Tottenham Hotspur owed money after Big Zuu water brand Drip is liquidated with £9m debts Sport Business They say it never rains but it pours: struggling Tottenham Hotspur’s latest problem is Drip, the canned-water company owned by celebrity chef Big Zuu, whose liquidation has left the club high and dry. Spurs signed a deal in 2024 making Drip the official front-of-training-wear partner of the women’s team, with much fanfare around the shared [...]
LIV Golf players to be banned from DP World Tour and Ryder Cup Sport Business Players who sign up to play on a resurrected LIV Golf tour will be prohibited from competing on the DP World Tour or in the Ryder Cup, its European chiefs have said. The rebel golf league has secured funding from BC Partners to exit bankruptcy proceedings after Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund pulled its backing [...]
Nottingham Forest facing backlash as City Ground expansion set to hit residents in pocket Sport Business Nottingham Forest are facing a backlash from local residents who could be left out of pocket by the club’s £790m expansion of the City Ground. As part of the planning permission granted to increase the capacity of their 31,000-seater stadium to 52,000, Forest have agreed to contribute £4.17m towards improving surrounding travel and transport infrastructure. [...]
LIV Golf secures funding and looks to Trump for help relaunching bankrupt competition October 6, 2026 LIV Golf chiefs are hoping for help from US President Donald Trump as they look to relaunch the league without the backing of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. The bankrupt team golf competition, home to stars Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm, has secured funding from BC Partners and says it is in talks with more [...]
Golf: Scottish ‘ghost course’ by Gleneagles set for overseas buyer September 14, 2026 A top private golf course in Scotland bordering Gleneagles is expected to be sold to an overseas buyer for tens of millions of pounds. Perthshire venue gWest Golf Course, dubbed Scotland’s Ghost Course, was supposed to be a £500m exclusive resort with a six-star hotel but has remained largely closed since 2009. But it is [...]
Good Good CEO departs after defiant response to ‘misogynistic’ Callaway ad storm September 3, 2026 Good Good’s CEO and co-founder has left the US golf brand just days after a defiant social media post over an ad the company made for Callaway that drew accusations of misogyny. Callaway sacked Good Good last week over the ad, which depicted a man pushing over a woman and was accused of making light [...]
Scheffler dethrones Woods as PGA Tour all-time top earner after 26 years August 31, 2026 Scottie Scheffler has ended Tiger Woods’s 26-year reign at the top of the all-time PGA Tour prize money list after winning the season-ending Tour Championship. Scheffler’s three-shot victory at East Lake clinched the FedEx Cup and earned the world No1 $10m, taking the 30-year-old’s career total to more than $130m. Woods congratulated Scheffler in a [...]
Greg Norman: I’d rather see LIV Golf end than wither away August 24, 2026 Former LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman has said he would rather see the rebel tour scrapped altogether than continue in a diminished form. The tour’s future is in serious doubt after Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund withdrew its backing earlier this year, having already spent $5bn on rivalling the PGA Tour. Talks continue over a [...]
Ryder Cup adds financial services firm to global sponsorship roster July 22, 2026 The Ryder Cup has beefed up its partner portfolio ahead of next year’s event, signing a deal with an Irish-founded financial services firm. Stripe has become a worldwide partner for the next two editions of the intercontinental golf competition – held at Ireland’s Adare Manor in 2027 and Minnesota’s Hazeltine in 2029 – in a [...]
2026 Open Championship set to double spending in Royal Birkdale July 16, 2026 This week’s Open Championship at Royal Birkdale is set to double takings at businesses in the local area, according to data from Mastercard. Last year’s edition at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland delivered a 119 per cent increase in spending within 5km of golf’s oldest major tournament, while the 2024 Open saw an 82 per [...]