Southampton chairman: Saints not for sale June 19, 2025 Southampton chairman Dragan Solak has insisted the club that were relegated from the Premier League this year is not for sale. Solak and his Sport Republic group purchased a controlling stake in the Saints in 2022 and have seen the St Mary’s club promoted and relegated from the Premier League in that time. He became [...]
Trump made £260m from golf in 2024, US filings show June 19, 2025 President Donald Trump’s global business empire saw him make £260m from golf in 2024, according to his most recent filings. The latest documents, filed with the US Office of Government Ethics, cover the last year and show that the US leader earned a total of $600m across 2024. Trump’s golf properties range from the highly [...]
HSBC Championships: Why sponsors can’t get enough of Queen’s Club June 19, 2025 For the last three years, the men’s championship at Queen’s Club has been voted the best ATP 500-level tournament on the circuit by perhaps the most important stakeholders of all: players. The tennis-watching public also seems to love it. Last week’s women’s championship, held for the first time in 50 years, sold out for several [...]
NBA’s LA Lakers to sell majority stake to Chelsea co-owner in £7.5bn deal June 19, 2025 The Buss family are selling a majority stake in the LA Lakers in a deal that could value the NBA franchise at £7.45bn. Owned by the same family since 1979, the LA Lakers are one of sports most iconic teams in world sport with the likes of LeBron James, Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, [...]
Grand Slam Track stumble shows odds stacked against sport’s disruptors June 19, 2025 Michael Johnson’s decision to scrap the last of his four Grand Slam Track events will have pained the wannabe disruptor who has been a persistent critic of the track and field establishment. It will be no comfort to the former superstar to learn that a new study of British broadcast trends shows increased viewing of [...]
Glen and Oliver can Show you the way to decent profit June 18, 2025 WHAT easier way to round off Gold Cup Day than a 29-runner seven-furlong handicap? That’s what punters have in store in the Buckingham Palace (or Getting Out Of Jail) Stakes (6.10pm). It is always dangerous to read too much into the draw at Royal Ascot, as any perceived bias can change on a daily basis, [...]
Del do well to kick classy Catalina out of the mixer June 18, 2025 TOMORROW afternoon’s Ribblesdale Stakes (3.40pm) might not be a vintage renewal on paper, but that doesn’t stop there being betting opportunities on offer, especially with the World Pool in operation. CATALINA DELCARPIO looks the best of this year’s bunch, and I can see why she’s toward the top of the market. Paddy Twomey’s filly only [...]
Be Brave and keep Mission and Fingal onside in the Britannia June 18, 2025 THERE are some fiendishly difficult puzzles to solve this week, but perhaps none more so than the 29-runner Britannia Stakes (5.00pm). Not only is the draw likely to play a huge part, half the field at least are totally unexposed and almost certainly well handicapped. That said, Ralph Beckett’s BRAVE MISSION leaps off the page [...]
Illinois ready to make Light of Gold Cup challenge June 18, 2025 WE HAVE reached the midpoint of Royal Ascot 2025, and for many tomorrow features the pinnacle of the meeting, the Gold Cup (4.20pm). A unique test, run over a trip of two-and-a-half miles, the field pass in front of the stands before embarking on one full lap of the Berkshire course. Any inadequacies in the [...]
Juan Mata joins Mercury 13 women’s football investment group June 18, 2025 World Cup-winning former Spain, Manchester United and Chelsea star Juan Mata has become a key investor in women’s football investment group Mercury 13. The female-led group, which owns FC Como Women, has previously pledged to spend $100m on buying stakes in teams in each of the major leagues in Europe. Mata, now with Western Sydney [...]