Liverpool’s new stand won’t be ready for Premier League opener July 26, 2023 Liverpool’s revamp of the Anfield Road End of their stadium will not be open in time for the start of the new season, the club have confirmed. The £80m development will see the stadium’s capacity increased to 61,000 but the club will now operate a phased reopening of the stand until October. “Unfortunately, the upper [...]
Tottenham could face Premier League quiz after Joe Lewis insider trading arrest July 26, 2023 Tottenham Hotspur could face questions from the Premier League and Uefa after former owner Joe Lewis was arrested in the US on more than a dozen insider trading charges. The Bahamas-based British billionaire, 86, is due to appear in court on Wednesday after being charged with 16 counts of securities fraud and three counts of [...]
Chelsea and Arsenal overtake Man Utd as top producers of Premier League players July 26, 2023 Chelsea and Arsenal were the leading producers of Premier League players in the 2022-23 season, according to a new study. The two clubs’ academy products each racked up just over 21,000 minutes of playing time but remarkably were separated by just 37 seconds, with Chelsea edging top spot. Manchester United – leaders in every previous [...]
Tottenham Hotspur owner Joe Lewis indicted for ‘orchestrating a brazen insider trading scheme’ July 26, 2023 British billionaire and Tottenham Hotspur owner Joe Lewis has been indicted in New York for “orchestrating a brazen insider trading scheme”, a US attorney said. Damian Williams, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in a video released by his office: “Today I’m announcing that my office, the Southern District of New York, has [...]
Bloomsbury Football: Why Nike and Kier Starmer love London ‘coaching for all’ charity July 26, 2023 Bloomsbury Football founder and CEO Charlie Hyman on the London-focused charity’s rapid rise, attracting support from Nike and Kier Starmer, and their plans for further expansion. Charlie Hyman was still a schoolboy when he got his first taste of football coaching, collecting cones for his younger brother’s team in a local park. “I thought I [...]
England footballers probed by advertising watchdog over promotion of Supreme CBD July 25, 2023 Three former England footballers are the subject of investigation by the Advertising Standards Authority over their promotion of CBD products. Ex-internationals Paul Merson, Chris Kirkland and Alan Thompson have collectively posted almost 200 tweets about the Supreme CBD brand. The CAP Code, which applies to influencer marketing, requires anyone promoting a brand on social media [...]
Kylian Mbappe: Paris Saint-Germain accept world record £259m bid from Al-Hilal July 24, 2023 Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal have kicked off a transfer scramble for Kylian Mbappe by tabling a package worth €1bn (£865m) for the France and Paris Saint-Germain striker. PSG accepted Al-Hilal’s offer, which includes a potential world record transfer fee of €300m (£259m) and a contract worth €700m (£605m) a year for Mbappe. The 24-year-old [...]
England’s striking problem: Lionesses must find killer instinct at Women’s World Cup July 23, 2023 Given all the talk about bonus rows and collective bargaining agreements, England fans could have been forgiven for thinking that any problems with striking in the Lionesses’ camp at this Women’s World Cup would relate to industrial action. Instead, however, it is their toothlessness in front of goal that has emerged as a concern, as [...]
Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami debut: All you need to know and how to watch in the UK July 21, 2023 All you need to know about Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami debut, from the date and time to the opponents and TV details – plus suggestions that the club could yet make fans wait a little longer. After jetting in to Florida last weekend to confirm his long-awaited signing, Lionel Messi is poised to play his [...]
England at the Women’s World Cup: Who are Lionesses playing and when is it on TV? July 20, 2023 Hopes are high for England at the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, where the Lionesses are among the most fancied teams. Having won their first major honours at last summer’s European Championship on home soil, Sarina Wiegman’s side now have their sights set on winning a maiden World Cup. Here is all [...]