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  • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
    Chelsea FC PLC
    Chelsea FC raises $500mn from Ares

    Premier League club joins forces with US alternative asset manager as it looks for ways to boost revenue

    Nicolas Jackson, right, of Chelsea is challenged by Willy Boly during the Premier League match between Chelsea FC and Nottingham Forest at Stamford Bridge
  • Saturday, 16 September, 2023
    News in-depthEverton
    Everton’s Moshiri years: from ‘whatever I have’ to relegation fights 

    Departing owner tells north-west club’s fans that 777 Partners promise a ‘brighter future’

    Everton’s French midfielder Abdoulaye Doucoure scores the goal against Bournemouth in May 2023 that kept his team in the Premier League in their last game of the season
  • Friday, 15 September, 2023
    Everton Football Club Co Ltd
    Miami firm 777 Partners agrees to buy Everton FC

    Deal makes fund the latest American investor to buy into English Premier League

    An Everton match earlier this month
  • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
    #techAsia
    Apple’s China headache and Alibaba’s surprise shake-up Premium content

    The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

  • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
    Raine Group LLC
    The Broadway producer orchestrating SoftBank’s Arm IPO

    Tech-focused boutique bank Raine Group has had a long and lucrative relationship with SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son

    A montage of Jeff Sine and Masayoshi Son and the Raine Group logo
  • Saturday, 9 September, 2023
    Scoreboard
    Tennis blackout is a sign of the times Premium content

    Plus, Rugby World Cup preview and an investigation into the betting groups backing top flight football clubs

  • Friday, 8 September, 2023
    Rugby
    France aims to put on a show as Rugby World Cup kicks off

    Ahead of the 2024 Olympics, officials strive to banish doubts over security following last year’s Champions League final

    French President Emmanuel Macron, centre, huddles with players fromteh French national rugby team ‘les Bleus’
  • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
    Spain
    Spanish women’s football team manager sacked in forced kiss fallout

    Jorge Vilda praised by federation as its disgraced chief Luis Rubiales clings on to job despite suspension

    Spain’s team coach Jorge Vilda and Spanish Football Federation president Luis Rubiales pose for a photograph with players
  • Friday, 1 September, 2023
    Rugby
    Rugby needs to be more exciting to attract younger fans, says New Zealand chief

    Comments by Mark Robinson come ahead of men’s World Cup in France

    New Zealand’s Beauden Barrett is tackled by South Africa’s Faf de Klerk during a World Cup warm-up match at Twickenham last week
  • Monday, 28 August, 2023
    Football
    Premier League vows stronger crackdown on illegal streaming

    Private prosecutions among tactics being taken by world’s richest football competition

  • Saturday, 26 August, 2023
    News in-depthMedia
    Premier League prepares to kick off UK television rights auction

    Sale will be important test of broadcast spending appetite as sector prioritises cost-cutting

    Amazon Prime presenters with a camera operator holding a screen during a Premier League match between Manchester United and Nottingham Forest in December 2022
  • Saturday, 26 August, 2023
    Football
    Spain seeks to suspend football chief over World Cup kiss as stars refuse to play

    Luis Rubiales attacks ‘false feminism’ amid torrent of criticism over his embrace of Jenni Hermoso after victory in final

    Luis Rubiales grabs Spain midfielder Jenni Hermoso’s head and kisses her on the lips following the country’s Women’s World Cup triumph
  • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
    Qatar Sports Investments
    Qatar combines rival tours in fast-growing sport of padel

    Creation of professional circuit underlines wider transformation of world sport by Gulf investors

    Padel player Maxi Sánchez hits the ball during a match
  • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
    FIFA World Cup
    Fifa kicks off race to host next football Women’s World Cup

    Brazil, Germany and US keen to hold 2027 event, as governing body aims to build on success of Australia-led tournament

    Spanish players jump on each other on the ground while other team members run forwards. England players look despondent in the background
  • Monday, 21 August, 2023
    News in-depthFootball
    Relevent Sports, the billionaire’s media group selling football to America

    Company backed by Stephen Ross wants to take advantage of international gold rush in the sport

    A montage of a photo of Daniel Sillman, chief executive officer at Relevent Sports, and the logos of Relevent Sports, Uefa and La Liga
  • Sunday, 20 August, 2023
    FIFA World Cup
    Spain beat England 1-0 to become Women’s World Cup champions

    Goal by captain Olga Carmona makes La Roja the first European winners since 2007

    The Spanish team lifts the trophy
  • Saturday, 19 August, 2023
    FIFA World Cup
    ‘It boils down to money’: England and Spain prepare for Women’s World Cup face-off

    The finalists have boosted spending to become magnets for global talent

    Spain’s Salma Paralluelo, left, who scored in the semi-final victory against Sweden, and England’s Ella Toone, who broke the deadlock against the Matildas
  • Friday, 18 August, 2023
    Football
    Infantino sparks World Cup backlash with comments on football equality

    Fifa chief talks of women’s need to ‘convince us men’ ahead of final of successful tournament

    Fifa chief Gianni Infantino watches a world cup game in Australia
  • Friday, 18 August, 2023
    Football
    Premier League to set out protocol forcing ‘bad’ owners to sell

    English top flight discusses divestment process if individuals are barred as directors

    Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich watches a Premier League match at Stamford Bridge in 2017
  • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
    FIFA World Cup
    England beat co-hosts Australia to reach Women’s World Cup final

    Lionesses set up clash against Spain with 3-1 victory in front of 75,000 fans in Sydney

    England’s players celebrate after their victory in the World Cup semi-final in Sydney
  • Monday, 14 August, 2023
    Sport
    Neymar joins Saudi’s Al-Hilal from PSG, says state-owned media

    Acquisition of Neymar symbolic of how kingdom has flaunted financial might in world’s most popular sport

    Brazilian football star Neymar
  • Friday, 11 August, 2023
    Football
    Australians embrace ‘phenomenal’ World Cup as co-hosts eye semi-final

    Successful women’s football tournament expected to draw 2bn broadcast viewers worldwide

    Australia in action against Denmark in their last 16 match
  • Friday, 11 August, 2023
    News in-depthFootball
    Chelsea owners hope summer reset has put club back on track

    Chair Todd Boehly says morale is high despite team suffering its worst season in almost three decades

    A Chelsea football game in progress
  • Friday, 4 August, 2023
    Football
    Chelsea owners hold talks with Ares over raising funds

    Premier League club looking to upgrade stadium and emulate Manchester City model by adding to network of teams

    Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge ground in west London
  • Friday, 4 August, 2023
    Football
    Saudi football scores with €430mn summer spending spree

    Net transfer spending by the Pro League trails only that of the Premier League

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