UEFA is reportedly considering rewarding the victors of the Europa League with a Champions League qualifying spot from 2016, in a bid to boost interest in Europe's secondary club tournament. read more
Up to 30 live Football Conference games could be screened by BT Sport next season, after the Non-League Paper reported that the new sports channel has agreed a six-figure deal to showcase the top flight of non-league football. read more
Manchester City Football Club has kicked off its week-long New York Tour with the unveiling of the team’s new 2013/14 home kit, just days after announcing a partnership with the Yankees, the city’s legendary baseball team, that will see the two sporting powerhouses join forces to create a new Major League Soccer franchise, the New York City Foot… read more
To mark the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Women’s Champions League finals arriving in London this week - as well as the English Football Association’s 150th anniversary - UEFA has donated a maxi-pitch to a local community in London, with ambassador Steve McManaman on hand to officially open the facility at the Churchill Gardens Estate in Pimlic… read more
adidas has revealed a new campaign to celebrate the forthcoming UEFA Champions League Final on Saturday at Wembley. Themed around the visualisation of player performance data during this season’s competition, the campaign features animations created via motion capture which will be visualised through CGI - communicating the journey from the… read more
Nike has unveiled its first England home kit for 2013, to mark the 150-year anniversary of the Football Association, with the first official sighting of the strip revealed via an image posted on Twitter by England midfielder Jack Wilshere. But the picture did not feature the Arsenal playmaker himself, who many believe to be a future England capt… read more
Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber has announced a partnership between Manchester City FC and the New York Yankees, which will see the outgoing Premier League Champions and the legendary baseball team form a new MLS franchise. read more
Fulham FC has announced a new long-term kit supply deal with adidas, who return to the London club for a third spell, after previously working together between 1977-81 and 1997-2003. read more
Vauxhall Motors has extended its partnership with the England football team for a further four years to 2018. The new deal with the FA includes support for all 24 of England’s teams, until the FIFA World Cup Finals in Russia. read more
talkSPORT has announced today that the world’s biggest sports radio station has achieved 2.9 million listeners for the first quarter of 2013 year, according to industry figures released by RAJAR. read more
UEFA has revealed the full schedule of events for the annual UEFA Champions Festival, taking place in London on 23rd to 26th May, throughout the build up to the big game between Dortmund and Bayern Munich at Wembley next Saturday. read more
Ahead of a crucial final weekend of the Barclays Premier League, which will decide the fate of the final Champions League place, Tottenham Hotspur’s Gareth Bale and Arsenal’s Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain face off as ‘ringers’ at a Lucozade Powerleague centre in East London. read more
The Western Union Company, a global partner of the UEFA Europa League, and the Western Union Foundation have announced they will collaborate with UNICEF on its PASS Initiative – which turns every successful pass in the UEFA Europa League competition into funding that supports education for young people around the world. read more
Following the official launch of its new sports channels last week, BT has been announced as the founding partner of a major, new commercial programme for women's football in England. As part of the package BT's new BT Sport network will become the exclusive UK broadcaster of FA Women's Super League matches. read more
UTV Media has announced the appointment of Adam Mills as the new Sales Director of talkSPORT and Sport magazine. read more
Manchester United centre-back Rio Ferdinand has signed a three-year deal with BT Sport to become an interviewer, programme-maker and football expert for the new sport’s channel, which also launched its first advertising push on Wednesday featuring Ferdinand’s United team-mate Robin van Persie, as well as Tottenham Hotspur’s Gareth Bale and Manch… read more
BT Sport has announced full details of its new sport channels – set to launch this summer – with the channels available for free to existing BT broadband customers. read more
West Ham United has announced a new commercial partnership with adidas, which will see the sportswear giant produce the Hammers’ kit from next season. read more
Gazprom, official partner of the UEFA Champions League, has announced Chelsea FC is set to join its corporate social responsibility project ‘Football for Friendship’. read more
The best of the best from the UK sport industry over the last year was rewarded at the BT Sport Industry Awards on Thursday evening, as those responsible for the greatest work of an historic 2012 were presented with the coveted trophies in front of 1,750 industry peers, media and celebrities. read more
Carlsberg has extended its global sponsorship deal with UEFA to continue as the official beer sponsor of the governing body’s national team competitions, including the 2016 European Championship in France. read more
Joao Havelange has resigned as Honorary President of FIFA after he was found guilty of taking bribes, while his successor as head of football’s governing body, Sepp Blatter, was cleared of breaking any ethics rules – with his handling of the situation described as ‘clumsy’. read more
Manchester United striker Robin van Persie and Arsenal winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain are teammates again after both agreed new deals to become brand ambassadors for BT Sport, joining new PFA Player and Young Player of the Year, Gareth Bale. read more
Two of the senior members of David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo’s teams are set to lead a new global private equity fund in sport and entertainment, with XIX Entertainment’s former senior vice president, Simon Oliveira and Creative Artists Agency’s head of sports talent in Europe, Matthew Kay launching Doyen Global in London. read more
The Premier League has announced Anthony Fry as its new chairman, taking effect from 1st June, after the chairman of Dairy Crest was unanimously endorsed. read more
Manchester United, who secured their 20th Barclays Premier League title with a win over Aston Villa on Monday, have struck their first financial services agreement in Vietnam, after confirming a new sponsorship deal with Hanoi-headquartered bank BIDV. read more
Jack Wolfskin is set to increase its sponsorship in the Barclays Premier League from next season, starting with the extension of its current contract with Liverpool FC by three years - with two-year contracts to be signed with six other top flight clubs. read more
Former England captain and current PSG midfielder David Beckham has agreed a new partnership with Sky, with the aim to inspire more people to become involved in sport. read more
The official trophies of the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Women’s Champions League have been handed over to the city of London, the host of this season’s UEFA Champions League final and UEFA Women’s Champions League final, at a special ceremony in Whitehall, following an unusual trip across the city. read more
adidas and Chelsea Football Club have revealed the new kit for the forthcoming 2013/14 season. The new strip is available now for pre-order and will go on sale May 15th 2013. read more
The Sports Partnership has announced the signing of England and Lincoln Ladies football captain, Casey Stoney, for management. read more
Former Pompey stars are turning out to support a Pompey Supporters' Trust fundraising friendly against Hermann Hreidarsson's Icelandic Premier League side IBV, just days after the PST secured an historic deal to take over the struggling League One side. read more
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