Meet the British volunteers trying to get the Marshall Islands into a World Cup March 4, 2025 The Marshall Islands is the last country without a national football team but a clutch of enthusiastic Britons are trying to rectify that – and get them into a Fifa World Cup campaign. Exeter may not seem an obvious nerve centre for a mission to get a tiny Micronesian nation into Fifa, but then this [...]
Investec Champions Cup Barometer: Stand up for the Ulster Men March 3, 2025 In the lead up to the 2024-25 Investec Champions Cup round of 16, City A.M. has put together a barometer in partnership with Investec to assess which teams are hot – and which are not – ahead of April’s knockouts. Team of the week: Ulster Before the weekend Ulster, based in Belfast, had been toppled [...]
Wembley Stadium set to host Ashes Test versus Australia this summer March 3, 2025 Wembley Stadium is being lined up to host the first UK rugby league Ashes Test in over two decades. The 90,000 capacity home of the Challenge Cup final is set to open the three-Test series against Australia, which has not been held since Kangaroos beat Great Britain 3-0 in 2003. Wembley Stadium will be followed [...]
Six Nations investors CVC bids $1bn for major tennis competitions March 3, 2025 Private equity giant CVC Capital Partners are set to bid for a portfolio of high-profile tennis events worth £790m that includes the Madrid and Miami Opens. It could see the Six Nations investor add to its existing tennis interests, which include a commercial joint venture with the WTA launched in 2023. The portfolio – currently [...]
‘That’s not me’: Blatter denied fraud as £1.6m Platini row returns to court March 3, 2025 Former Fifa kingpin Sepp Blatter reiterated his innocence over a £1.6m payment made to ex-Uefa chief Michel Platini as the fraud case returned to court on Monday. Two of football’s most influential figures of the 21st century are back in the dock after Swiss prosecutors appealed a decision to acquit both men at a previous [...]
Houston Dynamo refund tickets after Messi misses Inter Miami game March 3, 2025 Major League Soccer team Houston Dynamo have offered supporters a refund on the cost of their tickets after opponents Inter Miami left Lionel Messi out of their match on Sunday. Houston Dynamo sold out their 22,000-capacity Shell Energy Stadium for the MLS fixture only for Inter Miami to unexpectedly rest 37-year-old eight-time Ballon d’Or winner [...]
Rugby referees get specialist insurance policy from Howden March 3, 2025 The first specialist insurance package for UK rugby referees has been launched by Howden and athlete wellbeing provider Player Support Services. The scheme costs £10 a month and promises referees policies customised for rugby officiating and swift diagnosis and treatment in the event of an injury. It is the brainchild of former ref Mike Mulroy, [...]
Betting and Gaming Council hails gambling minister after AGM March 2, 2025 The Betting and Gaming Council have heaped support on gambling minister Baroness Twycross after her address at the group’s AGM. “In my short time in post, I have seen the value this sector brings,” the former London Assembly member said last week. “Not just in tax receipts and jobs created, but as a leisure activity, [...]
Las Vegas trip more than a safe bet for Super League rugby March 1, 2025 This weekend the Super League makes its debut stateside, with a regular season fixture between Wigan Warriors and Warrington Wolves taking place at the Allegiant Stadium on Saturday. Like many sports before it, the move is designed to showcase the game on the global stage as part of its long-term growth into new markets. And [...]
Brighton and Hove Albion: Seagulls post £73.3m profit February 28, 2025 Brighton and Hove Albion posted a profit of £73.3m for their 2023/24 season after their Europa League appearance kept them in the black. The pre-tax profit follows positive accounts a year prior, where the club made a profit of £130.7m. A significant chunk of the earnings Brighton, whose chairman is Tony Bloom, made came from [...]