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Crystal Palace FA Cup Winners Parade

New York Jets owner Woody Johnson signs deal to buy John Textor’s shares in Crystal Palace

In a move that could be a major boost to Palace’s hopes of playing in next season’s Europa League, it is understood that Johnson’s offer of £190m for Textor’s 44.9% stake was signed on Sunday evening in the US.

Ireland v New Zealand - Autumn Nations Series

New Zealand Rugby announce new sponsorship deal with Gallagher Insurance

The Pitch: Cork City Marathon's final race before major overhaul and expansion plan

S The Pitch: Cork City Marathon's final race before major overhaul and expansion plan

The Pitch: New sponsor, a Cork return, and a bid to restore Irish PGA to old glory

S The Pitch: New sponsor, a Cork return, and a bid to restore Irish PGA to old glory

Salford City v AFC Fylde - Vanarama National League Play Off Final

S The Pitch: Next Wrexham? Strategy behind Salford's Beckham and Irish-backed takeover

Some 60% of the club’s shares - owned by Philip Neville, Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs, and Paul Scholes - have been bought by investors, led by Consello Sports CEO and chairman Declan Kelly.

Thu, 15 May, 2025

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S The Pitch: The German super-agency driving Caoimhín Kelleher’s exceptional value

The firm was first brought to Kelleher’s attention as the representative body on which Virgil van Dijk depends.

Thu, 08 May, 2025

Halo World Snooker Championship 2025 - Day Seventeen - The Crucible

World champion Zhao Xintong’s manager will not let spending splurges wreck dream

The 28-year-old Zhao beat Mark Williams 18-12 to clinch both the illustrious crown and a cheque for £500,000.

Tue, 06 May, 2025

A view of the race 29/4/2025

S The Pitch: How Bond Street diamond dealer spotted diamond in the turf of Irish racing

Almost 40,000 racegoers are expected to gather on Friday for what should be the biggest single Irish day’s racing attendance, post-covid.

Thu, 01 May, 2025

Sport Ireland Core Grant Investment 2025 Announcement

S The Pitch: Questions for Department of Sport after report into Kildare football controversy

Concern rumbles on about the switch in ownership of a new football facility, FBD Park at Killashee in Naas.

Thu, 24 Apr, 2025

The Pitch: ‘Ladyball’ goes full circle as more brands see value in LGFA

S The Pitch: ‘Ladyball’ goes full circle as more brands see value in LGFA

Lidl were first to identify Ladies Gaelic Football and the opportunity in a growing and expanding audience.

Thu, 17 Apr, 2025

Trump

S The Pitch: Paused for now, but tariff damage could still devastate sports industry

The only certainty we have is that the value of all of the key sports stocks is down, after an astonishing week of trading on the markets.

Thu, 10 Apr, 2025

Liverpool Training - AXA Training Centre - Tuesday February 4th

The Pitch: The ‘fixed and variable’ factors blocking Salah and Van Dijk deals

Madrid’s mature version of Moneyball is a polar opposite of Liverpool’s highly risky approach

Thu, 03 Apr, 2025

Manchester United v Arsenal - Premier League - Old Trafford

Ineos and New Zealand Rugby reach settlement in sponsorship dispute

In February NZR, the federation responsible for the All Blacks team, said it had launched legal action against Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos after accusing the chemicals firm of failing to pay the first 2025 instalment of a six-year deal

Tue, 01 Apr, 2025

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Chelsea report £128.4m profit after selling women’s side to themselves

Club turn last year’s pre-tax loss into pre-tax profit.

Tue, 01 Apr, 2025

Abhishek Bachchan Visits Adamstown Cricket Club

S The Pitch: Bats, Bollywood and billionaires – the buyers vying for Irish T20 franchises

A series of Indian, Silicon Valley and private equity investors are weighing up prioritised options to buy the two Irish cricket franchises.

Thu, 27 Mar, 2025

Sport Ireland Core Grant Investment 2025 Announcement

S The Pitch: Could government ‘straight man’ O’Donovan yet save Irish football?

Football shouldn't yet lose hope in the Minister once seen as ‘too straight’ by FAI.

Thu, 20 Mar, 2025

2024 WNBA Draft

Deloitte predicts global revenues in women’s sport will reach $2.35bn in 2025

Basketball leaps ahead of football and set to hit $1bn.

Tue, 18 Mar, 2025

Manchester United - Stadium Project Update

S The Pitch: €12bn man Jim Ratcliffe is no fool – so why does he appear so confused about United?

Jim Ratcliffe's interviews this week have provided more questions than answers.

Thu, 13 Mar, 2025

Manchester City v Brentford FC - Premier League

The Pitch: Regulator losing its pitched battle against live betting advertising

A year ago, CEO of the Gambling Regulation Authority of Ireland, Anne-Marie Caulfield, announced that under her watch live advertising during sports events would no longer be permitted around pitches on Irish screens, before 9pm.

Thu, 06 Mar, 2025

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The Pitch: AFCON doesn't make major business splash

The African Cup of Nations may be a major tournament but it doesn't the commercial impact of a Euros.

Thu, 27 Feb, 2025

FAI appoint Christina Kenny as Chief Operating Officer

FAI appoint Christina Kenny as Chief Operating Officer

Kenny - who was previously an Independent Committee Member at the FAI - will report directly to the FAI Chief Executive Officer, David Courell.

Wed, 26 Feb, 2025

BetMGM Premier League 2024 - Night Five - Westpoint Arena

S The Pitch: Rapid 3Arena sellout a measure of darts health, with purses set to grow

The wealth of darts' biggest stars is set to surge by half with new €24m prize fund

Thu, 20 Feb, 2025

Leicester City v Arsenal - Premier League - King Power Stadium

Arsenal post overall loss of £17.7m despite record revenue

The club had a 32% increase in revenue from 2023, going from £466.7m (€563.8m) to £616.6m (€745m) thanks to their return to the Champions League, where they reached the quarter-finals, as well as a strong performance in the Premier League where they finished second.

Wed, 19 Feb, 2025

Shamrock Rovers v St Patrick's Athletic - SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division

S The Pitch: Mason Melia deal must end deliberate deflation of Irish transfer market

The Pitch understands that Mason Melia had a three-year deal in place with St Patrick’s Athletic, which consequently let potential suitors know from the outset that if they wanted to buy, there must be a cost.

Thu, 13 Feb, 2025

Horizon Irish Open Golf Championship - Previews

The Pitch: Why Rory McIlroy is wrong about Tom McKibbin’s PGA Tour snub

McKibbin’s decision not to play a full rookie season on the PGA Tour is backed up by sound evidence.

Thu, 06 Feb, 2025

2024/25 Paddy Power World Darts Championship - Alexandra Palace - Final

Darts to continue on Sky Sports after new five-year broadcast deal

Viewing figures have surged in the last 12 months following the emergence of teenage star Luke Littler.

Tue, 04 Feb, 2025

Ireland v Scotland - Guinness Six Nations Rugby Championship

S The Pitch: Value of Irish audience set to keep Six Nations rights free-to-air

Suggestions that it's a done deal between the Six Nations and TNT Sports for future television rights are wide of the mark, particularly given that the negotiations process has not formally started.

Thu, 30 Jan, 2025

Louis Vuitton : Front Row - Paris Fashion Week - Menswear F/W 2020-2021

Bernard Arnault's family faces off-pitch challenges at new Paris football club

The family of the owner of French luxury giant LVMH has been in talks since late last year with rugby team Stade Francais to share its Jean-Bouin stadium in western Paris to replace

Mon, 27 Jan, 2025

Republic of Ireland Media Conference with new Women's Head Coach Carla Ward

S The Pitch: Are too many consultants spoiling the message for FAI?

The hiring of so many outside third-party operatives is a legacy issue from the Jonathan Hill era.

Thu, 23 Jan, 2025

Aston Villa v Everton - Premier League - Villa Park

Matchday revenue for Europe’s 20 highest-earning clubs tops two billion euros

Matchday revenue also accounted for a greater share of clubs’ total revenue – 18 per cent – than it had since the 2014-15 season, Deloitte found.

Thu, 23 Jan, 2025

Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods' TGL debut tops NBA ratings despite rout

Woods' TGL debut was watched by more than 1 million viewers, up 9 percent from the league's first match last week and more head-to-head than the NBA drew on TNT

Thu, 16 Jan, 2025

Celbridge v Naas - Kildare County Senior Club Football Championship Final

S The Pitch: How Naas GAA Club gambled jeopardy against strategy and lost

Central to the growth of Naas GAA was a 2018 initiative to develop the club to a new level, spearheaded by an ambitious plan to turn the fortunes of this once sleeping giant of Kildare GAA.

Thu, 16 Jan, 2025

The Pitch: Brooks Koepka’s ex-manager leads Irish golf tech revolution

S The Pitch: Brooks Koepka’s ex-manager leads Irish golf tech revolution

The tech has already secured the investment and partnership of some of the world’s best golf instructors.

Thu, 09 Jan, 2025

President Trump Concludes Stay In Doonbeg

MAGA-millions: How Donald Trump's second presidency could spark €160m Doonbeg boom

With Donald Trump entering his second term, the iconic West Clare resort braces for unprecedented growth, projecting €160m in revenue over the next four years

Thu, 02 Jan, 2025

Putting the $ in sports: where the big deals of 2025 will get done

Putting the $ in sports: where the big deals of 2025 will get done

The business of global sport in 2025: an A-Z of things you might need to know and what to keep an eye on over the next 12 months.

Wed, 01 Jan, 2025

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Lionel Messi real estate trust debuts in Spain with €223 million market cap

Messi, the Inter Miami player and former FC Barcelona forward, is named as chairman of Edificio Rostower Socimi's board in documents published by the Portfolio Stock Exchange, a small European alternative market

Tue, 31 Dec, 2024

The Pitch: Greasing the wheels of sport in 2024

S The Pitch: Greasing the wheels of sport in 2024

Money - or the lack of it - is increasingly at the core of the sport's success or failures. Here's a dozen more reasons to believe so from 2024.

Thu, 26 Dec, 2024

Australia v Republic of Ireland - FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 Group B

Netflix sign deal with FIFA to broadcast 2027 and 2031 women's World Cups

FIFA said the women's World Cup will be the first competition to be acquired in full by Netflix and U.S.-based fans would be able to watch every match live.

Fri, 20 Dec, 2024

Manchester City v Manchester United - Premier League - Etihad Stadium

Jim Ratcliffe increases Manchester United stake

The Ineos boss now holds almost 29 per cent after completing the cash injection.

Thu, 19 Dec, 2024

Everton v Fulham - Premier League - Goodison Park

Friedkin Group completes Everton takeover

The Premier League’s statement confirmed the Friedkin Group had purchased a 98.8 per cent stake in Everton.

Thu, 19 Dec, 2024

Katie Taylor v Amanda Serrano - Undisputed Lightweight Championship Fight

Katie Taylor most admired sportsperson for eighth year in a row

Female athletes dominate the 'most admired' list with Taylor, Rhasidat Adeleke and Kellie Harrington in the top three spots.

Thu, 19 Dec, 2024

The Pitch: Signing of Ronan O’Gara completes Declan Kelly’s comeback

S The Pitch: Signing of Ronan O’Gara completes Declan Kelly’s comeback

As a close friend of Tipp go-getter Declan Kelly once said: 'Declan is the only man I know to fall upwards'

Thu, 19 Dec, 2024

Sunny Edwards v Galal Yafai - BP Pulse Live - Birmingham

S The Pitch: DAZN to seek Irish broadcast partner to share its $1bn FIFA risk

The FIFA deal works out at an investment by the platform of €15m per game, almost three times more than the cost of a Premier League fixture.

Thu, 12 Dec, 2024

The Pitch: Basketball vows to fight for what it deserves

The Pitch: Basketball vows to fight for what it deserves

Elsewhere the Contribution to the Industry Award has gone to the Aga Khan. While champion trainers Willie Mullins and Aidan O’Brien have also been honoured.

Thu, 05 Dec, 2024

A view of Forged Irish Stout branding 17/5/2023

S The Pitch: Asda deliver fatal blow to the Conor McGregor drinks empire

Asda was the single most important international retailer for the Forged Irish Stout brand.

Thu, 28 Nov, 2024

The Football Association of Ireland attend a meeting with the Oireachtas Committee on Sport

S The Pitch: Five years after football’s ‘Ground Zero’, FAI probe goes dark

There is mounting speculation that the investigation is struggling to build a solid case.

Thu, 21 Nov, 2024

Pittsburgh Steelers v Baltimore Ravens

S The Pitch: Croke Park set to host Steelers in biggest ever sporting event

The Pittsburgh Steelers are set to play a 2025/26 regular season game in Croke Park.

Thu, 14 Nov, 2024

Clare v Cork - GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Final

S The Pitch: Could GAA be next in the incredible rise of Premier Sports?

How has the channel established itself, not only as a disruptive pay alternative to RTÉ, but as a significant rival to the state broadcaster?

Thu, 07 Nov, 2024

The Pitch: Golf’s super rich – where they’re staying, playing and what they’re paying

S The Pitch: Golf’s super rich – where they’re staying, playing and what they’re paying

This group of mainly American visitors invests €85.4 annually into golf tourism.

Thu, 24 Oct, 2024

The Pitch: City centre golf - Murray, Best and Madigan invest in game's richest trend

S The Pitch: City centre golf - Murray, Best and Madigan invest in game's richest trend

Rugby stars have invested in a new urban golfing venture which global trends show will change the way the game is played here

Thu, 17 Oct, 2024