Football stakes in UK down since Euros as Premier League returns August 14, 2025 William Hill parent company Evoke says it has seen lower football staking volumes in the United Kingdom and Ireland since Euro 2024. The company earlier today released their H1 interim results, which show a £588.4m revenue in the UK and Ireland for the first half of the year – a 1.4 per cent decrease compared to [...]
Premier League: Is football the closest sport to perfection? August 14, 2025 Football never seems to go away. Between international tournaments, transfer sagas and pre-season tours, the game hums year-round. But last weekend’s EFL fixtures and this weekend’s Premier League matches mark something more definitive: the start of the new English season. The return of tribal loyalties, tactical debates, and the weekly rhythm that defines so many [...]
Exclusive: Seven in 10 think fans are being priced out of football August 14, 2025 Seven out of 10 football supporters in the UK believe traditional fans are being priced out of watching games, exclusive data for City AM can reveal on the eve of the Premier League’s return. Over 70 per cent of traditional football fans who have attended a match in the last 12 months have told City [...]
Mark Kleinman: Thames Water’s fate now sounds like a dripping timebomb August 14, 2025 Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and the man who gets the Square Mile talking in his weekly City AM column Thames Water’s fate now sounds like a dripping timebomb There are few more irritating sounds than that of a dripping tap you cannot fix. That, writ large, is the headache facing the Labour government as it [...]
Cricket’s dirty secret: Unpaid players, rogue officials and bad governance August 13, 2025 In many ways, these are heady days for cricket. A return to the Olympics in LA in 2028 promises to take a sport with pockets of fervent support to new audiences; The Hundred has shown the game’s appeal to deep-pocketed investors; and the recent series between England and India delivered thrills and spills in the [...]
Spurs to play for £4.3m ahead of new Premier League season August 13, 2025 Tottenham Hotspur have the chance to bag €5m (£4.3m) in prize money as they face PSG in the Uefa Super Cup on Wednesday. Spurs are set to receive €4m (£3.4m) regardless of the result, but a win against the Ligue 1 champions would add an extra €1m (£0.8m) to the prize pot. The Uefa Super [...]
Chanel chief Leena Nair joins Tech Titans investor group at London Spirit August 13, 2025 Chanel chief executive Leena Nair has joined the Tech Titans group of investors who now own 49 per cent of London Spirit. The British-Indian executive was at Lord’s last week for the first game of this year’s Hundred competition between Spirit and Oval Invincibles after reaching out to Nikesh Arora, the chief executive of Palo [...]
Everton top Premier League table for fan engagement August 12, 2025 Everton are the best Premier League club for fan engagement, research shared with City AM reveals. The Fan Engagement Index 2024-25 has ranked The Toffees 10th in the country, making them the highest scoring club from English football’s top league. The Fan Engagement Index has been published by Think Fan Engagement (TFE) every year since [...]
Newcastle: Club taken over and will become Newcastle Red Bulls August 12, 2025 Energy drinks giant Red Bull has taken over Newcastle with the club to play under Newcastle Red Bulls branding. The Prem Rugby club had been teetering on the edge of financial crisis with former owner Semore Kurdi putting the club on the market for £1. But the major brand has stepped in to take over [...]
Crystal Palace chance of appealing CAS decision possible but slim August 11, 2025 Crystal Palace’s legal options are limited after their loss at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, but they exist, insist top lawyers after the Eagles were relegated to the Europa Conference League on Monday. Despite sending a top team, headed up by co-owner and chairman Steve Parish, to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) [...]