As Serie A weighs up six proposals from private investors, Ben Marlow, managing director, Asia Pacific, for football consultancy firm 21st Club, explains the sudden interest in the league and tells editorial…
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Golden Knights and Kings join growing list of NHL teams with helmet deals
The Vegas Golden Knights and LA Kings have become the latest NHL franchises to sign helmet sponsorship deals for the rescheduled 2020-21 season that got underway this week
Fiorentina’s Joe Barone – Overseas investment shows belief in the commercial potential of Serie A
In part two of a three-part interview, Fiorentina general director Joe Barone explains why lack of modern infrastructure limits gameday revenue and impacts competition, and outlines his club's infrastructure…
How MLS capitalized on shifting landscape to secure inaugural midweek primetime TV slot
At extremely short notice, MLS moved its Western Conference Semifinal game between Sporting Kansas City and Minnesota United back a day to gain coverage on the main Fox network. League executive Seth Bacon tells Bob Williams how the switch happened.
BC Partners ‘in talks’ over Inter Milan stake
London-based private equity firm BC Partners is reportedly in talks over an investment in Italian Serie A football club Inter Milan
Operating revenues decline across top six European domestic champions, says KPMG
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on club operating revenues across almost all of Europe’s top six leagues and ‘exposed flaws’ in the way football is run, according to a new study by ac…
French footballers to consider wage cuts
France’s National Union of Professional Footballers (UNFP) has called on players to consider a wage cut in order to “save” professional football in the country amid the ongoing effects of the Covid-19 pande…
City Football Group names Club Bolívar as first ‘partner club’
City Football Group has announced a tie-up with Bolivia’s most successful domestic team, Club Bolívar, making the side its first ever partner club.
Miles Jacobson I Who are the winners and losers of Brexit’s impact on football?
Miles Jacobson, the man behind the Football Manager simulation, explains some of the likely effects of Brexit on the game and the transfer market in both the UK and Europe
NHL helmet sponsors offer stop-gap solution – and insights about the future
Keith Wachtel, NHL's chief business officer, speaks to SportBusiness about the wider strategy behind the league's new division and helmet sponsorships for the 2020-21 season.
Football Association’s Swarbrick looks for silver lining in “tough” 2021
Matthew Glendinning talks to Kathryn Swarbrick, the FA’s commercial and marketing director, about what is on the horizon for English football's governing body as it continues to develop its brand strategy amid the pandemic.
Third time’s a charm? | Fan Controlled Football looks to succeed where XFL and AAF failed
Fan Controlled Football, set to debut next month, will feature a unique style of play and a more conservative business model. US Editor Eric Fisher asks if it can succeed where the second edition of XFL and the Alliance of American Football failed.