Top Premier League clubs to be billed £1.8m each for Independent Football Regulator Sport Business Top Premier League clubs will be asked to pay almost £2m a year towards the running of the Independent Football Regulator after the watchdog published its proposed levy. The IFR’s costs will be recouped via a tax on clubs from next year, with those teams earning the most set to contribute the biggest portion of [...]
William Hill owner blames Man City dominance for revenue drop Betting The dominance of Manchester City and Arsenal football clubs at the summit of English football has dented earnings at the owner of gambling giant William Hill. Evoke reported that third quarter revenue was between one and two percentage points lower than it might have been because of a string of what it called “particularly customer-friendly [...]
Government must cut red tape to fuel football stadium development Sport Business Investing in a football stadium can be the difference between sinking and swimming and the government must play a role, writes Joseph Smith. It is fair to say that the Independent Football Regulator’s draft State of the Game report provides the most comprehensive analysis of English football’s finances to date. Published last week and open [...]
Black Knight’s Foley: We will do an AFC Bournemouth at Exeter Chiefs October 22, 2026 AFC Bournemouth owner Bill Foley has said he will replicate the Premier League club’s playbook at newly acquired Prem Rugby team Exeter Chiefs. Foley’s Black Knight consortium – which features Oscar winner Michael B Jordan – purchased Exeter Chiefs over the summer amid a flurry of inward investment into the English top flight rugby competition. [...]
Manchester City must face justice for sake of Premier League and Uefa, says Tebas October 21, 2026 Manchester City critic and Spanish league boss Javier Tebas says the club must face “justice” for the sake of English and European football. City were last month found guilty of more than 100 counts of breaching the Premier League’s financial rules by hiding over £900m in owner funding that allowed them to spend freely on [...]
Bellingham leads $10m fund raise of Premier League-backed tech firm Rezzil October 19, 2026 Jobe Bellingham has led a $10m fund raise of Premier League-backed technology firm Rezzil. The 21-year-old Borussia Dortmund midfielder – whose brother Jude starred for England at the Fifa World Cup this summer – is part of the round alongside putting coach Phil Kenyon, who has worked with the likes of Rory McIlroy and Scottie [...]
What drinking alcohol at football could tell us about sporting fandom October 18, 2026 The Prime Minister has flirted with the idea of letting football fans drink alcohol on terraces again and it could have an impact on how we measure fandom, writes Ben McMahon. Settle into your Wembley Stadium seat for today’s NFL game and you can roar on the Jaguars with a cool Coors in hand. Visit [...]
Was the transfer window impacted by UK tax rules? October 17, 2026 This summer’s transfer window again showed the purchasing power of the Premier League, with almost £3.5bn being spent on transfer fees. And, while there were players being bought from foreign teams, there was also a significant number of very high value transfers between Premier League clubs this summer, which is notable compared to previous transfer [...]
Mark Kleinman: Every Lidl helps a new era of supermarket mergers October 15, 2026 Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City editor and the man who gets the Square Mile talking in his City AM column. Every Lidl helps a new era of supermarket mergers Every Lidl helps. For that matter, every Aldi does too. With apologies to the creators of Tesco’s famous advertising slogan, that might be the neatest way to encapsulate [...]
Sport media rights value defies worries to hit record $66bn in 2026 October 14, 2026 Sports media rights values hit record levels this year and are forecast to continue defying warnings of the bubble bursting, according to a new report. The World Cup and bumper new agreements for the NBA and UFC drove the total aggregate value – the main revenue source for all major sports – from $62.4bn in [...]