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Josh Noble is the FT's sports editor, based in London. He leads a team covering the intersection of sport, money and power across the globe.

In 15 years at the FT, he has held a variety of editing and reporting roles in both London and Hong Kong. Among them were Asian financial markets correspondent and weekend news editor. He began his FT career on the video desk after a stint as a producer at CNBC.

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  • Thursday, 21 December, 2023
    Football
    Uefa and Fifa lose Super League football case

    Biggest European clubs given chance to join breakaway tournaments after ECJ competition ruling

    Inter Milan’s Italian defender #36 Matteo Darmian (R) fights for the ball with Manchester City’s Norwegian striker #9 Erling Haaland during the UEFA Champions League final football match between Inter Milan and Manchester City
  • Friday, 15 December, 2023
    FT Magazine
    How Oleksandr Usyk became the world’s best boxer

    Ahead of his heavyweight bout with Tyson Fury, the Ukrainian’s schedule is punishing — just how he likes it

  • Monday, 11 December, 2023
    Football
    German football clubs vote to back private equity investment

    Result paves way for deal that would see buyout industry take stake in entity controlling Bundesliga’s commercial rights

    VfB Stuttgart in action against Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday
  • Monday, 11 December, 2023
    Football
    Ukraine’s Shakhtar Donetsk seizes on European wins to boost overseas profile

    War means the country’s top football team is reliant on income from competitions in Europe and player transfers

  • Sunday, 10 December, 2023
    Uefa
    Uefa president seeks to extend stay at helm of football governing body

    Rule change would aid Aleksander Ceferin in remaining beyond 12-year limit he helped introduce 

    Aleksander Ceferin
  • Saturday, 9 December, 2023
    News in-depthFootball
    David and Goliath: Luton vs Man City clash shows highs and lows of Premier League

    After a 25-year hiatus, the world’s richest football club will face a team that has risen from the ashes

    Boys and girls hang over a wall with hands outstretched as the footballers walk past
  • Friday, 1 December, 2023
    Scoreboard8 min
    The business of padel | FT Scoreboard

    Investors are pouring money into the upstart racket sport

    FT Scoreboard: The business of padel
  • Saturday, 25 November, 2023
    News in-depthSport
    England’s lawn tennis clubs gripped by padel fever

    Venerable institutions introduce waiting lists for court space as the new game takes hold across the country

    Members of Sundridge Park Club in south London playing padel
  • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
    OutlookSport
    Why the race to host world sporting events has slowed to a halt

    As costs have soared, there is less appetite to build sporting complexes which are destined for white elephant status

    Photo of the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Canada
  • Saturday, 18 November, 2023
    Golf
    Talks between PGA Tour and Saudi sovereign wealth fund set to drag into 2024

    Compensation for players who stuck with the US tour and LIV’s team-golf format are among the big stumbling blocks 

    Rory McIlroy plays his second shot
  • Friday, 17 November, 2023
    Everton Football Club Co Ltd
    Everton FC docked 10 points for breaching financial rules

    Sanction is the toughest yet handed out to a Premier League football club

    Everton signage outside Goodison Park stadium
  • Sunday, 5 November, 2023
    The Washington Post
    Washington Post names Will Lewis as new chief executive and publisher

    Former Daily Telegraph editor had been in the running to bid for British broadsheet

    Sir Will Lewis
  • Friday, 3 November, 2023
    News in-depthFIFA World Cup
    ‘The pieces fell into place’: how Saudi Arabia won football’s World Cup

    Sponsorship diplomacy, intensive lobbying and Fifa rule changes cleared path for Gulf kingdom to host 2034 event

    Fifa president Gianni Infantino and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
  • Tuesday, 31 October, 2023
    FIFA World Cup
    Fifa names Saudi Arabia as sole bidder for 2034 football World Cup

    Move will accelerate kingdom’s push into football and broader expansion into global sport

    Former Ballon d’Or winner Karim Benzema in action for Saudi Arabian club Al-Ittihad
  • Saturday, 21 October, 2023
    Football
    English football legend Sir Bobby Charlton dies aged 86

    Former Manchester United footballer was a key member of the World Cup winning team in 1966

  • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
    News in-depthManchester United PLC
    Jim Ratcliffe and the uphill task to transform Manchester United

    Ineos founder looks to secure minority stake in club and take control of football decisions as unconventional deal nears

    Montage of Manchester United’s logo, Joel Glazer and Sir Jim Ratcliffe
  • Wednesday, 18 October, 2023
    Premier League
    Premier League to test broadcaster appetite for football rights

    The multibillion-pound auction starts as French and Italian leagues suffer setbacks

    Arsenal’s Gabriel Jesus, left, and Manchester City’s Joško Gvardiol during the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Manchester City at the Emirates Stadium in London, England on October 8 2023
  • Saturday, 14 October, 2023
    Football
    Jim Ratcliffe closes in on deal for Manchester United stake

    Withdrawal of Sheikh Jassim bid clears path for minority investment from Ineos founder

  • Friday, 13 October, 2023
    News in-depthBernie Ecclestone
    How the UK taxman finally caught up with Bernie Ecclestone

    Former motor racing mogul has agreed to pay £652mn to settle decades-long battle over offshore assets, with HMRC ‘slowly turning the screw’

  • Tuesday, 10 October, 2023
    Sport
    Daily Mail publisher invests in fast-growing sport of padel

    Venture capital arm of group has bought stake in new Madrid-based competition

    French former professional football players Florent Sinama-Pongolle and Robert Pires play padel
  • Thursday, 5 October, 2023
    FIFA World Cup
    Momentum builds for Saudi Arabia’s bid to host football World Cup

    Riyadh could emerge as sole bidder for 2034 tournament after decision to spread 2030 edition across 3 continents

    Asian Football Confederation president Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, FIFA president Gianni Infantino, and Russia’s president Vladimir Putin (L-R) during the opening ceremony prior to the 2018 FIFA World Cup
  • Wednesday, 4 October, 2023
    FIFA World Cup
    Spain, Portugal and Morocco to host 2030 World Cup

    Euro 2028 men’s tournament set to be awarded to UK and Ireland after Turkey withdraws from bidding

    Lionel Messi lifts the trophy after Argentina won the 2022 World Cup
  • Sunday, 1 October, 2023
    Sport
    Women’s golf tour explores capital-raising in bid to boost sport’s profile

    LPGA hopes to benefit from growing interest in women’s sport

  • Friday, 29 September, 2023
    Gaming
    Electronic Arts kicks off rebranded football video game with strong demand

    Robust pre-release sales of ‘EA Sports FC’ marks end of 30-year Fifa franchise

    A still image from the ‘EA Sports FC’ video game by Electronic Arts
  • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
    News in-depthFootball
    Olympique Lyonnais seeks to raise €300mn and sell assets in turnaround push

    New owner John Textor says he wants to sell ‘non-core assets to focus on football’

    Lyon’s French forward Alexandre Lacazette, left, fights for the ball with Le Havre’s Senegalese defender Arouna Sangante
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