| Date | Title | Description |
| 03.03.2026 | English cricket facing tragedy if ECB doesn’t change, warns county boss | English cricket chiefs risk the “tragedy” of counties going bust unless they offer more support to those without international matches or The Hundred, says Hampshire chief Rod Bransgrove.
Sussex are among those to have suffered financial di... |
| 27.01.2026 | Exclusive: Parliament must scrutinise Prem Rugby franchise plans, MP says | The government has been called upon to scrutinise Prem Rugby’s franchise plan, which promises to be the biggest shake-up of the domestic game since professionalisation.
It comes as the Department for Culture, Media and Sport is also accused... |
| 24.12.2025 | Financial stability before glory: Why professional sport must grow up | Professional sport has never looked richer or felt more fragile. Revenues are growing, valuations are rising, and private capital is circling like never before. Yet beneath the surface, financial fragility remains endemic.
Too many clubs – ... |
| 12.11.2025 | Calls for Prem Rugby franchising grow as clubs register debts of £340m | The 10 Prem Rugby clubs registered combined debts of £340m in the 2023/24 season as calls for a radical franchising process grow louder.
Despite encouraging signs of growth in commercial income, the clubs in England’s top flight made a comb... |
| 05.11.2025 | Exclusive: Leicester Tigers and DCMS face scrutiny over £6m Covid loan renegotiation | Leicester Tigers and DCMS are facing questions after they altered the repayment terms of the club’s £6m Covid-19 loan to interest-only until 2028.
The change, which only emerged in the Prem Rugby club’s most recent financial accounts, casts... |
| 26.09.2025 | Newcastle’s Red Bull takeover litmus test for Prem Rugby governance | Red Bull’s ownership of Newcastle will be a “litmus test” of the quality of Prem Rugby’s current governance structures, according to a top business management consultant.
The energy drink giant entered English domestic rugby this summer wit... |
| 06.08.2025 | CNBC’s UK Exchange newsletter: England’s cricket power play | The Hundred, which kicked off Tuesday, was conceived by the England and Wales Cricket Board ostensibly to attract new, young fans baffled by longer forms of the game.
Since its start in 2021, The Hundred has flourished, not least financiall... |
| 15.07.2025 | County cricket faces viability questions, warns report | County cricket faces “questions about its long-term viability” despite a looming £520m windfall from sales of stakes in the Hundred franchises, a new report has warned.
The Leonard Curtis Cricket Finance Report, launched yesterday at the Ov... |
| 08.07.2025 | Taxpayer-backed gaming studio collapses into administration | A company backed by the UK government’s British Business Bank and has worked with some of the world’s largest gaming companies has collapsed into administration.
Airship Interactive provides artwork for the likes of Disney, Microsoft and Bl... |
| 15.06.2025 | Is a franchise model the only way to save rugby union? | Despite various approaches to the same question as to whether rugby can find a stable commercial footing, various rugby factions seem to be coming to the same conclusion: are franchises the answer?
Franchise sport can be hit and miss; in th... |
