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| Sep 3, 2026 | Greater fool theory helps to explain Premier League’s record £3.5bn transfer window | The transfer window has left Ed Warner’s head in a spin and even the most devoted football nut must have struggled to keep up, he writes.
The football transfer window closed on Tuesday night, with over £3bn splashed out by Premier League cl... |
| Jul 23, 2026 | Commonwealth Games must prove crises are thing of past | There is no evidence of Commonwealth Games fever in downtown St Peter Port. Guernsey, an island of 65,000 people, is sending 22 athletes to Glasgow 2026, down from 38 to Birmingham 2022. Colleagues on the island report far less public inter... |
| Jul 16, 2026 | Sport expects true fan Andy Burnham to take a leaf out of John Major’s book | Andy Burnham was Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport for 16 months in Gordon Brown’s cabinet. This was a time in which shirt and tie was the required political dress code for swinging in a children’s playground in Brixton with t... |
| Jun 4, 2026 | City AM Football Power List explained: What it is, who judges it and how ranking works | Football has never been bigger or more prevalent, so as a thrilling club season flows into the biggest and most commercial men’s World Cup ever, it feels like an ideal time to try to answer the question: who are the most powerful people in ... |
| Mar 12, 2026 | Horse racing came together to fight tax hikes. Now it must unite again | The Jockey Club’s chief executive’s recent rallying cry to British horse racing was bang on, writes Ed Warner.
All successful sports have tentpole events, the occasions that attract attention well beyond hardcore fanbases and which drive pr... |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Sorry performative politicians, a 2026 World Cup boycott just won’t work | Politicians calling for a boycott of the World Cup are only proving how out of touch and powerless they are, writes Ed Warner.
Every four years, politicians rediscover our football. And inevitably, they then threaten to take it away from us... |
| Jan 8, 2026 | Manchester United head coach’s job is to be a fall guy and human shield | AI is the scourge of the modern employment market. Applicants generate automated covering letters that tick off every requirement in a job spec, and are then interviewed by robots which provide almost instantaneous rejections.
Reluctant to ... |
| Dec 4, 2025 | The best sport to watch live and solving your Christmas present dilemma | “What’s the best sport you’ve ever seen, Ed?” The question from a young friend gave me pause.
Not the best sporting event I’ve ever seen. That might not be easy, but some parameters immediately spring to mind to help refine my choice. No: t... |
| Oct 2, 2025 | Capitulation clearing Russia and Putin’s path to LA 2028 Olympics | Vladimir Putin’s path to Los Angeles 2028 is being cleared, his war on Ukraine becoming normalised in the minds of the world’s sports administrators. Last week’s votes by the International Paralympic Committee to readmit Russia and Belarus ... |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Why Ryder Cup is commercial gold and other sports have failed to copy it | If the Ryder Cup didn’t exist, could you create it today? After all, this is an event that bends an individual sport into a collective enterprise, is rarely won by the away team, and hasn’t produced a close contest for 13 years.
It also see... |
| Aug 14, 2025 | Premier League: Is football the closest sport to perfection? | Football never seems to go away. Between international tournaments, transfer sagas and pre-season tours, the game hums year-round. But last weekend’s EFL fixtures and this weekend’s Premier League matches mark something more definitive: the... |
| Aug 7, 2025 | If BBC battle change, is it time to abolish sport’s Crown Jewels? | With change needed to ensure lesser followed sports get their time in the spotlight, is it time to abolish the Crown Jewels and ditch the BBC for some coverage?
What I know about aquatics could be scribbled with a waterproof Sharpie on a pa... |
| Jul 31, 2025 | Is director training the answer to football’s governance woes? | A new study suggests reforming football governance by testing and training directors. But is the regulator capable, asks Ed Warner?
Countless millions follow professional football in England, claiming allegiance to a favourite club whose fo... |
| Jul 10, 2025 | Hawk-Eye complaints at Wimbledon? You cannot be serious! | Wimbledon’s Hawk-Eye controversies were human-made and technology’s role in refereeing sports will only grow, writes Ed Warner.
In the chalk dust v Hawk-Eye battle there can only be one winner. Traditionalists may hanker after a Wimbledon o... |
| Jul 3, 2025 | Women’s sport needs to convert online fandom into ticket sales | With England’s Euros defence getting underway on Saturday, how does women’s sport convert online fandom into ticket sales?
Attendances down, TV viewing figures falling, but TikTok and Instagram metrics up. This is the current state of engag... |
| Jun 26, 2025 | Sports events must decide between purists and entertaining newbies | With Britain in the height of its summer sporting season, Ed Warner debates how organisers must balance pleasing purists with enticing new fans.
“Does anyone talk about The Season anymore? The social whirl of the Lord’s Test, Queen’s, Royal... |
| Apr 24, 2025 | London Marathon has never been more popular so why not make it bigger? | The ballot for entry to the 2026 London Marathon opens tomorrow and closes next Friday. Over 840,000 entered the draw for this weekend’s race.
Strip out places bought for fundraising runners by charities as well as club slots and age-graded... |
| Apr 17, 2025 | Don’t be dazzled by the hype around The Hundred | Ed Warner looks at the start of the County Championship season and whether an upcoming ECB review could see new influence from Hundred investors.
The ice cream van was doing a steady trade, even at £4 for a Magnum. Made the twenty quid tick... |
| Apr 8, 2025 | The Rise of Layton Williams: From Iceberg to Icon | Layton Williams is a name that has become synonymous with talent and resilience in the world of theater. His recent Olivier Award win for playing an iceberg in the X-rated musical "Titanique" is a testament to his unique ability t... |
| Apr 3, 2025 | Why the 2026 World Cup could help the USL to relegate MLS | The United Soccer League is challenging MLS for US supremacy. If the 2026 World Cup is a hit, the USL’s pro-rel gamble may just pay off, says Ed Warner.
Qualifying is well under way for the 2026 World Cup. Four countries have already booked... |
| Mar 28, 2025 | The Future of Sports: Augmented Reality and Leadership Changes in the Olympic Landscape | The world of sports is evolving. Technology is weaving itself into the fabric of athletic competition. The recent partnership between RayNeo and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is a testament to this transformation. This collabora... |
| Mar 27, 2025 | After losing IOC election, how about Seb Coe for chair of football regulator? | It was, with hindsight, not a “keep Seb Coe out” but a “get Kirsty Coventry in” campaign that determined the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidential election outcome.
I was as guilty as most British observers in believing that Se... |
| Mar 20, 2025 | The Olympic Tug-of-War: Politics, Sports, and the Russian Dilemma | The Olympic Games have always been a stage for more than just athletic prowess. They are a battleground for political narratives, national pride, and global diplomacy. As the world watches, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) faces a ... |
| Mar 20, 2025 | Darts: The Unexpected Goldmine in Sports Investment | In the world of sports, trends shift like the wind. One moment, it’s all about the glitz of basketball or the power of football. The next, a humble pastime rises from the shadows. Enter darts. Once a niche, beer-soaked activity, it’s now a ... |
| Mar 20, 2025 | Trump is making Russia the next IOC president’s burning issue | If Trump can claim to have brokered peace in Ukraine, and with swathes of the world still beholden to Russia, the IOC will have to accept them back into the Olympics, says Ed Warner.
The final bell has sounded at the IBA Women’s World Boxin... |
| Apr 25, 2024 | Ed Warner: How do we value sport and the draw of much needed money | After World Athletics announced it would be paying its Olympic gold medallists, a fresh debate has opened up around money for our athletes and the draw of cash in sport for bodies. Ed Warner writes.
The British Olympic Association seats its... |
| Feb 15, 2024 | If football is pricing you out, try a new sport. You’ll love what’s out there | City A.M. columnist Ed Warner issues a rallying call to those who cannot afford to go to the football. There are incredible sporting experiences out there for just a few quid, so get Goggling and take in a new sport.
Fancy watching your fav... |
| Oct 5, 2023 | Golfers can play for brand value at Olympics and Ryder Cup, not a pay cheque | This week’s Ed Warner column looks at the Patrick Cantlay “pay or no pay” discussion and how Olympians can only dream of being in a situation where they don’t need payment to compete at the highest level. Can those Ryder Cup golfers simply ... |
| Jan 26, 2023 | World Rugby should be taking the lead on tackle heights, not following | It is the work of just a minute or two to create a petition on the Change.org website, to be one of the ‘people taking action’ whose signatures the public-benefit corporation claims to be turning into ‘victories every day’. Takes only a few... |
| Sep 1, 2022 | Ed Warner: Andrew Strauss, ECB and What It Takes To Win | It doesn’t yet look like a camel, but Andrew Strauss’s committee to propel English cricket to the top of the world and keep it there has come up with a discussion document that doesn’t quite resemble a thoroughbred racehorse. Once it’s been... |
| Jul 14, 2022 | Ed Warner: Challenge for women’s football is to create year-round interest | Tournament organisers are learning to do right by women’s sport. But there’s a way to go yet. An Old Trafford sell-out for England’s opening match in the current Euros was widely and rightly applauded. Sticking Belgium and Iceland into the ... |
| Jul 7, 2022 | Eyes on Eugene as gamble on host could impact future of World Championships | Next week, World Athletics will discover whether its bold gamble on the future of the World Championships might just pay off. A boutique venue in the third biggest city in the 27th largest state in the United States is a radical departure f... |
| Jun 30, 2022 | ‘I’m left wondering what price The Hundred franchises could one day fetch’ | “What does Ed Warner know about tennis?” What indeed? My critique last week of the Lawn Tennis Association’s performance drew this feisty query in the Sport inc. comment section from Tom (no surname provided). It also garnered a response co... |
| Jun 23, 2022 | Ed Warner: Wimbledon shows that the Lawn Tennis Association gets too much money | If you want to know what’s wrong with tennis in Britain, look no further than Wimbledon. Blame the Championships for being such a phenomenal success that they bequeath the Lawn Tennis Association more money each year than it appears to be a... |
| Jun 9, 2022 | Ed Warner: Team sportspeople like Gareth Bale are held to double standards over loyalty | Commentary stat of last weekend for me was that Gareth Bale has spent more time on a football pitch for Wales this season than for Real Madrid. |
| May 26, 2022 | Ed Warner: ECB may buck financial trends but must turn playing claims into reality | Fourteen million people participate in cricket in England and Wales. Yep, you read that right! How do we know that a quarter of the population play, attend or follow the sport? Because the ECB told us so last week in its annual report. Look... |
| May 12, 2022 | Ed Warner: It is time we sent London 2012 to the back of the cupboard | It took me 20 minutes from the Central Line platform via Peloton Avenue to cover the half mile to the Lee Valley VeloPark. Admittedly I wasn’t exactly walking at Tom Bosworth pace, and a few hazy-memoried wrong turns out of Westfield didn’t... |
| May 5, 2022 | Ed Warner: The metaverse, Web3 and what it means for football club valuations | In this week’s column, Ed Warner delves into the metaverse’s possible ramifications for the business of sport and considers the latest twists in the Chelsea sale saga. |
| Apr 28, 2022 | Ed Warner: Russia ban shows Wimbledon chiefs have backbone – and other sports will take note | Fans at the Wimbledon Championships aren’t prone to booing, even in the face of a Nick Kyrgios meltdown. And for now they have been spared the challenge to their usual decorum of a Russian or Belarusian player striding onto Centre Court thi... |
| Apr 14, 2022 | Ed Warner: Docuseries triumph may drive wedge between media and sport | “Please please please please just go away!” The letter writer signed off with his PS in green ink, only months into my stint as chair of UK Athletics in the days before tweets were a thing. I wish I’d kept it, the only time I’ve seen green ... |
| Mar 3, 2022 | Ed Warner: Sport needs a united front against Russia, not patchwork of policies | On the opening day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine the Polish wheelchair rugby team decided not to take to the court in their Euros group match against Russia in Paris. A classy move. If only others were so decisive. |
| Feb 17, 2022 | Ed Warner: Commonwealth Games has earned extra life by embracing esports | If you want to win a full bore rifle shooting medal at the Commonwealth Games you’ll need a keen eye, steady hand, ability to lower and control your heart rate, thousands of hours of practice – and a host city willing to include the event. ... |
| Feb 10, 2022 | Ed Warner: Spare a thought for golfers locked out of Saudi Arabia and Greg Norman’s gilded cage | In the Year of the Sportswash it should be no surprise that Saudi Arabia is at the centre of the struggle for control of pro golf. But would the beefed-up Asian Tour arouse such a frenzy if it had a different backer? |
| Feb 3, 2022 | Ed Warner: Why the Olympics is frozen by complacency | Curl up for the curling. Settle down for dust-ups on the rink. Thrill at the sliders and skiers. Swoon over the skaters. Grumble about geo-politics and overbearing branding. The Olympics are here again. |
| Jan 27, 2022 | Ed Warner: Stand up for English cricket | Wanted: someone to stand up for English cricket. National governing body the ECB is hunkered in its bunker, losing the PR battles over racism and the Ashes debacle. This simply won’t do. |
| Jan 20, 2022 | Sports must protect its precious human capital like Djokovic and Hamilton | Picture Novak Djokovic. Do you see a villain sticking two fingers up at vaccine orthodoxy, or a heroic advocate for personal freedoms you’d risk a pepper-spraying for? |
| Jan 5, 2022 | Ed Warner: Why 2022 is the year of the sportswash | A city without snow and a state in the desert. Obvious places to hold the Winter Olympics and World Cup if you are the International Olympic Committee and football governing body Fifa. Welcome to 2022, the Year of the Sportswash. |
| Dec 23, 2021 | Ed Warner: Sport must be proactive in protecting its stars from abuse | If you see me reaching for the remote to watch BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2022, you know what to do. |
| Dec 16, 2021 | Ed Warner: Cricket should follow Ryder Cup to save Test matches | The matter-of-fact delivery of his bleak assessment was like a punch to the gut. Here was someone woven into the fabric of international cricket who believed Test matches would become extinct in his lifetime. |
| Dec 2, 2021 | Ed Warner: Crouch review recommendations could drive Premier League away | I really wanted to embrace the “fan-led” Tracey Crouch review of football governance in England. But with each turn of its 162 pages my heart sank further at the unmistakable sight of the heavy hand of Whitehall. |
| Nov 11, 2021 | Ed Warner: Why sponsors should beat a path to Yorkshire | Yorkshire County Cricket Club might just be the most exciting sponsorship proposition right now. |
| Oct 21, 2021 | Ed Warner: Activity vouchers can solve post-Covid sport participation problem | I addressed a bunch of politicians, advisors and sports industry types at a Westminster Forum this week on the challenges facing sport and the public funding priorities as we come out of the pandemic. |
| Oct 14, 2021 | Ed Warner: What I would do if I were in charge of English cricket
Cheap Toon?
Spot the spectator | This week, Ed Warner writes an open letter to the ECB, which runs English cricket, as it begins its search for a new chair of the governing body. |
| Sep 30, 2021 | Why athletics needs a silver bullet in the form of private investment | The results are just in, and they don’t make for easy reading. World Athletics posted a small financial surplus in 2020, but only because Russia coughed up a fine for its doping misdemeanours. W |
| Sep 2, 2021 | West Ham United and the London Stadium have been good for each other – legacy chiefs should do a new deal to give the club more control | This isn’t the article I expected to write; I went back to the London Stadium to bury it not to praise it. |
| Jul 29, 2021 | Former UK Athletics chair Ed Warner: My heart says Team GB track and field stars can deliver against the odds at Tokyo 2020 Olympics | “Head not heart” was the mantra I lived by going into an Olympics, such is the jeopardy in international athletics. |
| Jul 22, 2021 | Tokyo 2020: What Covid-19, no fans and public opposition mean for sponsors and the International Olympic Committee | The 60,000 seats of Japan’s national stadium, built for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, are coloured in muted shades of green, brown, beige and grey. |
