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  • Saturday, 30 December, 2023
    Fifa halts new regulations for football agents

    Talent agencies had scored series of wins against the new rules in the courts

  • Friday, 29 December, 2023
    Data PointsJohn Burn-Murdoch
    Football’s broadcast revenue boom is over — what happens now?

    A squeeze on revenues stands to benefit the Premier League, but at a cost to competitions elsewhere in Europe

    A Premier League trophy with a red graph line zigzagging upwards
  • Wednesday, 27 December, 2023
    News in-depthManchester United PLC
    Ratcliffe’s tough experience at Nice offers lessons for Manchester United

    Ineos billionaire’s steep learning curve in French football provides valuable insights to apply at storied English club

    A montage of Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Manchester United footballers
  • Sunday, 24 December, 2023
    Manchester United PLC
    Jim Ratcliffe seals deal to buy $1.3bn stake in Man Utd

    British tycoon will also invest $300mn in the 20-times English football champions

    Sir Jim Ratcliffe
  • Thursday, 21 December, 2023
    Uefa and Fifa lose Super League football case

    Biggest European clubs given chance to join breakaway tournaments after ECJ competition ruling

    Inter Milan’s Italian defender #36 Matteo Darmian (R) fights for the ball with Manchester City’s Norwegian striker #9 Erling Haaland during the UEFA Champions League final football match between Inter Milan and Manchester City
  • Thursday, 21 December, 2023
    Europe Express
    Why Brussels fears ‘survival mode’ elections in 2024 Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: The battle for control of European elite football reaches ECJ judgment

    EU chief diplomat Josep Borrell
  • Saturday, 16 December, 2023
    Scoreboard
    Baseball’s $700mn man Premium content

    Plus, is an afternoon with Oleksandr Usyk, Paris Saint-Germain 2.0

  • Friday, 15 December, 2023
    News in-depthParis Saint-Germain Football Club
    PSG seeks to build global brand after US investor Arctos takes stake

    Deal valuing football club at more than €4bn signals commercial push by Qatari owners

    Paris Saint-Germain’s players celebrate after winning a match
  • Tuesday, 12 December, 2023
    Sport
    Turkish football suspended after club president punches referee

    Ankaragücü club president Faruk Koca struck referee Halil Umut Meler during a Süper Lig match against Çaykur Rizespor

  • Tuesday, 12 December, 2023
    Puma
    Puma to end sponsorship of Israel’s national football team

    German sports brand says decision was taken for business reasons and not related to consumer backlash

    Israeli footballer Anan Khalaili, right, at a U-20 World Cup quarter-final football match in San Juan, Argentina in June 2023
  • Monday, 11 December, 2023
    German football clubs vote to back private equity investment

    Result paves way for deal that would see buyout industry take stake in entity controlling Bundesliga’s commercial rights

    VfB Stuttgart in action against Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday
  • Monday, 11 December, 2023
    Ex-footballer Zlatan Ibrahimović to join AC Milan owner RedBird

    Former centre-forward will use his 123mn social media followers to expand club’s international brand

    Zlatan Ibrahimović
  • Monday, 11 December, 2023
    Ukraine’s Shakhtar Donetsk seizes on European wins to boost overseas profile

    War means the country’s top football team is reliant on income from competitions in Europe and player transfers

  • Sunday, 10 December, 2023
    Uefa
    Uefa president seeks to extend stay at helm of football governing body

    Rule change would aid Aleksander Ceferin in remaining beyond 12-year limit he helped introduce 

    Aleksander Ceferin
  • Saturday, 9 December, 2023
    Scoreboard
    The Premier League’s £6.7bn payday Premium content

    Also in this week’s newsletter, Jon Rahm defects to LIV, disappointment for John Textor and Arctos buy PSG stake

  • Saturday, 9 December, 2023
    News in-depth
    David and Goliath: Luton vs Man City clash shows highs and lows of Premier League

    After a 25-year hiatus, the world’s richest football club will face a team that has risen from the ashes

    Boys and girls hang over a wall with hands outstretched as the footballers walk past
  • Thursday, 7 December, 2023
    Paris Saint-Germain Football Club
    Arctos takes stake in Paris Saint-Germain to value club at more than €4bn

    Qatari owners bring in sports-focused US private equity group

    Kylian Mbappé in action for Paris Saint-Germain
  • Monday, 4 December, 2023
    Premier League
    Sky snaps up most Premier League matches in £6.7bn broadcast deal

    Four-season deal means Amazon will no longer screen Premier League matches in the UK

    Trent Alexander-Arnold scores Liverpool’s winning goal in the Premier League match against Fulham on Sunday
  • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
    OutlookJosh Noble
    Why the race to host world sporting events has slowed to a halt

    As costs have soared, there is less appetite to build sporting complexes which are destined for white elephant status

    Photo of the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Canada
  • Friday, 17 November, 2023
    Everton Football Club Co Ltd
    Everton FC docked 10 points for breaching financial rules

    Sanction is the toughest yet handed out to a Premier League football club

    Everton signage outside Goodison Park stadium
  • Friday, 17 November, 2023
    Ratcliffe nears $33-a-share deal for a minority stake in Manchester United

    The deal would value the Premier League football club at about $5.4bn

  • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
    Special ReportDiversity Leaders
    Lise Klaveness fights the lonely fight to change world football

    European standard bearer contests male officialdom view that ‘patience’ is the way forward

    Lise Klaveness, president of the Norwegian Football Association (NFF), poses for a portrait
  • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
    LexManchester City Football Club PLC
    Manchester City: club’s finances look better in black than red Premium content

    Europe’s top football clubs can turn a profit if they put their minds to it

    Erling Haaland raises his first after scoring a goal
  • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
    Manchester City Football Club PLC
    Man City reports record £712mn Premier League revenue

    Club looking for ways to broaden audience and boost growth by providing more media content

    Man City’s Erling Haaland celebrates after scoring the team’s third goal during a Premier League match with Chelsea FC
  • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
    US National Women’s Soccer League signs $240mn media rights deal

    Matches will be shown by Paramount’s CBS, Disney’s ESPN and ABC, Amazon Prime and Scripps

    Megan Rapinoe
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