Saudi Arabia adds WTA Finals in Riyadh to burgeoning sports portfolio April 4, 2024 Prize money has been boosted to a record $15.25m (£12m), more than the sum on offer at the men’s equivalent.
Cricket needs a reality check, it cannot have it all April 4, 2024 The earth has orbited once more around the sun. Cricket’s County Championship starts again tomorrow (45 per cent chance of rain in Durham at 11am; showers expected shortly after in Hove). We are almost 12 months on from the acknowledgement that English cricket is institutionally racist and appear to be edging closer to an influx [...]
Rubiales arrested over Saudi Arabia Spanish Super Cup corruption probe April 3, 2024 Luis Rubiales, the former Spanish football federation president at the centre of a kissing scandal with a female player, was yesterday arrested as part of a corruption investigation. The 46-year-old former vice president of European football governing body Uefa was arrested in the Spanish capital Madrid upon landing from the Dominican Republic. He was released [...]
Tottenham Hotspur for sale: Club confirm talks with would-be investors over stake April 3, 2024 Qatar has previoulsy shown an interest in buying a minority stake.
Middlesex CCC: The historic stalwart embracing the modern world April 3, 2024 Middlesex as a county ceased to exist in 1965. Once a thriving region of the country that encompassed much of modern north London, Middlesex, whose name dates back to the Anglo-Saxon period, made way for the area now known as Greater London. But north London still maintains ties to the historic region, with 160 years [...]
Brighton post £122.8m profit in record season for Seagulls, Leicester City make loss April 2, 2024 Brighton and Hove Albion yesterday announced a record profit of £122.8m, largely bankrolled by player sales to Chelsea. The Premier League club’s profit represents their most successful season ever. The Seagulls finished sixth in the Premier League last season and qualified for the Europa League. “These accounts will of course catch the eye because of [...]
Middlesex chief: Ignoring foreign investment offers for Hundred would be foolish April 2, 2024 The chief executive of Middlesex County Cricket Club says English cricket would be “foolish” to spurn foreign investment interest in The Hundred, as the sport’s chiefs explore the future of the short-form competition. The England and Wales Cricket Board is said to have had a number of discussions with private equity groups and overseas investors [...]
Wrexham’s Championship-sized wage bill leads to £5.1m loss April 2, 2024 Borrowings from owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney grew to £9m.
‘Deeply dismayed’ Ajax to sack CEO Alex Kroes for alleged insider trading April 2, 2024 Alex Kroes had only been in the job for two weeks.
‘Not our intention’: Adidas and German football chiefs respond to ‘Nazi kit’ row April 2, 2024 The design was called 'very questionable' by historians.