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    • Thursday, 30 March, 2023
      Football
      Premier League tightens rules for club owners and directors

      Criteria for disqualification expanded to include issues such as fraud and tax evasion

    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      Manchester United PLC
      Billionaire Ratcliffe plans to offer more than £5bn for Manchester United

      Entrepreneur is competing against Qatari businessman Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani for Premier League football club

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      FIFA World Cup
      Women’s World Cup prize money triples but still lags behind men’s tournament

      Gender disparity in sport winnings persists despite efforts of governing body to make improvements

    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      FC Barcelona
      FC Barcelona pauses €1.5bn Camp Nou stadium financing

      Spanish football club weighs up other options in wake of rise in US borrowing costs

    • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
      Premier League
      Premier League chief blames Brexit for pushing up transfer fees

      Richard Masters seeks visa rules shake-up to make it easier for English clubs to sign young overseas players

    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
      Football
      Dominance of top football teams risks valuations, says buyout boss

      Bain Capital adviser Stephen Pagliuca says clubs must recognise the value of robust competition

    • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
      Scoreboard10 min
      The business of Formula 1: inside McLaren HQ

      F1 is undergoing a kind of revolution, with new rules, new tech, new teams, and a boost in popularity

    • Saturday, 25 February, 2023
      Manchester United PLC
      Manchester United bidders urged to increase offers to woo Glazers

      Qatari Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani and British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe have both gone public with bids

    • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
      Football
      Football’s new watchdog will blow whistle on ‘careless’ club owners

      UK sports minister hails greater scrutiny of finances and prevention of poor governance

    • Wednesday, 22 February, 2023
      Football
      New football watchdog lined up to tackle problems of English game

      Independent body will have wide range of powers with focus on financial sustainability

    • Sunday, 19 February, 2023
      News in-depthFootball
      Early bidders pitch competing visions for Manchester United

      Jim Ratcliffe and son of former Qatari PM are pursuing one of the world’s most valuable sporting teams

    • Saturday, 18 February, 2023
      Football
      Son of former Qatari PM bids to buy Manchester United from Glazers

      Sir Jim Ratcliffe makes rival offer for Premier League club

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      Tottenham Hotspur Ltd
      Billionaire Jahm Najafi set to launch $3.75bn bid for Tottenham Hotspur

      Fans of the football team have been increasingly frustrated by lack of trophies

    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
      Uefa
      Uefa urged to act after damning report into Champions League final chaos

      European football’s governing body apologises to Liverpool fans after it is heavily criticised for last year’s fiasco

    • Sunday, 12 February, 2023
      The Big Read
      English football starting to resemble a European super league

      Lavish January spending confirms for many the unfair advantage enjoyed by the Premier League thanks to years of light-touch regulation

    • Friday, 10 February, 2023
      Football
      Uefa sounds alarm over risks of multi-club ownership model

      Trend of owners with stakes in multiple football clubs could damage game’s integrity, warns governing body

    • Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
      Visual and data journalism
      How FTX built its network of stars

      Talent agents and agencies invested alongside their celebrity clientele in the once-promising crypto exchange

    • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
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      Premier League ‘shows its teeth’ with move against Manchester City

      Industry observers warn a final outcome is not imminent

    • Monday, 6 February, 2023
      Manchester City Football Club PLC
      Manchester City accused of financial rule breaking by Premier League

      Top tier of English football says champions flouted rules numerous times over many years

    • Friday, 3 February, 2023
      Ford Motor Co
      Ford to return to Formula 1 with Red Bull deal after two-decade absence

      US carmaker will use top-flight racing to grow awareness and develop electric technology

    • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
      Chelsea FC PLC
      Chelsea FC’s transfers splurge pushes Premier League to new spending record

      English top-tier clubs spent almost €830mn in January window

    • Monday, 30 January, 2023
      Premier League
      Premier League backs Sorare’s NFT fantasy football game despite crypto crash

      League agrees multimillion-pound licensing deal with start-up that offers trading in digital player cards

    • Saturday, 28 January, 2023
      Sport
      Football’s multi-club owners start to feel growing pains

      Investors attracted to running a network of teams must win over fans and sporting regulators

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      Juventus Football Club SpA
      Juventus shares tumble after 15-point penalty for transfer dealings

      Deduction could prevent Italian club from taking part in lucrative European competitions

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      Golf
      Scotland’s R&A joins sports streaming rush to find golf fans

      The organiser of the game’s oldest tournament plans to use platform to grow its audience

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