Red Bull: Leeds United minority owner set to increase football investment Sport Business The energy drinks brand already has a minority stake in Leeds but has an option to increase it.
Show football’s 3pm blackout the red card and women’s game will benefit Sport Business While men’s football works out whether to scrap the 3pm blackout, women’s matches offer a perfect test case, argues Anna Reynolds. Imagine being barred from watching your favourite TV programme at a certain time of the day. That’s the current situation in football, where games scheduled for Saturday at 3pm are restricted from being broadcast [...]
Fans group vows to fight plans to scrap football’s 3pm blackout Sport Business The Football Supporters’ Association will resist moves to scrap the 3pm blackout that prevents Saturday afternoon matches being broadcast live in the UK. Following reports that senior figures in the game believe it could be ditched when the next round of TV deals end in 2029, the FSA warned that doing so risked harming clubs [...]