Premier League

Football
Media

Media company Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has acquired exclusive rights to the English Premier League across the Netherlands, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania for the six seasons from 2022-23…
Football
Governance

English Premier League football clubs have approved rules to further protect the league against any future competition breakaways after its ‘big six’ teams were fined £22m (€25.6m/$31.1m) ea
Football
Finance & Law

Football’s English Premier League is said to be close to reaching a settlement agreement with the six clubs that signed up to join the failed European Super League breakaway project.
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Media

The Premier League has invited bids for broadcast rights in over 40 European and Central Asian countries from 2022-23 onwards, calling for offers over three or six seasons and making additional live packages…
Football
Finance & Law

SportBusiness has conducted a series of interviews with senior figures from European football, asking them to define a ‘sustainable’ economic model for the game on the continent. In the first article in the series, Rick Parry, chairman of the English Football League (EFL) outlines a three-point plan for the professional game in England and calls for more transparency from the game's governing bodies.
Football
Finance & Law

The English Football League has hit out at the Premier League’s new domestic broadcast rights deals, claiming that the agreements will preserve an “unfair financial distribution model” across English footb…
Football
Media

The English Premier League has voted to roll over its existing domestic broadcast deals into the 2022-25 cycle after receiving approval in principle from the UK government to sidestep its usual tender…
Football
Finance & Law

Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley is taking legal action against the Premier League for its alleged role in the failed takeover of the club by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.
Football
Technology

The Premier League is reportedly exploring ways to exploit the growing market for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as a new revenue stream, according to the Financial Times
Football
Governance

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.
Football
Finance & Law

The European Super League founders’ access to confidential financial information ahead of their plans to create the breakaway competition could leave them open to disciplinary action from football governing b…
Football
Governance

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
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Daniel Haddad, head of commercial strategy at the Octagon agency, sees little merit in sponsorship proposals around Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology, the application of which has only detracted from the fan experience
Football
Finance & Law

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…
Events

A group of the UK’s leading sports rights-holders have written an open letter to the country’s politicians in support of Covid-19 certification as a ‘credible option’ to enable full capacity stadiums from Ju…
Football
Finance & Law

James Pallotta, the former AS Roma president, has openly expressed interest in buying a Premier League club
Football
Media

Football’s English Premier League and Spanish LaLiga have claimed a win in the fight against the piracy of their content after illegal streaming app Mobdro ceased all operations.
Football
Finance & Law

Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley has reaffirmed his commitment to sell the club to Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, in spite of losing two early skirmishes in an arbitration hearing against the E…