October 2023
- Opinion
- EPL
Nine things you might have missed in the Beckham documentary
You will watch it all, even if you don’t want to, and especially if you make a show of telling people you won’t.
- Guy Kelly
August 2023
Spain’s soccer bosses urge World Cup kisser to quit
Luis Rubiales has been left more isolated than ever after leading officials demanded his resignation over his behaviour at the Women’s World Cup final in Sydney.
- Graham Dunbar
- 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
June 2023
Manchester City wins first Champions League title
The Champions League win means City has completed a rare treble of trophies after winning the English Premier League title and FA Cup this season.
- James Robson
January 2023
Brazil bids farewell to ‘king of soccer’ Pele with 24-hour wake
Mourners lined up to see Pele’s body in an open casket in the centre of the field at the Vila Belmiro stadium, home of the Santos Football Club. Pele died on Thursday at 82 after battling colon cancer.
- Lais Morais and Eduardo Simões
December 2022
After Neymar, Croatia aims to end Messi’s World Cup dream
Croatia, runner-up in 2018, is the next obstacle for Argentina to overcome in the semi-finals as Messi aims to win the one major trophy that has eluded him.
- Updated
- James Robson
May 2022
Madrid wins Champions League final marred by crowd chaos
The start of European soccer’s showpiece game was delayed after riot police fired tear gas and pepper spray at supporters waiting in long lines to get into the stadium.
- Steve Douglas
November 2021
PSG player Aminata Diallo arrested after attack on teammate
Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Aminata Diallo has been taken into police custody in connection with an attack on one of her teammates.
- Updated
- Tariq Panja
August 2021
Tearful Messi confirms he is leaving Barcelona, in talks with PSG
The Argentine star said FC Barcelona could no longer afford paying his high wages, and he was in negotiations with French club Paris St Germain over a possible move.
- Updated
- Joseph Walker and Graham Keeley
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.
- Updated
- Chiara Vasarri and James Ludden
- Analysis
- Business of sport
‘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.
- Updated
- Murad Ahmed
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
- Opinion
- Business of sport
European politicians give US sports model a good kicking
The failure of the Super League before it got started represents a European rout for the US model of sports business, in which wealthy entrepreneurs try to maximise profits from teams in closed or restricted-entry leagues.
- The Lex Column
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
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.
- Tales Azzzoni
- Analysis
- EPL
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.
- Murad Ahmed, Arash Massoudi, Mehreen Khan and Javier Espinoza
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