Tottenham Hotspur pledge to help tackle spiralling Neets crisis Sport Business Tottenham Hotspur have pledged to help tackle the spiralling Neets crisis with a flurry of measures that include a university campus at their north London stadium. In a move that Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden has called “further evidence of the leading role football has to play in helping create opportunity for young people”, [...]
Rafael Nadal joins Real Madrid board of directors Sport Business Tennis legend Rafael Nadal has joined the board of directors at LaLiga giants Real Madrid. The 22-time Grand Slam-winning Spaniard already serves as an honorary member of the club and his new position on the board has been described as a “great source of pride” for Real Madrid. “His figure represents much more than his [...]
Daniel Levy feels squeeze as Lewis family tightens grip on Tottenham Sport Business Daniel Levy is being slowly squeezed out of Tottenham Hotspur’s ownership structure but he could yet emerge as a major player in the NBA. The former Spurs executive chairman was ousted from the club he had run for 25 years in September 2025 by majority owners the Lewis family. Tottenham are owned by parent company [...]
Football Australia sued by players over Socceroos and Matildas pay November 3, 2026 Australia’s men’s and women’s national football teams, the Socceroos and Matildas, are suing their football association in a seven-figure pay dispute. The claim is being brought by the player union Professional Footballers Australia against governing body Football Australia and has reached the New South Wales Supreme Court. PFA is reported to be arguing that FA [...]
Antonelli victory rare win for Manchester United owner Ratcliffe and Ineos November 3, 2026 Somewhere, probably in Monaco, one Sir Jim Ratcliffe will be breathing a sigh of relief. Because the billionaire, who is chief executive of petrochemicals giant Ineos, has finally broken a run of winlessness in sport. The 74-year-old on Sunday saw Formula 1 driver Kimi Antonelli become the youngest ever world champion, driving for a team [...]
HMRC coming for footballers and will scour Instagram for tax intel November 1, 2026 Buried away in the documents released alongside the Budget was a new report published by HMRC that reveals sports professionals and those involved in professional football such as players and agents are to become even more of a focus area for the Treasury. Coupled with the Chancellor’s announcement of new investment in HMRC compliance activity [...]
Manchester United director Glazer donates $220,000 to Trump ahead of midterms October 30, 2026 Manchester United director Edward Glazer has emerged as the leading donor to President Trump’s Republican Party among the Premier League’s sizeable American ownership contingent ahead of the US midterm elections. Glazer, whose family owns the majority of Manchester United, has donated over $220,000 to the Republican National Committee in 2026 through his Tampa Bay Buccaneers [...]
Goldman: Private Equity deals in sport surge 280 per cent since 2018 October 29, 2026 The number of private equity deals in sport has surged nearly 300 per cent since 2018, a new report has shown. The number grew from 50 in 2018 to 192 in 2025, representing a jump of 284 per cent, according to research in Goldman Sachs’ Playing for Scale report. There has been a surge of [...]
No bids for West Ham’s London Stadium amid reported £50m asking price October 29, 2026 The owner of West Ham United’s London Stadium insists there have been no formal bids from the club or any other party to buy the 68,000-capacity arena. Reports had suggested that City Hall, which is effectively the stadium’s ultimate landlord, had set a £50m price tag for the sale of a venue that currently hosts [...]
Budget 2026: Football players warned over looming image rights tax changes October 29, 2026 Football clubs and players have been warned of looming changes unveiled in the Budget that will see image rights taxed like wages. Chancellor John Healey’s Budget document, released on Wednesday, stated that “the government will clarify that image rights payments related to an employment are taxable as employment income and taxed in the same way [...]