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The number of private equity (PE) firms investing in the sports sector appears to be ever increasing, and there have been a number of recent transactions in the sector that are noteworthy.

2020/2021 was a season unlike any other. With the Premier League having to react to COVID-19 restrictions and also respond to the “European Super League” fall-out, what become apparent was the resurgence of the power of the fans. We analyse this trend, and other ownership trends we have identified and we suggest how these trends can be used to predict what might come next for EPL clubs.

With the exception of Belarus, league football across Europe came to a halt in mid-March due to the outbreak of COVID-19.

The English Premier League (EPL) is fast approaching the end of its third decade, having begun in 1992. 12 of the original 22 EPL teams from 1992 are still in the EPL.

The League of Legends (LoL) Championship Series (LCS), hosted by Riot Games, is North America’s top tier League of Legends competition.

This article is part of a series of Norton Rose Fulbright articles about legal, regulatory and governance issues facing the e-sports industry.

Arsenal FC has recently installed the largest battery energy storage system in any UK sporting venue. Located in the basement of the Emirates, the Tesla 2MW/2.5 MWh lithium ion battery storage system (BSS) can power the 60,000 seat stadium for an entire match, which is equivalent to supplying energy to 2,700 homes for two hours.

Last week the twelve Premiership Rugby clubs and London Irish RFC decided to reject the reported £500m offer from CVC Capital Partners for a 51% stake in Premier Rugby Limited.

There is an increasing trend among funders of elite sports clubs to require them to be reformed as limited companies so that they are no longer unincorporated associations.

Should golf speed up? Probably not what Bob Dylan was thinking about when he wrote the lyric, but golf is one of many sports looking at itself now and wondering what changes it should make to its format to make itself more attractive to Generation Z, and the iGeneration coming next.