Two of the biggest soccer clubs in Spain, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, have applied to receive trademarks for some elements in the metaverse. The clubs have introduced an application that encompasses...
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U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team Scores $24 Million Settlement And Equal Pay For Women’s And Men’s Players
Topline A California federal judge preliminarily approved the $24 million equal pay settlement between the U.S. Women’s National Team and the U.S. Soccer Federation, helping close an over 5-year-long ...
British Soccer Club Oxford City to Embrace Bitcoin Payments (Report)
One of the oldest soccer clubs in the UK – Oxford City – will reportedly allow fans to purchase match tickets, food, and beverages in bitcoin instead of fiat currency. The initiative will see the ligh...
Voyager Bankruptcy Puts US Pro Women’s Soccer Player Payouts at Risk: Report
Players in the US National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) are reportedly set to miss out on the promised payouts of a deal with crypto broker Voyager after the firm went bankrupt. The league has told pl...
British soccer club starts accepting Bitcoin for matchday tickets
Division six British soccer franchise Oxford City Football Club (F.C.) will become the first team in the U.K. to accept matchday payments using Bitcoin once their season kicks off on Aug. 6. Bitcoin a...
Premier League players will limit taking a knee before matches
Players take a knee before a match between Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City on May 1, 2022. Visionhaus | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Premier League players will no longer routinely take a kn...
US Women’s Soccer League sponsorship funds from Voyager in jeopardy after bankruptcy
The funds promised to the U.S. National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) players by Voyager Digital in a sponsorship deal may not materialize as the lender filed for bankruptcy, Sportico reported Aug. 1. ...
Brazilian Soccer Giant Settles Soccer Deal Transfer with $8M in USDC
Banfield, a soccer team based in Buenos Aires, has sold one of its top players to Brazil’s giant team, Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo paid for Guiliano Galoppo’s transfer in cryptocurrency instead of fiat curre...
Argentinian Soccer Club Signs a Local Player Via Stablecoins USDC
Crypto market has left no boundaries untouched. It seems like crypto currency is an inevitable market which several companies in various industries are falling for. Especially the world soccer industr...
England Women make history as Kelly’s extra-time goal seals Euro glory
Chloe Kelly’s extra-time goal saw England beat Germany 2-1 and win Euro 2022 in sensational fashion at a packed-out Wembley Stadium. In front of a record-breaking crowd of 87,192, Kelly’s ...
Argentinean Soccer Club Uses Crypto To Sign Local Player
Argentina has made it to national headlines with their recent most signing of a local football player with cryptocurrency. Sao Paulo is one of the largest soccer teams in Brazil and they just bought a...
Argentinean soccer club welcomes first crypto signing amid economic downturn
Argentina’s economic restrictions have reached the sports industry, with the first signing of a local football player with cryptocurrencies hitting national headlines. The transfer of midfielder Giuli...
Soccer Player Signing Using Crypto In Argentina
The Transfer of Midfielder Giulliano Galoppo Argentina’s financial constraints have permeated the sports industry, with the first local soccer player to be signed using cryptocurrency making nat...
Binance to Sell NFT Tickets for Major Italian Soccer Club Lazio – Exchanges Bitcoin News
Crypto exchange Binance will be offering NFT tickets for the games of one of Italy’s leading soccer teams, Lazio, during the upcoming season in the Italian Serie A championship. Supporters of Lazio wi...
Professional soccer club Crawley Town FC signs midfielder after NFT vote
Professional English soccer team Crawley Town F.C. have followed through on a community vote by fans and nonfungible token (NFT) holders who were recently given a voice on what type of player the team...
WNBA Star Sue Bird Sees Growth In Women’s Pro Soccer, Buys Stake In New York-Area Team
WNBA star Sue Bird will play her final regular-season home game in Seattle against the Las Vegas Aces on August 7. Getty Images Sue Bird, nearing retirement, announced she’s buying a minority stake in...
With The Apple TV+ Agreement Major League Soccer Is Growing, But Still Has A Long Way To Go
PORTLAND, OREGON – DECEMBER 11: Alexander Callens #6 of New York City celebrates after converting a … [+] penalty kick to win the 2021 MLS Cup final against the Portland Timbers at Provide...
Crypto Firm WhaleFin Seals $42m Kit Deal With Spanish Soccer Giant Atletico Madrid
The Spanish soccer giant Atletico Madrid has confirmed that the club will feature crypto firm WhaleFin as its kit sponsor for next season. Crypto Platform WhaleFin Have Signed A Kit Sponsorship Deal W...
How Do We Make Our Music Economy Richer? Treat Music Like Sports
In the Faroe Islands, a remote nation of 50,000 people in the north Atlantic, every village and settlement has a football pitch. The pitches are pristine, regardless of the size of settlement, whether...
OKX Sponsors $20m Training Kit for Soccer Team Manchester City
Crypto exchange OKX, formerly OKEx, announced on Sunday that it will invest more than $20 million to sponsor Manchester City’s training kit this season. It became a partnership with Manchester C...
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini cleared of corruption charges
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini photographed on May 29, 2015. The two were once among the most powerful figures in world football. Michael Buholzer | AFP | Getty Images Former FIFA president Sepp Blat...
Ex-Soccer Bosses Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini Acquitted In FIFA Corruption Trial
Topline Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, formerly two of soccer’s most powerful officials, were acquitted of corruption by a Swiss court on Friday, the latest development in a long-running scandal tha...
Germany’s Soccer Federation Refuses To Pay Its Women’s Players As Much As Men
Germany’s women’s national soccer team at a FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 qualifier against Portugal on April 9 in Bielefeld, Germany. Christof Koepsel/Getty Images Germany has dominat...
Best Soccer Fan Tokens to Invest in 2022
The popularity of cryptocurrency has created a huge demand for blockchain technology to be used in every industry. What was once considered to be able to potentially revolutionize commerce is now also...
Soccer Superstar Cristiano Ronaldo Is Making NFTs for Binance
Cristiano Ronaldo has entered a multi-year joint marketing agreement with crypto company Binance. As a part of the deal announced today, multiple Ronaldo NFT collections will be produced in each year ...
Kylian Mbappe’s Zebra Valley Production Company Partners With NBA
PSG and France star Kylian Mbappe shares the stage at the 2022 NBA Draft with commissioner Adam … [+] Silver. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images) Getty Images Finding Kylian Mbappe courtside a...
Binance Partners With Soccer Legend Cristiano Ronaldo to Launch Exclusive NFT Collections
The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has signed an exclusive multi-year NFT partnership with soccer legend Cristiano Ronaldo, according to an official announcement from the company. C...
Nike Unveils Latest Mercurial Soccer Cleat With Zoom Air
The new Nike Mercurial features soccer-specific Zoom Air. Nike One of Nike’s most-famed soccer cleats, the Mercurial, takes a cushioned step forward with the 2022 release, adding soccer-specific...