Matt Lawton

Nick De Marco, who helped with Newcastle takeover and defended Leicester City against Premier League charges, on his journey from doorman to one of sport’s most prominent barristers

Josh Waugh, 34, who seriously assaulted a fellow England supporter during Euro 2024, received a three-year banning order

Cost of investigations and arbitration hearings involving Manchester City, Chelsea, Everton, Nottingham Forest and Leicester City has led to the top flight’s legal bill soaring

Planned vote by 20 top-flight clubs on rules regarding Associated Party Transaction rules on Thursday was removed from agenda at late notice

In a letter sent to the 19 other clubs on Monday, Manchester City said the top-flight’s summary of the legal dispute over Associated Party Transaction rules was inaccurate

Chief executive Richard Masters says Premier League will take ‘the necessary time’ to make APT amendments in clear change of tone from his initial response

Players union and European leagues group lodge complaint to European Commission over Fifa’s decision to enlarge the World Cup and introduce a 32-team Club World Cup in the US next summer

Clubs now expecting a delay to Thursday’s meeting after two key preliminary meetings to discuss changes to Associated Party Transactions rules were cancelled

New England manager does not have a game until March, which makes no sense when he could start becoming acquainted with the players in next month’s Nations League matches

Man City insist rules that rejected their Etihad sponsorship deal were ‘void and unlawful’, while fans target Premier League chief Richard Masters with protest