Jun 14, 2023, 07:56 PM ET Premier League club revenues rose by 12% to a record £5.5 billion ($6.96 billion) in the 2021-22 season as European football capitalised on fans returning to stadiums after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to analysis from Deloitte. In its Annual Review of Football Finance, Deloitte’s Sports Business Group said the
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Jun 14, 2023, 05:29 PM ET Croatia scored twice in extra time to beat the Netherlands 4-2 in their Nations League semi-final in Rotterdam on Wednesday and advance to Sunday’s decider. Croatia will play against either Italy or Spain, who face off in the second semifinal in Enschede on Thursday, for a first major title
Cesar Hernandez Jun 14, 2023, 01:25 PM ET This summer is a pivotal one for the men’s national teams of the United States and Mexico. Beginning with their Concacaf Nations League semifinal Thursday at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas — and an ensuing final or third-place match on Sunday — both teams will then need
Jun 14, 2023, 12:39 PM ET FIFA secretary general Fatma Samoura is leaving after seven years as the highest profile woman working in world soccer, the governing body said Wednesday. Samoura will stay in the job she has held since 2016 through this year’s Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand and leave at
Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentJun 14, 2023, 01:15 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Lucy Rushton has been hired by NWSL expansion team Bay FC to be their first GM, sources have told ESPN. Bay FC was announced as the league’s 14th team in April ahead
Jun 14, 2023, 02:33 PM ET The Women’s World Cup will be broadcast in Britain, Spain, France, Germany and Italy after governing body FIFA extended its agreement with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), ending the threat of a blackout in Europe’s top soccer nations. The rights for this year’s tournament are being sold separately from
Jun 14, 2023, 10:17 AM ET James Milner will join Brighton & Hove Albion as a free agent next month following his successful eight-year spell at Liverpool, the two Premier League clubs announced on Wednesday. Brighton said the 37-year-old has signed a one-year deal with the south-coast club after a trophy-laden spell with Liverpool where
Associated Press Jun 14, 2023, 03:03 PM ET Premier League clubs agreed Wednesday to measures for tackling the rise in tragedy-related chanting at matches, with criminal prosecution of offenders a principal aim. The move comes in response to incidents of chants and other behavior — often between rival clubs — taunting victims and survivors of
Jon Molyneux-Carter, Senior EditorJun 14, 2023, 04:00 AM ET It’s easy to forget that at one stage Lionel Messi could have joined Manchester City, while Erling Haaland could have ended up across town at Manchester United. Would the entire course of Premier League history have changed if Cristiano Ronaldo had moved to Arsenal instead of
Jon Molyneux-Carter, Senior EditorJun 14, 2023, 04:00 AM ET Once again, in spite of a global financial crisis, soccer clubs around Europe spent an incredible amount of money to sign players in January and this summer may not be any different. Indeed, clubs spent a record $1.57 billion (£1.27bn) on transfers in the January transfer