The best-attended domestic sports league in the world is the National Football League. The AFL, with teams in just six or seven cities, was not that far behind, writes Ed Wyatt of Back Page Lead
English Premier League
English Premier League: where even losers can be winners
Each English Premier League team earned nearly £25 million pounds from TV appearances alone last year. With that sort of money, there should be no need for clubs to face financial hardship.
PHOTO GALLERY: Premier League stars draw self portraits
Professional footballers have drawn self portraits of themselves for a charity auction. The Independent asked a graphologist to analyse what they tell us about the players. Our guess: that they can’t draw.
Emaciated EPL stares down the Continent
The hooplah over tonight’s English Premier League kick-off comes after a summer of record transfers to Spain, writes Martin Pegan.
Premier League clubs told to share wealth
The Government is demanding a radical overhaul of English football finances to break the domination of the “big four” clubs.
Melbourne Victory to play Fulham
The A-League’s Melbourne Victory will play English Premier League club Fulham in a friendly match at Etihad Stadium in July.
The Judd deal and flaws in the salary cap
The Chris Judd deal no doubt involves inducements that won’t be counted in the salary cap, but doesn’t that undermine one of the AFL’s most important by-laws?
The revolving door at Sydney FC
Players coming, players going — what’s going on at Sydney FC? Francis Leach investigates.







