The Arbitration Court of the Rostov Region proposed to conclude a peace agreement between FC “Rostov” and the Department of Property and Land Relations of the city of Rostov-on-Don in the request to recover from the football club almost 465 million rubles of debt under a land lease agreement, the court file shows.

“The court decided to grant the defendant’s motion. To reconcile the parties, the trial was postponed to January 14, 2026 at 10:40 Moscow time. It invites the parties to take measures for peace,” reads the minutes of the court hearing.

According to the case documents, in June 2025, the department appealed to the Arbitration Court of the Rostov Region to recover FC “Rostov” has more than 348 million rubles of debt under the land lease agreement, as well as 127 million rubles in penalties.

In October 2025 a FC “Rostov” reported financial problems to the club, according to the general director of the club Igor Goncharov, RFU they asked management and owners FC “Rostov” promptly take measures to eliminate problems in order to obtain the license for the new season.

Samara football club “Wings of the Soviets” paid 535 million rubles to Rostec subsidiary “RT-Capital”. This was reported by the club’s press service.

Former Chairman of the Board of Directors of Krylya Sovetov Dmitry Yakovlev told reporters that the club plans to repay the debt of 555 million rubles by the end of 2025. He added that it is planned to fully close the debt with RT-Capital by the end of January – beginning of February.

On December 1, enforcement proceedings were initiated to collect a debt of more than 928 million rubles from Krylya Sovetov in favor of RT-Capital. Previously, the decision to collect the debt was made by the Moscow Arbitration Court, then the 9th Arbitration Court of Appeal confirmed this decision. The football club has borrowed funds for financial support, but has not met its debt repayment obligations since 2016.

International Football Federation Council (IFAB) will evaluate the possibility of changing the rules to determine offside on January 20, 2026. This was reported by the Spanish newspaper AS.

This is noticeable IFAB will discuss the topic of changing the offside rules at a meeting in London. It is expected that, if adopted, the rules will apply from the 2026/27 season.

Currently, offside is detected when any part of an attacker’s body that can score a goal is closer to the opponent’s goal at the time of the pass than the second-to-last defender, including the goalkeeper. Previously former manager of London Arsenal Arsène Wengerresponsible for global football development at the International Football Federation, proposed the following change: if any part of the body with which a goal can be scored is located above or behind the line of the penultimate defender, then the player is not offside.