Sport, tax and the Olympics: Why France is attractive for international athletes August 3, 2024 In this Olympic and Paralympic year, sport is in the spotlight, especially in France where more than 10,000 international athletes are expected. At the same time, all eyes are on possible tax changes in the next coming months following the latest snap elections that took place further to the dissolution of the French Parliament by [...]
Kylian Mbappe and five success stories of footballers who own teams August 2, 2024 As well as being potentially lucrative investments, team ownership can keep former players involved in the game without having to become managers.
Emirates extends FA Cup sponsorship despite controversial changes August 1, 2024 The Football Association has renewed its sponsorship deal with Emirates for the FA Cup for another four years. The arrangement, which began in 2015 and is reported to be worth £10m per season, will now run through until at least 2028. It comes as the FA Cup is set to undergo controversial changes this season, [...]
Ed Warner: Is the ‘Wrexham Effect’ actually hurting lower league finances? August 1, 2024 One week until the football league kicks off and Wrexham AFC will hog the League One spotlight.
Ahead of the Game: Six Nations facing compensation fight over £800m deal snub July 31, 2024 In his first weekly sports news column, Matt Hughes reports on the row between the Six Nations and southern hemisphere chiefs over the Nations Championship, the value of Team GB’s new deal with Adidas, Everton’s tensions with the Premier League, and England cricket chiefs’s latest hire. The Six Nations are facing potential demands for tens [...]
Manchester United mull £2bn 100,000-seater stadium to replace Old Trafford July 29, 2024 A task force chaired by Lord Coe has focused its discussions to date on a new stadium rather than redeveloping their current home, it is understood.
London T100 can do for triathlon what Wimbledon does for tennis, say organisers July 29, 2024 Forty of the world’s top male and female triathletes took to the city’s streets and the water of Victoria Dock on Saturday and Sunday.
Sadiq Khan reveals stance on selling loss-making London Stadium to West Ham United July 29, 2024 The former Olympic Stadium has become a financial millstone for the London Legacy Development Corporation.
Mayor Sadiq Khan targets another London Olympics and in talks over NBA return July 26, 2024 Sadiq Khan has reiterated that he wants to bring the Olympics back to London as he embarks on a charm offensive to show that the city is “the undisputed sporting capital of the world”. The Mayor of London spoke to City A.M. on Friday while travelling to Paris, where he will use the current Games [...]
‘So much of the world is controllable – sport isn’t like that. That’s the beauty of it’ July 25, 2024 A triathlon in London “just feels right”, says Alistair Brownlee, and he should know. The sport’s only double Olympic champion won gold on home soil in 2012 and it remains his fondest memory as an athlete. It also continued a proud tradition of British excellence in the swim-bike-run event forged by the likes of Tim [...]