Women’s Super League 2021-22: Why you should believe the hype about the biggest and best season yet of women’s football September 3, 2021 The most eagerly anticipated and loudly trumpeted Women’s Super League (WSL) season kicks off this evening when Manchester United host Reading. Ten years on from the first WSL campaign, the expectation is that this season will be the most-watched and potentially the most compelling yet. That is thanks in large part to a landmark TV [...]
Football clubs, players and agents increasingly on HMRC’s radar August 16, 2021 HMRC tax investigators are targeting football clubs for £45m in tax they have underpaid, Morning Wire can reveal today. According to data provided by HMRC to accountancy firm UHY Hacker Young and shared with this newspaper today, HMRC has uncovered £5.8m in tax owed by players and £4.8m owed by agents in the last year. [...]
Team GB start Tokyo 2020 Olympics with a win as women’s footballers beat Chile – but favourites USA suffer shock defeat July 21, 2021 Team GB have made a winning start to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after their women’s football team beat Chile 2-0. In a major shock elsewhere in the competition, world champions the USA lost their opening match 3-0 to Sweden. While the Games officially get underway on Friday, some events in Japan started today. Ellen White [...]
Burnley Women agree groundbreaking deal with TikTok to live-stream all home matches on the social media platform July 3, 2021 Burnley FC Women are to become the first UK football team to live-stream all of their home matches on TikTok. The groundbreaking arrangement is part of a wider deal with the social media platform which also sees TikTok become the team’s sleeve sponsor. It is the latest innovation adopted by Burnley FC’s American owners ALK [...]
Sport sees steep fall in gambling sponsorship as government considers ban and demand grows for social responsibility, says new study July 3, 2021 Gambling sponsorship in sport has fallen sharply ahead of a possible ban, a new report has found. The number of betting companies sponsoring sports teams in England has almost halved since 2019, according to the study by consultancy Caytoo. Gambling’s share of the market has dropped from 15.3 per cent to 8.1 per cent and [...]
Dazn inks landmark deal to stream Women’s Champions League June 30, 2021 The Women’s Champions League will be streamed live for free around the world for the next four seasons following a landmark deal with sports platform Dazn. The streaming service, dubbed the “Netflix of sports”, has acquired the rights to the tournament from UEFA until 2025. It has also agreed a partnership with Youtube to host [...]
How Germany are using data science at Euro 2020 and why it won’t help them in a penalty shoot-out against England June 28, 2021 It’s hard to tell whether Pascal Bauer is being modest about his own work or afraid of giving too much away when he talks about Germany’s Euro 2020 showdown with England. As a senior data scientist for German football federation (DFB), he has an important role in preparing the team for matches like tomorrow’s last-16 [...]
Uefa chief Ceferin hails ‘correct decision’ as away goals rule is scrapped from European club football June 24, 2021 European football is breaking with more than 50 years of tradition and scrapping the away goals rule. Uefa has used the away goals rule to separate teams who finished level after a two-legged tie since 1965. Instead, from next season Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League ties that finish level will go straight [...]
Debbie Hewitt to become first female chair of the FA as she leaves Restaurant Group June 8, 2021 Debbie Hewitt is set to become the FA’s first female chair, with the Restaurant Group confirming she will be leaving the same position at the hospitality firm this morning. Hewitt will leave the Restaurant Group – which owns Wagamama and Frankie and Benny’s – at the end of December 2021. Read more: FA Cup to [...]
Kevin De Bruyne named PFA Player of the Year for the second year running June 6, 2021 Kevin De Bruyne has been named men’s PFA Players’ Player of the Year for the second consecutive year. Manchester City team-mate Phil Foden won the men’s PFA Young Player of the Year award. Chelsea’s Fran Kirby was voted women’s PFA Players’ Player of the Year, while a third City player, Lauren Hemp, won the women’s [...]