Premier League stadiums: Inside football’s grandstand revolution Sport Business The Premier League is going through a revolution, and it is not in the form of playing formations. Stadiums – new and old – are second homes for fans, the community centre of their weekend. And England’s top flight is ever-changing. Three teams may get promoted each year and three may get relegated, but the [...]
Sheffield Wednesday: Joint bid could win £30m fight for crisis-hit club Sport Business A number of the six bidders for Sheffield Wednesday are considering joining forces as competition to buy the Championship club hots up. Administrator Begbies Traynor has set an initial deadline of this Friday to begin exclusive negotiations with a preferred bidder, but with a number of credible offers on the table that timeline is likely [...]
UK Athletics posts profit for first time since 2017 Sport Business UK Athletics has hailed a financial turnaround after going from a deficit of £1.2m to a surplus of £107,000 – its first since 2017. The accounts for the year to March 31 2025 saw losses slashed just three years after the track and field governing body appeared to be on the brink of bankruptcy. UK [...]
England Rugby should buy London Stadium and flog Twickenham land October 17, 2025 How do you solve a problem like increasing the revenues for England Rugby? Up sticks and buy the London Stadium, suggests Ollie Phillips Given the obstacles being thrown towards Allianz Stadium and England Rugby from local residents relating to the number of concerts the home of rugby wants to stage, it is no surprise that [...]
MLB London Series still has future despite cancellation, insists City Hall September 22, 2025 Major League Baseball still has a future in the capital despite next year’s scheduled MLB London Series being called off, insists City Hall. The New York Yankees were due to play a pair of games against the Toronto Blue Jays next June in what would have been the first MLB match in London since 2024. [...]
London Athletics Meet organisers lobby government to back world champs bid May 30, 2025 The organisation behind the London Athletics Meet has called on the government to back the UK bid for the 2029 World Athletics Championships. Athletic Ventures claims hosting the global track and field tournament for the first time since 2017 could give London a £400m economic boost. It comes as this year’s London Athletics Meet was [...]
Lyles to defend 100m title at London Athletics Meet May 23, 2025 Paris 2024 gold medallist Noah Lyles will compete in the 100m at the London Athletics Meet in July. The American is the latest big name to confirm his place at the event, which will take place at West Ham United’s London Stadium. Lyles beat Kishane Thompson and Fred Kerley last year at the Stade de [...]
What price do you put on London 2040 Olympics and 2029 athletics meet? May 8, 2025 Ed Warner writes on the 2040 London Olympics and 2029 World Athletics Championships ambitions and what price you can put on the impact such events have. For London 2012 and London 2017 read London 2040 and London 2029. Plans are afoot to persuade the IOC and World Athletics to return their flagship events to Britain’s [...]
Kerr and Ingebrigtsen to clash at London Athletics Meet in July April 11, 2025 British 1500m runner Josh Kerr will take on great rival Jakob Ingebrigtsen at this year’s London Athletics Meet. Kerr and the Norwegian were expected to be the two fighting for gold at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games but Ingebrigtsen could only muster a fourth-place finish while Kerr was sandwiched on the podium between Americans Cole [...]
England captain Harry Kane backs premium ticketing firm March 31, 2025 England captain Harry Kane has become a shareholder in Seat Unique, a UK-based premium ticketing platform that sells premium access to sports, music and entertainment events. The Bayer Munich striker has joined a growing list of high-profile athletes backing the firm, including Ben Stokes, Sir Clive Woodward, and John Terry. Seat Unique, founded in 2019, [...]