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The Star
3 days ago
- Business
- The Star
Soccer-Premier League clubs agree to extend price cap on away tickets
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Aston Villa v Manchester City - Villa Park, Birmingham, Britain - December 21, 2024 General view of fans buying tickets outside the stadium before the match REUTERS/Hannah Mckay/File Photo (Reuters) - Premier League clubs unanimously agreed on Tuesday to extend the current 30 pounds ($40.56) cap on away ticket prices for a 10th season, the league said in a statement. Since the price cap was introduced in 2016, away game attendance has risen from 82% to 91%. The cumulative away attendance for the 380 matches during the 2024-25 season was 953,420. "The Premier League and clubs recognise the additional costs associated with fans following their team during the season, and the incredible atmospheres they create at matches," the league said in a statement. This comes after fans of several Premier League clubs united under the Football Supporters' Association campaign "Stop Exploiting Loyalty", prompting a ticket price freeze next season from clubs like Liverpool, Brentford, and Manchester City. The new season of England's top flight will begin on August 15 and conclude on May 24, 2026. ($1 = 0.7396 pounds) (Reporting by Shifa Jahan in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian Radnedge)
The Star
01-05-2025
- Sport
- The Star
Soccer-Transgender women not allowed to play women's game in England, FA says
Soccer Football - Women's FA Cup - Quarter Final - Arsenal v Liverpool - Meadow Park, Borehamwood, Britain - March 9, 2025 General view of the match ball with the Women's FA Cup logo during the match Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers (Reuters) -Transgender women will no longer be allowed to compete in women's soccer in England after a policy change prompted by a UK Supreme Court ruling on the matter, the FA said on Thursday. Britain's highest court ruled on April 16 that only biological and not trans women meet the definition of a woman under equality laws, a landmark decision greeted with concern by trans supporters but welcomed by the government as bringing clarity. The FA's policy had allowed transgender women to participate in the women's game but this will change from June 1. "The Supreme Court's ruling on the 16th April means that we will be changing our policy," the soccer governing body said in a statement. "Transgender women will no longer be able to play in women's football in England, and this policy will be implemented from 1 June 2025." The FA said the policy allowing transgender women to play was rooted in making the sport accessible to as many people as possible, "supported by expert legal advice" and aligned with international rules set by UEFA and FIFA. "We understand that this will be difficult for people who simply want to play the game they love in the gender by which they identify, and we are contacting the registered transgender women currently playing to explain the changes and how they can continue to stay involved in the game," it added. (Reporting by Shifa Jahan in Bengaluru; Editing by Ken Ferris)
The Star
24-04-2025
- Sport
- The Star
Soccer-Atalanta match postponed after death of Lecce physiotherapist
(Reuters) -Atalanta's Serie A match against Lecce scheduled for Friday has been postponed after the death of the visitors' physiotherapist, Lecce said in a statement on Thursday. "The physiotherapist (Graziano Fiorita), who had been with the Giallorossi for over twenty years, was with the team at their training camp in Coccaglio," the club said in a statement. "The team will immediately return to Lecce, as tomorrow's scheduled match against Atalanta will be postponed." Atalanta are third in Serie A on 64 points, seven behind leaders Inter Milan. Lecce are 17th with 26, a point above the relegation zone with five rounds of matches remaining. (Reporting by Shifa Jahan in Bengaluru; Editing by Ken Ferris)
The Star
21-04-2025
- Sport
- The Star
Soccer-Italy's Serie A matches postponed after death of Pope Francis
(Reuters) -Italy's top-flight soccer league Serie A has postponed all of Monday's fixtures following the death of Pope Francis. Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church and a lifelong soccer fan has died, the Vatican said in a video statement on Monday. He was 88, and had survived a serious bout of double pneumonia. "Following the passing of His Holiness, Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A can confirm that today's league games in Serie A and Primavera 1 have been postponed," the league said in a statement. "The date of the rearranged fixtures will be announced in due course." (Reporting by Shifa Jahan in Bengaluru; Editing by Toby Chopra)
Reuters
16-03-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
List of Six Nations winners
March 16 (Reuters) - List of Six Nations Championship winners after France claimed their seventh Six Nations title in a 35-16 victory over Scotland on Saturday at the Stade de France. Six Nations (2000-present) 2025 France 2024 Ireland 2023 Ireland 2022 France 2021 Wales 2020 England 2019 Wales 2018 Ireland 2017 England 2016 England 2015 Ireland 2014 Ireland 2013 Wales 2012 Wales 2011 England 2010 France 2009 Ireland 2008 Wales 2007 France 2006 France 2005 Wales 2004 France 2003 England 2002 France 2001 England 2000 England Five Nations (1940-99) 1999 Scotland 1998 France 1997 France 1996 England 1995 England 1994 Wales 1993 France 1992 England 1991 England 1990 Scotland 1989 France 1988 France and Wales 1987 France 1986 France and Scotland 1985 Ireland 1984 Scotland 1983 France and Ireland 1982 Ireland 1981 France 1980 England 1979 Wales 1978 Wales 1977 France 1976 Wales 1975 Wales 1974 Ireland 1973 England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales 1972 Not Completed 1971 Wales 1970 France and Wales 1969 Wales 1968 France 1967 France 1966 Wales 1965 Wales 1964 Scotland and Wales 1963 England 1962 France 1961 France 1960 England and France 1959 France 1958 England 1957 England 1956 Wales 1955 France and Wales 1954 England, France and Wales 1953 England 1952 Wales 1951 Ireland 1950 Wales 1949 Ireland 1948 Ireland 1947 England and Wales 1940-46 Not held due to World War II Home Nations (1932-1939) 1939 England, Ireland and Wales 1938 Scotland 1937 England 1936 Wales 1935 Ireland 1934 England 1933 Scotland 1932 England, Ireland and Wales Five Nations (1910-31) 1931 Wales 1930 England 1929 Scotland 1928 England 1927 Ireland and Scotland 1926 Ireland and Scotland 1925 Scotland 1924 England 1923 England 1922 Wales 1921 England 1920 Scotland, Wales and England 1915-19 Not held due to World War I 1914 England 1913 England 1912 Ireland and England 1911 Wales 1910 England Compiled by Shifa Jahan in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Rutherford
