Investment & Strategy

News and analysis relating to sports investment and the strategy employed by sports teams globally, including financial results.

Why a 1994 rule loophole continues football ticket resale issue

The UK is introducing a new ban on reselling tickets for entertainment events, but for football fans, a 30-year-plus ban prevents football tickets from...

Sports stadiums are entering a new-generation of digital demands

Whether it's Tottenham Hotspur’s $2.6bn (£2bn) move to its new state-of-the-art stadium in North London, or Everton FC’s recent opening of the Hill Dickinson...

How outages like Cloudflare threaten sports sponsorship

The Cloudflare outage disrupted platforms critical to sports organisations and sponsors, highlighting the growing risks and need for resilience in digital activations.The Cloudflare outage...

Spurs training kit and UK racing rights repurposed to spotlight Safer...

Premier League and racing inventory used for responsible gambling messages as scrutiny on betting sponsorship intensifiesPremier League training kit, pitchside LED boards and UK...

Sky Sports axes Halo channel after three-day backlash

Aiming to engage young female sports fans, Sky Sports Halo lasted just three days before being taken offline.Sky Sports has scrapped its newly launched...

Halo or hollow? Sky’s TikTok for women’s sport rings false

Sky Sports’ new TikTok channel for female fans was meant to celebrate inclusion. Instead, its tone and framing risk turning women’s sport into a...

FIFPRO blasts FIFA after being excluded from summit

FIFPRO’s president delivered some of his strongest criticism yet as the ongoing feud with FIFA shows no sign of ending.FIFPRO has accused FIFA of...

NBA revenue and valuations skyrocket as European League waits in the...

It has been less than a month since the 2025/26 NBA season kicked off, but the league is already projecting an increase in revenue...

UK PM Starmer meets UEFA to discuss EURO 2028 impact

The UK government has highlighted the socio-economic impact expected from EURO 2028, in what will be the first men’s international tournament held in the...

Goldman Sachs backs Excel Sports Management in agency growth push

Institutional capital is increasingly seeking to invest not just in teams and media rights, but in the agencies that broker talent, sponsorship and strategy.When...