Tottenham Hotspur owed money after Big Zuu water brand Drip is liquidated with £9m debts Sport Business They say it never rains but it pours: struggling Tottenham Hotspur’s latest problem is Drip, the canned-water company owned by celebrity chef Big Zuu, whose liquidation has left the club high and dry. Spurs signed a deal in 2024 making Drip the official front-of-training-wear partner of the women’s team, with much fanfare around the shared [...]
LIV Golf players to be banned from DP World Tour and Ryder Cup Sport Business Players who sign up to play on a resurrected LIV Golf tour will be prohibited from competing on the DP World Tour or in the Ryder Cup, its European chiefs have said. The rebel golf league has secured funding from BC Partners to exit bankruptcy proceedings after Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund pulled its backing [...]
LIV Golf secures funding and looks to Trump for help relaunching bankrupt competition Sport Business LIV Golf chiefs are hoping for help from US President Donald Trump as they look to relaunch the league without the backing of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. The bankrupt team golf competition, home to stars Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm, has secured funding from BC Partners and says it is in talks with more [...]
Greg Norman: I’d rather see LIV Golf end than wither away August 24, 2026 Former LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman has said he would rather see the rebel tour scrapped altogether than continue in a diminished form. The tour’s future is in serious doubt after Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund withdrew its backing earlier this year, having already spent $5bn on rivalling the PGA Tour. Talks continue over a [...]
Southampton owner Solak steps up £170m fight with London fund June 26, 2025 Billionaire Southampton FC owner Dragan Solak has escalated a legal battle with London-based private equity fund BC Partners, which he says owes him and his business partners £170m. Solak has asked Dutch authorities to investigate what he calls a “serious governance crisis” at United Group, the telecoms and media business he founded but which is [...]