By: Frank Dalleres

Sports Editor Frank Dalleres is Sports Editor of City AM. He has almost two decades' experience covering the business of sport and has reported from Olympic Games and major international football, rugby union, tennis and golf competitions, both at home and abroad. Get in touch with stories and tip-offs and follow him on X at @frankdalleres

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Week in Sportbiz: Succession at Matchroom; PGA Tour’s $40m fame fund; taking knee banned at Tokyo 2020; India warms to The Hundred; NFL’s paint job

April 23, 2021

It’s been a busy week for shifts in power at the top of sports organisations, splitting with old partners and signing megabucks new deals. Away from European football’s attempt to eat itself, Matchroom announced that founder Barry Hearn would be stepping down after 40 years at the helm. Matchroom Boxing boss Eddie Hearn is succeeding [...]
European Super League: LaLiga chief Javier Tebas won’t ‘cut people’s heads off’ over Real Madrid and Barcelona breakaway attempt

April 22, 2021

The head of the Spanish football league, Javier Tebas, has played down calls to sanction the 12 clubs who tried to launch a breakaway European Super League. Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus and six English clubs including Manchester United and Liverpool abandoned the project this week. LaLiga chief Tebas said the project was now dead and [...]
European Super League criticised for ‘unilaterally deciding future of women’s football’ without consultation

April 22, 2021

Campaign group Women in Football has criticised the lack of consultation with the women’s game over the short-lived European Super League breakaway. Plans for the European Super League, the biggest shake-up in club football in living memory, stated that a corresponding women’s competition would follow but did not go into further details. The project unravelled [...]
Premiership Rugby chief executive Darren Childs to quit and become advisor to shareholder CVC Capital Partners

April 21, 2021

Premiership Rugby chief executive Darren Childs is to step down and become an advisor to CVC Capital Partners, which owns a minority stake in England’s top division. Childs, who only took up the role two years ago, will leave in the next few weeks, Premiership Rugby said. Predecessor Mark McCafferty also went on to advise [...]
Arsenal and Liverpool say sorry for plotting European Super League but clubs’ defence of motivations shows wildly unpopular project is far from dead

April 21, 2021

The English clubs among the “dirty dozen” behind plans for a European Super League have begun attempts to repair the damage caused by the failed breakaway. But while Arsenal and Liverpool apologised to supporters, they and the other English clubs to pull out – Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur – stopped short [...]
Swift disintegration of European Super League leaves it looking like nothing more than an elaborate power play that backfired spectacularly

April 20, 2021

We were told by the clubs – the so-called “dirty dozen” – that the European Super League was a done deal. That it was definitely happening. That it was more than just another power play. The fact that it took less than 48 hours from that announcement for Chelsea to back out, and other dominoes [...]
European Super League: How much do clubs stand to earn? Where is the money coming from? And will the rest of football be worse off?

April 19, 2021

The driving force behind plans for a new European Super League is money – specifically, the chance to make more of it. But exactly how much money do the six English clubs involved – Manchester United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur – and the other six known founder teams – Real Madrid, [...]
The legal issues around a European Super League: Can clubs really be banned from domestic leagues and players barred from World Cups?

April 19, 2021

The battle lines over a European Super League may have been drawn but a legal fight that could last for years is only just beginning. Football authorities including the Premier League and Uefa have warned the rebel clubs they will be kicked out of existing domestic and European competitions if they push ahead. Players, too, [...]
Manchester United and Juventus shares rise on European Super League announcement

April 19, 2021

Shares in Manchester United (MANU) and Juventus (JUVE) rose on Monday following the announcement of plans for a European Super League. Both clubs were confirmed on Sunday night as one of 12 founder members of the breakaway competition, which could replace the Champions League as soon as next year. Shares in United were up more [...]
Tottenham Hotspur sack Jose Mourinho after 17 months – and just days before cup final

April 19, 2021

Tottenham Hotspur have sacked manager Jose Mourinho, the club has confirmed. The move comes less than a week before the Carabao Cup final and just 17 months after his appointment. Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy said: “Jose and his coaching staff have been with us through some of our most challenging times as a club. “Jose [...]

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