United Kingdom

Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Aston Villa is set to announce the biggest shirt sponsorship deal in its history, having agreed a two-year contract with Greek betting platform Betano.
Rugby Union
Media

All matches from England’s Gallagher Premiership will be available domestically on a single broadcaster for the first time after Warner Bros. Discovery finalised a new rights agreement.
Cricket
Media

Sky has secured exclusive rights in the UK and Ireland to the Indian Premier League and Women’s Premier League from 2024 to 2027, as it continues to prioritise international T20 leagues over most overseas bilateral series.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

National tourism agency VisitScotland is to look for a new leader of its major events strategy after the experienced Paul Bush decided to step down from his role
Cricket
Sponsorship & Marketing

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) today announced that health and life insurance brand Vitality has renewed its sponsorship agreement for three more years.
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Matchroom Sport delivered a profit of £33.8m during the 2022-23 financial reporting period on the back of strong performances from its darts and boxing verticals, SportBusiness has learned.
Football
Finance & Law

Premier League club Manchester United has today (Tuesday) announced record second-quarter revenues of £225.8m (€264.2m/$288.4m), with profits of £20.4m up from £6.3m over the same period a year previously.
Football
Finance & Law

Premier League clubs have risked a fallout with the UK Government after failing to agree a funding deal with the English Football League (EFL) over the distribution of future broadcasting revenues.
Football
Data

Genius Sports, the sports data and betting services company, looks set to retain its lucrative betting data deal with Football DataCo (FDC), the data rights-holder for the top football leagues in England and Scotland.
Multiple Sports
Media

ITV suffered a 61-per-cent drop in pre-tax profits in 2023 amid an advertising slump and significant investment costs in its ITVX streaming service
Finance & Law

Premier League club Chelsea FC has announced a loss of £90.1m (€105.4m/$114.9m) for the 2022-23 financial year in the first accounts published since its takeover by Todd Boehly’s Clearlake Capital investment group.
Football
Media

The BBC has reached a preliminary agreement with TNT Sports for sublicensed free-to-air rights to the FA Cup from 2025-26 to 2028-29.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Premier League has tightened its rules on its member clubs striking inflated sponsorship and transfer deals with companies and organisations connected to their owners
Multiple Sports
Events

UK Sport has published its major event hosting target list for the coming decade, with the Commonwealth Games and Olympics omitted from a list that includes the Fifa Women’s World Cup.
Athletics
Events

UK Sport and UK Athletics are drawing up a plan to bid for the 2029 World Athletics Championships, with London being eyed as the host city.
Football
Finance & Law

Premier League club Aston Villa has announced a record loss of £119.6m (€139.7m/$151.6m) for the 2022-23 financial year after it spent heavily in pursuit of Champions League football.
Football
Finance & Law

Premier League club Liverpool has announced record commercial revenues of £272m (€317.6m/$344.4m) for 2022-23, up 10 per cent on the previous year, as overall club income remained static at £594m.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Digital bank Chase has signed as the ‘Official Banking Partner’ of the Football Associations of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.