Two Chinese consumer brands cut ties with French soccer star Kylian Mbappé over comments deemed insulting to founding father Mao Zedong.
The controversy erupted after Mbappé was asked in a video which internet meme featuring himself had made him laugh the most. Full story: bloom.bg/4zZuWFa
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How can Parish see this and want to play music instead? As a Palace fan himself. I don’t get it
Universal Music Group, the world’s largest record company, has discussed going private with a few prominent Wall Street firms, according to people familiar with the matter bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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You know those seats where the long term ST holders were turfed out for the Premium seats. We’ll surprise surprise they can’t sell them when we’re shite
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Carrick off, presumably for a final time, to big applause. Disappears up the tunnel and it then turns to loud boos for the players. Very, very powerful. Point made.
Premier League tickets are so hard to get hold of for die-hard fans, yet increasing number of empty seats these days. Same at Chelsea in east lower north and west middle tier yesterday v Spurs (crowd was 600 below capacity).
Not sure why there is a large block of empty seats near the halfway line and has been all game. Surely those passionate corporate fans were given umbrellas as part of their deal. Correct me if I’m wrong but that’s what happens when you give up prime seating to those who don’t fancy it on a rainy day…
Spurs Women's fans are complaining of disappointing attendances. Crowds have been lower than expected at many Chelsea and Arsenal women's games too this season.
A group of investors, including KKR co-founders Henry Kravis and George Roberts, has bought a 42% stake in the Spanish football club Valencia at an enterprise value of €1.25 billion ($1.4 billion). bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
The UK's new football regulator is asking clubs teams to pay a combined £20 million for its first year of operating costs bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Arsenal have sold out their away allocation for the north London derby tomorrow at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, just under 4,000 tickets sold. It's Arsenal's largest away crowd in the WSL in two and a half years.
£20.3 million. What the Football Regulator Costs
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Matthew Harding. Always one of us. 💙 #CFC





















