England
City Football Group invests in Co-op Live
City Football Group, ownership body of English Premier League champions Manchester City and other clubs around the world, has agreed a deal to become the equal joint venture partner and investor in Co-op…
CSM Live secures seven-figure Birmingham 2022 contract
CSM Live, the branding and live experience division of the CSM Sport and Entertainment agency, has been appointed as the official provider of look, wayfinding and signage for the 2022 Commonwealth Games…
Table Tennis England strikes Recast deal, opting against ‘unaffordable’ in-house OTT
Recast, the UK-based direct-to-customer video platform, has acquired the rights to broadcast highlights and exclusive content from Table Tennis England, the governing body for the sport in England
RFU secures long-term Guinness renewal
England’s Rugby Football Union has renewed its sponsorship with alcohol brand Guinness.
The association first began in 2013 and will now continue until August 2025 across a four-year extension.
Wolves sign Global Reach as FX sponsor
English Premier League football club Wolverhampton Wanderers has signed up foreign exchange (FX) provider Global Reach as its latest official partner
Uefa to stage UK government talks over Istanbul’s Champions League final
European football’s governing body Uefa is set to hold talks with the UK government in an effort to resolve issues surrounding the staging of this season’s Champions League final.
Local firm lands naming rights to Coventry’s Ricoh Arena in 10-year deal
Coventry Building Society has acquired naming rights to the city’s Ricoh Arena, home of Premiership rugby union club Wasps and, from next season, Championship football club Coventry City.
Premier League preparing ‘Owners’ Charter’ to tackle Super League threat
The English Premier League has announced it is preparing a new “Owners’ Charter” in response to the mooted European Super League, while the Football Association has commenced a probe into the breakaway compe…
Bilbao and Dublin’s Euro 2020 matches reallocated, Munich retained as host
Uefa has today (Friday) announced that Bilbao and Dublin have been stripped of hosting rights for this summer’s rescheduled European Championships, with the former’s matches to be transferred to Seville and…
Premier League to ‘revise rules’ to guard against breakaway threat
Football’s English Premier League is considering a change in its rules that would prevent clubs involved in the breakaway European Super League from joining such a competition in the future.
UK Athletics hits back over proposal to relocate Anniversary Games
The status of this year’s Anniversary Games is up in the air after UK Athletics insisted that London Stadium’s contract to host the event must be honoured amid plans to relocate the meet.
Woodward to step down from Man United role, Al-Khelaifi retains Uefa ExCo seat
Ed Woodward is to step down from his role as executive vice-chairman of English Premier League football club Manchester United at the end of the year
Heavyweight clubs unveil breakaway plans for European ‘Super League’
Twelve of Europe's biggest football clubs have agreed to join a 'European Super League' that would usurp the Uefa Champions League as the continent's premier club tournament
AELTC planning 8,000-capacity ‘Parkland Court’
The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) has spelled out its ‘Tennis in an English Garden’ vision, outlining that a new 8,000-capacity show court will be part of its expansion plan.
Saudi Crown Prince ‘called on’ UK PM to intervene in PIF’s Newcastle takeover bid
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called on UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to intervene in the proposed takeover of Newcastle United by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund by telling the Premier League t…
FA’s Simmons: WSL can be self-sustainable after ‘couple of media-rights cycles’
The Women’s Super League, the top tier of women’s club football in England, still needs to go through a number of media-rights cycles before it is able to become self-sustainable, according to director of …
Southampton sees Bitcoin opportunities through record Coingaming shirt deal
English Premier League football club Southampton has agreed a three-year extension to its deal with main sponsor, Bitcoin-focused gaming company Coingaming Group
Manchester City posts £126m loss for 2019-20, expects profit in 2020-21
English Premier League football club Manchester City posted a net loss of £126m (€147m/$174m) for the 2019-20 season but expects to return to profitability in 2020-21 as the financial impact of Covid-19 be…