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Ratcliffe calls Fergie time as Man Utd axe former manager’s £2m-a-year job
Manchester United have axed legendary former manager Sir Alex Ferguson’s £2m-a-year job as a club ambassador as part of a wider cost-cutting exercise. Ferguson will leave the role, which he has held...
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Ahead of the Game: Manchester City row delays EFL New Deal
Manchester City’s ongoing legal battle with the Premier League has dealt another blow to EFL clubs, who are fearful of further delays over reaching an increased funding settlement from the top-flight...
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Ed Warner: Are we witnessing the slow death of the transfer fee?
Football transfer fees for superstar players make headlines, but in years to come we may look back on them as a quirk of history, argues Ed Warner. Another international break in the football...
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US Grand Prix fined $500,000 over ‘unsafe’ end to Formula 1 race
United States Grand Prix organisers have been hit with a $500,000 (£384,000) fine after an early track invasion by hundred of spectators led to an “unsafe” end to Sunday’s race. An estimated 200 fans...
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Why English cricket is like the Premier League 20 years ago
The sale of Hampshire to Indian investors is just the start of a flood of overseas money into English cricket, says Laurie Pinto – and, as the man brokering these deals, he should know. English...
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Glasgow officially named 2026 Commonwealth Games hosts
Glasgow has today officially be named the host of the 2026 Commonwealth Games. The Scottish city, which hosted the 2014 edition of the Games, has stepped in to replace Victoria after the Australian...
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Messi and LeBron beaten to top spot in athlete marketability rankings
US gymnast Simone Biles has beaten LeBron James and Lionel Messi to be named the most marketable athlete in the world by sports industry experts. Real Madrid and Brazil footballer Vinicius Jr is...
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A$AP Rocky, Rihanna, Tranmere Rovers and football’s ‘celebrification’
Football and music are happy bedfellows, yet the idea of US rapper A$AP Rocky and his even more famous girlfriend Rihanna rocking up in the directors’ box of lowly Tranmere Rovers still feels like a...
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London Broncos reveal future plans after relegation confirmed
London Broncos chiefs insist there is renewed optimism that they can return to Super League in 2026 after their relegation to the second tier of rugby league was confirmed. The capital club ranked...
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British athletes issue stark warning to government over funding
British sport could lose hundreds of elite athletes before the LA 2028 Olympics and Paralympics unless the Government increases funding for the next four-year cycle. The stark warning comes after 85...
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Formula 1 driver follows Murray and Messi into padel business
Formula 1 driver Pierre Gasly has joined Andy Murray and Lionel Messi as an owner of a team in padel’s Hexagon Cup. Alpine racer Gasly has joined forces with financier and fellow Frenchman Loic Fery,...
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Parachute payments: Government clarifies stance after regulator move
The government insists it does not want parachute payments to be abolished, despite giving the incoming football regulator new powers to look at the controversial mechanism. The Premier League and...
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Spotlight falls on Ratcliffe and Ineos after sacking useful shield Ten Hag
It might have taken a year of seemingly interminable negotiations, but buying into Manchester United was the easy bit for Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Ineos. Now, following the sacking of Erik ten Hag, comes...
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Football regulator boss should come from the Square Mile, says Crouch
Former sports minister Tracey Crouch says the incoming football regulator should be run by someone with a background in the City. Crouch has done more than anyone to give rise to the regulator by...
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Manchester United ready to pay £8m for new manager, say his club
Manchester United have moved a step closer to appointing Ruben Amorim as their new manager after Sporting Lisbon confirmed the Premier League club had made an approach for the 39-year-old. The...
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Ahead of the Game: A$AP Rocky’s Tranmere takeover hits a snag
A proposed takeover of Tranmere Rovers involving Donald Trump’s former lawyer Joe Tacopina and US rapper A$AP Rocky has been delayed following the withdrawal of one of the principal investors. A...
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Fifa lands first sponsor for controversial Club World Cup
Fifa’s Club World Cup has received a much-needed shot in the arm after electronic appliance brand Hisense signed up as its first sponsor. The deal comes less than eight months before the revamped and...
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Women’s football scores £100m boost from new Sky and BBC TV deals
Sky Sports has secured an even bigger share of matches in the Women’s Super League as part of a record new long-term agreement billed as “the most significant broadcast partnership ever for women’s...
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Fifa ‘unfit’ to run football and even worse than Blatter era, says report
Fifa has been accused of remaining unfit to govern world football and in some respects being worse than before the existential crisis that forced it to introduce a raft of governance reforms eight...
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Ed Warner: Have sports missed esports boat – or was there never one to catch?
Ahead of the hugely popular League of Legends Worlds 2024 in London this weekend, Ed Warner wonders whether sports have got esports all wrong. Three days to the sold-out world championships and...
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Three hacks for becoming the Leicester City of sport business
Rooting for underdogs is a national characteristic we need to nurture – and not just on the field, argues Alejandro Scannapieco of digital transformation company Sportian. Everyone loves an underdog,...
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Cricket, rugby and football stars invest in health start-up
The Players Fund, the UK’s first athlete-led venture capital firm whose investors include Ben Stokes and Jess Ennis-Hill, has backed health start-up OptimallyMe. England rugby international Courtney...
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London venue named on list of world’s most luxurious padel clubs
London’s Padel Social Club has been included in a new list billed as the fast-growing racket sport’s answer to the Michelin Guide, Club Aguilas. The venue in Earls Court is one of three in England on...
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Boxing fans to get more blockbuster fights from new global TV deal
Dazn’s exclusive deal with Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions will help to unlock more of the blockbuster fights that fans have been clamouring for, such as Tyson Fury’s long-awaited clash with...
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Ahead of the Game: Trump’s pledge to LIV and PGA, Charlton eye move
LIV Golf executives will have been rooting for a Donald Trump victory in last night’s US election in the belief that the former president’s return to the Oval Office would lead to the long-heralded...
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Sauber swap Hamilton’s former teammate for Alonso protege
Formula 1 team Sauber have axed Valtteri Bottas for next season and replaced him with Fernando Alonso protege Gabriel Bortoleto. Bottas, who has 10 grand prix wins from his 12 seasons in F1, spent...
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Man City lose legal fight over former player’s unpaid wages
Manchester City have been ordered to pay Benjamin Mendy more than £8m in unpaid wages after their former defender won an employment tribunal against the Premier League club. The English champions...
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Women’s football aims to supersize crowds on historic weekend
All games in the Women’s Super League and Women’s Championship will be played in the home club’s main stadium for the first time ever on the weekend of 16 and 17 November. The historic showcase of...
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Ed Warner: Chair the football regulator? No thanks, not even for £130k
You have just one day to submit your application to be the inaugural chair of the new independent football regulator. Former Tory MP Tracey Crouch’s blueprint has been adopted by Labour culture...
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Hands off our underpants: F1 drivers slam meddling motorsport chief
Formula 1 drivers have accused Mohammed Ben Sulayem, president of motorsport governing body the FIA, of failing to provide financial transparency. In a wide-ranging open letter, the Grand Prix...
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