Jul 31, 2026
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F1 has sold out a season finale it can't promise to hold; and football fans would buy a stand pint if a 1985 law allowed it.
Jul 30, 2026
Real Madrid broke the world revenue record in a season they won nothing — and English football spent the day fighting over a fixed pot.
Jul 29, 2026
A Russian betting deal cost Pirlo the Italy job before it was announced; and Netflix walked into live darts for £501,000, no rights bought.
Jul 28, 2026
Relegation, not the trophies, will set Leicester's sale price — while cycling's booming audience keeps outrunning its sponsors.
Jul 27, 2026
Last week: Liverpool valued at $6bn, World Cup rights past $1bn, and rugby and the Commonwealth Games cutting back to survive.
Jul 24, 2026
Cricket's £520m Hundred windfall is widening the gap between the counties, while Leeds' owners buy a fallen Spanish giant for its history.
Jul 23, 2026
A Bhatia-led consortium is circling Liverpool at a $6bn valuation, and a Saudi backer holds the deciding vote on where Joshua fights Fury.
Jul 22, 2026
Fox paid $485m for 2026; the 2030 World Cup rights could open at $1bn, with Netflix circling — while rugby shelves its global cup on cost.
Jul 21, 2026
FIFA readies a record World Cup — broadcast rights are 44% of revenue — while Barry Hearn backs a non-league club. Sport, top to bottom.
Jul 20, 2026
The final priced itself out of reach, the pubs out-earned the finalists, and the gambling ban redrew the Premier League shirt market.
