Chelsea and Arsenal overtake Man Utd as top producers of Premier League players July 26, 2023 Chelsea and Arsenal were the leading producers of Premier League players in the 2022-23 season, according to a new study. The two clubs’ academy products each racked up just over 21,000 minutes of playing time but remarkably were separated by just 37 seconds, with Chelsea edging top spot. Manchester United – leaders in every previous [...]
Tottenham Hotspur owner Joe Lewis indicted for ‘orchestrating a brazen insider trading scheme’ July 26, 2023 British billionaire and Tottenham Hotspur owner Joe Lewis has been indicted in New York for “orchestrating a brazen insider trading scheme”, a US attorney said. Damian Williams, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in a video released by his office: “Today I’m announcing that my office, the Southern District of New York, has [...]
Bloomsbury Football: Why Nike and Kier Starmer love London ‘coaching for all’ charity July 26, 2023 Bloomsbury Football founder and CEO Charlie Hyman on the London-focused charity’s rapid rise, attracting support from Nike and Kier Starmer, and their plans for further expansion. Charlie Hyman was still a schoolboy when he got his first taste of football coaching, collecting cones for his younger brother’s team in a local park. “I thought I [...]
England footballers probed by advertising watchdog over promotion of Supreme CBD July 25, 2023 Three former England footballers are the subject of investigation by the Advertising Standards Authority over their promotion of CBD products. Ex-internationals Paul Merson, Chris Kirkland and Alan Thompson have collectively posted almost 200 tweets about the Supreme CBD brand. The CAP Code, which applies to influencer marketing, requires anyone promoting a brand on social media [...]
Brook: England can claim ‘moral victory’ over Australia in Ashes July 25, 2023 England batter Harry Brook insisted his side could claim a “moral victory” this week at the Oval after Australia retained the Ashes with one Test to spare. Rain scuppered any England hopes of this week’s Test match in south London being a decider and Australia cannot lose the series. A series draw for England would, [...]
Richards and Dean bring home British one-two at aquatics worlds July 25, 2023 Britain took home a gold and silver in the 200m freestyle yesterday at the World Aquatics Championships in Japan as Matt Richards toppled Olympic champion Tom Dean. The 20-year-old was outstanding in the four-length race and beat Dean to the gold medal by 0.02 – South Korea’s Hwang Sun-woo took the bronze with defending world [...]
Formula E CEO: We must look at US and China expansions July 25, 2023 Formula E has built itself from lowly foundations into one of the premier competitors for the world’s leading motorsport series, Formula 1. But even those running an all-electric racing series focused on sustainability and addressing environmental concerns cannot deny that expansion is on the mind. Under the baking heat of a Roman summer, Formula E [...]
HSBC and other sponsors not to blame for Emma Raducanu’s decline, insists agent July 25, 2023 Emma Raducanu’s agent has rejected suggestions that a swathe of money-spinning sponsorships including HSBC and Vodafone have held her back since her sensational 2021 US Open triumph. The British tennis player’s Grand Slam title brought her a swathe of deals with brands also including Dior, Porsche, British Airways and Nike which earned her £22m last [...]
Formula E set for close London finale while F1 sees repeat results July 25, 2023 While Formula 1’s increasing predictability is testing viewers’ appetite, the same cannot be said of Formula E ahead of this weekend’s finale in London. On Saturday and Sunday race fans will descend on Docklands for a double header to decide the championship. With a maximum of 58 points available across two races, any one of [...]
Open Sunday should be free-to-air going forward, says MP golf group chair July 25, 2023 The final day of the Open Championship should be broadcast live on free-to-air channels to attract more people to the sport, says the chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for golf. Craig Tracey MP says the sport could soon be prescribed by doctors to help patients get healthy, and that bringing live coverage of [...]