World’s most valuable football club halts shows as locals brand Santiago Bernabéu stadium a ‘torture-drome’
World’s top player joins club football’s most successful side
Two fan-controlled teams, Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund, are vying for the game’s top accolade
Alan Waxman, head of US investment group Sixth Street, foresees ‘more structural change’ in sport to excite fans and attract new audiences
Also in this week’s newsletter, the Detroit Lions roar back and Real Madrid top football rich list
Also in today’s newsletter: Taylor Swift’s place in football, golf’s changing of the guard, and more
‘Clock is ticking’ for La Liga to fix reputation and reassure sponsors after Vinícius Júnior incident
Chants directed at star player Vinícius Júnior draw anger from Brazilian government
Why golf has a problem with Saudi money, the cost of Raducanu’s Wimbledon exit, and more
Liverpool’s players are ‘mentality monsters’ while Real Madrid’s team never know when they are beaten
Plenty is known about the club’s stars and triumphs. But what of its fans?
President Macron was among those who persuaded the footballer to spurn Real Madrid
Club announces partnership with investment group Sixth Street as part of efforts to diversify revenues
Plus, the challenge of better pay in tennis, Uefa choose Citibank for €7bn relief fund, and more.
Top Spanish football clubs launch counter-offer to head off private equity firm’s cash injection
Action halted as three holdout rebel clubs push ahead with legal case to shake up game
Clubs including Real Madrid and Barcelona secure opt-out, pushing value of private equity investment down to €2.1bn
Club does not support investment by CVC after a committee at La Liga unanimously approved it
US bank’s underwriting of €3.25bn in funding had been instrumental in creating competition that collapsed this week
Super League mastermind suffers rare humiliation as clubs abandon competition
JPMorgan provides funding as football elite make binding agreement to launch breakaway competition
Liverpool, Barcelona and Juventus among elite teams to join rival to Champions League
EU’s highest court rules beneficial tax arrangements Spanish football clubs enjoyed were against the law
Chiefs of European game push back against CVC talks with Real Madrid and Fifa
Private equity group in discussions with Fifa and Real Madrid that could challenge biggest leagues
