• December 16 2025
  The FT ViewThe editorial board

  Fifa scores an own goal with its World Cup ticket prices

  Next year’s tournament in North America is turning into an elitist spectacle

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• December 16 2025
  Football

  Paris Saint-Germain ordered to pay Mbappé €60mn

  Tribunal decision is blow to French football club after it was sued by former star player over alleged unpaid wages and bonuses

  
• December 16 2025
  LexFootball

  Juventus bid battle brings a new meaning to ‘crypto vs fiat’

  There are good reasons for family scion John Elkann to turn down Tether’s current offer

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• December 13 2025
  Elite college sports group nears $500mn private capital deal

  The Big 12’s tie-up with RedBird and Weatherford could reshape the business of university athletics

  
• December 13 2025
  Crypto group Tether submits €1.1bn bid for Juventus football club

  Agnelli holding company Exor, the majority shareholder, says the Italian team is not for sale

  
• December 13 2025
  Scoreboard

  ‘Monumental betrayal’: Fifa’s controversial World Cup ticket pricing strategy

  Also in today’s newsletter, the sports investor linking Wales and Spain

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• December 12 2025
  Lex

  British Cycling hits on a money-spinning idea 

  Sport’s governing body is demerging its commercial unit and inviting outside investment

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• December 11 2025
  FIFA Men's World Cup

  Football fans condemn ‘betrayal’ over ‘extortionate’ World Cup ticket prices

  Supporters urge Fifa to halt sales for next summer’s event in US, Canada and Mexico until solution is found

  
• December 11 2025
  Architecture

  From sheds to super-stadiums, the football ground is bigger than architecture

  Amid an evolution from standing terraces to high-tech arenas, the sport’s industrial working-class legacy lives on in new designs

  
• December 10 2025
  HTSI

  Connolly sexes up the car shoe

  The leather specialist wants to put you in the driving seat 

  
• December 10 2025
  Owen Walker

  Singapore’s latest antisocial scourge is pickleball

  Enthusiastic picklers are fighting a war against neighbours sick of the sport’s relentless ‘pock, pock, pock’ noise

  
• December 9 2025
  British Cycling

  British Cycling seeks private capital to wring more cash from races

  Sport’s governing body searching for backer of newly separated events business

  
• December 8 2025
  Football

  Apollo buys stake in Wrexham football club

  Investment from US giant underlines extraordinary transformation in Wrexham’s fortunes under Hollywood owners

  
• December 7 2025
  Formula 1

  McLaren’s Lando Norris wins F1 world title even as Verstappen takes showdown

  British racer secures team’s first drivers’ championship since Lewis Hamilton in 2008

  
• December 6 2025
  Scoreboard

  Private equity courts German football royalty

  Also in today’s newsletter: female athlete pay lags behind, and an F1 special report

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• December 5 2025
  Football

  Fifa awards ‘peace prize’ to Trump after Nobel snub

  Football’s governing body hands out first such award at glitzy World Cup draw event featuring Village People

  
• December 5 2025
  Special ReportThe Business of Formula 1

  F1 bets big on long-term race promoters

  As Grands Prix become multimillion-dollar mega-events, long-term contracts with cities and authorities are now the norm

  
• December 5 2025
  Special Report

  The Business of Formula 1

  In this edition, F1 doubles down on long-term race promoters; we investigate the grind of a 24-race season; Wheatley becomes Audi’s team principal; Antonelli wrestles with huge expectations and Lego strike landmark deal with F1

  
• December 5 2025
  Special ReportThe Business of Formula 1

  Inside F1’s travelling circus: the grind of a 24-race season

  For crew members, the thrill of the paddock comes with fatigue and sacrifice

  
• December 5 2025
  Special ReportThe Business of Formula 1

  Kimi Antonelli wrestles with expectations in testing rookie season

  The Mercedes teenage prodigy is rallying to justify the hype after entering F1 as Lewis Hamilton’s replacement

  
• December 5 2025
  Special ReportThe Business of Formula 1

  F1 showcase fuels European carmakers’ growth ambitions

  The marketing and technological platform the sport offers is increasingly important in the face of Chinese competition

  
• December 5 2025
  Special ReportThe Business of Formula 1

  F1 strives to maintain spectacle with switch to greener tech

  New rules for 2026 bring sustainable fuels and revamped hybrids as the sport pushes towards net zero

  
• December 5 2025
  Special ReportThe Business of Formula 1

  Jonathan Wheatley: ‘We’re hoping to break through the establishment’

  As the 2025 season comes to a close, Audi’s team principal looks ahead to 2026 — with new regulations and a new sponsor

  
• December 5 2025
  Special ReportThe Business of Formula 1

  Lego deal becomes building block to widen F1’s audience appeal

  A series of tie-ins with the toymaker are designed to attract younger fans and more women to the sport

  
• December 5 2025
  Special ReportThe Business of Formula 1

  MotoGP shifts gear for global growth after Liberty takeover

  Motorbike series seeks wider range of sponsors and audiences as it pushes beyond its European heartland