Brady-backed advisory firm Knighthead spends £100m in Birmingham February 5, 2025 The UK government has welcomed Birmingham City owners Knighthead Capital’s £100m investment into Britain’s second city, which is centred around a 60,000-seat stadium. The American advisory firm, in which NFL great Tom Brady owns a small stake, has spent the money on a 48-acre site near to Birmingham City’s St Andrew’s home for the mega-project. [...]
Sunrisers Hyderabad owners buy Northern Superchargers outright February 5, 2025 Owners of Sunrisers Hyderabad Indian Premier League (IPL) team have purchased 100 per cent of Northern Superchargers in the Hundred. It is the latest sale in a series of eight auctions in which the England and Wales Cricket Board are flogging off 49 per cent of each team. The deal between Indian media conglomerate Sun [...]
EFL board set to discuss National League promotion demand February 5, 2025 The EFL board will meet on Thursday amid renewed pressure from the entire National League to increase the number of promotion places from two to three. All 72 National League clubs, which represent the fifth and sixth tiers of English football, wrote to the EFL this week demanding the increase with immediate effect. The issue [...]
Cristiano Ronaldo wants to own ‘several football clubs’ February 5, 2025 Cristiano Ronaldo wants to take his prolific streak into the boardroom when he retires from playing football by owning a multi-club network. Ronaldo shows no sign of hanging up his boots as he turns 40 today, with the forward still breaking goalscoring records for Portugal and Al Nassr in the Saudi Pro League. But the [...]
Making it Raine: US bank to earn £10m from Hundred franchise sales February 5, 2025 The Raine Group is on course to bank around £10m in commission from its role in the sale of the eight Hundred franchises. City AM has learned that the New-York based bank will earn fees worth two per cent of the price paid for 49 per cent stakes in the franchises sold by the England [...]
PDC Darts World Championship to stay on Sky Sports February 4, 2025 The PDC Darts World Championship will remain on Sky Sports for the next five years after the competition organiser and broadcaster agreed a new deal. It comes at a time when the popularity of darts is on the rise following a sensational 18-month rise for Brit Luke Littler, who reached successive PDC Darts World Championship [...]
Something Tells me to back Navajo at Newbury February 4, 2025 ANTE-POST betting is all about finding value with a horse that will go off a much shorter price come race day, but this weekend looks tough with plenty of small fields and short-priced favourites. The presence of current Arkle favourite Sir Gino adds some real pizzazz to William Hill Super Saturday at Newbury but he [...]
Ace has Golden chance to make the Champion Hurdle frame February 4, 2025 THIS season’s Champion Hurdle market is much more complicated than it looks on paper. Constitution Hill might be a long odds-on shot, but his campaign has been a rollercoaster of uncertainty, with the Henderson superstar having to return from injury, colic and a perceived sub-par gallop at Newbury in November. But come back he has, [...]
Bowman and Yiu can reach Sky-high with Eason February 4, 2025 RACING in Hong Kong is back at city track Happy Valley for another nine-race action-packed programme, featuring the Class Two Tsun Yip Handicap (12.10pm) over the extended mile. Former champion trainer Ricky Yui will have been sorry to see the month of January end, having sent out eight winners, and has his stable firing on [...]
Take the hint with Fighter for Purton and Hayes partnership February 4, 2025 FORM book students are faced with a real head-scratcher in the Class Three Yue Man Handicap (2.15pm) over the extended mile, with many of the dozen contenders having run against each other on numerous occasions this season. The David Eustace-trained Definitive caused a surprise with a pillar to post victory over six of his rivals [...]