringing to your attention.

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Bodies & public authorities

• Clément Turpin (FRA) has been named the IFFHS referee of the year for 2025, ahead of Szymon Marciniak (POL) and François Letexier (FRA, winner in 2024).
  • Leader of the women's rankings from 2019 to 2023, Stéphanie Frappart (FRA) takes second place in 2025…