Premier League investing £1.75m per annum for the next three years for new network of Girls’ Emerging Talent Centres

Optus Sport has secured the exclusive rights to the Women’s FA Cup Final, making it the third year in a row it has broadcast the final. The final pits last year’s winner, Chelsea, against Manchester City, which has won the title three times since the 2016/17 season. Some of Australia’s best footballers, including Matildas captain Sam Kerr, Alanna Kennedy and Hayley Raso are set to play, meaning an Aussie will raise the silverware on Sunday 15 May regardless of the result.

Thanks to international agreement brokered by MEDIAPRO, OneFootball and GOL to make 2022 Scotiabank Champions League Final available to fans in several new international markets.

Football price comparison brand FOOTY.COM has appointed football PR and sponsorship agency MatchFit as its retained agency. MatchFit will lead on communications for FOOTY.COM, with a clear remit to showcase the brand’s purpose to make football more affordable for players and fans alike.

By Carlos Hurtado – Senior associate of sports at Baker McKenzie

Three eMLS teams competed at the prestigious EA Team of the Season Cup in London this weekend, with Atlanta United claiming third place in a competition that pitted 32 teams from around the globe.

LiveScore, the global sports media business and one of the world’s leading real-time sports updates and streaming service providers, has launched ‘Watch’, a substantial new global video content service and the most exciting and innovative new development ever on the LiveScore app.

Manchester United and Spanish international stopper David de Gea has founded a professional eSports team in his native Madrid.

As part of its ongoing commitment to modernising FIFA’s regulatory framework, FIFA will launch the FIFA Legal Portal, an online platform through which proceedings before the FIFA Football Tribunal and FIFA judicial bodies will be conducted, as of 1 May 2022.

The latest edition of the FootballCo Business Podcast features a panel of Soccerex Attendees. This edition was recorded on stage, in Miami at Soccerex Americas.