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Barcelona have accrued an alarming transfer debt of €159million (£138m), the club's latest financial report has revealed. The LaLiga giants shared their financial results to The Members' Assembly on Monday — and the economic crisis that has plagued the club over the past few years is showing no sign of easing. 
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London bids a fond farewell to Japan's finest sumo wrestlers on Sunday at the end of their packed-out, five-day Grand Sumo Tournament, the ancient sport's first foray abroad in 34 years and only its second ever.
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October 9 – American ownership throughout Europe shows no signs of slowing down with the latest move seeing Velocity Sports Partners (VSP), the sports investment arm of ALK Capital, take majority control of La Liga club, RCD Espanyol de Barcelona.
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Barcelona's Financial Challenge: Balancing Transfer Debts with Operating Profit
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October 8 – Barcelona’s latest financial report shows the Catalan giants posting a post-tax loss of only €17 million ($19.8m) for the 2024–25 season, a big reduction from the €91 million posted for the 2023-24 period. While this is the second consecutive year of losses, revenue is soaring.
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October 7 – UEFA has begrudgingly given LaLiga and Serie A the greenlight to play two regular season games in the USA and Australia. UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin said its decision was “regrettable”, “exceptional” and should “not be seen as setting a precedent”.
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The NFL has added another Brazilian city to its international schedule after announcing a multi-year deal to play at Rio de Janeiro’s Maracanã Stadium. Starting from 2026, the NFL will play a minimum of three regular-season games over five years at the iconic 78,000-capacity stadium.
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PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — Former FIFA vice president Jack Warner won a decade-long court battle on Tuesday against being extradited to the U.S. to face corruption charges in a bribery scandal involving soccer’s world governing body.
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The NBA prepares its European launch in 2027-28, a league set to transform basketball with expansion, economic impact and new markets
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September 15 – UEFA’s European Club Talent and Competition Landscape report, released this morning, has underlined two of the defining features of modern European football: the growing effort to protect players from overload and the relentless rise in transfer spending.
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September 3 – With the transfer window shut in most of the game’s major markets, CIES Football Observatory in its latest analysis reports clubs worldwide have invested about €14.2 billion in players in 2025, 14% more than the previous record set in 2023.
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AfroBasket 2025, organized by FIBA Africa as part of its strategy to expand and professionalize basketball on the continent
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Playing regular-season European football games outside Europe would be a ‘betrayal’ of the sport’s identity and community roots, according to the EU Commissioner Glenn Micallef.
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Led by Stephen Curry and LeBron James, the ten highest-paid NBA players will make $902 million this season. See the top basketball player contracts and endorsements.
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October 13 – UEFA is exploring major changes to its World Cup qualifying format, with senior officials acknowledging concerns that the current system has become predictable and is losing appeal among fans and broadcasters.
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October 9 – The European Club Association (ECA) has renamed itself European Football Clubs (EFC), complete with a new brand identity.
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LaLiga has confirmed that the match between FC Barcelona and Villarreal in December will take place at Hard Rock Stadium, home of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins. The match is scheduled to take place on December 20. The Dolphins are already scheduled to host the Cincinnati Bengals at Hard Rock Stadium on December 21.
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Wigan say that Leigh Leopards have informed them they "do not intend to fulfil" Friday's Super League play-off semi-final.
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Shane Tamura killed four while targeting NFL offices in July
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Wembley Stadium is set to stage American college football matches beginning next year, TheStadiumBusiness understands.
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September 16 – FIFA has launched a public access digital database covering all football-related case from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and the Swiss Federal Tribunal (SFT), from 2002 to the present.
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September 4 – More data from the record breaking summer transfer window is emerging with FIFA releasing top line data culled from its Transfer Match System that logs, tracks and clears all international player movement.
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September 3 – German Chancellor Frederich Merz has backed the 50+1 club ownership rule that remains a cornerstone of the country’s football industry, but is increasingly under pressure.
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Research by Play the Game reveals a surge in betting deals, with 1737confirmed partnerships between betting companies, cricket teams, tournaments, and players in the last two decades.
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