Gallagher re-sign as Premiership Rugby sponsor in uplifted deal September 12, 2024 Insurance giant Gallagher this morning reaffirmed their commitment to English top flight sport, signing an increased value sponsorship deal with Premiership Rugby. The move will take Gallagher’s title sponsorship span with the Premiership to beyond a decade upon conclusion of the three-year extension, which begins at the start of the 2025/26 season. Gallagher – whose [...]
Mark Kleinman: Summit’s up with flagship Labour conference September 12, 2024 Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and is the man who gets the City talking in his weekly City A.M. column.
Manchester United in the red again – but confident they’ll escape PSR charge September 11, 2024 English football's profitability and sustainability rules stipulate that clubs may not lose more than £105m over a rolling three-year period.
Premier League makes decision on whether to fight Leicester PSR verdict September 11, 2024 Having lost at appeal, the Premier League's only further possible recourse is to take the matter to arbitration.
Why Todd Boehly has more to lose than Clearlake Capital from a Chelsea sale September 10, 2024 Chelsea shareholder Todd Boehly and his business partners, Mark Walter and Hansjorg Wyss, have more to lose than their fellow owners-turned-rivals Clearlake Capital from the mooted sale of the club. As minority shareholders with Class B shares, the Boehly group would lose a greater percentage of their investment than Clearlake if Chelsea were to be [...]
Keir Starmer visits Ireland in bid to reset UK’s relationship with Dublin September 7, 2024 Sir Keir Starmer is to visit Ireland as he seeks to reset the UK’s relationship with its nearest neighbour. The Prime Minister will travel to Dublin on Saturday to meet with the Taoiseach, Simon Harris, in his first official visit to Ireland. Commerce across the Irish Sea, a trade relationship worth 100 billion euros a [...]
England’s Foden among most overworked footballers, says player union September 5, 2024 Manchester City midfielder Foden played 72 times for club and country last season and was one of six players from the English top division to make 70 or more appearances.
Ed Warner: My trip to the Paralympics taught me that sport is bad for your health September 5, 2024 Our sport business columnist on the danger of watching the Paralympics, dynamic pricing, election season in Olympic land, and Scotland’s Commonwealth Games dilemma. Watching sport is bad for your health. Or can be. I’m glad I wasn’t strapped to a heart-rate monitor during the wheelchair rugby in Paris over the past week or I would [...]
Premier League to rewrite rules after ’embarrassing’ legal defeat September 4, 2024 The decision by an independent appeal board exposed a loophole in the Premier League’s rulebook that other clubs facing similar charges could also exploit.
Leicester City deal major blow to Premier League over alleged rules breach September 3, 2024 Leicester City have dealt the Premier League a major blow by winning an appeal against their alleged breach of Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSRs). The English top flight referred the Foxes, who were promoted to the Premier League at the end of last season, to an independent commission in March for breaching PSR in 2022-23. [...]