📰 Club Football

The Athletic

Lisandro Martinez's two bookings in ninety seconds sealed Chelsea's 2-0 win and added pressure on Michael Carrick's United.

The Athletic

A struggling United side arrived at the right moment for Xabi Alonso's Chelsea after a turbulent week.

Sportsverse

Further reading from the day's section on The World: Hung Parliaments, Shrinking Economies, Closing Newsrooms.

SportBusiness

The SPFL offered broadcasters every Scottish Premiership match live, which could end the UK's Saturday 3pm blackout.

SportBusiness

Don Garber leaves MLS with five billion-dollar clubs and a $500 million entry fee, but most clubs still lose money and expansion is paused.

SportBusiness

Liga MX clubs agreed not to renew individual media deals after 2028, a step toward collective selling.

Men in Blazers

League Two's Fleetwood Town knocked reigning champions Arsenal out of the Carabao Cup on penalties.

The Athletic

The Athletic examines how the Manchester City verdict threatens the Premier League's brand.

Bloomberg

Mbappé lost his Chinese sponsorships and CCTV suspended La Liga broadcasts after he called Mao a 'dictator.'

ESPN

Borussia Dortmund's app now rewards fans who keep their phones locked during matches.

Men in Blazers

Men in Blazers on Manchester United's 3-0 home loss to Bournemouth and a crowded Premier League weekend.

The Athletic

The Athletic's briefing on Manchester United's slump and Liverpool's revival.

The Athletic

Mbappé scored twice, including an 88th-minute winner, as Real Madrid won the Clásico 2-1 at the Camp Nou.

Off The Pitch

Switzerland has slipped to 16th in UEFA's coefficient as Basel and Young Boys falter, cutting into transfer values.

The Athletic

Tottenham won 2-0 at Stamford Bridge for the first time in eight years.

The Athletic

Aston Villa ended Manchester City's perfect Premier League start, their third straight win over City.

The Athletic

Tottenham won at Stamford Bridge for the first time in eight years after a Mike Penders error and a Cole Palmer red card.

The Athletic

Further reading from the day's section on Sports: City's Perfect Start Ends, Spurs Win at the Bridge, and the NWSL Settles.

The Athletic

Further reading from the day's section on Sports: City's Perfect Start Ends, Spurs Win at the Bridge, and the NWSL Settles.

A Guy With A Scarf

A passive scan of 96 top-five-league club sites found 36% running PHP, none in the Premier League but 13 of 18 in Ligue 1.

The Guardian

England's Independent Football Regulator could force a sale of Manchester City if the guilty verdict on inflated revenue is upheld.

Regulation

SportBusiness

Relevent, which holds UEFA's commercial rights, hired the former heads of Host Broadcast Services to start a production company.

Men in Blazers

Liverpool came back from two goals down to beat Villarreal 4-3 on a 40-goal Champions League night.

SoccerBible

Como went from a roughly $850,000 Serie D purchase in 2019 to hosting Manchester United in the Champions League.

The Athletic

Further reading from the day's section on What I'm reading next.

The Athletic

The Athletic investigates Manchester City's owners, a superyacht and links to the 1MDB scandal.

Front Office Sports

MLS commissioner Don Garber argued his league belongs among a 'big five' of US sports.

The Athletic

The Athletic explains what a possible Everton sale by the Friedkin Group means for the club.

The Athletic

Arsenal's proposed job cuts show clubs squeezing off-pitch costs while spending heavily on players.

SportBusiness

Relevent replaced CAA Eleven as the agency selling UEFA men's national-team rights, the first switch in 14 years.

The Athletic

The Athletic catalogs Manchester City's 41 sponsors as the club awaits its punishment.

SportBusiness

Netflix's 2030 World Cup rights in Spain are its first live men's football deal, alongside Relevent's UEFA mandate and F1's Rwanda race.

SportBusiness

The Independent Football Regulator found 94% of English clubs lose money and nearly two-thirds of EFL and National League clubs are technically insolvent.

Regulation

SportBusiness

The Friedkin Group is exploring options for Everton, including selling a controlling stake, less than two years after buying the club.

Men in Blazers

Arsenal beat Lille 3-0 and Manchester United lost at Atlético, ahead of Manchester City hosting PSG days after City's guilty verdict.

SportBusiness

Further reading from the day's section on What I'm reading next.

The Athletic

The Athletic explains Leeds United executive Paraag Marathe's comments on the club's dynamic ticket pricing policy.

Front Office Sports

Nielsen research shows U.S. TV audiences for soccer remain up since the 2026 World Cup, and MLS says its enterprise value is near $25 billion.

The Athletic

Sky Sports, the Premier League's main domestic broadcaster, faces an awkward position covering Manchester City's financial case.

JohnWallStreet

Bayern Munich split AI into consumer and enterprise sponsorship categories within weeks, a model U.S. rights holders are being urged to follow.

AI

Men in Blazers

Men in Blazers previews Champions League matchday two and profiles Azerbaijan's nine-year-old club Sabah.

Men in Blazers

Men in Blazers recaps City's win at a hostile Anfield and United's worst league start in 40 years.

Front Office Sports

Prime Minister Andy Burnham says he will release details of his meetings with Manchester City executives as mayor.

Off The Pitch

AZ Alkmaar is selling its academy and recruitment model to partner clubs for fees and sell-on shares instead of buying them.

Front Office Sports

Everton is for sale less than two years after the Friedkin Group bought the club.

The Athletic

The Athletic tallies how Newcastle spent £1 billion on players in five years.

Men in Blazers

Men in Blazers previews Liverpool-Manchester City and Manchester United-Tottenham as City's financial case hangs over the season.

The Athletic

The Athletic's four-part series explains why Manchester City introduced 'sham' spending and how large it was.

The Athletic

Mikel Arteta says the Champions League defeat 'left a scar' as Arsenal confirms his contract through 2030.

SportBusiness

SportBusiness covers the O2 renewal, an early Ligue 1 rights tender, Russia's ATP deal and Wrexham's 800% sponsorship growth.

Stadium financing

SportBusiness

Manchester City's main sponsor Etihad threatened legal action against the Premier League after the club was found guilty of financial charges.

The Athletic

Manchester City chief executive Ferran Soriano is fighting for his reputation after the club's cheating verdict.

Front Office Sports

The Premier League found City guilty of disguising owner funding as revenue, with sanctions up to relegation possible.

Sport & Story Daily

Sport & Story Daily frames the City verdict as one of the biggest cheating scandals in sports history.

ESPN

ESPN reported City appeared to know of the verdict in the summer yet still spent $400 million on players.

The Athletic

Manchester City's financial charges have drawn attention to the club's and Britain's ties to the United Arab Emirates.

The Athletic

The Athletic traces how Manchester City came to be found guilty of disguising more than £830 million in illicit funding.

Front Office Sports

Front Office Sports details the charges against City, including sham contracts and roughly $1.2 billion in inflated figures.

The Stadium Business

The Chicago Fire are selling premium seats at their new South Loop stadium for $10,000 to $25,000.

Stadium financing

The Athletic

Daniel Taylor argues the verdict on more than 900 million pounds in inflated sponsorship revenue destroys the sport's claim to unscripted drama.

The Guardian

Keane's reaction to the Premier League commission's findings against City.

ESPN

Context for the open question of what happens to Sullivan's pre-agreement with Manchester City if sanctions include a transfer ban.

The Athletic

The Athletic breaks down the independent commission's core decision finding Manchester City guilty of financial rule breaches between 2009-10 and 2017-18.

The Athletic

With the verdict in, The Athletic walks through the sanction options now facing the Premier League.

The Athletic

The Premier League found the club guilty on all serious financial charges from 2009 to 2018, and its internal message is still that it is innocent.

The Athletic

Further reading from the day's section on The Bundle Runs Out.

The Athletic

The Athletic attempts to quantify the revenue other clubs lost, which is the evidentiary basis for civil claims potentially worth hundreds of millions.

The Athletic

Reaction abroad shapes how much pressure UEFA and FIFA feel to act independently of the English process.

BBC Sport

The possible sanctions range from fines and points deductions to retroactive trophy stripping, relegation or expulsion from the Premier League and EFL.

The Athletic

Ratcliffe's multi-club model is struggling on the pitch at Manchester United, Nice and Lausanne, with fan disquiet off it.

The Athletic

Further reading from the day's section on Manchester City, 114 Charges, and the Bill Coming Due.

The Athletic

Further reading from the day's section on Manchester City, 114 Charges, and the Bill Coming Due.

Front Office Sports

Baseball's new cap matches the NBA, NHL and MLS, with private equity barred from exceeding the controlling owner's stake.

Private equity

American Airlines

American Airlines becomes a founding partner of the newly opened Nu Stadium and the wider Miami Freedom Park development.

Stadium financing · Aviation

Front Office Sports

The Premier League's long-running financial-regulations case against Manchester City ended with guilty findings on all but one of 115 charges.

Regulation

SportBusiness

UEFA's president said trust in world football remains broken, declining Infantino's offer to review FIFA decision-making.

Front Office Sports

MLB lifted its per-club private equity cap from 15% to 20%, matching the NBA, NHL and MLS, with firms barred from exceeding the controlling owner's stake.

Private equity

The Athletic

Further reading from the day's section on What I'm reading next.

The Dallas Morning News

A 290-room hotel and 40,000 square feet of convention space next to Toyota Stadium in Frisco push total planned investment around the complex past $1 billion.

Stadium financing

The Athletic

Arteta has committed his future to Arsenal after turning the club into title winners.

The Athletic

A five-games-in assessment of the 2026-27 Premier League season ahead of the international break.

Men in Blazers

Brighton beat the reigning champions 3-0 behind Pascal Gross, Manchester City edged Sunderland 5-3, and Coventry City won their first top-flight match since 2001.

Vetted Sports

Clearlake is buying out Boehly and Walter for a combined £950 million, valuing Chelsea at £5 billion and leaving the Stamford Bridge stadium decision entirely to the firm.

Stadium financing · M&A

Manchester City

Manchester City signed a global ticketing partnership with SeatGeek covering men's and women's matchdays.

SportBusiness

Clearlake Capital acquired the ownership interests of Todd Boehly and Mark Walter, taking full control of both clubs.

The Guardian

Boehly is stepping down as chairman while investor Hansjorg Wyss remains a key shareholder.

SportBusiness

Visa is returning as a Rugby World Cup sponsor after Mastercard relinquished the rights to focus on McLaren F1 and Uefa club competitions.

The Athletic

Nottingham Forest's City Ground expansion has council approval but carries planning conditions the club still has to meet.

Stadium financing

Chelsea FC

The policy includes financial support for a partner or nanny to travel to away games in the year after giving birth and extended leave for players who adopt.

Sports Business Journal

Clearlake now controls Chelsea in a $6.7 billion deal, with Boehly and Walter taking roughly $1.2 billion in cash for a combined 25% stake.

Men in Blazers

Manchester United went 2-0 up inside ten minutes at Old Trafford and lost 3-2 to Brighton, eliminated by 19-year-old Charalampos Kostoulas.

SportBusiness

Todd Boehly and Mark Walter are close to selling their Chelsea stakes to Clearlake Capital.