Lady Sovereign has signed for a London football team. The rapper, who was once offered a trial to play with Arsenal Ladies, has joined Leyton Ladies. Speaking about her new role, Sovereign admitted ...

Is a football club the ultimate trophy asset? And is buying one necessarily as dim an investment for a sovereign wealth fund (SWF) as it might at first appear? The acquisition of Newcastle United by ...

Country with rich football history was at 1982 World Cup but has seen Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar leave it behind Money flowing out of the Gulf region has changed the face of football. Fans in the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Saudi government has handed ownership of four top domestic football teams to its deep-pocketed sovereign ...