Football: Premier League wants clubs to sign Owners’ Charter
LONDON (REUTERS) – Premier League teams have agreed in principle to an Owners’ Charter that will “reaffirm the values and expectations placed on clubs and their owners” in a bid to stop any future English involvement in a European Super League project. It was one of a number of decisions taken at the organisation’s Annual... » read more
Football: Real, Barca and Juve stand firm on Super League
LONDON (REUTERS) – Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus released a joint statement on Wednesday (May 26) saying they would not bow down to pressure from European soccer governing body Uefa to put an end to their attempts to launch a breakaway Super League. The clubs are the only three of the original 12 to have... » read more
Football: Nine clubs sanctioned by Uefa over Super League project as three hold out
PARIS (AFP) – Uefa on Friday (May 7) announced sanctions, including financial punishments, against nine of the 12 clubs behind the aborted Super League project, after the clubs “apologised” and acknowledged “a mistake”. The governing body of European football said that “in a spirit of reconciliation” the nine clubs had agreed to a “Club Commitment... » read more
Football: Man City’s Soriano sorry over Super League ‘mistake’
LONDON (AFP) – Manchester City chief executive Ferran Soriano has admitted his club made a “mistake” to become involved in the European Super League. City became the first club to officially withdraw from the project on Tuesday (April 21) following a furious backlash against the breakaway competition. The other five Premier League clubs soon followed... » read more
Football: European Super League shelved as more clubs withdraw
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND (REUTERS) – The European Super League collapsed on Wednesday (April 21) as eight of the 12 founding members from England, Italy and Spain abandoned the breakaway project under massive pressure from fans, politicians, soccer officials and even the British royals. Founder and Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli told Reuters he was reluctantly calling time... » read more
Football: Man United chief Ed Woodward quits amidst Super League fall-out, say reports
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND (REUTERS) – Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward, one of the leading figures in the breakaway European Super League project, has tendered his resignation to the Premier League club, according to multiple media reports. Woodward’s decision to leave his position came after reports that Chelsea and Manchester City were pulling out of the... » read more
Football: Barca’s Super League participation requires member approval, say reports
MADRID (REUTERS) – Barcelona’s participation in a new European Super League would be conditional on the Liga club’s members voting in favour of the proposal, according to Spanish media reports. Catalan television station TV3 reported that the contract Barca president Joan Laporta signed with the other 11 founding member clubs included a clause that allowed... » read more
Football: Uefa threaten to ban breakaway clubs from all competitions
MANCHESTER (REUTERS) – European soccer’s governing body Uefa has warned clubs linked to a breakaway Super League that they face being banned from domestic and international competitions if they set up a rival to the Champions League. In a joint statement with Spanish, English and Italian leagues and federations, Uefa said it will consider “all... » read more
5-sub rule divides league
LONDON • The Premier League is the only competition out of the big five European leagues that has not permitted five substitutes this season – a rule change world football authorities have approved to deal with fixture congestion caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. This has sparked intense debate since the start of the season, with... » read more
Big guns won’t give up on plan
LONDON • Seventy-two hours after their radical plans for major changes in English football became public, the American owners of Liverpool and Manchester United were given a blunt reminder on Wednesday of the simple reality of the very power structure they have sought to overturn. “Project Big Picture” called for the six biggest clubs in... » read more
‘Sports D3’ (D-Cubed Ventures OU) Digital Assets Exchange Secures Operating License in the EU
TALLINN, ESTONIA – ‘Sports D³’ (D-Cubed Ventures OU), a tokenization platform and digital assets exchange for the global sports industry, is pleased to announce that it has been granted an operating crypto-license by the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of Estonia. ‘Sports D³’ provides professional sports teams with an innovative alternative to raising funds by facilitating crowd-formation of capital... » read more