Tottenham Hotspur chairman, Daniel Levy, has never appeared to be the most popular person in that part of North London, and a recent decision has exposed his attempts to fleece away supporters attending European games in N17. Although Spurs missed out on the Champions League in large part due to an awful end to the…
All eyes will be on Tottenham against Arsenal this weekend in what could be a classic North London Derby clash in the Premier League, with tickets likely to be high in demand for a fixture that almost always produces a major spectacle. Much of the focus ahead of this game has been on Arsenal’s crisis…
In his exclusive column for CaughtOffside, former Aston Villa attacker Stan Collymore discusses some of football’s biggest talking points, including his former club’s recent decision to increase ticket prices, Cole Palmer’s omission from Chelsea’s European squad, and why Manchester United must sack Erik Ten Hag, plus much more. Aston Villa ripping season-ticket holders off is…
Spain have won three of their last three games to top Group B with nine points. However, they will face underdog Georgia, who advanced to the next round following a thrilling 2-0 victory against Portugal. The Georgians unexpectedly defeated Portugal to advance to the elimination stage, while La Roja easily won Group B with a…
The N.F.L. must pay almost $5 billion in damages for artificially inflating the price of Sunday Ticket, a subscription service offered by DirecTV that showed out-of-market games, a federal jury in Los Angeles decided on Thursday. The verdict, which capped a monthlong class-action trial and almost a decade of legal wrangling, includes about $96 million…
A pillar of the N.F.L.’s meteoric rise over the past six decades has been its strategy of making nearly all games available mostly free to fans on national networks. The league has stuck to this approach even as Major League Baseball, the N.B.A. and other leagues moved more of their games onto cable and satellite…
Slovenia and Denmark will begin their Euro 2024 campaigns on Sunday at the Stuttgart Arena. The Group C clash will pit two familiar opponents against each other, with Slovenia and Denmark finishing joint-top of their qualification group for this tournament on 22 points. However, it’s Denmark who dominated the head-to-head meetings between the two nations,…
Dominik Szoboszlai will be the man tasked with unlocking a very experienced Switzerland defence on Saturday. The Liverpool playmaker delivered four goals and three assists in Euro 2024 qualifying. But that was against the likes of Bulgaria, Lithuania, Montenegro and Serbia. Switzerland are expected to start two Premier League centre-backs in Manuel Akanji and Fabian Schar…
Three-time European champions Spain take on Croatia in what should be the game of the day on Saturday. This will be the first action from Group B at Euro 2024, with Italy clashing with Albania later in the evening. Spain will start the match as favourites but must be wary of a Croatia side that…
The 17th men’s UEFA European Championship will get underway on Friday night when hosts Germany take on Scotland in Munich. Germany will be widely expected to get off to a winning start against Scotland – who have never progressed beyond the group stage at a major tournament. Steve Clarke’s Scotland booked their spot at Euro…
