Football
LaLiga North America continues content push with new weekly English-language show
LaLiga North America has brought in digital content creator Jimmy Conrad to aid its efforts to grow in the United States
USWNT sets new attendance record amid equal pay row with USSF
The United States women's national soccer team (USWNT) further demonstrated its popularity - and revenue-generating capability - by drawing an announced record crowd of 49,504 fans for Thursday evening's…
Real Madrid profits increase, revenues stabilise
Real Madrid has registered its second-highest profit in the past two decades, despite marginal increases in revenue amid one of the worst seasons on the pitch in the Spanish LaLiga football club’s recent h…
Scandal-hit former Conmebol president Leoz dies
Nicolas Leoz, a long-time president of the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) and key figure in the wide-ranging corruption scandal that hit world football in 2015, has died at the age of…
Atlanta United breaks US Open Cup final attendance record
Major League Soccer team Atlanta United broke the attendance record for the US Open Cup final on Tuesday evening after attracting an announced crowd of 35,709 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Fifa gives Iraq green light to host World Cup qualifiers; “closely monitoring” Hong Kong situation
Football world governing body Fifa has allowed Iraq to host their national team's upcoming World Cup qualifying games in their southern city, Basra, following a "security assessment by a Fifa delegation"
Ineos completes €100m takeover for Ligue 1 club OGC Nice
British petrochemicals company Ineos has completed a takeover of French Ligue 1 football club OGC Nice on Monday, with owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe, Britain's richest man, pledging to establish the club as…
Fifa ruling shakes up compensation, development structures in US player market
The issue of solidarity payments for academies developing US soccer talent remains decidedly unsettled following a Fifa ruling in June
Hollywood actor Matthew McConaughey becomes Austin FC minority owner
Academy Award winner is part of four-person local investor group for MLS expansion club
Washington Spirit plays in front of franchise-record crowd
SRO-level turnout continues strong post-Women's World Cup boost for NWSL
Liverpool rethinks Anfield masterplan
English Premier League football club Liverpool has today (Thursday) confirmed that it has scrapped its existing redevelopment vision for Anfield, adding that “ambitious” new plans are now under “active consi…
French regulator clears path for Ineos’ Nice takeover
British petrochemicals company Ineos is poised to complete a takeover of French Ligue 1 football club OGC Nice after the proposed deal was cleared by the country’s competition regulator, the Autorité de…
AFC turns to experienced Rogers for commercial director role
The Asian Football Confederation has named Andrew Rogers, a sports marketing executive who counts Team Marketing and Fifa among his former employers, as commercial director
French health minister wants alcohol ban extended to hospitality boxes
French health minister Agnès Buzyn has suggested that the country’s Loi Evin, which prohibits the sale of alcohol in sports stadiums, should be extended to include the alcohol consumption in hospitality bo…
CFA reshuffles leadership and elects Chen Xuyuan as new president
During the 11th membership congress of the Chinese Football Association today, Chen Xuyuan, formerly chairman at the Shanghai International Port Group, which owns Chinese Super League club Shanghai SIPG,…
Fifa appoints normalisation committee to run EFA after post-Afcon leadership resignations
Fifa has appointed a five-man committee to run the Egyptian Football Association after president Hani Abou Rida, along with the other board members, resigned
Football clubs have woken up to the power of FIFA and Pro Evo
The recent round of video game licensing deals signed by clubs and leagues with EA Sports and Konami show how complicated the video game licensing business has become. Callum McCarthy examines whether it is better to sell rights collectively or go it alone.
Juventus calls for early Serie A kick-offs to tap into Asian market
Giorgio Ricci, chief revenue officer for Italian Serie A football club Juventus, has called on the league to schedule more early kick-offs to enable the team to raise its profile in Asia