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  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    Chelsea sale shows US investors’ desire to play in Premier League

    Groups attracted by rising revenue streams and a perception that football is undervalued

  • 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

  • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
    Chelsea FC PLC
    UK government clears £4.25bn Chelsea FC sale to Todd Boehly

    Licence issued to consortium led by US financier as ministers satisfied Roman Abramovich would not benefit from funds

  • Monday, 23 May, 2022
    Chelsea sale set for UK approval after Abramovich meets ‘red lines’

    UK ministers close to signing off on deal that ensures no benefit to oligarch but green light still needed from Brussels and Lisbon

  • Saturday, 21 May, 2022
    Scoreboard
    The global stars lighting up the NBA Premium content

    Plus, the women world champions earning as much as the men, Real Madrid bets on a future beyond football, and more.

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    European companies
    Investcorp out of race to buy AC Milan after talks with Elliott collapse

    Rival bidder RedBird the lead contender to acquire Serie A’s top football club

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    Musa Okwonga
    The football brotherhood must rally around gay players

    Jake Daniels and Idrissa Gueye demonstrate why many footballers have chosen to stay silent about their sexuality

  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
    FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
    Why Ukraine and Russia are fighting over a teeny island

    Weak earnings from US retailer Target spooked US stocks on Wednesday

  • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
    US women’s football team agrees equal pay in milestone agreement

    Labour terms end long dispute between sport’s governing body in US and defending World Cup champions

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    Rangers Football Club PLC
    Glasgow Rangers’ revival close to completion with European final berth

    Scotland’s once dominant football club has bounced back from liquidation and is now on brink of a continental title

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    Chelsea strikes sponsorship deal with crypto trading platform

    WhaleFin £20mn promo agreement preceded London club going up for sale and Abramovich sanctions

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    Electronic Arts Inc
    Electronic Arts and Fifa end video games partnership after 30 years

    Two groups had been in negotiations over value of brand of football governing body

  • Friday, 6 May, 2022
    Chelsea FC PLC
    Todd Boehly agrees £4.25bn deal for Chelsea FC

    Group led by US financier secures biggest football club acquisition in history

  • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
    Chelsea FC PLC
    Roman Abramovich denies wanting repayment of £1.5bn Chelsea debt

    As US investors close in on club’s sale, oligarch says he has not reneged on plan for proceeds to go to charitable foundation

  • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Elliott-owned AC Milan receives bid interest from RedBird Capital

    Private investment firm challenges asset manager Investcorp in €1bn takeover battle

  • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
    Chelsea FC PLC
    Abramovich allies set to continue running Chelsea after sale

    Bruce Buck and Marina Granovskaia offered option to stay by leading bidder for club

  • Sunday, 1 May, 2022
    ObituaryMino Raiola
    Mino Raiola, football agent, 1967-2022

    He was a born trader and hardball negotiator who prided himself on his small stable of players

  • Saturday, 30 April, 2022
    Mino Raiola
    Football super-agent Mino Raiola dies in Milan, aged 54

    The son of Italian immigrants to the Netherlands rose to be one of the game’s most feared and influential dealmakers

  • Friday, 29 April, 2022
    Chelsea FC PLC
    Boehly leads race for Chelsea after Jim Ratcliffe tries to gatecrash deal

    US consortium backed by private equity group Clearlake Capital told it can enter exclusive talks to buy the London football club

  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
    Nordic Entertainment Group
    Nordic streamer Viaplay snaps up football rights ahead of UK push

    Owner Nent shrugs off Netflix decline and will screen scores of World Cup and European championship qualifiers

  • Monday, 25 April, 2022
    Minister raises doubts about FA being English football’s new regulator

    Nigel Huddleston says it would be ‘difficult’ for governing body to have oversight of the sport

  • Sunday, 24 April, 2022
    Independent football regulator to oversee game in England

    New authority will have powers to block takeovers and investigate and sanction clubs

  • Saturday, 23 April, 2022
    Chelsea FC PLC
    Ares backs two bidders for Abramovich’s Chelsea FC

    Investment group prepared to add minority stake in English Premier League team to its sport portfolio

  • Thursday, 21 April, 2022
    Chelsea FC PLC
    Serena Williams and Lewis Hamilton join bid for Chelsea FC

    US tennis legend and F1 driver back offer led by City grandee Martin Broughton

  • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
    Sport
    Tennis divided as Wimbledon bans stars from Russia and Belarus

    ATP and WTA criticise All England Club for blocking players from Grand Slam tournament over Ukraine

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