English Premier League
BBC to show first-ever live Premier League action
UK public broadcaster the BBC will show four live Premier League matches when the season restarts, with the league provisionally scheduling a resumption on June 17
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Australian commentators hailed rule changes in the National Rugby League that led to an exciting game as the 2020 season got back underway yesterday with the Parramatta Eels beating the Brisbane Broncos…
Premier League season set to resume on June 17
The English Premier League is set to return on June 17 after its clubs agreed in principle on a return to action
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There have been six positive Covid-19 tests from English Premier League players or club staff after the league's first phase of testing - Sky Sports
Everton doubles yearly fee in Hummel kit supply agreement
Everton’s new kit supply deal, with Danish brand Hummel, will net the club almost double the income of its existing deal with Umbro.
SportBusiness understands the agreement is worth about £9.5m (€10.6m/$11.6m)
Falling transfer fees to be a marker for football’s post-Covid-19 austerity era
Omar Chaudhuri, chief intelligence officer at 21st Club, reflects on how the transfer market will change and impact clubs of all sizes during and after the Covid-19 crisis
A ticketing conundrum in the post-Covid world
Nick White, partner at Charles Russell Speechlys, discusses the implications and impacts of the Covid-19 hiatus on ticketing.
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UK government culture secretary Oliver Dowden has said he hopes the Premier League can resume by mid-June. The teams have agreed to start non-contact training in small groups today
Turnstile builds on valuation business with PTI Smarter Venues
Sports sponsorship valuation agency Turnstile has partnered with PTI Smarter Venues to build up its data-led model for pricing sponsorship and media assets
Watford net sizeable uplift from Kelme in deal ‘signalling global ambitions’
Watford’s new kit deal with Kelme – a first for the sportswear company in the Premier League – will land the club a larger fee, more freedom over design and a greater presence in China.
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The shutdown of professional sport in Japan will have cost the economy ¥274.7bn ($2.6bn/€2.4b
DCMS piracy session could impede Newcastle’s £300m Saudi takeover
The proposed £300m (€339m/$366.4m
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Hyundai is ending its sponsorship of the Australian A-League after this season, according to the Sydney Morning Herald
Kelme ‘set for Premier League debut’ with Watford kit deal
Premier League football club Watford FC is set to sign up Spanish sportswear brand Kelme as its new kit supplier.
The two organisations have agreed a four-year contract worth £2.5m (€2.8m/$3.1m
Premier League clubs against neutral venues, face £340m TV hit even if season completed
The English Premier League has reiterated its commitment to restarting its 2019-20 season, but will seek to end a proposal for matches to be played at neutral venues as shareholders were told that clubs…
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Sports and entertainment group Endeavor has secured a $260m loan to help it through the Covid-19 downturn, the Wall Street Journal reports. The loan supplements an existing $2
Norwich City to lose long-term sponsor Aviva
Premier League football club Norwich City's long-term association with insurance company Aviva will conclude at the end of the 2019-20 season
Tebas accuses Saudis of ‘stealing football’
Javier Tebas, the president of LaLiga , is appealing to the English Premier League to judiciously examine the planned £300m ($378m/€345m) takeover of Newcastle United by Saudi Arabian investors.