Tory mayor hopeful Susan Hall backs London to host Commonwealth Games December 5, 2023 Conservative Mayor of London candidate Susan Hall has thrown her support behind the capital hosting the next edition of the Commonwealth Games after the Gold Coast in Australia dropped the only bid for the 2026 event. The state of Victoria, also Down Under, withdrew as hosts in July and there has not since been a [...]
Sky Sports takes lion’s share in £6.7bn Premier League rights race December 4, 2023 Sky Sports has secured up to 100 extra Premier League games per season after the broadcasting giant won the race for the rights to the world’s most valuable football league. The new deal, which takes effect in 2025-26, is worth £6.7bn over four years, compared with £5.1bn over three years for the current rights contracts. [...]
Cristiano Ronaldo’s $1bn Binance lawsuit is a warning to sports stars and celebrities December 2, 2023 Kim Kardashian settled out of court in a similar case involving a cryptocurrency.
Ed Warner: Spare Everton fans and ban owners who break sport’s financial rules November 30, 2023 If fines aren't sufficient deterrents and points deductions skew the table aim the punishment at the boardroom, says Ed Warner.
British sportswear firm Castore set for near £1bn valuation after £145m injection November 29, 2023 Castore are today set to announce a cash injection that will see the sportswear brand valued at nearly £1bn. The British clothing manufacturer, backed by the likes of Andy Murray and who provide kit for Aston Villa, McLaren and others, has struck a deal to raise £145m from a number of investors including the Raine [...]
Is making Saturday 3pm a TV showcase for women’s football really an open goal? November 25, 2023 Talk of using the protected slot to bring more fans to the WSL is admirable but far from straightforward.
Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic tickets: When do extra seats go on sale? November 23, 2023 Want to grab a late ticket for Paris 2024? Here's how.
Ed Warner: What other sports can learn from boxing’s trash talking and Barry Hearn November 23, 2023 Our columnist on the noble art's hype machine, the Cricket World Cup and, er sheep shearing.
‘Commercially, we’re bigger than any one player’: PSG on life after Messi and Neymar November 22, 2023 The French giants are banking on brand value to keep breaking revenue records.
Premier League and cricket to become key in British government diplomacy November 21, 2023 The UK Government is set to exploit the likes of the Premier League and the international Test cricket team as part of a new sport approach to diplomacy overseas. In a recent white paper from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and its new foreign secretary Lord David Cameron, titled “International development in a contested [...]