Formula 1: Magnussen joins Maldini and Griezmann at fintech unicorn Flatpay September 1, 2026 Former Formula 1 driver Kevin Magnussen has joined Paolo Maldini and Antoine Griezmann as an investor in fintech unicorn Flatpay. The former McLaren, Renault and Haas motor racer is now a shareholder in the Danish firm, which boasts more than 100,000 European clients. Its chief executive Sander Janca-Jensen said they’re “proud that someone like Kevin [...]
Musk lawyer Spiro to represent Kushner in World Cup sell-off legal row September 1, 2026 Alex Spiro, the US attorney whose repeat clients include Elon Musk and Jay-Z, will represent Joshua Kushner in the legal row over Fifa’s proposed World Cup sell-off. Spiro successfully defended Musk in his notorious “Pedo Guy” defamation trial, had Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter charges dismissed and has acted for Jay-Z in both commercial and civil [...]
Stokes Big Bash deal could kickstart £3m franchise cricket pay day September 1, 2026 Former England Test captain Ben Stokes has signed a deal with Australian T20 Big Bash team Adelaide Strikers in a move that could see him earn nearly £3m on the lucrative franchise circuit. Stokes, who retired from international cricket in June, has not played franchise cricket since the 2024 Hundred but has signed Down Under [...]
Government urged to do more to tackle £1bn piracy problem in sport and entertainment September 1, 2026 Illegal streaming of live sport, film and TV is costing the UK economy £1.35bn and requires a tougher crackdown, the government has been told. Piracy of content including Premier League football is depriving the Exchequer of £366m in tax and could fund 10,000 jobs in media, according to a new report commissioned by cross-industry coalition [...]
Sex Education star makes investment into women’s football vehicle August 31, 2026 Sex Education star Gillian Anderson has invested into Crux Football, the women’s football multi-club ownership group. The former X Files actress will join a group of investors that own French team Montpellier and have a stake in Swedish side FC Rosengard with the organisation teasing Anderson’s involvement on Instagram. Crux Football is a Europe-based multi-club [...]
Liverpool’s £123m Bradley Barcola signing takes Premier League spending to £3bn August 31, 2026 Premier League clubs are on course to threaten last year’s record £3.1bn summer spending on deadline day after Liverpool completed the £123m signing of Bradley Barcola. Teams in England’s top division have already shelled out around £3bn in the current window, which is set to close across Europe tomorrow night at 11pm. That leaves them [...]
Qatar Airways-backed airline Airlink defends Springboks flypast manoeuvre August 31, 2026 The Qatar Airways-backed airline, Airlink, have defended a double flypast over South Africa’s rugby union match against New Zealand after online backlash. Two passenger jets flew above the DHL Stadium in Cape Town with flight tracking website Flightradar24 stating that one of the two planes cleared the arena’s roof by less than 15 metres. And [...]
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 [...]
Extraordinary athletes, ordinary content: why even Nike should make more of its talent August 30, 2026 Nike’s former global editor, Dan Rookwood, argues that brands are leaving value on the table by wasting their allocated time with star athletes. Since landing my first job on the sports desk of The Guardian’s website in 2000, I’ve spent a good chunk of my career interviewing athletes. Sometimes it has been a joy – [...]
Fifa crisis shows that fans must get a say in who succeeds Infantino as president August 29, 2026 Gianni Infantino has inadvertently shown fans that the Fifa president matters, so maybe we should rethink how we elect one, argues Matt Readman. A year ago, I wrote an article arguing that the role of a sports leader was to be a caretaker, not a king. The warning was simple: make the story about yourself and [...]