Premier League Reportedly to Announce ��4.4B TV Rights Deal
Premier League Chief Executive Richard Scudamore commented on the announcement, via the Premier League on Twitter: Money will continue to be invested in putting on the best show and new stadiums and heavily in youth. Clubs are very aware that part .
Arsenal Stays In First Place
Eduardo da Silva scored his fifth goal in three games to help Arsenal to a 2-0 victory over West Ham that kept the Gunners atop the Premier League. With second-place Manchester United beating Birmingham, 1-0, Eduardo and Emmanuel Adebayor scored to keep Arsenal 2 points ahead. Chelsea stayed in third place with a 2-1 victory at Fulham, while Everton, Portsmouth and Aston Villa also won.
Premier League team news: All the Injuries and suspensions
KEY STAT: Chelsea have won just six of the last 16 Premier League games against Everton (W6 D6 L4). Steven Naismith has scored in three of his last four Premier League appearances against Chelsea. Chelsea are unbeaten in their last 19 Premier .
Who Needs Fancy? Striker Charlie Austin Is Carrying Q.P.R.
Austin, a former construction laborer with a workmanlike approach to the game, is scoring goals that may keep Queens Park Rangers in the top tier.
Sky and BT just spent a record ��5.14 billion on Premier.
Its safe to say that theres a lot of money in Premier League football. Clubs are profitable businesses in their own right, but a large share of its revenue is provided by investments for live TV rights. Over the past week, Sky and��.
Aston Villa 1-2 Chelsea | Premier League match report - The.
It ended with Chelsea moving seven points clear at the top of the Premier League and maybe even the semblance of a smile from the man who came back to English football insisting he wanted to be known as the Happy One.
Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal: PREMIER LEAGUE ��� as it.
Minute-by-minute report: Harry Kane scored twice as Arsenal were blown away by a second-half Spurs whirlwind. Scott Murray was watching.
Oldham Ousts Everton From the F.A. Cup
Everton was knocked out of the English F.A. Cup by Oldham Athletic on Saturday when it lost at home, 1-0, in the third round, becoming one of four Premier League teams to be beaten by lower league opposition.
English PREMIER LEAGUE Rights Could Cost U.K. Broadcasters Billions
The price of soccer TV rights for British broadcasters is expected to rise more than 50 percent for the three-year period starting in 2016.
Premier League TV rights go under hammer
Broadcasters BT, Sky and others are battling for football supremacy as the deadline approaches for the rights of live TV coverage of English Premier League matches. As Sara Hemrajani reports, the total bids for the lucrative multi-year contract are expected to top £4 billion.
PREMIER LEAGUE live rights: new TV deal could raise ��5.5bn
TV companies could end up paying almost ��11m a game to show live Premier League football, as a second round of bidding in the live TV rights auction threatens to smash the ��5bn barrier. There were no winners in the battle to buy up the seven different .
PREMIER LEAGUE Live TV Rights Deals Jump to $7.8bn
The English Premier League underlined its status as the worlds richest soccer league Tuesday by completing three-year domestic television rights deals worth more than $8 billion — a 70 percent increase over the previous contracts.
Sky Wins Majority Of PREMIER LEAGUE Matches
The Sky matches are part of a record-breaking broadcast deal that will see Premier League clubs receive a record revenue of ��5.136bn, a 70% increase on the current deal. After an intensely competitive auction that went to two rounds of closed bids, Sky.
PREMIER LEAGUE broadcast rights set to be sold for record ��4.4bn deal as clubs.
The Premier League are today expected to announce the new broadcasting rights deal that could cost an incredible ��4.4billion to screen live matches between 2016 and 2019, representing a 45 per cent increase on the current ��3bn agreement.
Intense Battle to Avoid PREMIER LEAGUE Drop
Tony Pulis has taken over at West Bromwich Albion ahead of what promises to be an intense battle for survival at the foot of the Premier League over the last four and a half months of the season.
English PREMIER LEAGUE Gravy Train Proving Unstoppable
The soothsayers said it would not last, the bubble would burst and the English Premier League gravy train would run dry.
PREMIER LEAGUE team news: Whos in and out - ESPN FC
Get all the latest team news and information for the latest Premier League action.
New Premier League TV deal worth ��5.136bn as Sky and BT secure rights
The Premier League have confirmed Sky have landed five of seven packages and will show 126 live matches while BT Sport have two packages for 42 games. Sky have won: Package A - Saturday 12.30pm, Package C - Sunday 1.30pm, Package D - Sunday .
Champions League: How to Solve the Seeding Problem
It really isn’t hard to reward teams for performance in domestic leagues and also account for the relative strength of European leagues.
Southampton Fill-Ins Continue to Be First-Rate
The Southampton coach, Ronald Koeman, has tapped into his Dutch roots to successfully recast his team.
Real and Barcelona Romp
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi scored goals in bunches as Real Madrid stayed 1 point ahead of Barcelona on top of the Spanish league at the season’s halfway point.. Real Madrid beats Getafe, 3-0, and Barcelona beats Deportivo La Coruna, 4-0, to retain top two spots in Spanish league; other soccer news noted.
Stoney-Faced Balotelli Ends Premier League Goal Drought
After seven months, 14 appearances and 48 shots, Liverpools Mario Balotelli finally scored a Premier League goal and it proved a precious strike to clinch a 3-2 win over Tottenham Hotspur on Tuesday.
Everton v Liverpool: PREMIER LEAGUE - as it happened | Scott.
Minute-by-minute report: After 16 years, Steven Gerrard says goodbye to Merseyside derbies (in the Premier League, at least) with a damp squib of a match. Scott Murray was watching.
QPR End Long Search for Premier League Away Points
Managerless Queens Park Rangers climbed out of the relegation zone with a 2-0 win at Sunderland on Tuesday which would have impressed their dream manager as they earned their first Premier League away points this season.
From six Manchester Uniteds to SIXTY Gareth Bales - the.
Well to start with, the Premier League now has a higher annual income from domestic TV rights than the Gross Domestic Product [GDP] of 30 countries. Not only is the Premier League big in Belize, its bigger than Belize.
Premier League TV deal to break bank again
Englands Premier League is due to announce a record new domestic television rights deal worth over ��4 billion ($6.1 billion, 5.4 billion euros) after a ferocious bidding war for the 2016-2019 period.
Harkes Is Shipped To Nottingham
Midfielder John Harkes of D.C. United was lent yesterday to Nottingham Forest, which is in last place of Englands Premier League. He will likely play in tomorrows game against Everton. Harkes, 31, played for the United States in the 1990 and 1994 World Cups and was captain of the team when he was unexpectedly dropped last spring.. Midfielder John Harkes of DC United is lent to Nottingham Forest, which is in last place of Englands Premier League (S)
Potential Premier League Showdown Ends Up Reinforcing the Status Quo
In a match that was promoted as a global event, the two leading teams in the Premier League fought to a draw in the soccer equivalent of a lukewarm hot chocolate.. Englands top two soccer teams Chelsea and Manchester City play to 1-1 draw in London.
Liverpool v Tottenham: Premier League ��� as it happened
Liverpool v Tottenham: Premier League ��� as it happened. A helter-skelter evening of excellent excitement was decided late by Mario Balotelli, who scored his first league goal for Liverpool. Updated 6h ago. Liverpool v Tottenham Photograph: Carl .
Premier League big winner again as TV rivals vie for live.
Premier League big winner again as TV rivals vie for live football rights. Fierce competition between Sky, BT and possibly Discovery and BeInSport means bid process is likely to run into next week. Premier League trophy.
Everton 0-0 Liverpool | Premier League match report - The.
The Everton forward Steven Naismith fails with a headed attempt as a cross escapes the attentions of Liverpools Emre Can in the Merseyside derby at Goodison. Photograph: John Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images.
English Premier League Sells British TV Rights for $7.8 Billion
LONDON ��� The English Premier League, the worlds most widely watched soccer league, said on Tuesday that it had sold British television rights for a record 5.1 billion pounds, or about $7.8 billion. In an auction, the broadcaster Sky won five of seven .
Premier League Team of the Weekend, Feb. 7-8 - ESPN FC
Team of the Weekend: Paul Mariner and Steve Nicol pick the weeks star Premier League performers.
PREMIER LEAGUE set to announce record ��4.4bn TV rights deal
The worlds most powerful agent was coming to the end of an interview hed granted me at his favourite luxury Lisbon hotel. His assistant was getting frustrated, frantically signalling to him off-camera to wrap up our conversation. It was the evening.
Football clockwatch: PREMIER LEAGUE, Africa Cup of Nations.
Football clockwatch: Premier League, Africa Cup of Nations and more ��� as it happened! Daniel Sturridge scored on his return from injury as Liverpool beat West Ham, Harry Kane scored twice as Tottenham won at West Brom��.
PREMIER LEAGUE rights deal: This is what ��4.4bn could buy you
Though not always so, football and money are now inextricably linked. In 2014, Britains 20 top clubs spent more than ��950 million on transfers, Wayne Rooney now earns ��300,000 a week and even the average Premier League player now gets paid a yearly .
Chelsea Brushes Aside West Ham
West Ham was outclassed by a Chelsea team that has not conceded a goal in six of its past seven Premier League contests.
Football clockwatch: PREMIER LEAGUE and Football League updates ��� as it.
Football clockwatch: Premier League and Football League updates ��� as it happened. QPR won their first away point of the season ��� and also their second, and their third ��� while Middlesbrough took over at the top of the Championship. Updated 5h ago.
Chelsea Loses 5-3 to Tottenham in PREMIER LEAGUE
Chelsea was hurt by poor defense in a 5-3 loss at Tottenham on Thursday and is now tied with Manchester City for first place in the English Premier League. Defending champion Man City, given a big boost by Frank Lampards goal in the 73rd minute, defeated Sunderland 3-2.
Newcastle United v Stoke City: PREMIER LEAGUE ��� live! | Alan.
Minute-by-minute report: Peter Crouch scored in the final minute to earn Stoke a point in a game which took 74 minutes to liven up. Alan Smith watched it so you didnt have to.
Shahid Afridi top pick at Caribbean Premier League draft.
Allrounders Shahid Afridi and Jacques Kallis, batsmen Mahela Jayawardene and Ross Taylor, and fast bowler Lasith Malinga were the highest-profile overseas players picked at the Caribbean Premier League 2015s players��.
Chelsea Loses 5-3 to Tottenham in PREMIER LEAGUE
Chelsea was hurt by poor defense in a 5-3 loss at Tottenham on Thursday and is now tied with Manchester City for first place in the English Premier League. Defending champion Man City, given a big boost by Frank Lampards goal in the 73rd minute, defeated Sunderland 3-2.
Saturday clockwatch: Premier League, La Liga and more.
Saturday clockwatch: Premier League, La Liga and more ��� as it happened. Aston Villa scored an actual goal, Chelsea beat them anyway and Manchester City fell further behind in the title race. Scoreboard: all todays live��.
PREMIER LEAGUE secures ��5 billion TV rights deal - Sky and BT to pay more than.
The Premier League has announced a 70% increase in the value of its British television rights for the 2016-19 seasons with Sky and BT paying a combined ��5.136 billion to show games. The new deals will see even more money flood in to the top flight.
Premier League TV rights: Sky and BT pay ��5.1bn for live games
The Premier League said ��56m a year has been earmarked for grassroots projects, including 50 artificial pitches. Under the new contract, 168 games will be shown live, at an average cost to the broadcasters of ��10.2m per match. Sky paid ��4.176bn to show .
Premier League TV deal: Sky Sports break bank to dominate ��5.136bn contract
���The best Premier League coverage is part of an unrivalled range of sport across our seven channels and digital platforms. This new deal follows our recent success in the rights market, ensuring Sky Sports will be the first choice for years to come.��� .
Sky and BT retain Premier League TV rights for record ��5.14bn
Having agreed to pay ��897m for exclusive Champions League and Europa League action from next season in a three-year deal, BT executives were determined to retain enough Premier League rights to attract subscribers to a new paid-for offering.
New PREMIER LEAGUE TV deal worth ��5.136bn as Skysport.
SKY and BT have been awarded the rights to show live Premier League fixtures for the 2016/17 to 2018/19 seasons.
Owner’s Bid for Increased Stake Is Rejected
The Scottish Football Association rejected an attempt by Mike Ashley, the owner of the English Premier League team Newcastle, to significantly increase his stake in the financially stricken club Rangers.. Attempt by Mike Ashley, owner of English Premier Leagues Newcastle soccer club, to raise his stake in financially strapped Scottish team Rangers is rebuffed by Scottish Football Assn.
Premier League sign biggest TV deal worth ��5billion | UK.
THE Premier League yesterday signed the biggest TV deal in sporting history ��� worth more than ��5billion.
PREMIER LEAGUE TV Auction to Proceed After Virgin Appeal Rejected
Britain cleared media giants Sky and BT to go head-to-head in a multi-billion pound auction of English Premier League football rights when it rejected a last-minute appeal from Virgin Media.
Chelsea 1-1 Manchester City: Premier League ��� as it.
First-half goals from Lo��c Remy and David Silva were enough to make the top of the table clash a 1-1 draw between Chelsea and Manchester City.