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Italian football champions’ borrowing costs jump after bruising pandemic
Rebound in attendance forecast to add at least £675m to club revenues this season
Retail billionaire’s filing alleges terms of ‘vendor loan’ were breached in football takeover
Dragan Solak eyes alternative way to net cash after losing broadcast battle to state-backed rival in native Serbia
The US cable billionaire purchased ACF Fiorentina for €170m. The emotional cost? He’s still counting
Premier League champion’s rival hampered by loss of match day income
High Court directs group backed by Inter Milan owner Suning to honour missed payments
Virtual stadiums will kick off a new debate over the sport’s ‘real’ fans
China’s Gao Jisheng sells 80% stake to Dragan Šolak in deal that values club at £250m
A cabal of über-rich football club owners did not properly assess the opposition
Team train with Leeds United after being helped to flee the Taliban by Kim Kardashian and an orthodox rabbi
Half of this weekend’s Premier League fixtures postponed because of coronavirus outbreaks
Citigroup set to head project as fears mount over further disruption from pandemic
Plus, Major League Baseball’s player lockout, Real Madrid’s last-ditch attempt to thwart CVC’s La Liga deal, and more.
Louise Casey calls for new category of football ‘matches of national importance’ with greater security
Plus, Leon Black’s ties with Jeffrey Epstein go deeper, and the Daily Mail gets a sweetened buyout bid
Top Spanish football clubs launch counter-offer to head off private equity firm’s cash injection
Plus, the Olympics’ China problem, English football’s coming revolution, and more
Spain’s market regulator chided the high-profile athlete over tweet about the crypto platform
Regulator says athletes and influencers have ‘responsibility’ to remind followers of crypto risks
Culture secretary endorses plans for independent regulator to oversee the game
Report by Tracey Crouch proposes new regulator with power to block takeovers, and veto rights for supporters
Comcast-owned company may well see this as a relatively cheap deal
Bitter dispute highlights tensions as top footballers and clubs seek greater share from franchise’s huge success
Majority of top-tier English football clubs have pressed for Gary Hoffman to step down
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