Football

Anna Semens, head of analytics at HSE Cake, and a specialist in the football transfer market, explains the contractual difficulties that are holding up the transfer of Paul Pogba to Manchester United

International media-rights revenues for the English Premier League are set to increase by almost 50 per cent in its new cycle, according to research conducted by TV Sports Markets.

MUCH OF THE initial analysis of the potential impact of Brexit on England’s Premier League (EPL) focused on player trading, but there are other areas of concern for the Premier League which are rooted in its dependence on the audiovisual markets of the UK and the European Union.

The administrators behind the Ukrainian Premier League are adopting new commercial models and an updated competition format to overcome multiple problems – including Russia’s annexation of Crimea. Kevin Roberts reports on how the changes have attracted the interest of the world’s sports marketing agencies.

Major League Soccer (MLS) commissioner Don Garber has said he is keen for the North American competition to become a “guinea pig” for video replay technology, adding that a decision on its latest expansion franchise is expected next month.

Daily fantasy sports (DFS) operator FanDuel has confirmed it will launch in the UK market next month.

THE CHANGING NATURE of the sports media industry in Brazil is perhaps best exemplified by the recent developments surrounding the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top tier of football in the country.

Spanish LaLiga football club Barcelona has reported record revenues of €679m ($749.6m) for its 2015-16 season as it continues to head towards its target of reaching the €1bn mark by 2021.

Gordon Derrick has been re-elected as president of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) after seeing off the claims of two rival candidates.

For every official sponsor at the Rio Olympics there will be a rival seeking to disrupt the impact of the official advertising campaigns. Jennifer Gibson, senior associate in the dispute resolution team at independent UK law firm Burges Salmon LLP looks at the steps that will be taken to protect Olympic partners

The adjudicatory chamber of Fifa’s Ethics Committee has today (Monday) handed a one-year ban to former German Football Association (DFB) president Wolfgang Niersbach.

Uefa has confirmed that three officials will contest September’s election to become the next president of European football’s governing body.

Dutch football stakeholders have launched a wide-ranging review into the domestic game that could result in an overhaul for the Eredivisie, Jupiler League and KNVB Beker competitions.

Greg Clarke has been nominated as chairman of the Football Association (FA), the sport’s national governing body in England.

US businessmen Jason Levien and Steve Kaplan have formally completed their takeover of Premier League football club Swansea City.

 Sports Sponsorship Insider's Steven Slayford gives the lowdown on the Virgin Media deal with Southampton FC