New rugby agreement must provide England team to ‘be proud of’, club CEO says September 6, 2023 A new Professional Game Agreement for rugby must have the ultimate aim of improving England’s fortunes, new Gloucester Rugby chief executive Alex Brown has told City A.M. The deal between clubs and the Rugby Football Union, which dictates salary caps and player release rules among other aspects of how the top flight functions, is due [...]
Spain sack Women’s World Cup-winning coach Jorge Vilda September 5, 2023 Women’s World Cup-winning Spain coach Jorge Vilda has been sacked as the recriminations following last month’s tainted victory continue. Luis Rubiales, the president of the Spanish football federation (RFEF), remains suspended for publicly and forcibly kissing star player Jenni Hermoso on the lips after the final. And having lost one of his key supporters in [...]
Manchester United share price tanks 20 per cent on reports that Glazers aren’t selling September 5, 2023 Manchester United’s share price tanked by more than 20 per cent on Tuesday following reports that the Glazer family have shelved plans to sell the Premier League club. United’s share price was down from $23.66 at close on Friday to $19.19 when the New York Stock Exchange reopened following Labor Day. It dipped as low [...]
Padium: Inside Canary Wharf’s new premium padel club backed by Spotify co-founder September 5, 2023 Spotify co-founder Martin Lorentzon is providing hits of another kind – as the backer of new high-end padel club Padium in Canary Wharf.
Exclusive: Women’s rugby set for invitational Champions Cup final September 4, 2023 This year’s Champions Cup rugby finals weekend is set to include an invitational women’s fixture for the first time as European chiefs look to take advantage of the growth in the game, City A.M. can reveal. Gloucester-Hartpury, champions of England, and Stade Bordelais, champions of France, could play each other under plans proposed by European [...]
Frank Smith, Matchroom Boxing CEO, interview: ‘I’m living the dream’ September 4, 2023 Matchroom Boxing CEO Frank Smith on rising the ranks from Leyton Orient mascot to running the world-leading promotion.
The Premier League £2.36bn club: £228m worth of signings score at weekend September 4, 2023 Summer signings with a value of £228m scored goals at the weekend as the Premier League returned for the first round of games since the transfer window closed on 1 September. Declan Rice (£105m), Dominik Szoboszlai (£60m) and James Maddison (£40m) were among the five goal scorers who had changed clubs this summer. The 20 [...]
Exclusive: Middle East and United States bid to host Champions Cup final September 3, 2023 European rugby chiefs are considering bids which would see the Champions Cup final staged in the Middle East or the United States, City A.M. can reveal. The finals weekend of the world’s premier club rugby competition, the Champions Cup, and its sister competition the Challenge Cup have traditionally housed themselves in core rugby regions. But [...]
Mason Greenwood will begin to rebuild career with loan move to Getafe September 2, 2023 Mason Greenwood has joined Spanish club Getafe on loan in a move that Manchester United say will allow the player to rebuild his career away from Old Trafford. Greenwood was suspended by United on January 30, 2022 over allegations relating to a young woman after images and videos were posted online. The 21-year-old faced charges [...]
Boehly’s billion: Cole Palmer signing sees Chelsea hit spending landmark on transfer deadline day September 1, 2023 Cole Palmer’s £40m move from Manchester City takes Chelsea’s lavish spending under Todd Boehly’s ownership group past £1billion in three transfer windows. Chelsea became used to unprecedented transfer outlay under former chairman Roman Abramovich but, if anything, Boehly and Behdad Eghbali’s Clearlake consortium have taken it to new levels. Raheem Sterling was the first signing [...]