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UEFA offers ‘sincere apology’ to fans for scenes that highlighted risks of repressive approach to security
Ministers blame distribution of fake tickets ‘on an industrial scale’ for trouble outside Paris stadium
Culture secretary Nadine Dorries says accounts from Liverpool fans of treatment by French police are ‘disturbing’
Football federation seeks to overturn suspensions through Court of Arbitration for Sport
Formula One scraps Grand Prix contract with country as Premier League chief says ‘sport and Russia can’t mix’
Rival teams had threatened to boycott World Cup fixtures in response to invasion of Ukraine
Formula 1 cancels Russia grand prix as repercussions of invasion ripple through sporting world
Football body’s ties to Russian state energy company Gazprom are also under scrutiny
European football urged to sever ties to Russian energy group with Champions League final in St Petersburg in doubt
TPG joins the wave of private equity groups going public
Citigroup set to head project as fears mount over further disruption from pandemic
Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus take legal action to overthrow ‘monopoly’
Shortlisted financial groups race to meet deadline for plans to provide post-pandemic cash to Europe’s top clubs
Action halted as three holdout rebel clubs push ahead with legal case to shake up game
The plan to hold the World Cup every two years is part of a struggle over whether the big clubs or national teams will be pre-eminent
Horst Seehofer says commercial interests should not override ‘need to protect people from infections’
Anger at prospect of senior officials attending climax of football tournament in London despite quarantine rules
Merkel and Draghi speak out as fears rise over the spread of the Delta coronavirus variant in England
European football governing body says it may move matches from London if travel rules are enforced
This week in the business of sport: CVC plot to unify the tennis world, Formula One teams pick sponsors that deliver a pay-off on the track, and more
Organisers have work cut out to ensure football tournament passes off without major Covid outbreak
Uefa says fair play rules need to be tightened to achieve financial sustainability
Uefa says Covid restrictions also ruled out UK venue to host climax of premier club competition
Nine teams agree ‘reintegration measures’ but Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus remain holdouts
Ruling body Uefa hits out at clubs’ ‘lies’ as they plan elite breakaway competition
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