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Josh Noble

Sports editor

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.

Email Josh Noble @JoshTANoble  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Monday, 7 October, 2024
    News in-depthSport3 min
    What’s behind streamers’ hunger for live sport? | FT Tech

    What’s behind the trend, will it work for the streaming companies, and what impact could it have on traditional broadcasters?

  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    Football
    Fifa rules on player transfers break EU law, says top court

    Verdict in favour of Lassana Diarra could disrupt multibillion-dollar transfer market that underpins European game

    Footballer Lassana Diarra on the pitch  for Lokomotiv Moscow
  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    Big Data11 min
    The business of football: the big data arms race | FT Scoreboard

    How elite clubs are using the latest technology to help unearth the perfect player

  • Monday, 23 September, 2024
    Everton Football Club Co Ltd
    US billionaire Friedkin agrees to buy Everton FC

    Deal could end years of uncertainty at debt-laden Premier League club

    Everton and Aston Villa players in action
  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    The Big Read
    Can cricket replicate the success of the Indian Premier League?

    The franchise has inspired a flurry of fast-paced competitions designed to draw in untapped audiences, but the field is getting crowded

  • Monday, 16 September, 2024
    International Olympic Committee
    Sebastian Coe joins seven-person race to be next Olympics chief

    Candidates include current IOC vice-president and Zimbabwean gold-medal swimmer

    Sebastian Coe stands with his arms crossed on a balcony overlooking a street in Paris
  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2024
    Football
    AC Milan owner says private equity investment has ‘massively inflated’ sports valuations

    RedBird Capital Gerry Cardinale criticised his rivals saying sector has been ‘bad for ecosystem’

    Lazio’s Boulaye Dia, left, in action against Milan’s Strahinja Pavlovic, right, during the Serie A soccer match
  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    Sport
    English cricket auctions stakes in 8 teams in The Hundred tournament

    Sport’s governing body hopes to raise up to £500mn from selling 49% in each of the participating sides

    Ben Stokes bats for the Northern Superchargers during a match in The Hundred
  • Thursday, 5 September, 2024
    Pernod Ricard SA
    Pernod Ricard ditches Paris Saint-Germain deal after Marseille backlash

    Southern France drinks brand’s withdrawal follows anger from rival Olympique de Marseille supporters

    Pernod Ricard logo on the company’s factory in Marseille, France
  • Wednesday, 28 August, 2024
    Scoreboard13 min
    The Rise of Climbing | FT Scoreboard

    How joining the Olympic programme helped climbing go mainstream

    FT Scoreboard The Rise of Climbing
  • Monday, 26 August, 2024
    Sven-Goran Eriksson
    Football manager Sven-Goran Eriksson dies after battle with cancer

    The first foreign coach to lead the England team, the affable Swede was held in high regard for helping to improve performance

    Sven-Goran Eriksson
  • Monday, 12 August, 2024
    News in-depthParis Olympics
    How athletes handle the post-Olympics blues

    Sports stars open up about the pressures they face — and the ‘decompression’ after high-profile events

    Simone Biles celebrates with her gold medal
  • Sunday, 11 August, 2024
    Paris Olympics
    Team GB suffer gold medal slump despite improved overall haul

    Funding for UK’s Olympic sports, adjusted for inflation, has fallen about 17% since 2008

    The Olympic rings are raised above the Stade de France as the Paris Games are brought to a close on Sunday night
  • Friday, 9 August, 2024
    Paris Olympics
    Imane Khelif takes boxing gold in wake of gender eligibility dispute

    ‘For eight years, this has been my dream,’ says Algerian sportswoman after beating Chinese opponent in 66kg class

    The match referee raises the hand of Imane Khelif to declare her the winner of her 66kg gold-medal boxing bout against Yang Liu of China
  • Wednesday, 7 August, 2024
    News in-depthParis Olympics
    India’s Ambani family leads charge for Olympic glory 

    Nita Ambani embarks on publicity blitz in Paris and brands herself as face of country’s medal campaign

    Nita Ambani greets Indian shooter and bronze medallist Sarabjot Singh at India House in Paris
  • Tuesday, 6 August, 2024
    News in-depthParis Olympics
    ‘Skateboarding is the fountain of youth’: Team GB’s 51-year-old rad dad

    Nine-time skateboarding world champion Andy Macdonald is teaching teenage rivals new tricks as he competes at Olympics

    Andy Macdonald
  • Saturday, 3 August, 2024
    Paris Olympics
    St Lucia’s Julien Alfred takes gold in women’s 100 metres

    World champion Sha’Carri Richardson bags silver after top Jamaican rival no-show

  • Saturday, 3 August, 2024
    Paris Olympics
    Broadcasters fly in TikTokers and YouTubers to generate Olympic buzz

    NBC and Eurosport among those using ‘creators’ to spur interest and reach wider audiences

    Montage of creator Sandra Kwon and two fencing competitors
  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    Paris Olympics
    Olympics chiefs blame ‘misleading information’ for women’s boxing row

    IOC defends decision to include two competitors barred by international federation after opponent abandons fight

    Angela Carini, left, of Italy abandons her bout during a women’s 66kg tie against Algeria’s Imane Khelif in the North Paris Arena, August 1 2024
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    News in-depthParis Olympics
    The official medal selfie: Paris Olympics steps up product placement

    Prominent position of sponsors’ brands is first for the Games

    Medallists from South Korea, North Korea and China take a selfie with a Samsung-provided phone
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    News in-depthParis Olympics
    France’s ping pong brothers: how sibling rivalries play out in Olympic sport

    Pairs of brothers and sisters are surprisingly common in elite competition

    Alexis Lebrun, left, and his brother Félix
  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2024
    Paris Olympics
    Olympic swimming in river Seine postponed over bacteria in water

    Men’s triathlon race pushed back to Wednesday after heavy rain increases levels of E. coli

    The Eiffel Tower in the background, with the Seine and Olympic infrastructure in the foreground
  • Monday, 29 July, 2024
    YouTube Inc
    YouTube sports viewing soars as streaming moves to big-screen TVs

    Google-owned video service in ‘early innings’ of sporting content growth, says CEO Neal Mohan

    Montage of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes on a television screen with play butto
  • Saturday, 27 July, 2024
    News in-depthParis Olympics
    Sponsors embrace Olympic push into urban sports

    Brands see opportunity to engage younger audiences by supporting skateboarding and breakdancing

    Sky Brown from Great Britain competing at Tokyo
  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    News in-depthParis Olympics
    Inside France’s Olympic medals factory

    Paris aims to end its ‘period of mediocrity’ and reach top five with top-down approach to developing athletes

    A montage of French athletes and an Olympic gold medal
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