Sport European clubs call offside as Saudi money inflates transfer merry-go-roundChelsea have managed to comply with financial fair play rules by offloading players to the Middle East – but not everyone is happy with the result
Sport TV deal a win-win for Fifa as it scores rare moral victory and boosts coffersThe football body’s rebuff of a cut-price offer from the Big Five nations for rights to the Women’s World Cup is a good result for women’s sport
Sport Revamp of European rugby aims to tackle commercial reality of the gameExpanding the competition may mean more meaningless fixtures but it will score with the increasing demands of broadcasters, sponsors and investors
Sport BBC, ITV inch closer to deal to avoid Women’s World Cup blackoutEstimated deal would still represent only 5 per cent of the amount paid for the men’s version of the tournament
Sport Governments pressure FIFA to avoid Women’s World Cup blackoutSports ministers of 'Big Five’ European nations called on ‘all parties involved to quickly reach an agreement’ following row over broadcasting rights
Sport FIFA says TV offers for Women’s World Cup in Europe are ‘simply not acceptable’The football governing body is threatening not to televise the tournament in Italy, Germany, France, the UK and Spain amid a row over the price of media rights
The Last Post Matt Cooper: Leo the Lip seems to think representing Ireland abroad is a joking matterMaking an ill-advised Clinton quip and ducking out of an important lunch with big multinational American investors in Ireland does not become an Taoiseach
The Last Post Matt Cooper: Infantino’s accession proves the maxim ‘be careful what you wish for’The football world wanted Sepp Blatter out, but he has been replaced by an even more powerful autocrat with a speciality in gaslighting
The Last Post Matt Cooper: Fifa’s dirty laundry includes a load of blatant World Cup greenwashingThe world football organiser claims the 2022 World Cup in Qatar is ‘a fully carbon-neutral event’, but there are arguments that the tournament may contribute up to 10 million tonnes of carbon emissions
Media Players, pundits and sponsors face uncomfortable questions ahead of World CupIt is too late for meaningful opposition to the Fifa tournament being held in Qatar, but there is still an opportunity for participants to protest against the country’s human rights record
Vincent Boland: Buried in the wreckage of the Super League is a goal that will eventually come to passLast week’s disastrous launch of the European Super League was yet another instance of how the world’s biggest sport has become enslaved by its own popularity
James McDermott: The grounds for our world sporting bids would not inspire confidenceThe only way our joint bid with the British nations for the 2030 World Cup finals will succeed is if Fifa officials are kept well away from inspecting our run-down stadiums