Mayweather v Pacquiao: Boxing’s richest fight seals record sponsorship deal April 27, 2015 The money-spinning machine that is the Floyd Mayweather v Manny Pacquiao boxing match added yet more millions to its revenue streams after agreeing five sponsorship deals worth $13.2m (£8.72m). Saturday's hotly-anticipated meeting between two of the best pound-for-pound pugilists in history is already set to smash a number of revenue records with the two fighters [...]
Rugby club Wasps to raise £35m in retail bond offering April 27, 2015 Rugby club Wasps is raising up to £35m of debt in a retail bond offer, hoping to tap up fans with a payout of 6.5 per cent on the debt instruments. It is pitching the paper as a safe investment, on the basis that the vast majority of its income is in fact not [...]
BMW’s Peter Walker says being an official partner of England Rugby is no joke for his firm April 26, 2015 Before April finally gives way to May, let us take you back to the start of the month, and the avalanche of sometimes extremely entertaining, sometimes immeasurably unamusing April Fools that organisations feel duty bound to overwhelm us with to show how cutting edge or just plain “one of us” they are. BMW did one. [...]
Magic of London Marathon helps Radcliffe savour a long goodbye April 26, 2015 BRITAIN’S Paula Radcliffe hailed the uniquely inspirational quality of the London Marathon after bringing the curtain down on her stellar athletics career by gracing the capital’s streets one last time. Radcliffe was roared on yesterday as she bowed out at the scene of her greatest triumph, the 2003 victory in which she set a women’s [...]
Premier League: Mourinho in title swipe at Arsenal fans April 26, 2015 AT EMIRATES STADIUM ARSENAL 0 CHELSEA 0 CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho mocked Arsenal’s continued failure to launch a sustained title bid after a stoic defensive performance yesterday edged his side closer to being crowned Premier League champions. Two victories will see Chelsea claim a first top-flight gong since 2010, an accolade which could be secured [...]
Premier League: Van Gaal fumes as United come unstuck against in-form Toffees April 26, 2015 EVERTON 3 MANCHESTER UNITED 0 MANCHESTER United manager Louis van Gaal blasted his team’s lack of fight after they suffered successive Premier League defeats for the first time under the Dutchman. Fine goals from James McCarthy, John Stones and Kevin Mirallas earned resurgent Everton an emphatic fifth victory in six top-flight games and prevented United [...]
PFA team of the year 2014/15: I’d have eight Chelsea men in mine April 26, 2015 While it's hard to argue with the Premier League Team of the Year voted for by players and named at last night’s PFA Awards dinner, it is missing two very deserving candidates who would get in my XI. One of those is Thibaut Courtois, because as good as David de Gea has been, for [...]
Kipchoge edges Kenyan battle April 26, 2015 KENYAN Eliud Kipchoge triumphed in the men’s London Marathon yesterday, while Ethiopian Tigist Tufa won the women’s race and Britain’s David Weir finished runner-up in the men’s wheelchair race. Kipchoge finished in two hours, four minutes, 42 seconds to win the race for the first time, five seconds ahead of 2012 and 2014 winner Wilson [...]
Wasps take aim at play-offs with win over Exeter April 26, 2015 WASPS boss Dai Young believes that the club have tightened their grip on the top six with yesterday’s win over Exeter and has refused to rule out finishing in the play-off places. Young’s side improved their hopes of securing European qualification with a 36-29 win over their play-off rivals at the Ricoh Arena. An early [...]
Moores: Victory starts World Cup healing process April 26, 2015 ENGLAND head coach Peter Moores believes his side’s victory in the second Test against the West Indies represents a crucial first step in drawing a line under a dismal World Cup showing. The tourists claimed a nine-wicket win in Grenada as seamer James Anderson turned the match decisively in England’s favour with an inspired bowling [...]