Manchester City should be kicked out of Premier League, says LaLiga’s Tebas Sport Business Spanish football league chief Javier Tebas has called for Manchester City to be expelled from the Premier League after being found guilty of mass financial rule breaches. City are expected to appeal before sanctions can be issued by the independent commission that found them guilty of 114 of the 115 charges relating to the period [...]
Overseas games: Will World Cup success force Fifa’s hand over divisive issue? Sport Business Fifa’s staging of the World Cup in North America may have been a massive commercial win, but it might also have ramped up the pressure on world football’s governing body to make a decisive call on one of the game’s most contentious issues: domestic leagues taking matches to more lucrative overseas locations. The biggest ever [...]
City AM Football Power List 2026: Who really runs the world’s most popular sport? Sport Business The City AM Football Power List seeks to answer a simple question: ahead of the 2026 World Cup, who really runs the planet’s favourite sport? To answer it, we assembled a panel of experts from across the sports industry and picked their brains for nominations and, ultimately, a top 25. You can read more about [...]
LaLiga boss Tebas reignites war with Paris Saint-Germain chief Al-Khelaifi February 26, 2026 LaLiga president Javier Tebas has reignited his war of words with Paris Saint-Germain chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi by blaming him for the financial problems in French football. Tebas and Al-Khelaifi have clashed repeatedly in the past, most notably when PSG signed Neymar from Barcelona against the wishes of the Spanish club and its league in 2017. [...]
LaLiga boosts Premier League fight with record media rights deals December 1, 2025 Spain’s LaLiga has cemented its position as the closest challenger to the Premier League after announcing record domestic media rights deals worth more than £5bn. The figure for the 2027-32 cycle represents a nine per cent increase on the current contracts and, when combined with international broadcast deals, gives the rights a total value of [...]
LaLiga’s overseas game project not dead, insists Tebas October 22, 2025 Spanish football chief Javier Tebas insists LaLiga will “keep trying” to stage games overseas after being forced to shelve a planned fixture between Barcelona and Villarreal in Miami in December. The controversial move looked set to go ahead when European governing body Uefa “reluctantly” granted permission earlier this month but LaLiga announced it had pulled [...]