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Premier League wants access to club phones for investigations There would be no sudden raids but clubs would be expected to conduct business on official devices @martynziegler.bsky.social

Somewhat buried in an FT piece about DAZN’s wish to become the N̶e̶t̶f̶l̶i̶x̶ Spotify of Sports, is another monumental loss, this time growing to $1.4bn (!!) for the year to 2023, was $1.2 bn in 2022, $2.3bn in 2021 and $1.3bn in 2020. Eye watering numbers but now in business with KSA so …

Prince Harry wins apology and £10m settlement www.thetimes.com/article/7be4...

Min rapport fra NTFs pressekonferanse om VAR. idrettspolitikk.no/2025/01/22/k...

Infantino beside himself with happiness for being name-checked by Trump

🚨 POD 🎙 @robharrisreports.bsky.social @martynziegler.bsky.social @tariqpanja.bsky.social 🏆Workload: Klopp opposes Club World Cup despite Red Bull team qualifying 🔵Chelsea settling historic Premier League investigation without points deduction? 🇸🇦DAZN-Saudi 💶Betting cases Podfollow.com/SportUnlocked

Chelsea in talks to settle secret payments case without points deduction www.thetimes.com/article/8a48...

FA will consider scrapping extra time in FA Cup ties ✍️ @martynziegler.bsky.social

No clubs charged by Premier League with PSR breaches for last season — but Leicester City still at risk www.thetimes.com/article/7fdf...

Players and Manchester clubs unite to fight Premier League spending cap www.thetimes.com/article/9a7b...

West Ham in £4m legal battle with London Stadium landlords www.thetimes.com/article/1e73...

Three Premier League chiefs: Football regulator will damage top flight www.thetimes.co.uk/article/foot...

Olympic heroes snubbed after New Years Honours List rule change www.thetimes.com/article/ac5b...

Enzo Fernández + Argentina look to have escaped charge over racist song - Kick It Out’s inquiries draw a blank. Also: - FIFA celebrates Netflix deal - but refuses to rule out dynamic pricing for 2026 WC - Rashford, Cristiano, Sancho all sharing same publicist www.thetimes.com/article/70f9...

Newcastle’s Bin Salman “will have to go through tougher new owners’ test” - says minister www.thetimes.com/article/c4e2...

🚨NEW 🎙 @robharrisreports.bsky.social @martynziegler.bsky.social @tariqpanja.bsky.social 🏆World Cups hosts confirmed without a vote - why FAs don't dispute Infantino - how key is MBS to Saudi 2034 ❄️Italy's Winter Olympics in US 🏉Rugby for diplomacy Podfollow.com/SportUnlocked

Lots of Amad puns in the UK papers today- this is the best

Quite amazingly, the official celebration of the Saudi World Cup bid included a drone show lauding the state’s Public Investment Fund.

Gianni Infantino finally delivers his dream: a Saudi World Cup www.thetimes.com/article/3486...

Jared Kushner and Len Blavatnik at a FIFA event is quite the Saudi $BN Deal Club.

Saturday 3pm blackout under threat in next round of TV deals www.thetimes.com/article/b2b4...

Why 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia could be held in January www.thetimes.com/article/7437...

No vote, just applause for World Cup’s 2034 Saudi Arabia hosts. Also - buy an NFT of Infantino’s signature, going for just $1! www.thetimes.com/article/d168...

You won’t believe this shock news

⚽ The case against #MCFC for 115 alleged breaches of #PremierLeague rules may not be concluded before the end of this season after it emerged that the hearing will not be finished until the middle of December @martynziegler.bsky.social reports 🔽 www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...

FIFA says it and Qatar and a bunch of UN bodies have launched a $50m World Cup legacy fund. It will be used to fund a bunch of things. Details attached. What it won’t be for, is to pay remedies for workers or their dependents killed or injured building the W. Cup. Perhaps that is still to come.

From flying F-16 fighter bombers over Libya to plotting Manchester United’s downfall. Interview with Bodø/Glimt’s fascinating ‘mental coach’ www.thetimes.com/article/0715...

TIMES: Britain isn’t working, admits PM in jobs push #TomorrowsPapersToday

Mo Salah says “I’m more out than in” and yet to be offered new Liverpool contract - bizarrely some commentators are trying to frame this as him being selfish. (Or it’s just mere clickbait) www.thetimes.com/article/db2a...

Great scoop by Alex Lowe: Cash-strapped RFU pays chief executive £1.1m - a record for a UK sports governing body www.thetimes.com/article/65df...

Once again think there’s an argument for second yellow cards to be looked at by VAR - a red card changes the game. There’s no way Baleba should have been sent off for Brighton.

Man City defeated as Premier League approves new sponsorship rules www.thetimes.com/article/ccef...

Battle of the boardrooms: the vote tearing the Premier League apart. Man City v PL: the vote on sponsorship rules explained www.thetimes.com/article/95ab...

La Liga drops plans to host matches in USA…for now. insidersport.com/2024/11/20/l...

Rob Burrow is no longer with us but Kevin Sinfield's fight against MND goes on. Details of his next challenge (starts 1 December in Liverpool) www.therhinos.co.uk/article/2111...

🗞️ More and more Times and Sunday Times journalists and staff are joining BlueSky. We’ll be updating this starter kit as they do so, you should give them a follow 👇

A great campaign launched today and backed by the sport and entertainment industries to tackle hygiene poverty for children + young people in the UK - aimed at helping them go to school clean and confident: themultibank.co.uk/christmas-ca...

Sent from the gods, there is a Tweetdeck for Bluesky: deck.blue

Huge Premier League vote on associated party transactions looming on Friday - now Villa back Man City in calling for vote to be postponed. www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...

Migrant workers in Saudi Arabia face appalling conditions as Saudis prepare for the 2034 World Cup. www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba...

🚨NEW 🎙 @robharrisreports.bsky.social @martynziegler.bsky.social @tariqpanja.bsky.social 🏆Club WC: Infantino name on trophy as founding president & FIFA uses Romano to advertise 💊Drug test refs? 💷Suing Man City 🌍UEFA flights 🇿🇦Jordaan case ⚽️Influencer in top game Podfollow.com/SportUnlocked

Wonder how much £££ the design experts pocketed from this re-brand....

More grim news for the media industry. Seems Associated Press downsizing, with cull of 8 percent of the workforce. Such a vital news organisation, particularly at this time when reliable news sources are hard to find.

John Textor, borrowed to the hilt to acquire Lyon at a price that made little sense. Lyon now listing, drowning in acquisition debt and warned it will be relegated because of that. This dude allowed to buy clubs with borrowed cash elsewhere too. Contagion risk that football bodies allowed to happen

Special report: Saudi Arabia’s World Cup: how close could Fifa get to corporate manslaughter?

Sky Sports will go all out to keep Match of the Day candidate Kelly Cates. Also - RFL back down on head injury case appeal and Alisher Usmanov’s looming return to sport. www.thetimes.com/article/12fb...

Gianni Infantino’s name engraved on new Club World Cup trophy… twice www.thetimes.com/article/b173...