Chelsea face thousands of empty seats for Club World Cup semi-final July 7, 2025 Thousands of tickets remain on sale for Chelsea’s Club World Cup semi-final against Brazilian side Fluminense tomorrow, despite Fifa slashing prices. It means the match at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey could take place against a backdrop of empty seats of the like that has dogged the tournament. Fifa drastically reduced prices over the [...]
Wimbledon expansion faces High Court hearing on Tuesday July 7, 2025 The All England Club will today face a High Court challenge over its proposed expansion of Wimbledon, which campaigners have branded “unlawful”. The Save Wimbledon Park group argues that £200m plans for the All England Club to expand across the road and into a neighbouring golf course, involved “errors of law and planning policy” by [...]
Ricky Hatton joins boxing’s comeback trail 13 years after retirement July 7, 2025 British former two-weight world champion Ricky Hatton has become the latest high-profile boxer to announce a comeback, 13 years after he hung up his gloves. Fan favourite Hatton retired in 2012, bringing down the curtain on a career in which he became a unified world champion at light-welterweight and won a world title at middleweight. [...]
Draper to earn £1.1m just for turning up to Saudi Six Kings Slam July 7, 2025 Jack Draper is set to bag himself at least £1.1m after agreeing to take part in this year’s Riyadh Season Six Kings Slam. The tennis competition, a brainchild of boxing tycoon Turki Alalshikh, sees the top six players compete in a knockout tournament in Saudi Arabia for prize money unmatched elsewhere in the sport. Last year’s [...]
Wimbledon: Tennis battles with its future off the court July 6, 2025 With Wimbledon well into its fortnight the spotlight has once again fallen on the Centre Court, with sold-out crowds, record prize money and the prestige of tennis hospitality all to last another week. A British upset or two is likely to fuel national excitement, while the Championships continue to top YouGov’s rankings as the most [...]
Women’s Euro 2025 ads: Why ITV scores but BBC, Visa and Sports Direct miss July 5, 2025 It feels like there’s an unnecessary crux in women’s football as the Lionesses begin their title defence at the Euros. After the success of the last edition, the domestic game has gone gangbusters, with Arsenal selling out the Emirates for regular league games, an independent body being set up to run the WSL, and many [...]
Multi-club ownership: Why EFL rule change will help in transfer market July 5, 2025 While multi-club ownership across the football industry continues to grow and remains a headache for Uefa, the EFL has gone the other way and taken the decision to remove restrictions for member teams to invest into sides across Ireland and Scotland for the first time. Under new regulations coming into effect next season, the EFL [...]
British basketball at war: How can BBF and SLB bloody battle be resolved? July 4, 2025 British basketball is no stranger to turmoil but even by its warped standards the raging civil war between SLB clubs and governing body the BBF is extraordinary. At its heart is a power struggle for the right to run the domestic league. But it also involves claims of dishonesty, mission creep, vindictiveness and outright illegality [...]
White House to host UFC fight, Trump says July 4, 2025 President Trump has announced that the White House will host a UFC match as part of the 250th anniversary of the United States of America. The grounds of the famed mansion will host a “championship fight”, according to the President, and will be watched live by 20,000-25,000 fans. Trump said at a rally in Iowa [...]
Women’s Euro 2025: WSL and Barcelona lead way for player provision July 4, 2025 The Women’s Super League’s status as the leading domestic competition has been underlined by a squad analysis of all players at the current Women’s Euro 2025. While some European clubs are arguably bigger in terms of historical success and star power, as a whole the English top flight has by far the biggest array of [...]