The Premier League, Newcastle United Football Club and St James Holdings Limited have today settled the dispute over the takeover of the club by the consortium of PIF, PCP Capital Partners and RB Sports & Media.
The
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Board has today approved the proposed takeover of Chelsea Football Club
The purchase remains subject to the U.K. Government issuing the required sale licence and the satisfactory completion of the final stages of the transaction
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Referees' body PGMOL have released the full audio from the VAR hub relating to the Luis Diaz goal that was incorrectly disallowed in Spurs v Liverpool
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The Premier League confirms that it has today terminated its agreements for
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coverage in China with its licensee in that territory.
The
#PL
will not be commenting further on the matter at this stage.
The Premier League, alongside The FA, met with clubs today to discuss the immediate implications of the Super League proposal
The 14 clubs at the meeting unanimously and vigorously rejected the plans for the competition
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The Premier League was extremely disappointed to read the comments made by Nottingham Forest on social media yesterday, following its match against Everton.
We note The FA has confirmed it will be investigating the club’s statement. It is never appropriate to improperly question…
Following the completion of the Premier League’s Owners’ and Directors’ Test, the club has been sold to the consortium with immediate effect.
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Following the sanctions by the UK Government, the Premier League Board has disqualified Roman Abramovich as a Director of Chelsea Football Club
The Board’s decision does not impact on the club’s ability to train and play its fixtures.
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The six clubs involved in proposals to form a European Super League have today acknowledged once again that their actions were a mistake, and have reconfirmed their commitment to the Premier League and the future of the English game
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Black armbands will be worn by all teams at Premier League matches this weekend in honour of Emiliano Sala.
A minute's silence will also be held at the Southampton v Cardiff City match on Saturday, 9 February.
The Premier League and our clubs today unanimously reaffirmed our strong opposition to the proposed reform of UEFA club competitions from 2024, which would alter the structure, calendar and competitiveness of league football
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The Premier League has today signed up to the UN Sports for Climate Action Framework, which brings together sports organisations from all over the world to achieve climate change goals
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The Premier League sets high standards and is disappointed that PGMOL fell below those expectations last weekend.
As a result, the Premier League requested that PGMOL review and explain a number of incidents from the recent match round.
The Premier League has been granted a significant High Court Order that will enable it to disrupt and block illegal streams of its content across the whole of the next football season
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We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Louise Wanless
Our thoughts and sincere condolences are with Louise’s family, friends and colleagues at
@SunderlandAFC
Gary Hoffman will step down as Chair of the Premier League at the end of January 2022
The
#PL
is grateful to Gary for his committed service during the most challenging period in the League's history
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The Premier League can confirm that the January 2019 transfer window will open on 1 January and will close at 23:00 GMT on 31 January.
Clubs have agreed that no new players registered at the start of the window will be eligible to play in Matchweek 21, between 1-3 January.
The Premier League recognises the important career of Cyrille Regis, and his special role as a trailblazer for black players in modern English football
The individuals behind three pirate streaming organisations, which offered illegal access to watch Premier League matches, have today been jailed for a total of 30 years and seven months
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The
@premierleague
and
@NBCUniversal
, via the NBC Sports Group, have today announced a new six-year broadcast deal in the United States.
The agreement will see NBC Sports remain the Premier League’s official broadcast partner in the US until 2028
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A criminal found guilty of supplying illegal streaming devices (ISDs) providing unauthorised access to Premier League content has been ordered to pay back almost £1 million to the public purse
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Clubs will mark his contribution with a minute of applause and the wearing of black armbands at this weekend’s matches
The League embraces requests from clubs and stakeholders to celebrate the lives of people who have made a unique contribution to the sport
All 20 Premier League clubs today discussed their significant concerns regarding reported proposals for changing the format and qualification criteria of UEFA club competitions from season 2024/25
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The Premier League welcomes the UK Prime Minister’s confirmation today that further easing of lockdown restrictions enables supporters to return to stadiums next week
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The dates of the January 2020 transfer window for Premier League clubs have been confirmed
The window will open on Wednesday 1 January and close at 23:00 GMT on Friday 31 January 2020
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Premier League clubs have unanimously agreed a proposal to conclude a three-year renewal of the League’s UK live and non-live broadcast agreements with Sky Sports, BT Sport, Amazon Prime Video and BBC Sport
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Following Tottenham Hotspur's 2-1 win over Liverpool, PGMOL have acknowledged that the Video Assistant Referee made a "significant error" in not overturning a decision that awarded Luis Diaz as offside after scoring in the first half of the match.
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The Premier League has written to Government today to express its concern at the decisions taken to restrict, and potentially delay, the planned programme for the return of fans to football stadiums
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Two match officials are to be promoted to Select Group 1 ahead of the 2018/19 season, with Simon Hooper and David Coote joining the list of referees
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A man has been banned from attending all regulated matches in the UK for four years after pleading guilty to displaying threatening or abusive writing likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress by wearing a shirt mocking the Hillsborough disaster
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The Premier League has today agreed a partnership with China’s leading digital sports media platform Tencent Sports, which will bring
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action to fans in China for the remainder of the 2020/21 season
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The Premier League is delighted to confirm Gary Hoffman as its new Chair.
Shareholders voted unanimously in favour of Gary’s appointment at a special teleconference meeting.
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The Premier League apologises to supporters for the delay in announcing the broadcast selections for Match Round 37 (20-21 May). We will provide an update on this set of fixtures early next week.
A new agreement has been reached between the
@premierleague
and the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA).
The deal for the 2022/23 season will see the
@PFA
receive an increased funding package from the
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After a request to the Premier League Board, Tottenham Hotspur will be permitted to play their first home match of the 2018/19 season, against Fulham, at Wembley Stadium
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With six Premier League clubs competing in the latter stages of European competitions this season we will await the draw for the knockout rounds of the UEFA Champions League & Europa League before concluding our UK live broadcast selection process for matches in February
The Premier League and our clubs today met with HRH The Duke of Cambridge and unanimously agreed to support Heads Up, the football-focused mental health campaign
@KensingtonRoyal
@heads_together
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The Premier League has opened an international office in New York 🇺🇸
Based in Manhattan, the office has been set up to support the continued growth of the
#PL
and its clubs in the United States
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The Premier League strongly condemns the illegal broadcast piracy of its matches currently taking place in Saudi Arabia and available in multiple territories throughout the Middle East by an illegal pirate channel called "beoutQ"
The very best of wishes to
@RyanMason
, who has announced his retirement from football after making 69 Premier League appearances for
@SpursOfficial
and
@HullCity
:
The Premier League and the
@IndSuperLeague
have demonstrated their commitment to the development of football in India with the signing of a renewed Mutual Cooperation Agreement
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