January 7 – Benfica Soccer Membership has introduced bold plans to increase their iconic stadium in Lisbon to a 70,000-seat capability. Revealed in December and already underway, the undertaking goals to accommodate the membership’s ever-growing fan base. The announcement coincided with the seventieth anniversary of the unique Estádio da Luz, which had an official most capability of 120,000 earlier than …

January 7 – The Premier League kicked off 2025 with a below-average attendance week, recording 97.12% capability throughout its ten matches—marking a notable drop from the constant 98%+ averages seen through the festive interval.   Aston Villa and Brighton had been the standouts, each hitting the coveted 99% capability mark. Villa’s late-game heroics of their dramatic win over Leicester had …

January 7 – Indonesia have dismissed Shin Tae-yong as supervisor, with Dutchman Patrick Kluivert reportedly ready within the wings to take over.  “This choice was made primarily based on lengthy and mature issues and evaluations carried out by the All Indonesia Soccer Affiliation and the Nationwide Crew Company as a complete relating to the Crew’s efficiency and the long-term targets …

January 7 – Welsh membership soccer doesn’t typically generate a lot publicity outdoors the principality however Cymru Premier champions The New Saints have lodged an enchantment with FIFA claiming they’re owed a switch charge from Saudi Professional League membership Al-Orobah for striker Brad Younger. Younger, prime scorer within the Welsh prime flight final season, left Saints for Saudi Arabia in …

January 7 – Belgian FA president Pascale van Damme is about to affix FIFA’s ruling council after being the one candidate to run for a seat reserved for a feminine official from Europe. Van Damme will run unopposed and is about to be elected on the UEFA Congress  on April 3 in Belgrade. She has solely been accountable for Belgian …

January 8 – With Tottenham Hotspur spiralling within the Premier League, and boss, Ange Postecoglou below big stress, the timing of a brand new VAR (Video Assistant Referee) system has the Australian fuming. Within the semi-final 1st and 2nd legs of the Carabao Cup, the brand new system will allow referees to clarify their selections to the gang through an in-stadium microphone. …

Neymar has been persistently linked with a reunion along with his former Barcelona teammates Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez. With lower than six months remaining on his contract with Al Hilal, the Brazilian star has addressed the potential for becoming a member of Messi and Suarez at Inter Miami. One of the iconic attacking trios in soccer historical past, the …

Actual Madrid president Florentino Pérez has reportedly issued a stark warning to 3 key gamers: Rodrygo Goes, Ferland Mendy, and Aurélien Tchouaméni. Pérez’s intervention follows a sequence of underwhelming performances and comes regardless of Actual Madrid’s continued success in La Liga. As Actual Madrid’s most profitable president, with 37 trophies gained throughout his tenure, Pérez instructions important affect throughout the …

Newcastle took a big step in direction of the EFL Cup closing with a medical 2-0 win over Arsenal on the Emirates Stadium. Targets from Alexander Isak and Anthony Gordon sealed the victory within the first leg of the ultimate 4. Jurrien Timber had the primary actual probability of the sport, heading a Declan Rice nook over the bar from …

US Males’s Nationwide Group and Borussia Monchengladbach defender Joe Scally is having the time of his life in Germany. Since becoming a member of the membership in 2021, the New York born defender has performed over 100 video games for Gladbach, and is an everyday starter in a well-drilled crew. Earlier than Saturday’s sport in opposition to Bayern Munich, Scally …