English football s money-spinning nature broke new ground in the 2014-15 season, as £4billion was generated by the 92 League clubs, it has been revealed.
Led by the Premier League s ever-increasing television deals, which helped top-flight clubs generate £3.3bn two seasons ago, the English game is by far the most valuable, figures released by Deloitte show.
Wages in the Premier League have also hit record levels top-flight players earned over £2bn for the first time.
However, these figures will likely pale into comparison against those for the upcoming season, with Premier League matches set to be worth over £10million at a time as a new television deal kicks in.
Dan Jones of Deloitte said: The pace of football s financial growth in two and a half dec…
Serie A club Napoli have been hit with match fixing allegations amid a UEFA ban for the state of affairs at their Stadio San Paolo.
The club is facing heavy sanctions after the Italian football federation (FIGC) confirmed it is investigating allegations of match-fixing during a Serie A match against Sampdoria in 2010.
Former goalkeeper Matteo Gianello is at heart of the scandal while defenders Gianluca Grava and Paolo Cannavaro are under investigation for allegedly not reporting incidents after being approached.
The FIGC can confirm that, following an investigation by the public prosecutor of Naples, the federal prosecutor will open disciplinary proceedings in relation to the Sampdoria-Napoli match of 16 May, 2010, the statement read.
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Looking to jump into the top four in the Eastern Conference, New England will travel to the Avaya Stadium in the early hours of Thursday morning to face off against a drastically struggling Earthquakes side.
For Mikael Stahre s SJ Earthquakes, the hosts on Thursday could not have endured a worst start to the season and coming off the back of a 4-3 loss to Los Angles FC last weekend, The Earthquakes have now lost their last five matches on the bounce. Now just a single point from dropping into bottom spot in the Western Conference, San Jose have also now shipped 12 goals in their last five defeats and even more worrying, The Earthquakes have now failed to keep a clean sheet in any competition since August 2017.
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Andre Onana called for his Manchester United team-mates to stick together in the bad moments as well as the good after they extended their winning Premier League run to four games against Luton on Sunday.
Two early goals from striker Rasmus Hojlund set United on the way to a 2-1 victory at Kenilworth Road, though they were made to sweat on the result after Carlton Morris pulled one back for the Hatters after 14 minutes.
Hojlund became the youngest player to score in six consecutive Premier League games, with the 21-year-old’s barren spell that followed his £72million move from Atalanta seemingly now behind him.
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United are within five points of fourth-place Aston Villa in the race to qual…
Star Wars Outlaws’ base experience is in need of plenty of improvements, which is something that developer Massive Entertainment is keenly aware of. The open world title today saw the launch of its fourth post-launch title update, bringing a number of improvements, but alongside that, the game also welcomes its first content addition today.
Wild Card, the first of two post-launch story expansions for Star Wars Outlaws</esports bettingm>, is out today. Included with the game’s season pass, Wild Card sees protagonist Kay Vess embroiled in a high-stakes Sabacc tournament, while she also ends up crossing paths with infamous outlaw and fan-favourite <…
FIFA has expelled Zimbabwe from the preliminary rounds of the 2018 World Cup for failing to settle payments owed to former coach Jose Claudinei Georgini.
The Zimbabwe Football Federation (ZIFA) employed the Brazilian coach between January and November 2008.
Georgini subsequently took the issue over non payments to FIFA, who passed a ruling stating that ZIFA must pay up the debt and warned they would face a ban if they refused.
However, FIFA stated that the payments were not made despite a grace period and subsequently football s governing body has decided to kick Zimbabwe out of the preliminary qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup.
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Manuel Neuer is determined to bag the full three points when Bayern Munich take on Werder Bremen on Saturday as the Bavarians look to extend their record start.
Pep Guardiola s men have been in sublime form in the opening months of the 2015-16 campaign and headed into the international break with a 100 per cent record after eight games.
Their fine run of form is a new Bundesliga record after eight matches of a season, beating their previous best of 2012-13.
Bayern will be looking to make it nine wins from as many games as the Bundesliga returns this weekend and Neuer is hopeful they can build on the fine results they have recorded at Werder in the past.
We re glad to be back, Neuer told the official Bayern website. We want to carry on where we left off b…
Fikayo Tomori joked he does not purposely reserve all of his goals for Milan s clashes with Juventus after netting again in the famous fixture to help his side to a 2-0 win.
The England international opened the scoring from a few yards out in Saturday s Serie A contest after inadvertently blocking a goal-bound Olivier Giroud volley.
That was Tomori s second league goal for Milan, with the other coming in a 3-0 victory for the Rossoneri against the same opposition in May 2021.
Among players to have scored 100 per cent of their Serie A goals against Juve, Tomori is one of three to have scored more than once, alongside Luigi Carello and Francesco Duzioni.
Brahim Diaz added a second goal for Milan with a superb solo effort that started inside his own half, an…
Leicester City are interested in signing Facundo Buonanotte from Brighton and Hove Albion in the summer transfer window, according to Fabrizio Romano. The well-known and well-respected journalist has claimed that Leicester have agreed a deal with Premier League rivals Brighton over a loan deal for Buonanotte.
Romano wrote on : “Leicester City agree deal to sign Facundo Buonanotte on loan from Brighton.
“Despite reports of Feyenoord, were working in background and got the deal done with Brighton. It will be loan with NO buy option clause, as reports.”
Buonanotte has been on the books of Brighton since January 2023 when he joined Rosario Central. The Argentina international can operate as an attacking midfielder or as a winger. The 19-year-old scored thre…
Twente defender Douglas has decided against applying to FIFA for a special dispensation to represent the Netherlands at Euro 2012.
The Brazilian-born central defender received his Dutch passport in November and was hoping to receive clearance from world football’s governing body to be eligible for selection for Bert van Marwijk s side.
But the 24-year-old and his agent have decided not to apply because they feel he would not be granted permission to represent his adopted country.
FIFA regulations state that a passport is not enough for a player to be able to represent his new country, they must also have lived there for at least five years and the former Joinville man has only resided in the Netherlands since the middle of 2007.
Ultimately, we conclud…