Premier League

The competition was founded as the FA Premier League on 20 February 1992 following the decision of clubs in the Football League First Division to break away from the Football League, founded in 1888, and take advantage of a lucrative television rights deal. The deal was worth around £1 billion a year domestically as of 2013–14, with Sky and BT Group securing the domestic rights to broadcast 116 and 38 games respectively. The league is a corporation in which the member clubs act as shareholders, and generates €2.2 billion per year in domestic and international television rights.Clubs were apportioned central payment revenues of £2.4 billion in 2016–17, with a further £343 million in solidarity payments to English Football League (EFL) clubs.

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Winners and losers of the summer transfer window

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Shaw: Manchester United 'switched off' in disastrous Spurs defeat

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Luke Shaw admitted Manchester United were punished for their poor concentration and timidness in Sunday's cataclysmic 6-1 home loss to Tottenham Hotspur.The left-back, who received a yellow card for a frustrated hack at Lucas Moura in the final minutes...

10 transfers going down to the wire ahead of Monday's deadline

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UEFA awards: Lewandowski, Bayern dominate annual honors

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In addition to the groups for the 2020-21 Champions League campaign, UEFA revealed the recipients of a bevy of season-ending awards during Thursday's ceremony in Geneva. Here are the winners of the various honors.Men's Player of the YearRobert Lewandowski...

Key Premier League questions from the weekend: Is the handball rule broken?

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theScore examines the most important Premier League developments by answering the key questions that arose from this weekend's slate of action.Is Solskjaer setting Pogba up for failure?There wasn't even a hint of the drama that lied ahead when Paul...

What happens when sports stars take on Belarus' hostile dictatorship?

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Report: Atletico targeting Arsenal's Torreira to bolster midfield

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