Real Madrid top Deloitte Football Money League as Champions League revamp boosts Premier League’s rivals
Does the Women’s Super League need a salary cap or other cost controls? Sport Business Does the Women’s Super League need a salary cap? That was the question posed this week by no less an authority than Deloitte’s Sports Business Group upon the release of its 34th Annual Review of Football Finance. The report contained plenty of positive updates on the finances of WSL teams: aggregate revenue grew 36 per [...]
Scrapping relegation can help WSL dodge trap set by men’s football Sport Business The WSL’s new leadership deserves credit for seriously considering ditching relegation in pursuit of a firmer financial footing for women’s football, writes Ed Warner. Manchester City have sacked their head coach with hopes of Champions League qualification this season fading and only cup dreams to cling to. No, not Pep Guardiola, but Gareth Taylor, now [...]
Supersub: Women’s League Cup nets new title sponsor Sport Business Subway has been named the new title sponsor of the Women’s League Cup after agreeing a deal to succeed long-term partner Continental Tyres. The multi-year deal comes as the competition enters the quarter-final stage, having remained unbranded so far this season. Previous sponsor Continental backed the competition for 13 years, from its first edition in [...]
Women’s football scores £100m boost from new Sky and BBC TV deals October 30, 2024 Sky Sports has secured an even bigger share of matches in the Women’s Super League as part of a record new long-term agreement billed as “the most significant broadcast partnership ever for women’s football”. The deal from 2025 until 2030 will see Sky show up to 118 WSL matches, more than three times as many [...]