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Investors attracted to running a network of teams must win over fans and sporting regulators
This uncreative South American team need more exposure to Europe’s cutting-edge game
Match overload is a path to lowering the commercial value of the world’s most popular sport
Media group’s deal with Uefa is latest sign that football is finally making strides in US market
Victory over Sweden gives Sarina Wiegman’s team chance to win their first big trophy
European football authorities bet they can cash in on game’s growing appeal in America
Judges find ‘no intention of unlawful enrichment’ over payments made in 2011
This week’s tournament is also under pressure to build on the momentum the game has developed over the past 12 months
UEFA offers ‘sincere apology’ to fans for scenes that highlighted risks of repressive approach to security
Ministers blame distribution of fake tickets ‘on an industrial scale’ for trouble outside Paris stadium
Culture secretary Nadine Dorries says accounts from Liverpool fans of treatment by French police are ‘disturbing’
Football federation seeks to overturn suspensions through Court of Arbitration for Sport
Formula One scraps Grand Prix contract with country as Premier League chief says ‘sport and Russia can’t mix’
Rival teams had threatened to boycott World Cup fixtures in response to invasion of Ukraine
Formula 1 cancels Russia grand prix as repercussions of invasion ripple through sporting world
Football body’s ties to Russian state energy company Gazprom are also under scrutiny
European football urged to sever ties to Russian energy group with Champions League final in St Petersburg in doubt
TPG joins the wave of private equity groups going public
Citigroup set to head project as fears mount over further disruption from pandemic
Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus take legal action to overthrow ‘monopoly’
Shortlisted financial groups race to meet deadline for plans to provide post-pandemic cash to Europe’s top clubs
Action halted as three holdout rebel clubs push ahead with legal case to shake up game
The plan to hold the World Cup every two years is part of a struggle over whether the big clubs or national teams will be pre-eminent
Horst Seehofer says commercial interests should not override ‘need to protect people from infections’
Anger at prospect of senior officials attending climax of football tournament in London despite quarantine rules
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