Instagram to launch tool THIS WEEK that prevents players from seeing abusive messages – after removing sickening racist abuse aimed at Raheem Sterling just 48 hours on from English football’s social media boycott Instagram will launch a tool to prevent players from seeing abusive messages The new system will come into place this week after … Read more
Manchester City and their opponents in the Champions League final will receive up to 4,000 tickets each for the match to be played in Turkey. UEFA and the Turkish authorities are believed to be drawing up plans to accommodate 25,000 spectators at the Ataturk Stadium for the match on May 29. If approved, the stadium in … Read more
Emma Hayes had insisted beforehand that this game must not be viewed as a big occasion. ‘No-one’s getting married,’ she pointed out, trying to maintain a sense of calm and perspective in an absorbing pre-match discussion of what it would take to deliver an English team to the women’s Champions League final for the first … Read more
Manchester City and Chelsea fans face anxious wait to see if they can travel to Istanbul for the Champions League final – if their sides make it – after Turkey enters a three-week lockdown UEFA confirmed that the Saturday May 29 final will take place in Istanbul, Turkey Europe’s governing body are working towards having … Read more
BT open talks over the potential multi-billion-pound sale of BT Sport, with broadcasting giants Amazon, Disney and DAZN – plus a mystery British bidder – reportedly all in discussions over a deal BT are in discussions to sell BT Sport after establishing the business back in 2012 Deal could result in a full sale, the … Read more
The ‘Dirty Dozen’ clubs will definitely face a sanction for trying to set up a breakaway European Super League, according to UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin, with even a ban from next’s season’s Champions League still possible. However, Ceferin believes that England’s Big Six — Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal, Tottenham, Liverpool and Manchester United — should … Read more
JP Morgan has apologised for its role in plans for the failed breakaway European Super League. The American investment bank said on Monday it had committed around £2.8billion as start-up capital for the league which posed a direct challenge to UEFA’s Champions League and also threatened to devalue Europe’s top domestic leagues. Twelve clubs announced they … Read more
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has continued his war against those who masterminded the doomed European Super League, including Andrea Agnelli, Ed Woodward and Florentino Perez. A civil war within football threatened to break out after the 12 founding members announced their participation in the European Super League – a breakaway tournament that was set to … Read more
Twelve of Europe’s leading football clubs have today [Sunday] come together to announce they have agreed to establish a new mid-week competition, the Super League, governed by its Founding Clubs. AC Milan, Arsenal, Atlético Madrid, Chelsea, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Juventus, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur have all joined as Founding … Read more
BT Sport have strongly condemned plans for a European Super League because it will have a ‘damaging effect’ on football – but Sky have refused to comment on the bombshell proposals. Audacious plans for a new breakaway competition including 20 teams – 15 with a guaranteed place – battling it out midweek would be in … Read more