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  • Sunday, 17 May, 2026
    Football
    How Tottenham went from football’s shrewdest club to the brink of disaster

    As one of the world’s biggest teams battles to avoid relegation, a blame game has broken out behind the scenes

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  • Saturday, 16 May, 2026
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    Real Madrid’s rolling crisis

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  • Saturday, 16 May, 2026
    Architecture
    Milan’s San Siro stadium is unique. So why is it set to be demolished?

    It is one of football’s most dramatic modern arenas — but both its brutal beauty and its cultural legacy are threatened

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  • Friday, 15 May, 2026
    Retail & Consumer industry
    Britain’s padel boom attracts novice investors

    Planning restrictions have served as a brake on faster growth for the sport

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  • Friday, 15 May, 2026
    Watches and Jewellery: May
    Watch brands on the ball for World Cup kick-off

    This summer’s football extravaganza across North America will be a platform for sponsorships, special editions and tie-ins

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  • Wednesday, 13 May, 2026
    FIFA Men's World Cup
    New York cuts transport prices to World Cup matches it is hosting

    Round-trip bus ticket from New York City to MetLife Stadium reduced from $80 to $20

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  • Monday, 11 May, 2026
    Insider trading
    Ex-Spanish football star Gerard Piqué fined €200,000 for insider trading

    Ex-Barcelona player is latest sporting figure linked to market manipulation as sector becomes intertwined with high finance

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  • Monday, 11 May, 2026
    Retail & Consumer industry
    Hearn boxing and darts empire valued at over £1bn as US investor takes stake

    Father-son duo sell 15% of Matchroom, which has been propelled by stars such as Anthony Joshua and Luke Littler

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  • Sunday, 10 May, 2026
    Cricket
    India’s cricket cash machine faces a slower run rate

    The commercial pitch has become tougher for teams amid less competition for streaming rights and an advertising crackdown

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  • Sunday, 10 May, 2026
    Football
    Arsenal fans face 10-fold rise in Champions League final flight and hotel costs

    Premier League club to face Paris Saint-Germain on May 30 in Budapest

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  • Saturday, 9 May, 2026
    Life & Arts
    FT Magazine. The worst team in the NBA is perfectly happy to lose

    The Washington Wizards have been ‘tanking’. It may help them secure one of basketball’s next great players

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  • Friday, 8 May, 2026
    FIFA Men's World Cup
    Alphaville. World Cup madness

    BofA weigh up who they think can do it on a warm, balmy night in Jersey — amongst many, many other things

  • Friday, 8 May, 2026
    FIFA Men's World Cup
    Trump’s World Cup chief defends high ticket prices

    Andrew Giuliani says ‘we don’t really believe in price controls’, despite outcry from fan groups

    Andrew Giuliani stands on the red carpet holding a Fifa World Cup 2026 soccer ball, surrounded by other attendees.
  • Thursday, 7 May, 2026
    Investments
    NBA offers $3bn to jump-start European basketball league

    Potential team owners had expressed concerns over slow path to profits

    Bilal Coulibaly of France attempts a shot while being defended by two Iceland players during the EuroBasket group match.
  • Tuesday, 5 May, 2026
    UK tax
    Football referees win tax battle with HMRC

    Tribunal finds that officials’ ability to turn down assignments helped to justify self-employed status

    Referee Zac Kennard-Kettle shows a yellow card to Richard Smallwood of Tranmere Rovers, who reacts with frustration.
  • Tuesday, 5 May, 2026
    House & Home Wellbeing & Active Living Special 2026
    Padel is a new cash cow for farmers

    Repurposing agricultural barns as courts for the UK’s fastest growing sport is becoming a popular revenue stream

    An indoor padel court with artificial turf and a net, surrounded by metal fencing and signage reading “Punk Padel”.
  • Tuesday, 5 May, 2026
    FT Collections
    Sports Exchange

    This series features insights from some of the most influential figures in sports ownership and leadership. In this instalment, Mark Darbon, chief executive of the R&A, says the governing body must balance golf player rewards with reinvestment in the sport

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  • Tuesday, 5 May, 2026
    Golf
    Golf must be careful of soaring prize money, says head of R&A

    Mark Darbon says golf must heed lessons of English rugby, where clubs raised wages beyond what revenues could support

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  • Tuesday, 5 May, 2026
    Sports Exchange
    Interview. R&A CEO: You would not design golf the way it is set up today

    Mark Darbon warns on player prize money in the sport

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  • Monday, 4 May, 2026
    Travel & leisure industry
    World Cup fans cry foul over ‘unprecedented’ US transport costs

    New Jersey to charge $150 for round trip to MetLife stadium, up from usual fare of $12.90

    Large blue banner displaying the FIFA World Cup 2026 logo with the trophy, mounted at MetLife Stadium.
  • Monday, 4 May, 2026
    Travel & leisure industry
    UK pub groups betting on World Cup to counter sluggish consumer demand

    Optimism comes as a result of early bookings despite the sector enduring tepid sales growth in March

    England football fans gather outside and inside a London pub, some wearing England shirts and flags, watching the final of Euro 2024.
  • Saturday, 2 May, 2026
    Scoreboard
    Adidas sprints ahead of Nike in recovery race

    Also in today’s newsletter: LIV’s dim prospects and the NBA’s proposed ‘tanking’ fix

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    Sabastian Sawe holds an Adidas Adizero Adios Pro Evo 3 shoe marked with his world record marathon time of 1:59:30.
  • Saturday, 2 May, 2026
    Golf
    How the $5bn Saudi bet on LIV Golf unravelled

    Upstart league unable to build a sustainable business so it could wean itself off a total reliance on the PIF’s wealth

    Joaquin Niemann hits a golf shot during the fourth round, with grass and dirt flying as spectators and officials look on.
  • Thursday, 30 April, 2026
    LIV Golf races to secure financial lifeline as Saudis walk away

    Lossmaking tour confirms it is seeking backers as PIF prepares to cut losses at end of season

    Charl Schwartzel takes a golf shot on the 18th hole as spectators watch from a viewing platform at a LIV Golf event.
  • Wednesday, 29 April, 2026
    US politics & policy
    Trump and PGA Tour reunite under gold statue at Doral

    Sculpture presides over Cadillac Championship’s return to president’s Miami resort after decade-long absence

    A gold-coloured statue of Donald Trump stands with one fist raised, in front of palm trees and a building at Trump National Doral.
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