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  • Sunday, 3 April, 2022
    Sport
    English football to have independent regulator by next election, pledges Dorries

    Plan for tighter supervision puts government on collision course with governing bodies

  • Thursday, 3 March, 2022
    Chelsea FC PLC
    Amanda Staveley defends Roman Abramovich’s ownership of Chelsea

    Financier says sale ‘not fair’ as Premier League considers reforms of investor checks

  • Monday, 15 November, 2021
    News in-depthScoreboard3 min
    The Newcastle United takeover: a far from straightforward deal

    The £305m takeover of Newcastle United in a deal led by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has been seen as a blessing by many of the club’s fans

  • Tuesday, 19 October, 2021
    Football
    Premier League rivals vote to block Saudi-linked sponsorship at Newcastle Utd

    Eighteen football clubs back motion at emergency meeting amid concerns over new owners

  • Sunday, 10 October, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Newcastle’s Saudi deal is shocking, not surprising

    The Premier League should spell out why the buyers are suitable owners

  • Friday, 8 October, 2021
    How a Saudi-led consortium won control of Newcastle United

    Deal for Tyneside football club was pitched on a megayacht on the Red Sea and overcame concerns about piracy and murder

  • Friday, 8 October, 2021
    FT AlphavilleJamie Powell
    Newcastle United’s capital expenditure crisis, charted

    How not to spend it.

  • Friday, 8 October, 2021
    Due Diligence
    Saudi Arabia’s Newcastle takeover proves money conquers all Premium content

    Plus, the tale of a $10tn Wall Street titan and the SoftBank-backed hotel start-up looking for its big break in India

  • Thursday, 7 October, 2021
    Lex
    Newcastle United/Saudi Arabia: ‘sportswash’ blurs black and white Premium content

    League’s owner suitability test is clearer on commercial conflicts of interest than human rights abuses

  • Thursday, 7 October, 2021
    Football
    Saudi-led consortium completes £305m Newcastle United takeover

    Sovereign wealth fund overcomes piracy and human rights concerns to buy Premier League football club

  • Wednesday, 6 October, 2021
    Football
    Thaw between Saudis and Qatar raises hopes for Newcastle United deal

    Bid for football club collapsed last year after failing to win approval from the Premier League

  • Friday, 25 December, 2020
    Due Diligence
    The best of DD’s corporate finance coverage in 2020 Premium content

    We’re counting down our top-10 topics of the year

  • Thursday, 17 December, 2020
    Premier League
    Newcastle United casts futile vote against Premier League $500m Middle East TV deal

    Club hit by Saudi takeover collapse is sole dissenter as rivals approve Qatar-based beIN Sports broadcast contract

  • Thursday, 10 September, 2020
    Premier League
    Premier League hits back at Newcastle United in Saudi takeover spat

    Football club’s owner Mike Ashley had accused league of failing to handle approval process ‘appropriately’

  • Wednesday, 9 September, 2020
    Football
    Newcastle claims Premier League shot down £300m Saudi takeover

    Football club’s statement contradicts governing body’s version of why the deal fell through

  • Friday, 31 July, 2020
    Henry Mance
    Lockdown is a game of two halves

    The sun shines on the Premier League and Test cricket

  • Friday, 31 July, 2020
    Due Diligence
    Cans, canned: Saudi Arabia abandons Newcastle FC takeover Premium content

    Consortium steps away after it became apparent a deal was a long way from being approved

  • Thursday, 30 July, 2020
    Football
    Saudi Arabia pulls £300m takeover of Newcastle United

    Deal for English club had been on hold for 4 months pending approval by Premier League

  • Monday, 20 July, 2020
    Football
    Newcastle puts shirt on gambling group as it awaits takeover

    Sponsorship deal renewed despite question mark over Saudis’ bid to buy the club

  • Tuesday, 30 June, 2020
    Premier League rebuffs claim of pressure to approve Newcastle deal

    Deliberations over Saudi Arabia’s proposed £300m takeover ‘to conclude shortly’

  • Monday, 25 May, 2020
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    ‘Never waste a crisis’: inside Saudi Arabia’s shopping spree

    The $325bn Public Investment Fund has spent billions on overseas deals this year even as the kingdom’s economy struggles

  • Monday, 27 April, 2020
    Sovereign wealth funds
    Saudi wealth fund builds $500m Live Nation stake

    Concert promoter is latest big bet on a struggling company as coronavirus pushes share prices down

  • Friday, 24 April, 2020
    Henry Mance
    The Premier League circus relocates to the boardroom

    Call me naive, but I thought top-level football had something to do with promoting ‘role models’

  • Wednesday, 22 April, 2020
    Qatar’s beIN demands Premier League blocks Saudi takeover of Newcastle

    Sports broadcaster calls for investigation as Gulf tensions spill into football

  • Friday, 17 April, 2020
    News in-depthMergers & Acquisitions
    Amanda Staveley taps ‘anti-Wall Street’ skills to woo Saudi elite

    Determined daughter of landed gentry steering deal for Newcastle United has ‘direct line’ to the Middle East

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