Labour calls for Mayor to explore London Stadium sale to West Ham September 2, 2026 Labour have called on Mayor Sadiq Khan to explore selling the London Stadium to West Ham United. Labour assembly member Bassam Mahfouz has written to Lord Khan urging him to relieve the London taxpayer of the £1.75bn burden of the existing deal between City Hall and the Championship football stadium. The long-term tenancy agreed by [...]
Ipswich, Hull and Coventry follow Sunderland blueprint for Premier League survival September 2, 2026 Promoted teams have followed Sunderland’s example and gambled big money on staying up after Ipswich Town, Hull City and Coventry City all ended the transfer window among the biggest net spenders. Manchester City, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur might have led the way in gross outlay but in net terms many of the biggest spenders were [...]
Revealed: BBC bid just £900k for £5m Commonwealth Games TV rights September 2, 2026 Commonwealth Games chiefs took flak for agreeing a broadcast deal with TNT Sports that put it behind a paywall for the first time in 72 years – but City AM can reveal the BBC offered less than £1m for the rights. The BBC’s bid of around £900,000 represented a 91 per cent decrease on the [...]
FOMO drives Premier League clubs to new record summer spending of over £3bn September 1, 2026 Premier League clubs set a new record for transfer spending in the summer window as soaring revenues and FOMO drove outlay past £3bn for a second year in a row. While some deals are still to be confirmed by tonight’s 11pm deadline, the gross total shelled out by the division’s clubs is set to pass [...]
Stokes Big Bash deal could kickstart £3m franchise cricket pay day September 1, 2026 Former England Test captain Ben Stokes has signed a deal with Australian T20 Big Bash team Adelaide Strikers in a move that could see him earn nearly £3m on the lucrative franchise circuit. Stokes, who retired from international cricket in June, has not played franchise cricket since the 2024 Hundred but has signed Down Under [...]
Government urged to do more to tackle £1bn piracy problem in sport and entertainment September 1, 2026 Illegal streaming of live sport, film and TV is costing the UK economy £1.35bn and requires a tougher crackdown, the government has been told. Piracy of content including Premier League football is depriving the Exchequer of £366m in tax and could fund 10,000 jobs in media, according to a new report commissioned by cross-industry coalition [...]
Liverpool’s £123m Bradley Barcola signing takes Premier League spending to £3bn August 31, 2026 Premier League clubs are on course to threaten last year’s record £3.1bn summer spending on deadline day after Liverpool completed the £123m signing of Bradley Barcola. Teams in England’s top division have already shelled out around £3bn in the current window, which is set to close across Europe tomorrow night at 11pm. That leaves them [...]
Big-spending Chelsea sign up crypto firm Circle as shirt sponsor August 28, 2026 Chelsea have tapped the crypto industry in their search for a new main sponsor by agreeing a one-year front-of-shirt deal with Circle Internet Group. The New York-listed company is best known as the issuer of stablecoin USDC, which is pegged 1:1 to the US dollar and will also appear on the shirts of Chelsea’s men’s, [...]
Jamie Vardy bags Bundesliga rights as he steps up streaming war with Neville and Lineker August 28, 2026 Former England striker Jamie Vardy is stepping up his efforts to build a media empire to rival Gary Neville and Gary Lineker by acquiring the rights to show live Bundesliga games on his YouTube channel. Jamie Vardy’s Having A Party will stream seven Friday night games from the German top division, beginning tonight when Harry [...]
Premier League Gameweek 2 Predictions: Arsenal and Chelsea March On August 27, 2026 It was an absorbing opening week of action in the Premier League with Arsenal cruising, Manchester City battling and Liverpool just about rescuing themselves. Two of the promoted teams won, including Hull’s astonishingly straightforward victory over an abject Manchester United. Matchday two kicks off on Friday night with Enzo Maresca’s City in the capital to [...]