Football
For West Ham, relegation to the Championship represents a true collapse (financial and technical)
The London club is set to lose 50% of its turnover, or even more. But in the players' contracts there were clauses that could limit the damage a little.
Roma in the Champions League proves that if you give Gasperini a team (and freedom of action), Gasperini will reach his objectives
In less than a year, the giallorosso coach has given back ambition and cohesion to a team coming off complicated seasons. And he did it his own way, enduring the tensions within the club, leaning on the pitch, on the players, on the group.
Como in the Champions League is the triumph of ideas, of a project never seen before in Italy
Fàbregas's club and team, thanks to visionary work on and off the pitch, have dismantled quite a few preconceptions and quite a bit of rhetoric. And they have taken a fourth place that, if you think about it, is not so surprising.
The Mexican championship offers excellent prospects and great room for growth, and in fact American investors have (already) arrived
Over a quarter of Liga MX clubs are controlled by American ownership, the championship is the most followed in the United States and, not surprisingly, it follows a model that closely resembles that of MLS.
The Kroenke family, which owns Arsenal, has now won the Premier League, the NBA, the NHL and the Super Bowl (while awaiting the Champions League final)
The American investors have created a vast and winning sporting empire, which also includes some of the most important clubs in American professional sport.
Pep Guardiola has transformed Manchester City into a true top club, and this is the greatest thing about his ten years in England
In ten years, the Catalan manager has rewritten the hierarchies of English and European football, has imposed a model and has created a true legacy. And now he leaves as an absolute winner.
The stadiums of the English lower divisions are ever more full, and on this growth weighs also the price of tickets for Premier League matches
The numbers gathered by the Economist say that the fans of Championship, League One and League Two clubs are ever more numerous.
Apple TV will broadcast live an MLS match shot exclusively with iPhones, and it is the first time this has happened
The match in question is the one between the Los Angeles Galaxy and the Houston Dynamo: the production will place the phones in various points of the stadium, so as to create new immersive perspectives for the viewers.
Real Madrid has won its legal battle to host concerts at the Bernabéu again, and it wants to start again with Andrea Bocelli
The last live events were held in 2024, but from now to a few months' time they are ready to start again in grand style.
The mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani, started negotiating with FIFA and in the end obtained 1,000 tickets at 50 dollars for the World Cup matches
The subsidised-price tickets will be assigned through a lottery to the city's residents, and will concern the matches that will be played in nearby New Jersey.
In several African countries fans took to the streets to celebrate the title won by Arsenal, and the celebration did not only involve ordinary people, but also politicians
The heads of state of Rwanda, Kenya and Zambia "joined" many other people, in a celebration that had been awaited for 22 years.
UEFA has approved a new qualification system for national teams, which will come into force from 2028
It will concern both the Nations League and the path to the European Championship, and according to Ceferin it will “improve competitive balance by reducing the number of matches with nothing at stake.”