Couhig buys Reading from Yongge after EFL approval May 14, 2025 Troubled League One club Reading FC have finally been taken over by former Wycombe owner Rob Couhig’s Redwood Holdings after the EFL cleared the 100 per cent acquisition. The deal will see the Dogwood LLC subsidiary take control of the football club, which was plagued with financial issues under former owner Dai Yongge, as well [...]
Dan Ashworth: FA hand former Man Utd director lifeline with new role May 14, 2025 The Football Association has confirmed that it has re-hired Dan Ashworth, five months after he was sacked as Manchester United sporting director by Sir Jim Ratcliffe. Ashworth, who was previously the FA’s director of elite development and then technical director between 2013 and 2019, has taken up the newly created role of chief football officer. [...]
Hollie Davidson: Scottish ref gets historic European rugby nod May 14, 2025 Scottish official Hollie Davidson is set to become the first woman to referee a European club rugby final after being appointed for the Challenge Cup showdown between Bath and Lyon. Davidson, who has experience of officiating at the men’s Six Nations and Rugby Championship, will take charge of the match at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on [...]
Roc Nation boss exclusive: Rugby chiefs need to get comfortable with change May 14, 2025 The president of Jay-Z’s agency Roc Nation Sports Michael Yormark has said rugby’s stakeholders need to get “comfortable being uncomfortable with change” as the sport looks to commercialise after a turbulent period. Yormark, speaking at the group’s inaugural Champions of Marketing event, told City AM that sometimes sports are “so married to history” that they’re [...]
Crystal Palace face FA Cup final amid boardroom battles and upheaval May 14, 2025 Crystal Palace’s preparations for Saturday’s FA Cup final have been taking place against a backdrop of more discord in the boardroom. The club’s biggest shareholder John Textor has made renewed attempts to purchase the combined 36 per cent stake of fellow American investors, Josh Harris and David Blitzer, with the timing of his latest approach [...]
Premier league players challenge use of data by betting firms May 14, 2025 A growing group of professional footballers in the UK are challenging how their personal performance data is being collected, used, and ultimately monetised. The global sports data and technology group (GSDT) has recently submitted firm “stop processing” requests on behalf of footballers and other sportspeople. This forms the latest part of its ‘project red card’ [...]
The Punter Podcast Episode 30: York’s Classic Trials and Lockinge Day at Newbury May 13, 2025 Tom Marriott and Bill Esdaile preview the key races across the UK this week and are joined by trainer Roger Teal. Hong Kong expert Wally Pyrah is on hand with fancies at Happy Valley. The Punter ‘The Punter’ has been City AM’s dedicated sports betting section for over a decade with a primary focus on [...]
Rosallion holds the key to Lockinge glory at Newbury May 13, 2025 WE’RE now firmly into the Flat season and the big races arrive thick and fast, with high class action coming up from the Lockinge meeting at Newbury this Saturday. The Lockinge Stakes (2.35pm) is the first Group One contest of the season run over a mile for four-year-olds and over, giving us a chance to [...]
Whirl out to confirm Elite Status in Musidora May 13, 2025 LAST week’s Derby trials saw an Aidan O’Brien whitewash, with both trials at Chester and Lingfield as well as Sunday’s Leopardstown Derby Trial going the way of the all-conquering Master of Ballydoyle. York’s three-day meeting, which begins on Wednesday, includes the final trials with the fillies getting a chance to put forward their claims for [...]
Atzeni can Flash past rivals aboard Crimson at the Valley May 13, 2025 THERE is no doubt that highly progressive galloper CRIMSON FLASH is going to be one of the most popular gallopers on show, when he lines up in the Hoi Lai Handicap (3.50pm) over six furlongs, and it’s easy to see why. The son of Showtime had been working up to a win with a series [...]