Investment & Strategy

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

Italian football authority approves ‘anti-Super League’ clause

The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) has approved the creation of a new ‘anti-Super League’ rule, which will allow the body to ban clubs partaking...

UEFA investigates Ibrahimovic’s ‘alleged financial interest’ in betting company

UEFA has launched a disciplinary investigation into Sweden star Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s ‘alleged financial interest in a betting company’.An ethics and disciplinary investigator has been...

WAFF underlines integrity commitment in Sportradar tie-up

Sportradar has teamed with the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) to deliver a series of educational workshops to ‘uphold and protect’ the integrity of...

European football raises most suspicious betting activity, GLMS report finds

European football has been flagged as the most responsible sport across the continent for suspicious betting alerts in the first quarter of 2021 by...

Premier League looking into new measures to prevent ESL repeat

The Premier League is looking into the possibility of revising the rules to ensure clubs cannot breakaway to form a new competition and prevent...

UEFA refuses to ‘line the pockets’ of rebel clubs in Euro...

Stadiums of the 12 clubs which signed up to the controversial European Super League (ESL) could be shunned as host venues of the upcoming...

Betano to take legal action against LPFP in naming rights row

Betano has announced it will be taking legal steps against Portugal’s Professional Football League (LPFP) after being beaten to the naming rights of the...

ESL collapse begins as Premier League ‘big six’ withdraw from breakaway...

The ‘big six’ Premier League teams have pulled out of the newly formed European Super League (ESL) after reversing their decisions on the hugely...

Fitzboydon: European Super League could open up a ‘football civil war’

The formation of the new European Super League (ESL) could provoke a ‘football civil war’, with UEFA no longer holding a ‘monopoly’ on the...

UEFA President brands ESL ‘a spit in the face’ as UK...

UEFA President, Aleksander Ceferin, has blasted the newly formed European Super League (ESL) as a ‘spit in the face of all football lovers and...