Olympic champions to receive prize money for first time at Paris 2024 Games April 10, 2024 Athletics is the first sport to financially reward its stars for success at the Olympics.
Ed Warner: What Ivan Toney and Shohei Ohtani say about sport and gambling March 28, 2024 From football to baseball, sport is intertwined with betting.
Ed Warner: Why invest in hosting sport? Mainly because it’s bloody fun March 14, 2024 Our columnist gives his take on the sport business world.
Sadiq Khan and Tory mayoral rival ‘stand ready’ to bring Commonwealth Games to London March 11, 2024 London Mayor Sadiq Khan “stands ready” to step in to support the capital in a bid to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games should a new plan to take the next staging of the multi-sport tournament to Malaysia fail. The Asian nation, who hosted the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, have been offered £100m to [...]
Ed Warner: The future of athletics is fluid but ripe with opportunity March 7, 2024 Will Michael Johnson show the way for athletics chiefs, asks our columnist?
Sport’s coming home: Women’s World Cup, Ryder Cup and Tour de France on UK’s list of 70 targets for next decade March 5, 2024 The Solheim Cup and World Athletics Championships are also on the list.
Doped Olympics, the Enhanced Games, is “bollocks”, says Seb Coe February 29, 2024 World Athletics chief Seb Coe has rubbished plans for a doping Olympics, the Enhanced Games, as “bollocks”. The former Olympic champion was speaking ahead of this weekend’s World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow. “It’s bollocks. I can’t really get excited about it,” Coe said. “There’s only one message and that is if anyone is moronic [...]
Ed Warner: Sci-fi sport is coming, are you ready to watch? I’m not February 29, 2024 Our sport business columnist takes on some of the week's big talking points.
Jess Ennis-Hill’s former coach blasts UK Sport and UK Athletics over funding snub February 28, 2024 Minichiello said the system was 'not fit for purpose'.
Michael Johnson to co-found professional track and field league February 27, 2024 Legendary American 400m sprinter Michael Johnson has partnered with Winners Alliance to develop a new professional track and field league. The format is as yet unknown but is set to debut in 2025 and resemble US sports leagues, but with global athletes. “I am excited about my new track venture,” Johnson said in a post [...]