Calls for Prem Rugby franchising grow as clubs register debts of £340m November 12, 2025 The 10 Prem Rugby clubs registered combined debts of £340m in the 2023/24 season as calls for a radical franchising process grow louder. Despite encouraging signs of growth in commercial income, the clubs in England’s top flight made a combined loss of £34m, according to the Leonard Curtis Rugby Finance Report. It comes as City [...]
Exclusive: Middlesex to play just two T20 Blast games at Lord’s in 2026 November 12, 2025 Middlesex will play just two Twenty20 Blast matches at Lord’s next year in a further indication of their declining foothold at the Home of Cricket. The 13-time county champions have been tenants at Lord’s since 1864 and have a 12-month rental agreement with the Marylebone Cricket Club that is renewed on an annual basis, but [...]
Exclusive: Volleyball World boss hails involvement in CVC’s Global Sport Group November 12, 2025 The chief executive of Volleyball World has described his organisation’s integration into CVC Capital Partners’ Global Sport Group as an “immediate win”. The private equity giants who count the Six Nations, LaLiga, Prem Rugby, and Ligue 1 as part of their sporting portfolio have pooled their assets into one mega sport fund chaired by former [...]
Where do Premier League clubs go after betting sponsor ban? November 11, 2025 Adam Raincock analyses where Premier League clubs turn when their voluntary ban on gambling front-of-shirt sponsorship comes into force. The 1984 film The Terminator ends with Sarah Connor being told ‘There’s a Storm Coming’. Fast-forward to 2025, and you could replace Connor with any Premier League commercial director. The same warning applies – there’s a [...]
Anniversary MCG Test between England and Australia could raise £10m November 11, 2025 The anniversary cricket Test between Australia and England to mark 150 years of the MCG could rake in over £10m. The Ashes rivals will play each other to mark the sesquicentennial anniversary of the iconic 95,000-capacity Melbourne Cricket Ground in March 2027 after confirmation of the dates was released this week. And the one-off Test, [...]
Aviva sign deal worth £4.5m per season for major stadium November 11, 2025 Insurance giant Aviva has extended its stadium sponsorship agreement for Dublin’s Aviva Stadium through until 2030 in a deal reportedly worth around £4.5m per season. The 51,000-capacity Lansdowne Road site has been sponsored by the London headquartered insurance firm since 2010 and the new deal – with the Irish rugby and football unions – is [...]
Decade-long DP World sponsor extension largest in European Tour golf history November 11, 2025 The decade-long sponsorship extension between DP World and golf’s European Tour is the largest in the circuit’s history. In its entirety the fresh deal, described as record-breaking, will see the European Tour known as the DP World Tour until at least 2035. It comes ahead of this weekend’s Tour Championship, the climax of the European [...]
Why naming Washington Commanders stadium after Trump suits President November 11, 2025 The Washington Commanders potentially naming their NFL stadium after Donald Trump plays into the President’s proposition that “he is making America great again”. The new DC stadium will sit where its predecessor sat, in view of the United States Capitol building and there have been reports of a potential Trump association, something the White House [...]
Spruce Meadows and Cavalry FC: Inside the Southern-Heathcott empire November 11, 2025 Linda Southern-Heathcott is well-known within the Canadian sporting scene. She discusses her empire, the iconic Spruce Meadows and its Masters show jumping event, and one pretty noisy neighbour from the USA. “The only thing that makes sense is for Canada to become our cherished Fifty First State.” Those were the words of one President Donald [...]
Atletico Madrid valued at £2.2bn after Apollo Global Management acquisition November 10, 2025 LaLiga club Atletico Madrid has been valued at around £2.2bn after Apollo Global Management purchased a majority stake in the Spanish team. Chief executive Miguel Angel Gil Marin and president Enrique Cerezo will continue in post but the acquisition represents the latest private equity push into European football. It is understood that the US fund [...]