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    • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
      News in-depth
      Olympique Lyonnais seeks to raise €300mn and sell assets in turnaround push

      New owner John Textor says he wants to sell ‘non-core assets to focus on football’

      Lyon’s French forward Alexandre Lacazette, left, fights for the ball with Le Havre’s Senegalese defender Arouna Sangante
    • Monday, 25 September, 2023
      Media
      Vivendi’s Canal+ attacks French football body over rights

      Pay-TV channel claims it would be at a disadvantage in upcoming broadcasting auction

      Rennes defender Guéla Doué, left, and Montpellier’s Téji Savanier fight for the ball during a match on Sunday
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      Chelsea FC PLC
      Chelsea FC raises $500mn from Ares

      Premier League club joins forces with US alternative asset manager as it looks for ways to boost revenue

      Nicolas Jackson, right, of Chelsea is challenged by Willy Boly during the Premier League match between Chelsea FC and Nottingham Forest at Stamford Bridge
    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      Iran
      Cristiano Ronaldo flies in to offer Iranians rare glimpse of football’s elite

      Visit by the decorated player, whose Saudi team play in Tehran, provides country’s fans with a moment to celebrate

      Cristiano Ronaldo and his Al-Nassr teammates arrive at the Imam Khomeini Airport in Tehran
    • Sunday, 17 September, 2023
      The Big Read
      Can European football clubs ever be profitable?

      Momentum is growing for tougher financial regulation as transfer fees and wages for star players rocket

      Declan Rice, Jude Bellingham and Neymar
    • Saturday, 16 September, 2023
      News in-depthEverton
      Everton’s Moshiri years: from ‘whatever I have’ to relegation fights 

      Departing owner tells north-west club’s fans that 777 Partners promise a ‘brighter future’

      Everton’s French midfielder Abdoulaye Doucoure scores the goal against Bournemouth in May 2023 that kept his team in the Premier League in their last game of the season
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      Everton Football Club Co Ltd
      Miami firm 777 Partners agrees to buy Everton FC

      Deal makes fund the latest American investor to buy into English Premier League

      An Everton match earlier this month
    • Sunday, 10 September, 2023
      Luis Rubiales resigns as Spanish football chief in wake of World Cup kiss

      Head of national association who sparked outrage says he will defend his innocence in face of ‘persecution’

      Luis Rubiales
    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      News in-depth31 min
      Premier League betting sponsors: closed doors and companies within companies | FT Film

      The FT investigates the mystery owners behind gambling brands that sponsor top flight football clubs

      An FT Investigation Football's Secret Sponsors
    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
      Spain
      Spanish women’s football team manager sacked in forced kiss fallout

      Jorge Vilda praised by federation as its disgraced chief Luis Rubiales clings on to job despite suspension

      Spain’s team coach Jorge Vilda and Spanish Football Federation president Luis Rubiales pose for a photograph with players
    • Saturday, 2 September, 2023
      Saudi cash fuels record transfer window for European football

      English Premier League pays out £2.36bn in fees this summer

    • Friday, 1 September, 2023
      Person in the News
      Luis Rubiales, Spain’s unrepentant football boss

      Furore over a forced kiss is the latest controversy in a turbulent tenure at the head of the national federation

    • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
      Everton suitor 777 hails new era of football ‘hyper commercialisation’

      Miami investment group says cross-selling opportunities justify its bets on struggling clubs

      Josh Wander of 777 Partners
    • Monday, 28 August, 2023
      Spain’s regional football bosses call for Rubiales to quit over World Cup kiss

      Unanimous move leaves game’s national president even more isolated as prosecutors consider action

    • Monday, 28 August, 2023
      Simon Kuper
      Now is football’s moment to change

      The scandal over a non-consensual kiss by Luis Rubiales needs to be an ‘enough’ moment

      Protesters demand the resignation of Luis Rubiales at a rally in Madrid. Female footballers’ voices are being heard — they don’t have to take it anymore
    • Monday, 28 August, 2023
      Mother of Spanish football chief on hunger strike over World Cup kiss

      Parent of Luis Rubiales shuts herself in church and says her son is victim of a witch hunt

      Atletico Madrid players and staff hold a banner in support of Spain’s Jenni Hermoso
    • Monday, 28 August, 2023
      Premier League vows stronger crackdown on illegal streaming

      Private prosecutions among tactics being taken by world’s richest football competition

    • Sunday, 27 August, 2023
      Corporate sponsors turn against Spain football chief over World Cup kiss

      Companies distance themselves from Luis Rubiales, who has been suspended over his actions after last weekend’s match

      Women outside the Royal Spanish Football Federation’s headquarters in Madrid demand the resignation of its president Luis Rubiale
    • Saturday, 26 August, 2023
      Fifa suspends head of Spanish football over World Cup kiss

      Luis Rubiales barred from contacting Spanish player Jenni Hermoso while governing body investigates

      Luis Rubiales and Jenni Hermoso
    • Saturday, 26 August, 2023
      News in-depthMedia
      Premier League prepares to kick off UK television rights auction

      Sale will be important test of broadcast spending appetite as sector prioritises cost-cutting

      Amazon Prime presenters with a camera operator holding a screen during a Premier League match between Manchester United and Nottingham Forest in December 2022
    • Saturday, 26 August, 2023
      Spain seeks to suspend football chief over World Cup kiss as stars refuse to play

      Luis Rubiales attacks ‘false feminism’ amid torrent of criticism over his embrace of Jenni Hermoso after victory in final

      Luis Rubiales grabs Spain midfielder Jenni Hermoso’s head and kisses her on the lips following the country’s Women’s World Cup triumph
    • Saturday, 26 August, 2023
      Scoreboard
      Spanish football faces fresh crisis Premium content

      Plus, meet the 34-year-old selling football to America

    • Friday, 25 August, 2023
      The Top LineJosh Noble
      Saudi Arabia’s football spending spree is a gift to Fifa

      Move to build new superclubs in the Gulf gives revamped tournament much-needed spice

      Brazilian superstar Neymar enters the pitch during his unveiling ceremony at Al-Hilal in Riyadh
    • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
      FIFA World Cup
      Fifa kicks off race to host next football Women’s World Cup

      Brazil, Germany and US keen to hold 2027 event, as governing body aims to build on success of Australia-led tournament

      Spanish players jump on each other on the ground while other team members run forwards. England players look despondent in the background
    • Monday, 21 August, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      The great opportunity of women’s football

      After a record-breaking World Cup, authorities must get serious about the female game

      Spain players celebrate with the trophy after winning the World Cup
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