QPR owner Bhatia Liverpool investment could value club at $6bn July 21, 2026 Liverpool could be valued at more than $6bn amid talks between owners Fenway Sports Group and investors over a minority stake sale. A consortium of investors led by the British-Indian co-owner of Queens Park Rangers Amit Bhatia is reportedly in talks to purchase a significant minority in the Merseyside club, according to the Financial Times. [...]
Fulham sign up $15bn Silicon Valley tech and AI firm ClickHouse as front-of-shirt sponsor July 21, 2026 Fulham FC have followed Crystal Palace in signing up a tech and AI company as their front-of-shirt sponsor, ClickHouse, for the new Premier League season. ClickHouse is a US-based platform that crunches data for Meta, Tesla, OpenAI, Visa and Sony and replaces gambling brand SBOTOP as Fulham’s principal commercial partner. It comes as the Premier [...]
Netflix and Gary Lineker’s Goalhanger extend The Rest Is Football deal until 2028 July 20, 2026 Gary Lineker’s The Rest Is Football podcast will continue on Netflix for the next two seasons following the success of its run during the World Cup. The hit show, which also stars former England internationals Alan Shearer and Micah Richards, will focus on the Premier League and Champions League in twice-weekly episodes on the streaming [...]
The 2026 World Cup had its flaws, yes, but it was a resounding success for Fifa July 20, 2026 In the coming days following last night’s World Cup final, Fifa will release a report on how many people watched the tournament across its five and a half weeks. Look out for the social media KPIs – impressions, engagement, video views – that major sporting bodies now have to report, but the headline number will [...]
Starmer took sport freebies worth tens of thousands of pounds while PM July 17, 2026 Outgoing Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer took sport-related freebies worth tens of thousands of pounds in his two years at Downing Street. Official data declared by the Prime Minister in the register of accepted gifts and hospitality shows the sport-mad leader has enjoyed £33,000 worth of perks since winning a landslide victory for his Labour [...]
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Everton facing early termination of Stake sleeve deal as ban looms July 15, 2026 Everton face losing a major sponsorship deal after the UK Government stepped up plans to ban any advertising of unlicensed betting companies. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has launched a consultation on preventing any betting brand that does not hold a Gambling Commission licence from promoting itself through sponsorship or advertising in any [...]
Football ‘muddling through’ in face of growing ‘tensions’, says Boston Consulting Group July 15, 2026 Football is in danger of eating itself unless the sport comes together to address growing inequalities, a consultancy hired by the Independent Football Regulator has warned. Boston Consulting Group, which has worked with the IFR to produce the State of the Game report that will shape the regulator’s approach to English football, has today published [...]
Aston Villa sign £20m a year Visit Rwanda shirt sponsor deal July 14, 2026 Visit Rwanda have kept their presence in the Premier League by agreeing to become the front-of-shirt partner to Aston Villa. The Paul Kagame-linked tourism board concluded a sleeve deal with Arsenal last season after mounting pressure from fans but have now signed a £20m-a-year deal with, according to The Athletic. Unai Emery’s Aston Villa will [...]
Infantino facing IOC probe after complaint lodged over Trump’s Balogun intervention July 14, 2026 Fifa boss Gianni Infantino is facing an International Olympic Committee investigation after an official complaint was filed following US President Donald Trump’s intervention to block Folarin Balogun’s ban. The decision to suspend Balogun’s ban – enabling the USA’s best player to continue playing in the World Cup after he was sent off against Bosnia and [...]