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Spanish champion Barcelona Football Club generated more money than any other club in Europe for the first time in history, overtaking its fierce rival Real ... More

The European football market is now worth a record €28.4bn (£25.1bn), with the ‘big five’ European leagues contributing €15.6bn (£13.8bn) of the total income – ... More

The English Premier League has strengthened its position as the world's richest football league after clubs posted profits of £500m – almost three times the ... More

Just under 70m tickets were sold for UK-based sporting events in 2016, according to a study compiled by Deloitte. The majority of the 69.8m tickets ... More

The income generated by the 92 professional clubs in the English Football League broke the £4bn (US$5.8bn, €5.2bn) mark for the first time as a ... More

FC Barcelona’s Champions League tie against Arsenal is the richest last-16 fixture in the competition’s history. The Spanish champions and Premier League club have combined ... More

Premier League clubs have spent a record £1bn (US$1.4bn, €1.3bn) in the 2015/16 season going into the final day of the January transfer window (1 ... More

The top 20 richest clubs in Europe broke the £5bn (€6.5bn) mark for the first time for their combined revenues, with English Premier League teams ... More

Record attendances for the 2015 Rugby World Cup contributed to a 5 per cent rise in UK sports ticket sales in 2015. According to research ... More

Premier League clubs generated record revenue of £3.26bn in 2013/14 – up 29 per cent on the previous season – as the first year of ... More

Premier League football clubs as a collective are back in the black for the first time in 15 years after England’s top 20 teams generated ... More

A number of politicians and former players have called for the English Premier League (EPL) to ensure it "gives more money back" to the sport’s ... More

English Premier League clubs spent £130m in the January transfer window, taking the total spend for the 2014-15 season to £950m – a new world ... More

Professional sports events held in the UK attracted a total of 67 million paying fans during 2014, according to analysis by Deloitte's sports business group. ... More

The collective buying power of English Premier League clubs remains unrivalled in world football, making the competition the richest football league in the world. Heading ... More

The combined total of English Premier League clubs' revenues broke the £3bn mark for the first time during the 2013-14 season. The Annual Review of ... More

Image: Premier League revenues have continued to grow The combined revenue of the 20 English Premier League clubs increased by 12 per cent to a ... More

The combined revenues of the world's 20 highest-earning football clubs increased by 3 per cent to more than EUR4.4bn (GBP3.7bn, USD5.8bn), according to new research ... More

English Premier League clubs reported record revenues of more than £2bn during the 2009-10 season, according to new research published by Deloitte's Sports Business Group. ... More

Deloitte's latest Football Money League has revealed that the combined revenues of the top 20 highest earning clubs has exceeded EUR4bn (£3.4bn) for the first ... More

Premier League clubs spent a record £225m during this January's transfer window - £50m more than January 2008's figure of £175m - according to research. ... More

Premier League matchday revenues and existing stadia are among the important commercial strengths of England's 2018 World Cup bid, according to Deloitte. Compared with its ... More

New research from business advisory firm Deloitte has revealed that Premier League clubs have shown more 'restraint' in summer transfer dealings this year, compared with ... More

English football clubs spent nearly £200m on stadia and facilities during the 2008-09 season, according to new research from the Sport Business Group at Deloitte. ... More

Deloitte has raised concerns that English Premier League (EPL) clubs are spending too much of their revenue on wages, following the publication of its Annual ... More