Henry Pollock: England rugby star joins Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Talent Agency Sport Business England rugby star Henry Pollock has signed to Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Talent Agency, in the multi-sport group’s first foray into the game. The 21-year-old Northampton Saints forward joins MMA fighter Tom Aspinall at the new agency, which Hearn launched earlier this month. Pollock’s ability and showmanship have quickly established himself as one of the stars [...]
Darts, private equity and fuelling the booming sport’s growth in America Sport Business Nodor Group CEO Tom Brown and PDC chief Matt Porter on private equity in darts and how to realise the sport’s potential in North America. To the south-east of Nairobi, a world away from Alexandra Palace, 2,000 Kenyans are working diligently to feed the global explosion in popularity of darts. There, at the Nodor Group’s [...]
‘Luke Littler is the Tiger Woods of darts. He’s made the sport aspirational’ Sport Business When Target Darts, which supplies and now manages Luke Littler, decided to test the sport’s popularity with younger audiences by exhibiting at the London Toy Fair for the first time earlier this year, the company hit a bullseye. “We made quite a bit of noise,” Target group CEO James Tattersall tells City AM. “We put [...]
Matchroom gets the Drive to Survive treatment in Netflix series August 21, 2024 Barry Hearn, Eddie Hearn and the Matchroom sports promotions empire are to feature in a new Netflix documentary series from the makers of Drive To Survive. The fly-on-the-wall show has a working title of Matchroom: The Greatest Showmen and is being produced by Box to Box, whose success has made them the go-to sports docs [...]
Usyk gives up IBF belt as Joshua and Dubois agree Wembley bout June 26, 2024 Undisputed boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk has voluntarily given up his IBF heavyweight belt to ensure Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois have a prize to fight for in September. The clash between the two brits was confirmed on Wednesday in Wembley ahead of the fight on 21 September. “Anthony and Daniel, listen. I know the IBF [...]
Anthony Joshua 28-4 career boxing record IN FULL June 25, 2024 With Anthony Joshua losing to Daniel Dubois in front of a British record 96,000 crowd at Wembley Stadium at the weekend, what does his professional record look like? Joshua has 28 wins in his career, 25 by knockout and three by decision. He has lost two fights by knockout and two by decision. Joshua full [...]
Pool in Saudi Arabia? It’s about more than just money, says Matchroom’s Emily Frazer June 3, 2024 It’s not just boxing, golf and tennis – now nineball pool is headed to Saudi Arabia.