London set for new 15,000-capacity arena in boost for capital November 10, 2025 The capital is set to gain a 15,000-capacity basketball arena after studies surrounding a new stadium for the London Lions concluded their opening phase. The custom-built, multi-purpose stadium could stage as many as 40 basketball games per season as well as hundreds of cultural events. A London Lions feasibility study conducted in conjunction with The [...]
WTA Finals set to extend stay in Saudi Arabia as kingdom invests in tennis November 10, 2025 The money-spinning WTA Finals are set to remain in Saudi Arabia beyond the current contract. The finals, featuring the world’s top eight women’s players, concluded its second season in Saudi Arabia at the weekend as part of a three-year deal. But WTA chief Portia Archer said they would be looking to keep the event “in [...]
Exclusive: Padel pioneers to set up pro pickleball circuit in Europe and Middle East November 10, 2025 A professional pickleball circuit is coming to Europe and the Middle East in 2026 in a move its founders hope can replicate the racquet sport’s explosive growth in the US. Pickleball – played on small courts and popular with both celebrities including Dua Lipa and Emma Watson and former tennis stars such as Maria Sharapova [...]
Fashion in sport: How Amiri, Blokecore and collabs show shift in fan strategy November 9, 2025 Once dominated by major sportswear brands like adidas, Nike, and Under Armour, the conventional sports marketing landscape has undergone a significant transformation, dramatically reshaped by the modern intersection of fashion and sport. These collisions are taking a number of guises. From high-end fashion houses launching official club formalwear (check out the recent Amiri x FC [...]
Can the government force the Abramovich Chelsea money to go to Ukraine? November 8, 2025 This week former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich hit out at the UK government over their handling of the proceeds from the sale of the Blues to a Todd Boehly-fronted consortium, describing the process as “paralysing”. Around £2.3bn is sitting frozen in a bank account with the two parties at odds over whether Ukraine, or “all” [...]
IPO planned for builders of 115,000-capacity World Cup stadium November 7, 2025 The firm building the 115,000-capacity stadium being used in the 2030 Fifa World Cup is planning an IPO to fund a record level of orders. SGTM – whose portfolio is mostly in civil infrastructure – is behind the construction of the Hassan II Stadium near Casablanca, which could host the World Cup final when Morocco [...]
SLB: FIBA recognition allows us to broaden basketball reach at home and abroad November 7, 2025 Super League Basketball say official recognition from the sport’s governing body FIBA will allow clubs to “nurture talent, develop venues and broaden their reach at home and abroad”. The move follows recognition on Thursday in a move that brings SLB into the FIBA ecosystem after an earlier suspension of the British Basketball Federation for failing [...]
Bullsh*t spin: Labour and Nandy slammed over Kogan football appointment November 7, 2025 Labour has been accused of deploying “bullshit spin” in response to a report criticising the government’s appointment of David Kogan as chair of the Independent Football Regulator. A report by Sir William Shawcross declared that Department of Sport, Media and Culture secretary of state Lisa Nandy had breached the Government Code in appointing the media [...]
Six Nations should stage Ireland matches in USA, but not England ones November 7, 2025 There have been calls this week for Six Nations matches to be played in the United States, and I agree. But it should never be England crossing the Atlantic, and should almost always be Ireland. Andy Farrell’s Ireland successfully staged an epic spectacle at Soldier Field in Chicago against New Zealand. The game was pretty [...]
Most valuable teenage footballers ranking shows Chelsea approach is paying off November 6, 2025 Chelsea’s investment in young talent is bearing fruit, with the club now boasting three of the 11 most valuable teenage footballers in the world, according to a new academic study. Barcelona and Spain superstar Lamine Yamal, 18, is streets ahead at the top of the list compiled by the CIES Football Observatory, with a valuation [...]