Hints and tips:
Related Special Reports
...Private equity firms are quietly preparing funds to invest exclusively in the US National Football League, according to people familiar with the matter, as a potential precondition for being allowed to hold...
...MLB, along with the National Basketball Association and the National Hockey League together had dozens of their clubs’ local broadcast rights contracted to Diamond Sports Group, a subsidiary of news distributor...
...“The one thing I’ve learnt about football is that football learns nothing,” said Maguire. Additional reporting by William Langley in Hong Kong and Wang Xueqiao in Shanghai....
...The league welcomed the government’s objections to the breakaway European Super League....
...The US National Football League and Amazon Web Services have developed a player health tool known as the Digital Athlete, which they hope may in time be able to predict and prevent injuries....
...The Premier League provides worldwide entertainment yet England’s national (male) football team is still trophyless since 1966....
...In the US, where the women’s game has a much stronger presence, the National Women’s Soccer League — the top professional competition in the US — has spending caps and a closed league with no relegation...
...across the leagues and to safeguard the heritage of English football.”...
...The agency and match promoter, which is owned by billionaire Stephen Ross, had initially sued the US Soccer Federation, the national governing body, accusing it of conspiring to block foreign leagues from...
...State broadcaster CCTV reported on Friday that China’s eastern Hangzhou city had cancelled plans to host a friendly match involving Argentina’s national football team in March, saying the decision was made...
...Last Sunday, the city’s National Football League franchise, the Ravens, narrowly lost their bid for a berth in the Super Bowl, following defeat at the hands of defending champions, the Kansas City Chiefs...
...While private equity investors are barred from owning teams in the National Football League, the world’s richest sports division, several groups are gearing up for a possible change to the rules....
...in National Football League history....
...Each of the other Big Four leagues, as well as Major League Soccer and the National Women’s Soccer League, have amended bylaws since 2019 to allow for private capital stakes, hastened by a pandemic-induced...
...Serie A, Italy’s top football league, lags behind rivals such as the English Premier League or Spain’s La Liga in revenues and global audience....
...The revamp means that the Women’s Super League and the second-tier Championship will be owned by clubs, ending their integration with England’s Football Association....
...That’s the cost of chasing the dream in English football. Owners empty their wallets into clubs in the hope of winning Premier League status....
...Since 2018, the National Football League has suspended a handful of players for wagering on its games....
...Clubs, national leagues and fan groups quickly spoke out in support of Uefa, rejecting the idea of a new breakaway tournament....
...On Monday, US college football will crown a national champion, when the University of Michigan takes on the University of Washington....
...As well as backing two of the most famous clubs in sport, Sixth Street last year committed $125mn to buy a new National Women’s Soccer League club, now known as Bay FC....
...Swift was there, of course, to cheer on her boyfriend Travis Kelce and his Kansas City Chiefs, who won their second consecutive National Football League championship in dramatic extra time....
...They also have been buying advertisements on popular National Football League games....
...The crowd in Japan’s national stadium, which was roughly half full, was delighted when Messi came on to play, but booed when he did not take a penalty....
...The project unravelled within days after a fierce backlash from fans, national governments and domestic leagues....
International Edition