April 2023
Could Manchester United be worth $9b?
The famed football club is up for sale. Even though the numbers don’t add up, it could be the most expensive sports deal ever.
December 2021
Singapore suspends crypto exchange over spat with K-pop group BTS
The episode demonstrates the challenges confronting regulators as digital currencies gain wider acceptance among retail investors.
September 2021
Aussie’s investment in soccer star NFTs could be best seed deal ever
In early 2019, Chris Hitchen backed little-known electronic soccer star trading card start-up Sorare. Its growth has since exploded, and it is now worth $US4.3 billion.
April 2021
Manchester United price tag set at $7.2b
The Glazer family thinks the price tag is justified because the storied club will be able to secure significant sponsorship deals even after the Super League collapsed.
‘Utter chaos’: The inside story of the Super League own goal
Twelve of Europe’s top clubs planned to shake up the sport. Instead, the project collapsed spectacularly in just 48 hours.
Super League backer says breakaway competition is on standby
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez says the clubs behind the Super League will continue working on a way to make the competition work, even if changes have to be made to its format.
Super League breakaway in tatters after English clubs quit
Manchester City were the first to back out of the venture and then Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea announced they were following suit.
Europe’s elite suffer sport’s most astounding humiliation
The European Super League plan blew up in an extraordinary day, leaving the sport more divided than ever – but still intact.
Super League will ‘save soccer’, says founding chairman
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez didn’t entirely rule out the possibility the new league won’t get started, but indicated the clubs were prepared to make it happen.
Prince William: I share fans’ fears for the future of football
The Duke of Cambridge says European Super League risks damaging English game, as the Government and sport’s governing bodies unite against plan.
Super League rebels shift the goalposts of European football
If successful, the new elite competition would amount to the biggest transformation of how football is organised in decades, and mark a seismic shift in the allocation of money and power in the world’s favourite sport.
European Super League explained: teams, format, winners and losers
How the proposed competition would work, which clubs would be involved and whether the Champions League will survive.
Crunch talks in battle for control of Europe’s Champions League
UEFA is pressing for a dramatic revamp of the format of the Champions League from 2024, changes that would represent the biggest transformation of the European game in decades.
April 2020
Can the sports industry survive the coronavirus shutdown?
There is optimism in some quarters that the lockdown measures will be a short-term blip to business. But many sports executives believe there will be lasting disruption.