Has Fifa wildly overestimated the value of Club World Cup media rights? October 11, 2024 Was Fifa too hasty in rejecting Apple’s reported $1bn (£760m) offer for media rights to next summer’s inaugural beefed-up Club World Cup? That is a question football’s governing body may have to ask itself as time ticks down towards the new 32-team tournament in the US next summer. With only eight months to go until [...]
Gareth Southgate reveals stance on Manchester United job October 10, 2024 If Manchester United chiefs decide to sack Erik ten Hag before the end of the season they can forget about hiring Gareth Southgate to replace him. The former England head coach, who stepped down in the summer, said today that he has no intention of returning to football management “in the next year”. “Sometimes when [...]
Arsenal are overachieving in the Premier League, but do fans appreciate it? October 10, 2024 In a parallel universe, Arsenal have already beaten Manchester City to the title. Forget Pep and Mikel’s inflamed war of words in this season’s scrap for the Premier League trophy; the Gunners have bagged the prize for outperforming their playing budget. Football, though, must ultimately be about fans’ dreams, not investors’ and bank managers’ bottom [...]
Two IPL team owners battle to buy Manchester Originals in Hundred sale October 9, 2024 The interest is a significant boost for England cricket chiefs’ much-maligned sales process.
Sports teams can make better use of Apprenticeship Levy, ex-Quins CEO says October 9, 2024 A former Premiership Rugby chief executive has called on the government to cut red tape and back sports clubs to use the existing Apprenticeship Levy to fuel upskilling opportunities for athletes and local communities. David Ellis, who served as CEO of Harlequins for eight years until 2019, insists the compulsory tax could be better used [...]
Manchester City say Premier League rule is now void. Lawyers disagree October 8, 2024 Lawyers have shot down claims by Manchester City that the Premier League’s associated party transaction (APT) rules should be considered “void” following the club’s partially successful legal challenge. In a letter to the other 19 top-flight clubs, Manchester City general counsel Simon Cliff said APT rules – designed to prevent clubs benefiting from artificially inflated [...]
IPL founder: I wanted Mick Jagger to save English cricket from The Hundred October 8, 2024 Indian Premier League founder Lalit Modi has revealed that he earmarked Mick Jagger as a team owner in a new English cricket competition to replace The Hundred and T20 Blast. Modi says he offered the England and Wales Cricket Board £2.3bn over 20 years to buy the summer window in which The Hundred operates – [...]
US group in talks to buy Sheffield United from Saudi prince October 8, 2024 Sheffield United are in takeover talks with an American consortium led by private equity boss Steven H Rosen. Rosen is the co-founder of Resilience Capital Partners, which mostly backs manufacturing and aerospace companies and has raised or advised on more than £500m of investments. He is leading negotiations on behalf of a US consortium with [...]
Manchester City defeat Premier League over financial rules October 7, 2024 The Premier League has suffered another blow to its regulatory powers after Manchester City partially won a challenge to rules on associated party transactions (APT). An independent arbitration panel agreed with the current champions that some elements of the APT rules did not comply with competition and public law requirements, and that clubs should be [...]
EFL calls for businesses as it kicks off innovation programme October 7, 2024 The English Football League (EFL) is calling for businesses to join its first innovation programme and develop their products by working with its 72 professional clubs. The EFL Innovation Lab is a partnership with corporate innovation specialist L Marks aimed at “suppliers, start-ups and scale-ups” and targeted at four key areas of business. They are [...]