June 2024
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Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
- Opinion
- EPL
Manchester City cannot be allowed to corrupt British soccer
The Abu Dhabi-owned soccer club wants to strike inflated sponsorship deals with companies linked to its owners.
- Matthew Brooker
May 2024
Manchester United manager’s blunt message after FA Cup win
Erik ten Hag warned Manchester United’s owners he will win trophies elsewhere if they sack him, after his side’s 2-1 win over Manchester City in the FA Cup final.
- James Ducker
Moguls circle as Telegraph, Spectator go up for sale again
Rupert Murdoch could launch a bid for the Spectator magazine, after an Abu Dhabi-backed consortium threw in the towel.
- Hans van Leeuwen
January 2024
Kerr honoured at FIFA awards as Ange, Gustavsson miss out
Sam Kerr was named in the FIFA FIFPRO Women’s World XI, voted for by players around the world.
- Updated
August 2023
- Opinion
- FIFA Women's World Cup
Women’s soccer is just starting to roar
England and Spain are home to the two richest soccer leagues. From a business and marketing perspective, it was the dream Women’s World Cup final.
- Matthew Brooker
England v Spain a battle of money and league development
Sunday’s FIFA World Cup will showcase elite players from two domestic leagues that have become talent hubs for the game.
- Samuel Agini and John Burn-Murdoch
Why Saudi Arabia is spending a fortune on luring big sporting names
The kingdom says the splurge will help its plan to diversify its economy away from oil. But critics say it amounts to “sportswashing”.
- The Economist
November 2022
A Saudi soccer victory rings out across the Arab world
The 1000 to 1 outsiders shocked Argentina in one of the greatest boilovers in the soccer World Cup’s 92-year history.
- Rory Smith
March 2022
Abramovich puts $7.35b price tag on football powerhouse Chelsea
The Russian businessman is selling the club after 19 years and promised to donate money to help the victims of war in Ukraine, amid mounting pressure from British MPs.
- William Schomberg
July 2021
- Opinion
- Shares
How NFT doubts led ASX to boot out a future unicorn
Either Australian retail investors missed out on a windfall when the ASX booted out Animoca Brands, or new investors including Samsung and Jack Ma have bought a dud.
- Adir Shiffman
April 2021
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.
- Tales Aazzoni
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.
- Updated
- Simon Evans
- Opinion
- European Championships
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.
- Sam Wallace
England’s ‘big six’ face expulsion from Premier League
Top soccer teams, including Manchester United, have joined with leading clubs in Europe for a new competition that would in effect replace the Champions League.
- Updated
- Jeremy Wilson
- Analysis
- UEFA Champions League
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.
- Tom Morgan
June 2020
Liverpool fans turn the city red after Premiership win
The fans couldn't watch the game but nothing would stop them celebrating the win they had been waited 30 years for.
- Simon Evans