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The Business of Sports Management
Since 2013, a Sports Management news archive of resources designed to support the book The Business of Sport Management, eds. John Beech and Simon Chadwick, Pearson Education. Regularly updated with news from the world of Sports Management.. See also http://tinyurl.com/TBOEM for Events Management news, including, for example, the FIFA World Cups.  Using the TAGS below is strongly recommended.
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August 27, 2025 7:45 AM
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SPFL statement – Edinburgh City's 15 points deduction

SPFL statement – Edinburgh City's 15 points deduction | The Business of Sports Management | Scoop.it
Edinburgh City's 15-point deduction upheld
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August 19, 2025 1:10 PM
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European Soccer transfer fees setting a new debt market for clubs

European Soccer transfer fees setting a new debt market for clubs | The Business of Sports Management | Scoop.it
European soccer teams fighting for players are igniting a debt market using the players’ transfer fees as collateral.
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August 13, 2025 1:41 PM
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Barking mad. Romanian FA launches replica kit for pets

Barking mad. Romanian FA launches replica kit for pets | The Business of Sports Management | Scoop.it

August 13 – The Romanian Football Federation (FRF) has launched a special campaign targeting Romania’s “most loyal supporters” and man’s best friend – dogs.
The Romanian FA’s unique line of pet clothing is now available in official store throughout the country. The average price for a pet kit is 99 Romanian lei (€20). For comparison, a regular Romanian national team kit costs 399 lei (€80).
“If you have a pet, get ready to support the National Team with it at the matches this fall! "

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August 7, 2025 4:31 PM
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No man is an island, but Jack Warner doesn’t look to be leaving his any time soon

No man is an island, but Jack Warner doesn’t look to be leaving his any time soon | The Business of Sports Management | Scoop.it

August 7 – Football’s most wanted, former Concacaf president and FIFA vice-president Jack Warner, looks to have once again evaded the possibility of extradition to the USA on 29 charges of wire fraud, racketeering, money laundering, and bribery.
Warner was indicted in the 2015 US Department of Justice case against FIFA that brought the global governing body to a standstill and a moral and ethical crossroads. 

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July 28, 2025 9:40 AM
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FIFA ups the ante in its bid to break the world players’ union FIFPro

FIFA ups the ante in its bid to break the world players’ union FIFPro | The Business of Sports Management | Scoop.it

July 28 – FIFA has returned fire in its war against players’ union FIFPro criticising what it says is the “increasingly divisive and contradictory tone adopted by FIFPRO leadership”. While calling for a return to the negotiating table, the FIFA statement will likely only escalate the conflict – perhaps the statement’s only objective as FIFA bids to break the unions.
Echoing what a lot of stakeholders in Europe and beyond have whispered in the corridors of power without ever going on record, 

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July 17, 2025 11:42 AM
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Brutal sanction for Montenegrin club found guilty of match-fixing

Brutal sanction for Montenegrin club found guilty of match-fixing | The Business of Sports Management | Scoop.it

July 17 – UEFA has delivered its verdict on Montenegrin club FK Arsenal Tivat, and it is brutal. Banned from European competition for ten years. Half a million euros in fines. Life bans for key figures.  
It all revolves around a Conference League qualifying tie which raised red flags for European football’s governing body. Arsenal Tivat managed a respectable 1-1 draw away at Armenian side Alashkert in July 2023, only to collapse 6-1 at home in the return leg.

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July 10, 2025 5:13 PM
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Olympique Lyonnais saved from relegation on appeal

Olympique Lyonnais saved from relegation on appeal | The Business of Sports Management | Scoop.it

July 10 – Olympique Lyonnais have pulled off the great escape, with French football’s financial watchdogs at the DNCG reversing their previous decision to relegate the historic Ligue 1 club.
After months of bureaucratic posturing over debts running into the hundreds of millions, the Commission of Appeal has ultimately decided the seven-time champions can stay in the top-flight of French football.

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July 8, 2025 9:16 AM
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Brazilian football clubs post R$1bn deficit despite record revenue

Brazilian football clubs post R$1bn deficit despite record revenue | The Business of Sports Management | Scoop.it
Spending outpaces gains from transfers and marketing as debt returns to 2020 levels
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June 29, 2025 7:05 AM
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Football: Soccer-FC Barcelona sells bonds, restructures stadium-revamp debt

Football: Soccer-FC Barcelona sells bonds, restructures stadium-revamp debt | The Business of Sports Management | Scoop.it
MADRID (Reuters) -FC Barcelona said on Friday it was selling 424 million euros ($498 million) in bonds as part of a deal to restructure the debt it contracted for its Camp Nou stadium renovation that allows it to postpone the first repayment to 2033 from 2028.
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June 26, 2025 11:40 AM
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Lionel Messi tops the list of highest-paid MLS players as salary info released

Lionel Messi tops the list of highest-paid MLS players as salary info released | The Business of Sports Management | Scoop.it

June 26 – Unsurprisingly, global footballing superstar Lionel Messi is the highest-paid player in the Major League Soccer (MLS) ranks – shocking stuff.
Major League Soccer Players’ Association’s (MLSPA) latest salary dump confirms what everyone already knew: the Argentine magician pockets $20.45 million annually in guaranteed compensation.

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June 19, 2025 2:56 PM
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FIFA signs Airbnb as an official partner

FIFA signs Airbnb as an official partner | The Business of Sports Management | Scoop.it
During the three-year partnership, Airbnb will serve as an Official Partner for the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™, an Official Supporter
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June 14, 2025 5:00 PM
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Inter Milan set to repay bond early as it plans new debt deal

Inter Milan set to repay bond early as it plans new debt deal | The Business of Sports Management | Scoop.it

MILAN - Champions League finalist Inter Milan is set to early repay a 415 million euro ($479.57 million) high-yield bond this month as the Italian soccer club prepares to secure funds from a new debt deal, it said in statement on Friday. 

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June 12, 2025 12:34 PM
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Foster + Partners ‘finalising contract’ to design new stadium in Milan

Foster + Partners ‘finalising contract’ to design new stadium in Milan | The Business of Sports Management | Scoop.it

Foster + Partners has been selected to work alongside Manica on the design of a new stadium for AC Milan and Inter Milan, according to reports in Italy. Gazzetta dello Sport has reported that a contract with Foster + Partners is in the process of being finalised.

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August 21, 2025 1:03 PM
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The political game behind world sport

The political game behind world sport | The Business of Sports Management | Scoop.it
Explore how global sports influence politics, diplomacy, and human rights, shaping international relations and societal change across the world stage
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August 13, 2025 5:11 PM
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Red Bull complete takeover of Premiership strugglers Newcastle

Red Bull complete takeover of Premiership strugglers Newcastle | The Business of Sports Management | Scoop.it
Austrian energy drink company Red Bull has taken full ownership of Newcastle Falcons, who will be renamed Newcastle Red Bulls, the Premiership Rugby side said on Tuesday.
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August 8, 2025 4:54 PM
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SPFL side hit with 15-point deduction over 'insolvency event'

SPFL side hit with 15-point deduction over 'insolvency event' | The Business of Sports Management | Scoop.it
Edinburgh City have been landed with a punishment over a long-standing issue
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August 5, 2025 5:16 PM
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Legal case a 'seismic confrontation' between players and Fifa

Legal case a 'seismic confrontation' between players and Fifa | The Business of Sports Management | Scoop.it
BBC Sport looks at a new legal case described as a 'seismic confrontation' between football players and Fifa
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July 17, 2025 12:04 PM
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Sporting Lisbon Taps JPMorgan for €100 Million-Plus Debt Sale - Bloomberg

Sporting Lisbon Taps JPMorgan for €100 Million-Plus Debt Sale - Bloomberg | The Business of Sports Management | Scoop.it
Sporting Lisbon is working with JPMorgan Chase & Co. on a plan to raise at least €100 million ($117 million) in debt in the coming months, according to people familiar with the matter.
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July 13, 2025 4:01 PM
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Fifpro not invited to Fifa player welfare meeting

Fifpro not invited to Fifa player welfare meeting | The Business of Sports Management | Scoop.it
Global players' union Fifpro is not invited to a "key" meeting that Fifa president Gianni Infantino held on player welfare and where a minimum three-week off-season break was agreed, BBC Sport has been told.
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July 10, 2025 5:10 PM
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Wimbledon expansion land cannot be built upon, High Court told

Wimbledon expansion land cannot be built upon, High Court told | The Business of Sports Management | Scoop.it
Save Wimbledon Park is challenging major expansion plans by the AELTC at the High Court.
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July 8, 2025 8:53 AM
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FIFA opens office at Trump Tower, New York

FIFA opens office at Trump Tower, New York | The Business of Sports Management | Scoop.it

July 8 – FIFA has opened an office at Trump Tower in New York City, deepening its already close ties with the much-criticised US administration. 


US President Donald Trump and FIFA supremo Gianni Infantino have long enjoyed something of a love-in, and this latest move by world football’s governing body cements its ties to the man and his sometimes controversial policies. 

Campaign groups recently warned FIFA that it risks becoming a “public relations tool to whitewash the reputation of an increasingly authoritarian government” over a US immigration crackdown which many insist has impacted attendances at the Club World Cup.  

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June 29, 2025 6:59 AM
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Inter Milan secure 350 million euro financing to ease debt burden

Inter Milan secure 350 million euro financing to ease debt burden | The Business of Sports Management | Scoop.it
MILAN - Inter Milan have secured 350 million euro ($411 million) financing through a U.S. private placement of senior secured notes maturing in 2030, needed to repay early a high-yield bond due in 2027, the Champions League finalists said on Thursday. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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June 25, 2025 5:58 AM
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Lyon relegated: French club demoted to Ligue 2 over finances

Lyon relegated: French club demoted to Ligue 2 over finances | The Business of Sports Management | Scoop.it
French club Lyon are demoted to Ligue 2 because of the poor state of their finances.
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June 19, 2025 6:43 AM
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Los Angeles Lakers to be sold in historic deal: reports

Los Angeles Lakers to be sold in historic deal: reports | The Business of Sports Management | Scoop.it
The deal would mark the most expensive sale of a US sports team in history.
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June 12, 2025 12:48 PM
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Brescia fans furious at Cellino as bankruptcy imminent for 114-year-old club

Brescia fans furious at Cellino as bankruptcy imminent for 114-year-old club | The Business of Sports Management | Scoop.it
Brescia fans are in uproar after patron Massimo Cellino failed to cover outstanding debts, so the club will be declared bankrupt.
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