Football club Arsenal to donate £5 to community projects for every new shirt they sell May 19, 2022 Premier League football club Arsenal have pledged to donate £5 to local community work for every new home shirt that they sell. The north London club made the promise as part of the launch of their new kit, which goes on sale today and will be worn by the team in Sunday’s final game of [...]
Chelsea directors Buck and Granovskaia set to share in £50m takeover bonus pool May 18, 2022 Chelsea directors including chairman Bruce Buck and Marina Granovskaia are set to receive multimillion pound bonuses once the sale of the club is completed, according to reports. Buck and Granovskaia will share in £50m once a consortium led by Todd Boehly, part-owner of the LA Dodgers baseball team, complete its takeover, according to The Times. [...]
Coalition of football clubs file lawsuit against insurers in wake of landmark Axa ruling May 17, 2022 A coalition of football clubs have filed a multi-party lawsuit against six major insurers seeking a larger payout for money lost during Covid-19, after the UK’s Supreme Court said businesses are allowed to reclaim losses suffered due to the impacts of the pandemic. A consortium of 20 separate claimants – including Arsenal, Liverpool, and Aston [...]
Trevor Steven: Why Europa League success would be priceless for Rangers May 17, 2022 The fact that 100,000 Rangers supporters are expected to migrate to Seville this week for the Europa League final tells you just how big a game it is for my old club. Eintracht Frankfurt may be the favourites to lift the trophy on Wednesday night in southern Spain but I believe Rangers have a real [...]
Arsenal, Tottenham, Liverpool and 17 other top clubs hire City firm to take on UK’s biggest insurers in mega football claim May 17, 2022 Some of England’s biggest football clubs – including Arsenal FC, Aston Villa FC, Tottenham Hotspur FC and West Ham FC, have instructed City law firm Clifford Chance to launch a multi-party action against some of the biggest insurance players in London. The group of 20 claimants, which also includes Liverpool FC and Leicester City FC, [...]
Derby County takeover: Buyer Chris Kirchner exchanges contracts on deal for football club May 17, 2022 Prospective Derby County owner Chris Kirchner says he has exchanged contracts on a takeover of the football club. Kirchner has been locked in talks for months with administrators, stadium owner Mel Morris and the English Football League over a deal. If completed, the transaction would bring to an end the crisis at one of the [...]
Fresh doubt over Chelsea takeover amid issues with deal’s terms May 16, 2022 Fresh doubt has been cast over the multibillion-pound takeover of Premier League outfit Chelsea with a new licence yet to be agreed. Government officials are said to have doubts over the reissuing of a licence which expires at the end of the month. The football club have been placed under such a licence following the [...]
Labouring Liverpool finding that bar for becoming Premier League champions is higher than ever May 16, 2022 Liverpool head to Southampton on Tuesday evening for the penultimate fixture in their Premier League title chase beckoned by the rare sound of sympathy from an opposing manager. The Reds must win at St Mary’s to keep alive their hopes of claiming a crown that Saints manager Ralph Hasenhuttl believes is harder to win even [...]
Blackpool forward Jake Daniels, 17, becomes first current UK male footballer to come out as gay May 16, 2022 Blackpool forward Jake Daniels has become the first current UK male professional footballer to come out as gay. The 17-year-old, who made his senior debut in the Championship this month, told Sky Sports: “I told my mum and my sister. The day after we played Accrington and I scored four, so it just shows how [...]
Police investigating after Brentford players allege racial abuse of their families at Everton May 16, 2022 Merseyside police are investigating after Brentford players Ivan Toney and Rico Henry said their families were racially abused at Sunday’s game against Everton. Striker Toney and full-back Henry made the allegations last night on social media, hours after their club’s 3-2 Premier League victory at Goodison Park. “For the man that racially abused my family, [...]