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  • Sunday, 25 February, 2024
    Football
    European football needs innovation and drama, says Real Madrid and FC Barcelona investor

    Alan Waxman, head of US investment group Sixth Street, foresees ‘more structural change’ in sport to excite fans and attract new audiences

    Vitor Roque of FC Barcelona is challenged by Diego Rico of Getafe CF during a La Liga match on Saturday in Barcelona
  • Saturday, 24 February, 2024
    ObituaryMike Procter
    Mike Procter, South African cricketer, 1946-2024

    One of the sport’s greatest all-rounders who was denied a long Test career because of his country’s apartheid system

    Black and white photo of Mike Procter inspecting the ball during a match in 1973
  • Wednesday, 21 February, 2024
    Travel & leisure industry
    German football league ends private equity talks after mass fan protests

    Deutsche Fussball Liga had been hoping to sell €1bn stake in new broadcast and commercial rights group

    Hansa Rostock, in blue and white, take on Hamburg at the Ostseestadion
  • Wednesday, 21 February, 2024
    Football
    Ratcliffe wants Man Utd to vie for Premier League title in three years

    New investor warns that transforming the club will take time and upgrading Old Trafford will cost £1bn

    Jim Ratcliffe pictured at Old Trafford in Manchester
  • Monday, 19 February, 2024
    FT GlobetrotterSport and the city — a guide to fitness and wellbeing in cities around the globe
    Sport and the city: staying fit in Frankfurt

    Cycle, swim or sweat it out in Germany’s financial hub

  • Sunday, 18 February, 2024
    Travel & leisure industry
    The 26-year-old owner of Sunderland football club betting on youth

    Kyril Louis-Dreyfus wants his club back in the Premier League and has built an unusually young squad to try to achieve this

    Footage of Kyril Louis-Dreyfus signing a football programme for fans from ‘Sunderland ’Til I Die’ TV series
  • Saturday, 17 February, 2024
    Scoreboard
    A rare encounter with Aston Villa’s owner Premium content

    Plus: Record viewings for the Super Bowl and women’s football transfer fees soar

  • Saturday, 17 February, 2024
    Travel
    The perfect Austrian ski resort — and why it’s fighting for survival

    With its picture-postcard setting and plentiful high-altitude snow, Heiligenblut should be thriving — but charm only goes so far in the modern economics of skiing

  • Friday, 16 February, 2024
    Motor sports
    Ford urges Red Bull to be open over probe into F1 racing team principal Horner

    US carmaker writes to group’s owner seeking full transparency regarding allegations of personal misconduct

    Christian Horner
  • Friday, 16 February, 2024
    Michael Moritz
    Jim Ratcliffe could be just what Manchester United needs

    His business record indicates he is willing to commit large sums of capital to produce long-term returns

    Manchester United players celebrate a goal during their defeat of Aston Villa in December. Sir Jim Ratcliffe has already shown devotion to winning over the club’s staff and fans
  • Thursday, 15 February, 2024
    Football
    Mbappé tells PSG he is planning to leave club

    French striker has previously flirted with joining Real Madrid

    Kylian Mbappé celebrates after scoring a goal
  • Wednesday, 14 February, 2024
    Orascom Construction Industries NV
    Egypt’s richest man Nassef Sawiris considers breaking up his empire

    Billionaire says options for OCI Group include selling off all assets and turning it into cash shell for new acquisitions

    Nassef Sawiris
  • Tuesday, 13 February, 2024
    Paramount Global
    Super Bowl most watched US broadcast since Apollo moon landing

    Broadcast defies slide in TV audiences to draw record 123mn viewers

    Travis Kelce celebrates with Taylor Swift
  • Monday, 12 February, 2024
    OutlookSara Germano
    Taylor Swift, the NFL and a new wave of female sports fandom

    The league has various strategies to attract young women to the game — but the draw of a pop star remains unmatched

    Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs’ Travis Kelce embrace after the Chiefs won the Super Bowl
  • Monday, 12 February, 2024
    The Big Read
    Brazilian football: the next frontier in global sport?

    The country is unrivalled as a talent factory, but its clubs are barely known overseas. International investors hope a new league could change that

    From left, Luis Suarez of Grêmio; Botafogo’s Junior Santos; Flamengo forward Bruno Henrique
  • Monday, 12 February, 2024
    PGA Tour Inc.
    US senator vows to fight on against Saudi influence over golf

    Richard Blumenthal accused kingdom of trying to launder its image with potential PGA deal

    Canadian Nick Taylor plays a shot on his way to winning the WM Phoenix Open, part of the PGA tour, in Scottsdale, Arizona, on February 11
  • Sunday, 11 February, 2024
    Wellbeing and fitness
    Professionals find their competitive streak in group fitness challenges

    Events such as Hyrox are gaining popularity with young CEOs keen to craft a cleaner image

    Three men, holding sandbags across their shoulders, do lunges
  • Saturday, 10 February, 2024
    News in-depth
    Super Bowl comes to Las Vegas as it reinvents itself as a sports mecca

    Gambling haven’s hosting of the NFL championship is a sign of its ambitions to diversify further beyond casinos

    An Elvis impersonator poses next to a Super Bowl 58 sign at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas
  • Saturday, 10 February, 2024
    Winter sports
    Ski industry navigates new terrain to fend off threat of climate change

    Mountain resorts are diversifying as the top US and Europe trails become unusable even in peak season

    Ski lift in operation as crowds flock to Sierra at Tahoe Ski Resort near Lake Tahoe in California
  • Saturday, 10 February, 2024
    InterviewBayer 04 Leverkusen
    German football needs to open up to outside investors says Leverkusen boss

    Fernando Carro, CEO of the Bayer-owned side, believes scrapping the rule tying control of teams to club members will revive the Bundesliga

    Bayer Leverkusen’s German defender #04 Jonathan Tah celebrates scoring the 3-2 winning goal during the German Cup (DFB Pokal) quarter-final football match between Bayer 04 Leverkusen and VfB Stuttgart in Leverkusen,
  • Friday, 9 February, 2024
    News in-depthFootball
    ‘A PR nightmare’: Lionel Messi’s Hong Kong no-show hits Inter Miami brand

    Furious backlash after friendly match highlights risks to Florida football team of relying on a single star

    David Beckham, Lionel Messi and Inter Miami badge
  • Friday, 9 February, 2024
    Ivory Coast
    Ivory Coast’s football ‘Zombies’ eye improbable Afcon victory

    Host team overcome the odds to take their place alongside Nigeria in the African Cup of Nations final

    Ivory Coast fans in Bouake celebrate
  • Friday, 9 February, 2024
    Lionel Messi
    Tatler Asia to partially refund Hong Kong tickets after Messi backlash

    Luxury lifestyle publication estimates paybacks on fixture will cost it $7mn

    Lionel Messi at a news conference
  • Thursday, 8 February, 2024
    Uefa
    Uefa president will not seek re-election despite rule changes

    Football’s governing body tweaks statutes but Aleksander Čeferin does not intend to stay in post beyond 2027

    Aleksander Čeferin
  • Thursday, 8 February, 2024
    Leo Lewis
    Hong Kong’s Messi backlash says more about digital fandom than football

    The meltdown was a revealing moment for the game as global entertainment — and its vulnerability to social media

    María Hergueta illustration of three mobile phones in hands with painted nails - each screen showing a footballer in pink shirt running with a black & white football in front of his head.
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