Selhurst Park among 22 stadiums for 2035 Women’s World Cup Sport Business Selhurst Park, the home of Crystal Palace, Birmingham City’s planned new stadium and Wrexham’s Racecourse Ground are set to host games at the Women’s World Cup in 2035. They are among 22 venues – along with the more established likes of Wembley, the Principality Stadium, Hampden Park and Windsor Park – proposed by the football [...]
Crystal Palace: Steve Parish casts doubt on long-term future and eyes return to Adland Sport Business Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish has cast doubt on his long-term future in football, revealing that he is tempted by a return to the advertising industry. Parish, 60, made his fortune with marketing production company Tag Worldwide before leading a consortium of wealthy Palace fans who rescued the club from administration in 2010. Subsequent stake [...]
Football M&A shake-up as investors swap mega-deals for lower league takeovers Sport Business Football’s M&A market has seen a drop in mega-deals as investors have turned their attention to lower leagues, expanding multi-club networks and strategic minority acquisitions. A new report by independent consultancy Football Benchmark said its analysis of the 76 deals to take place so far this year reflected “a maturing market”. While recent years have [...]
Here’s what the NFL can teach football about global expansion October 16, 2025 It had taken me 18 years and 40 missed opportunities in London before I got round to seeing my first NFL game in the flesh on Sunday: an attritional contest edged by the Denver Broncos at a packed Tottenham Hotspur Stadium that looked for all intents and purposes as though it had been flown from [...]
Premier League spending hits £3bn for first time on busy deadline day September 1, 2025 Records look set to tumble as Liverpool near the £125m signing of Alexander Isak from Newcastle United, taking Premier League summer spending to £3bn. A flurry of activity on transfer deadline day saw the majority of top-flight clubs close in on last-minute deals before business closes at 7pm. Spending was set to breach the £3bn [...]
Who owns each Premier League club as US shareholdings boom? August 17, 2025 British firms or individuals are the biggest shareholders in just five Premier League clubs as US ownership booms ahead of the new season. Tony Bloom’s 96 per cent shareholding in Brighton and Hove Albion is the largest British stake in a Premier League club while Matthew Benham’s significant holding in Brentford is the only other [...]
Crystal Palace chance of appealing CAS decision possible but slim August 11, 2025 Crystal Palace’s legal options are limited after their loss at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, but they exist, insist top lawyers after the Eagles were relegated to the Europa Conference League on Monday. Despite sending a top team, headed up by co-owner and chairman Steve Parish, to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) [...]
Palace relegated from Europa League with Forest to take their place August 11, 2025 Crystal Palace’s relegation from the Europa League to the Europa Conference League has been decided after the Eagles lost their appeal at CAS. A club delegation, headed up by club co-owner and chairman Steve Parish, argued their case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne last week but the judgment set to be [...]
Crystal Palace Europa League appeal is watershed moment, say lawyers August 6, 2025 Crystal Palace’s appeal against Europa League expulsion is “likely to be a watershed moment” in football’s multi-club ownership rules, sports lawyers believe. Palace will take their legal battle to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) on Friday in a bid to overturn Uefa’s decision to demote them to the Conference League. European governing body [...]
Birmingham Phoenix tee up Castore as Hundred teams ditch New Balance August 6, 2025 Birmingham Phoenix have agreed a kit deal with Castore for next season, with The Hundred’s long-term apparel supplier, New Balance, increasingly being phased out by the franchises that are under new ownership. City AM revealed last week that London Spirit are also dropping New Balance after the current campaign, with their new co-owners, Cricket Investor [...]