Football

UK online car marketplace cinch is set to become Crystal Palace’s official front of shirt sponsor for the 2022/23 season for both the Men and women’s teams after agreeing a multi-year contract.

cinch will also become Palace’s official training wear partner as part of the deal, benefiting from significant brand exposure across the club’s Academy teams, Selhurst Park stadium, digital channels, as well as branding on all replica shirts. It replaces global online gambling brand W88. 

British sportswear brand Castore has announced a new multi-season partnership with Spanish football club Sevilla FC, becoming the official kit supplier of the La Liga side.

Castore will design and manufacture bespoke playing and training kits, which will be worn by the Sevilla FC first team, Sevilla FC Women, and the academy teams ahead of the 2022-23 season.

Tottenham Hotspur’s majority shareholder, ENIC Sports, has invested £150m into the Premier League club.

Following the recent relegation battle between the three clubs, Leeds United and Burnley FC have asked the Premier League to investigate Everton FC’s data and communication relating to its commercial, sponsorship or transfer business.

The two clubs are stepping up their attempts to get Everton's financial accounts independently investigated in the wake of their battle to stay in English football’s top-flight. On a dramatic final day in the Premier League, Burnley was relegated after six years in the Premier League, and Leeds United stayed up with a win over Brentford.

The sale of Chelsea Football Club to the Todd Boehly-led consortium is edging closer with the government set to approve the deal in the next 24 hours, according to a BBC report.

Champions League finalists Real Madrid has teamed up with content production company 433 to launch a Call of Duty gaming activation in the lead up to European football’s biggest game.

Sports entertainment company DAZN has cut a deal with UK terrestrial broadcaster ITV to show the UEFA Women’s Champions League final between Barcelona and Lyon final at Turin’s Juventus Stadium.

The deal will see DAZN sublicense the final on 21st May. DAZN is currently at the end of year one of a four-year deal to broadcast the competition, having shown all matches for free on YouTube in a landmark deal for the sport, marking the first time that UEFA has centralised all Women’s Champions League matches globally.

The administrators of Championship football club Derby County have exchanged contracts for the sale of the club with American businessman Chris Kirchner.

The English Football League (EFL) has released a statement explaining that it has given its conditional approval to the proposed acquisition of Derby by 9CK Sports Holdings Limited, the company controlled by Kircher.

The Premier League has sold its UK live audio rights to the BBC and talkSPORT for the next three seasons, covering the 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25 football seasons.

Global sport, events, fashion, and media company IMG will produce and market the broadcast rights for a 2022/23 pre-season friendly between Premier League giants Manchester United and Liverpool in Thailand, after partnering with Fresh Air Festival (FAF).