Past Ballon d’Or winners as Rodri wins 2024 award October 28, 2024 Manchester City’s Rodri has beaten Vinicius Jr to the 2024 Ballon d’Or at a prestigious event in Paris. The Spaniard became the first Premier League winner of the Ballon d’Or since Cristiano Ronaldo in 2008, when the Portuguese was at Manchester United. “A very special day, for me, my family and my country,” he said. [...]
Harry Kane wins gong at Ballon d’Or awards October 28, 2024 England striker Harry Kane has won an award at the prestigious Ballon d’Or evening in Paris. The Bayern Munich man was handed the Gerd Müller trophy in a joint win with Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe. Previous winners include Erling Haaland (once) and Robert Lewandowski (twice). Mbappe was supposed to be at the ceremony alongside favourite [...]
I built a fintech giant with no formal qualifications — now I own a football club October 21, 2024 “I started to knock that back and then I started to actually see the power of being a woman and of being who I am, rather than trying to fit in by being something that I'm not."
Football and Formula 1 most popular sports among Gen Z, but not rugby October 17, 2024 Football, running and Formula 1 are the most popular sports among Gen Z adults, but rugby does not feature in the top 15. Analysis by accounting firm EY has unearthed the top 15 sports among adults aged 18-27. Interestingly wellness sports and hiking make the Gen Z list while larger sports such as rugby union [...]
Football injuries cost European clubs £2bn over the last four years October 15, 2024 Injuries across Europe’s top five football leagues cost clubs £2bn over the last four seasons amid growing concerns surrounding player workload. There were 14,292 injuries across the Premier League, LaLiga, Ligue 1, Serie A and the Bundesliga from 2020-21 to 2023-24, according to the Howden Men’s European Football Injury Index. In England, champions Manchester City [...]
What impact will ECJ ‘Bosman Mark II’ Diarra ruling have on private equity? October 14, 2024 The so-called “Bosman Mark II” Diarra ECJ ruling will have an impact on football but fortune will favour the flexible when it comes to private equity. Described by many as “Bosman Mark II,” the recent European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling in the Lassana Diarra case has captured the attention of the European footballing community, [...]
Mercury/13 co-chief: We could partner WSL club within two years October 14, 2024 Mercury/13 co-chief Mario Malavé discusses the women’s football portfolio, where global growth is and which clubs the organisation will buy next. Mercury 13 was a privately funded programme that aimed to ready women for space flight. It was a revolutionary mission in 1960 that, nine years before Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, put [...]
West Ham: Premier League star enlists top barrister for spot-fixing case against FA October 11, 2024 West Ham's Lucas Paqueta has called in top City barrister for his spot-fixing case against the Football Association (FA)
Injury fears cause mental health crisis in football October 10, 2024 More than two thirds of footballers have said the fear of injury has had an impact on their mental health, new research released today shows. A Professional Footballers’ Association survey states that 68 per cent of over 1,000 male and female football respondents have their mental health impacted by the fear of getting injured at [...]
Chelsea squad worth €1.4bn. Rest of Conference League combined? €1.5bn! October 3, 2024 Favourites for the Europa Conference League Chelsea have a squad value of €1.4bn, just €100m less than the other 35 teams combined. The research by TransferRoom also shows the Londoners to be valued at over €1bn more than their closest rivals, Fiorentina. Enzo Maresca’s side are the overwhelming favourites to win the title. The calculations [...]