BBC confirms new four-year deal for England cricket and Hundred May 2, 2025 The BBC has confirmed it will show highlights of England cricket internationals and live coverage of The Hundred for the next four years after striking a new deal with the ECB. The package – reported by City AM last month – includes highlights and bitesize digital clips of the next men’s and women’s Ashes series [...]
Champions Cup prize money: Why profits in semis are shared May 2, 2025 As the Investec Champions Cup semi-finals get underway, why are the clubs involved not guaranteed all of the profits generated? Over the last couple of days the Uefa Champions League semi-finals have played out at London’s Emirates Stadium and Barcelona’s Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys. The final four teams are battling for prize money that could [...]
Chelsea move to digital tickets after banning 2,000 fans for touting May 1, 2025 Chelsea have revealed further details of their switch to digital tickets next season, which the football club says it hopes will stamp out touting. The Premier League outfit have cancelled 2,000 memberships linked to touting this season and believe that the new digital system will provide greater security. It comes a year before the top [...]
Major London venue to host 2026 World Cup final May 1, 2025 Major London venue Lord’s will host the Women’s Cricket T20 World Cup this year as the tournament’s venues were revealed. The Home of Cricket will stage the showpiece final in next year’s World Cup in a win for the capital amid competition from other major UK Test arenas. Manchester’s Old Trafford, Leeds’ Headingley, Birmingham’s Edgbaston, [...]
2025 London Marathon raises world record £75m for charity May 1, 2025 The London Marathon has broken its own record for the world’s biggest one-day fundraising event after the 2025 race generated more than £75m for charity. The final total won’t be revealed until later this year but has already eclipsed the £73.5m raised last year, which set a new global benchmark for contributing to good causes. [...]
Dubai real estate firm to sponsor Chelsea for rest of season April 30, 2025 Chelsea have announced major Dubai-based firm Damac Properties as its front-of-shirt sponsor for the remainder of the season. The deal will see the UAE brand on the Stamford Bridge team’s shirts from tomorrow evening, when the Blues take on Djurgarden in the Europa Conference League in Sweden. But the deal will conclude at the end [...]
RFU Council should be scrapped, says review it commissioned April 30, 2025 A wide-ranging review of rugby union’s governance has suggested scrapping the RFU Council in what would be the domestic game’s biggest shake-up since the advent of professionalism. The year-long review, which was commissioned by the RFU Council itself, raises the prospect that the 63-strong committee be disbanded or replaced by a smaller group of expert [...]
Nottingham Forest owner Marinakis gives up control of club April 30, 2025 Nottingham Forest and Olympiacos owner Evangelos Marinakis has relinquished control of the Premier League club in order to avoid scuppering their Champions League qualification. Marinakis has placed his Forest shares in a blind trust to ensure that he does not fall foul of Uefa rules preventing control of two teams in the same European competition. [...]
Formula 1 doesn’t need fourth US race, says Miami Grand Prix boss April 30, 2025 Formula 1 chiefs should resist further cashing in on the sport’s growth in the US and adding a fourth American race to the calendar, says the boss of this week’s Miami Grand Prix. The explosion in interest, credited in large part to Netflix show Drive To Survive, has seen the sport’s Colorado-based owners, Liberty Media, [...]
Can London challenge Saudi Arabia and India for Olympic Games? April 30, 2025 Mayor Sadiq Khan wants the 2040 Olympic Games in London but up against Saudi Arabia, India and other new global powers, can Great Britain compete? Picture the scene: the year is 2040, the Olympic Games are back in London; Danny Boyle – at the age of 83 – has been persuaded out of retirement to [...]