Trump’s war on DEI is ‘really alarming’ says Women In Football CEO March 25, 2025 Women In Football’s annual conference takes place this week at Wembley Stadium, although it is developments across the Atlantic that pose a grave threat to the reforms that the network has been fighting for. President Trump’s war on DEI has significantly shifted the conversation backwards, leading to big business rolling back initiatives and making it [...]
Carabao Cup prize money: How does it compare to the FA Cup? March 16, 2025 On Sunday at Wembley Stadium one of Liverpool or Newcastle United will pick up the first major trophy of the English football season: the Carabao Cup. Liverpool have won the League Cup on 10 occasions, two more than any other team, while Newcastle’s best finishes came in both 1976 and 2023 when they finished second. [...]
Wembley considered for Usyk undisputed heavyweight fight with Dubois March 12, 2025 Wembley Stadium could host the undisputed heavyweight boxing world title fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois. Ukrainian Usyk became the first undisputed heavyweight world champion since Lennox Lewis last May when he beat Tyson Fury in Riyadh but relinquished one of his belts when he couldn’t face Dubois due to a rematch clause with [...]
Sidemen charity match proves importance of entertainment in sport March 10, 2025 On Saturday afternoon at Wembley Stadium, 90,000 fans packed out the home of football for a charity match featuring online celebrities the Sidemen. Having begun with games at Southampton in 2016 and Charlton’s The Valley, the Sidemen – a group of seven YouTubers who have banded together to grow their brand, and whose most notable [...]
Wembley, Spurs and Arsenal in line host NRL rugby league opener March 4, 2025 Australian rugby league the NRL could move its season opener to London by the end of the decade, according to reports Down Under. The globe’s dominant rugby league competition has a deal in place to host matches in Las Vegas until 2028, but could see a shift in location after that agreement comes to a [...]
Wembley Stadium set to host Ashes Test versus Australia this summer March 3, 2025 Wembley Stadium is being lined up to host the first UK rugby league Ashes Test in over two decades. The 90,000 capacity home of the Challenge Cup final is set to open the three-Test series against Australia, which has not been held since Kangaroos beat Great Britain 3-0 in 2003. Wembley Stadium will be followed [...]
EE: Home nations agree four-year contract extension with telco January 29, 2025 The Football Association (FA) will continue with EE as its lead partner after the telco signed a four-year contract extension. The agreement covers the England men’s and women’s senior teams, the 90,000 capacity Wembley Stadium and the other three home nations football associations up to the 2028 Euros, which Great Britain and Ireland will co-host [...]
Tottenham battles Wembley after Benn v Eubank confirmed for April January 15, 2025 The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is vying with Wembley to be host venue for the much-anticipated British boxing showdown between bitter rivals Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr in April. Saudi official Turki Alalshikh confirmed overnight that the fight has been made, more than two years after it was called off at short notice, and will [...]
Wrexham hire Wembley architects to revamp Racecourse Ground October 24, 2024 Wrexham AFC have appointed the architects behind the Sphere Las Vegas and Wembley Stadium to draw up a new masterplan for their home, the Racecourse Ground. It is the latest ambitious move from Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney since the Hollywood actors bought the then-non-league club in 2020. Populous, whose previous work also includes the [...]
2024 NFL London Games: When, where, who is playing? October 5, 2024 It is that time of year again, when London gets all American for the 2024 NFL London Games. Three games across the next month make up the majority of the league’s overseas offering so when are they, where are they being played and who is competing in each? NFL Jetting in Who: New York Jets [...]