Old Trafford development could be worth £7.3bn to UK economy each year September 23, 2024 A new Old Trafford development could boost the UK economy by over £7bn per year should Manchester United’s masterplan become a reality. United, who last year had a 27 per cent stake in the club purchased by chemicals billionaire and Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe, are looking to spend £2bn on a new 100,000 capacity [...]
‘It’s been chaos, but good chaos’: Building Britain’s new basketball league in weeks September 23, 2024 Super League Basketball interim chair and majority owner of the Sheffield Sharks Vaughn Millette on his baptism of fire, challenging the rest of Europe and the demise of 777 and the London Lions. The last few months have, Vaughn Millette admits, been “a wild ride”. Until mid-July, the American was merely an interested spectator of [...]
Farhad Moshiri agrees sale of Everton to Roma owner Dan Friedkin September 23, 2024 Everton owner Farhad Moshiri has agreed to sell his majority shareholding in the Premier League club to American investor Dan Friedkin, it has been confirmed. Friedkin, who already owns Italian club AS Roma, revived talks over a deal expected to be worth between £400m and £500m earlier this month. “Blue Heaven Holdings and The Friedkin [...]
Women’s Super League scores bumper new Barclays deal in win for new regime September 23, 2024 The Women’s Super League has secured a major boost after Barclays renewed its title sponsorship of the WSL and Championship on improved terms. Under the new deal Barclays says it has doubled its investment until 2028. Reports suggest the bank has committed £15m a year, starting from next season, in what is the biggest agreement [...]
New era, new challenges as Women’s Super League goes it alone September 20, 2024 Norbiton might seem an unlikely place for a revolution but nothing less than a new era in the history of the Women’s Super League (WSL) is in the offing at Kingsmeadow today. The season opener between champions Chelsea and Aston Villa will be the first fixture to take place since the WSL flew the Football [...]
Bundesliga targets America with Relevent partnership September 19, 2024 It is the latest development in an arms race for fans in a booming US market.
Silverstone to use dynamic ticket pricing for British Grand Prix F1 weekend September 19, 2024 Tickets for the 2025 British Grand Prix will use the controversial dynamic ticket pricing system that caused fury for Oasis’ fans, Silverstone chiefs have confirmed. The circuit welcomed more than 450,000 fans across the four-day event in 2024 to watch Lewis Hamilton win his last home Grand Prix for Mercedes before his switch to Ferrari. [...]
Ed Warner: Seb Coe, Gary Glitter and the most powerful job in sport September 19, 2024 Seb Coe, newly confirmed as one of seven candidates for the presidency of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), is regarded as a serial vote winner. It wasn’t always thus. Witness his single term in office as the MP for Falmouth and Camborne in Cornwall, ousted by Candy Atherton as Labour swept to power in 1997. [...]
Golfer Maguire urged to drop Kingspan sponsorship following Grenfell Inquiry September 18, 2024 Fellow golfer Shane Lowry ended his commercial relationship with Kingspan last week after the public inquiry into the London tower block fire.
Essex County Cricket Club punished for “systemic use of discriminatory language” September 18, 2024 County cricket club Essex were handed a fine and reprimand from the independent Cricket Discipline Commission on Wednesday. The county was charged for the “systemic use of racist and/or discriminatory language and/or conduct” between 2001 and 2010. In response the Cricket Discipline Commission cautioned the club, reprimanded them and fined Essex £100,000. Half of their [...]