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  • Friday, 1 July, 2022
    Amazon.com
    Amazon signs Champions League football streaming deal in UK

    The US online retailer and video platform will split TV rights with BT Sport from 2024

  • Friday, 3 June, 2022
    News in-depthFrance
    French police on defensive over tear gas tactics at Champions League final

    UEFA offers ‘sincere apology’ to fans for scenes that highlighted risks of repressive approach to security

  • Monday, 30 May, 2022
    Football
    France apologises for botched security at Champions League final

    Ministers blame distribution of fake tickets ‘on an industrial scale’ for trouble outside Paris stadium

  • Saturday, 28 May, 2022
    News in-depth
    Champions League final tests spirit of two tough adversaries

    Liverpool’s players are ‘mentality monsters’ while Real Madrid’s team never know when they are beaten

  • Friday, 27 May, 2022
    John Burn-Murdoch
    European football now belongs to the highest bidder

    The widening financial gulf between Premier League clubs and the rest is shrinking the pool of competition

  • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
    OutlookLeila Abboud
    France breathes a sigh of relief as Kylian Mbappé chooses to stay

    President Macron was among those who persuaded the footballer to spurn Real Madrid

  • Tuesday, 8 March, 2022
    Football
    Russia lodges appeal over Uefa and Fifa bans

    Football federation seeks to overturn suspensions through Court of Arbitration for Sport

  • Saturday, 26 February, 2022
    Scoreboard
    Inside Russia’s soft power political football Premium content

    Plus, how Phil Mickelson accidentally derailed Saudi Arabia’s global golf ambitions, the economics of sports streaming, and more

  • Friday, 25 February, 2022
    Uefa seeks end to Gazprom deal after stripping Russia of Champions League final

    Formula 1 cancels Russia grand prix as repercussions of invasion ripple through sporting world

  • Thursday, 24 February, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Uefa poised to move Champions League final from Russia

    Football body’s ties to Russian state energy company Gazprom are also under scrutiny

  • Tuesday, 11 January, 2022
    Football
    Manchester City’s revenues overtake United for first time

    Premier League champion’s rival hampered by loss of match day income

  • Tuesday, 19 October, 2021
    Football
    Banks compete for role in Uefa’s €7bn football rescue fund

    Shortlisted financial groups race to meet deadline for plans to provide post-pandemic cash to Europe’s top clubs

  • Saturday, 29 May, 2021
    Scoreboard
    How to buy Champions League success Premium content

    This week in the business of sport: private equity bets on basketball in Africa, China fights to keep up with marathon growth, and more.

  • Friday, 28 May, 2021
    FT CollectionsData rich: the numbers behind corporate news
    Deep pockets help English clubs get a purchase on Champions League

    Finalists Manchester City and Chelsea have maintained high spending levels despite the pandemic

  • Thursday, 13 May, 2021
    Football
    All-English Champions League final moved from Turkey to Portugal

    Uefa says Covid restrictions also ruled out UK venue to host climax of premier club competition

  • Tuesday, 11 May, 2021
    Football
    Manchester City win Premier League

    ‘This was the hardest one,’ says manager Guardiola after team takes title in year of Covid and aborted Super League

  • Wednesday, 21 April, 2021
    European Super League
    Clubs signed up to punitive exit clauses for Super League

    Agreements would have left top clubs with hefty liabilities if they had quit once competition started

  • Monday, 19 April, 2021
    ExplainerFT Alphaville
    European Super League: raising heckles and valuations

    Removing relegation risk makes sense for investors, not fans.

  • Monday, 19 April, 2021
    European Super League
    Breakaway dozen European football clubs sign up to Super League

    Liverpool, Barcelona and Juventus among elite teams to join rival to Champions League

  • Thursday, 15 April, 2021
    Football
    Crunch talks loom in battle for control of Champions League

    Clubs such as Manchester United and AC Milan seek concessions before approving changes to competition

  • Friday, 19 March, 2021
    Football
    Uefa set to share control of Champions League with clubs

    Proposed joint-venture would create new ownership model for media and sponsorship rights

  • Saturday, 20 February, 2021
    Scoreboard
    Scoreboard: 10 takeaways from the FT Business of Football Summit Premium content

    Cash-burning clubs under fire, TV media rights deflation, Zaha won’t take the knee, and all the news from this year’s conference.

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    Football
    Fifa moves to block ‘super league’ with international player ban

    Documents reveal 15 clubs to be offered €350m each to join tournament that aims to replace Europe’s Champions League

  • Saturday, 28 November, 2020
    Scoreboard
    Scoreboard: European football’s breakaway plans trigger changes to Champions League Premium content

    This week in the business of sport: Covid sparks culture war at the Home of Cricket, esports set to challenge for broadcast deals, Maradona dead at 60, and more.

  • Thursday, 26 November, 2020
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    Why a private league is a ‘dangerous game’ for Europe’s football elites

    Investors who are counting the financial cost of the pandemic continue to argue for a radical breakaway competition

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