February 14 – Manchester United co-owners Ineos have found themselves embroiled in a legal battle with New Zealand Rugby (NZR) after abruptly ending their sponsorship of the All Blacks, citing financial pressures stemming from Europe’s economic landscape.
February 13 – Everton sponsor and gambling company Stake is set to lose its UK licence following an investigation over a social media post featuring an adult actress.
February 12 – A month ago EA Sports was facing serious concerns about its grip on the football gaming industry. A 17% drop in its stock price, a downgraded fiscal forecast, and underwhelming early performance from EA Sports FC 25 raised doubts about whether the company’s dominance in the market was beginning to slip.
February 12 – Chelsea’s American owner, Todd Boehly, who was in the news earlier this week as Blues fans were unhappy about his partnership with Vivid seats and the unavailability of match tickets, is making more waves but this time in cricket.
February 10 – German media powerhouse Bertelsmann, the majority owner of RTL Group, has quietly positioned itself as a key player in the latest expansion of Kings League, the seven-a-side football competition first launched by former Spain and Barcelona defender Gerard Pique.
February 10 – The January 2025 transfer window broke multiple records in both men’s and women’s football, according to FIFA’s International Transfer Snapshot report released at the end of last week.
February 8 – Chelsea FC owner, Todd Boehly, has a history of upsetting the supporter base at Stamford Bridge with his scatter gun approach to running the club, and now he has been accused of a “breach of trust”.
Brighton and Hove Albion have emerged as the biggest spenders in world football over the last two transfer windows, according to a new CIES Football Observatory study.
February 5 – Fresh on the heels of Major League Soccer (MLS) allowing clubs to freely negotiate cash deals within the league structure, Atlanta United have gone and smashed the MLS transfer record, signing Emmanuel Latte Lath from English Championship club Middlesborough.
The January transfer window saw plenty of movement across the globe, headlined by Manchester City spending more than the rest of the English Premier League (EPL) combined as they attempted to patch holes in their increasingly leaky title defence.
January 30 – DAZN posted operating losses of $830 million for 2023, raising further question marks over the financial sustainability of the sports streaming giant.
January 30 – Former Chelsea supremo Roman Abramovich allegedly dodged paying millions in taxes to British authorities through an elaborate fictitious superyacht hiring scheme.
January 29 – Sports investment firm Apex has invested in the rapidly growing six-a-side Ballers League, alongside a roster of its football stars – including Diogo Dalot, Diogo Jota, Mason Mount, José Fonte, André Silva, and Ferdi Kadıoğlu – who are participating financially in the league.
January 29 – West Ham United have not had the happiest of times since moving from their much beloved Upton Park to the London Stadium, however, the club is potentially now £3.6 million better off after winning a court case against The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC), which owns London Stadium.
January 27 – The deal is done, a momentous moment for the women’s game. Naomi Girma has become the first million-dollar transfer in women’s football history.