Premiership Rugby ringfenced again as Ealing and Coventry fail RFU tests March 18, 2025 Championship leaders Ealing have failed the RFU’s minimum standards audit and will be denied promotion to the Premiership, which will retain its existing 10 teams next season. Third-placed Coventry have also failed the audit, which was conducted by the RFU’s Professional Rugby Board, in a development that is likely to increase tensions ahead of next [...]
Former Liverpool player loses £300,000 IR35 tax appeal March 18, 2025 Former Liverpool player and pundit Phil Thompson owes the tax agency nearly £300,000 after losing an appeal due to IR35
Global women’s sport set to hit £2bn in revenues in 2025 March 18, 2025 Global revenues across women’s elite sport will reach nearly £2bn in 2025, according to Deloitte. Basketball and football continue to lead growth across the sector – combined revenues from the whole of women’s sport are set to rise by over 240 per cent in just four years. The report backs up the “growth mode” storyline [...]
JD Sports: Retailer partners with UFC ahead of London Fight Night March 17, 2025 UK retailer and FTSE 100 giant JD Sports has partnered with fighting organisation UFC in a deal that begins this weekend at London’s Fight Night. The Manchester-headquartered brand forms half of a European partnership, which will see it become a key partner across UFC despite it issuing a profit warning in January. JD Sports forecast [...]
No10: Government ‘absolutely committed’ to independent football regulator March 17, 2025 The government has insisted it remains “absolutely committed” to the incoming football regulator despite chancellor Rachel Reeves’ desire to slash bureaucratic bodies. Reports suggested that plans to get rid of a number of quangos, as well as Reeves’ opinion that regulators are “too slow to get things done”, could have resulted in the Football Governance [...]
Warrant issued against ex-Newcastle United chief for failing to pay Mike Ashley March 17, 2025 High Court issued a bench warrant against the man who used to oversee player recruitment at Newcastle United in a long-running legal battle with Mike Ashley
Harry Redknapp and Robbie Fowler sign up for North v South football match March 17, 2025 FA Cup winner Harry Redknapp and Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler have signed up as managers for an all-star North v South football match this summer in London. The match is scheduled to be played at Charlton Athletic’s ground The Valley on Sunday 1 June, the day after the men’s Champions League final. Organisers have promised [...]
RunGP founder Marcel Muenster: ‘Athletics needs more heroes’ March 17, 2025 Mo Farah may have signed up as the face of RunGP, but it was an encounter with another legend of long distance, Eliud Kipchoge, which helped entrepreneur Marcel Muenster formulate the new athletics series. After selling the healthcare business he founded, Doctor In Your Pocket, Muenster indulged his passion for road running by training like [...]
Carabao Cup prize money: How does it compare to the FA Cup? March 16, 2025 On Sunday at Wembley Stadium one of Liverpool or Newcastle United will pick up the first major trophy of the English football season: the Carabao Cup. Liverpool have won the League Cup on 10 occasions, two more than any other team, while Newcastle’s best finishes came in both 1976 and 2023 when they finished second. [...]
Ainslie heads 400 Olympians urging IOC to take fight to climate change March 14, 2025 British sailing great Sir Ben Ainslie heads a list of 400 Olympians who have signed a letter urging the next president of the IOC to prioritise tackling climate change. Other signatories include swimmer Emma McKeon, Australia’s most decorated Olympian, Ferdinand Omanyala, Africa’s fastest sprinter, refugee boxer Cindy Ngamba and Paris 2024 surfing gold medallist Carissa [...]