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    • Sunday, 25 February, 2024
      European football needs innovation and drama, says Real Madrid and FC Barcelona investor

      Alan Waxman, head of US investment group Sixth Street, foresees ‘more structural change’ in sport to excite fans and attract new audiences

      Vitor Roque of FC Barcelona is challenged by Diego Rico of Getafe CF during a La Liga match on Saturday in Barcelona
    • Wednesday, 21 February, 2024
      Travel & leisure industry
      German football league ends private equity talks after mass fan protests

      Deutsche Fussball Liga had been hoping to sell €1bn stake in new broadcast and commercial rights group

      Hansa Rostock, in blue and white, take on Hamburg at the Ostseestadion
    • Wednesday, 21 February, 2024
      Ratcliffe wants Man Utd to vie for Premier League title in three years

      New investor warns that transforming the club will take time and upgrading Old Trafford will cost £1bn

      Jim Ratcliffe pictured at Old Trafford in Manchester
    • Sunday, 18 February, 2024
      Travel & leisure industry
      The 26-year-old owner of Sunderland football club betting on youth

      Kyril Louis-Dreyfus wants his club back in the Premier League and has built an unusually young squad to try to achieve this

      Footage of Kyril Louis-Dreyfus signing a football programme for fans from ‘Sunderland ’Til I Die’ TV series
    • Saturday, 17 February, 2024
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      A rare encounter with Aston Villa’s owner Premium content

      Plus: Record viewings for the Super Bowl and women’s football transfer fees soar

    • Friday, 16 February, 2024
      Michael Moritz
      Jim Ratcliffe could be just what Manchester United needs

      His business record indicates he is willing to commit large sums of capital to produce long-term returns

      Manchester United players celebrate a goal during their defeat of Aston Villa in December. Sir Jim Ratcliffe has already shown devotion to winning over the club’s staff and fans
    • Thursday, 15 February, 2024
      Mbappé tells PSG he is planning to leave club

      French striker has previously flirted with joining Real Madrid

      Kylian Mbappé celebrates after scoring a goal
    • Monday, 12 February, 2024
      The Big Read
      Brazilian football: the next frontier in global sport?

      The country is unrivalled as a talent factory, but its clubs are barely known overseas. International investors hope a new league could change that

      From left, Luis Suarez of Grêmio; Botafogo’s Junior Santos; Flamengo forward Bruno Henrique
    • Saturday, 10 February, 2024
      InterviewBayer 04 Leverkusen
      German football needs to open up to outside investors says Leverkusen boss

      Fernando Carro, CEO of the Bayer-owned side, believes scrapping the rule tying control of teams to club members will revive the Bundesliga

      Bayer Leverkusen’s German defender #04 Jonathan Tah celebrates scoring the 3-2 winning goal during the German Cup (DFB Pokal) quarter-final football match between Bayer 04 Leverkusen and VfB Stuttgart in Leverkusen,
    • Friday, 9 February, 2024
      News in-depth
      ‘A PR nightmare’: Lionel Messi’s Hong Kong no-show hits Inter Miami brand

      Furious backlash after friendly match highlights risks to Florida football team of relying on a single star

      David Beckham, Lionel Messi and Inter Miami badge
    • Thursday, 8 February, 2024
      Uefa
      Uefa president will not seek re-election despite rule changes

      Football’s governing body tweaks statutes but Aleksander Čeferin does not intend to stay in post beyond 2027

      Aleksander Čeferin
    • Thursday, 8 February, 2024
      Leo Lewis
      Hong Kong’s Messi backlash says more about digital fandom than football

      The meltdown was a revealing moment for the game as global entertainment — and its vulnerability to social media

      María Hergueta illustration of three mobile phones in hands with painted nails - each screen showing a footballer in pink shirt running with a black & white football in front of his head.
    • Wednesday, 7 February, 2024
      Lionel Messi
      Lionel Messi apologises for Hong Kong no-show after Chinese backlash

      Social media commentators’ fury grows after Argentine football star played match in Japan a few days later

      Fans at Hong Kong Stadium gesture during the game on Sunday
    • Monday, 5 February, 2024
      Hong Kong politics
      Lionel Messi angers Hong Kong by sitting out match

      Chinese territory had pinned hopes on Argentine football player’s appearance as it seeks to revive status as global hub

      Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi sits on the bench during a friendly match in Hong Kong on Sunday
    • Friday, 2 February, 2024
      HTSI
      The shared passions of Lapo Elkann and Simon de Pury

      The rock-star auctioneer and Fiat scion both have a lust for life and a knack for reinvention 

      Simon de Pury (left) and Lapo Elkann at Elkann’s home in Comporta, Portugal, surrounded by some of Elkann’s collectables
    • Friday, 2 February, 2024
      Premier League
      Premier League transfer spending tumbles as financial rules start to bite

      Market also hit by weakening demand for broadcast rights

      Tottenham’s Radu Drăgușin and Brentford’s Josh Dasilva during a Premier League match
    • Sunday, 28 January, 2024
      Manchester United PLC
      ‘It’s by design, not by luck’: Man Utd’s new CEO on the strategy behind his former club City’s treble win

      Omar Berrada faces the daunting task of restoring the 20-times English champions to its former glory

      Manchester United logo and Omar Berrada
    • Saturday, 27 January, 2024
      News in-depth
      English women’s football clubs hope new league will kick start investment

      Shake-up designed to attract bigger commercial contracts and broadcasting deals

    • Friday, 26 January, 2024
      Instant InsightSimon Kuper
      Jürgen Klopp’s departure holds lessons for leaders everywhere

      The Liverpool manager is a gifted motivator who knows how to delegate

      A man in a sports cap holds up a clenched fist to a stadium crowd
    • Friday, 26 January, 2024
      Liverpool Football Club
      Jürgen Klopp calls time on Liverpool FC saying he has ‘run out of energy’

      German manager will leave Premier League club at end of season after almost nine years in charge

      Jürgen Klopp hugs Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker after a Premier League match in May last year
    • Friday, 26 January, 2024
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      Andrea Agnelli on Juventus and the Super League: ‘My conscience is super clear’

      The industrial scion on family, football and why there is still life in a breakaway European tournament

      Illustration of Andrea Agnelli
    • Wednesday, 24 January, 2024
      News in-depthNorthern Ireland
      Euro 2028 stadium revamp brings Northern Ireland divisions to surface

      Regeneration of Casement Park sparks resentment from unionists

      Two walkers with an umbrella pass a painted mural at the entrance to Casement Park
    • Wednesday, 17 January, 2024
      Manchester United PLC
      Manchester United cuts profit forecast after Champions League ejection

      Warning from New York-listed club shows challenge facing new minority shareholder Jim Ratcliffe

      Manchester United and Spurs footballers in action
    • Friday, 12 January, 2024
      Due Diligence
      The never-ending Manchester United deal saga Premium content

      Plus, a look at the speedy bankruptcy of Chinese shadow bank Zhongzhi

      The Due Diligence logo
    • Thursday, 11 January, 2024
      Media
      Africa’s biggest pay-TV company strikes late deal to screen continent’s top football tournament

      MultiChoice reverses decision not to screen Africa Cup of Nations after fierce bidding battle

      An Africa Cup of Nations football match
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