What are heavyweight boxers like Dubois and Usyk really earning? July 19, 2025 With athletes usually trading through a limited company, what are heavyweight boxers like Daniel Dubois and Oleksandr Usyk really earning? When we talk about greatness in sport, we usually talk about physical strength, mindset and sacrifice. We rarely talk about financial resilience: how athletes protect what they’ve earned long after they’ve stepped out of the [...]
Exclusive: Wembley sales key to rugby league Ashes record crowd hopes July 14, 2025 Organisers of rugby league’s Ashes series are targeting a record-breaking opening Test at Wembley Stadium, 103 days out from kick-off. Rugby League Commercial, which is behind the first Test series against Australia in 20 years, is aiming to break records for Ashes attendances. Previous series were played between Australia and Great Britain, rather than England, [...]
Super League CEO: Challenge Cup final may need move from Wembley July 9, 2025 Rugby league may have to consider moving the Challenge Cup away from Wembley, says the chief executive of Warrington Wolves. Karl Fitzpatrick said his “heart” was with staying at the 90,000-seat home of football in London but his “head is saying we may need to look at somewhere else”. The 2024 final between Wigan Warriors [...]
Anthony Joshua will probably retire next year, says Eddie Hearn June 11, 2025 Anthony Joshua is likely to retire next year after three more fights, ideally including a double bill with Tyson Fury, says his promoter Eddie Hearn. The two-time world heavyweight champion is still planning his next move, having not fought since a damaging knockout defeat by fellow Briton Daniel Dubois nine months ago. A long-awaited showdown [...]
The FA Cup is still magic – and now this Crystal Palace fan can die happy May 22, 2025 Long-suffering Crystal Palace fan Ed Warner savours his team’s moment in the sun, praises the FA for retaining the cup’s essential magic, and hopes his team don’t get too used to it… Toss a coin six times. The odds of it coming up heads every time is 1:64. Enter the FA Cup in the third [...]
Wembley lined up for Usyk-Dubois undisputed heavyweight title fight April 15, 2025 London’s National football stadium Wembley is being lined up to host Oleksandr Usyk’s undisputed heavyweight fight with Daniel Dubois. The arch-topped arena has hosted eight headline bouts before and could stage one of Ukrainian Usyk’s final fights in July this year. Dubois has taken on Anthony Joshua previously at the 90,000-seater stadium in north London, [...]
Vinai Venkatesham: Former Arsenal chief to join rivals Tottenam as CEO April 11, 2025 Former Arsenal chief executive Vinai Venkatesham is joining the handful of footballers and staff to cross the north London divide by becoming CEO of Tottenham Hotspur. Venkatesham has agreed to take up the post at Spurs in the summer, a year after he ended his 14-year stint at their fierce local rivals “to pursue another [...]
Trump’s war on DEI is ‘really alarming’ says Women In Football CEO March 25, 2025 Women In Football’s annual conference takes place this week at Wembley Stadium, although it is developments across the Atlantic that pose a grave threat to the reforms that the network has been fighting for. President Trump’s war on DEI has significantly shifted the conversation backwards, leading to big business rolling back initiatives and making it [...]
Carabao Cup prize money: How does it compare to the FA Cup? March 16, 2025 On Sunday at Wembley Stadium one of Liverpool or Newcastle United will pick up the first major trophy of the English football season: the Carabao Cup. Liverpool have won the League Cup on 10 occasions, two more than any other team, while Newcastle’s best finishes came in both 1976 and 2023 when they finished second. [...]
Wembley considered for Usyk undisputed heavyweight fight with Dubois March 12, 2025 Wembley Stadium could host the undisputed heavyweight boxing world title fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois. Ukrainian Usyk became the first undisputed heavyweight world champion since Lennox Lewis last May when he beat Tyson Fury in Riyadh but relinquished one of his belts when he couldn’t face Dubois due to a rematch clause with [...]