Burnham backs England bid to host Ryder Cup for first time in three decades Sport Business The Ryder Cup could return to England for the first time in 30 years if a bid backed by £70m, Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham and Team Europe champion Tommy Fleetwood is successful. Bolton is planning to bid for the 2035 Ryder Cup, in what will be the first edition of the intercontinental golf competition [...]
Britain and US win race to launch first Ryder Cup of padel Sport Business First came the America’s Cup in sailing, then golf’s Ryder and Solheim Cups, and more recently the Laver Cup in tennis – now padel has its own transatlantic team competition, the Anglo American Padel Cup, and its inaugural edition begins in London this week. The competition features some of the leading players from two emerging [...]
Michael Vaughan: This is how England can win back the Ashes Sport Michael Vaughan has revealed how England can win back the Ashes this winter as he declared their Australian opposition “not a great team”. The former England captain, who led his side to victory in the iconic 2005 Ashes test series, outlined his blueprint of how to win Down Under. Ben Stokes’s side will take on [...]
Europe’s Ryder Cup drama draws 5m UK viewers on Sky Sports September 29, 2025 Europe’s nail-biting Ryder Cup triumph at Bethpage Black pulled in 5m UK viewers across three days of coverage on Sky Sports, the broadcaster said. Average viewing was up 45 per cent on the last Ryder Cup in Rome two years ago, while the audience for Sunday’s final session peaked at 24 per cent higher than [...]
Ryder Cup fomo? Here’s how to buy tickets for Adare Manor in 2027 September 26, 2025 If you’ve got Ryder Cup fomo from watching the action at Bethpage Black, help is at hand: packages for the next match at Adare Manor are already on sale. An estimated 250,000 golf fans are descending on New York this week for the biennial match, in which the USA are attempting to win back the [...]
Why Ryder Cup is commercial gold and other sports have failed to copy it September 25, 2025 If the Ryder Cup didn’t exist, could you create it today? After all, this is an event that bends an individual sport into a collective enterprise, is rarely won by the away team, and hasn’t produced a close contest for 13 years. It also sees a roster of golfers playing for love pitted against another [...]
LaLiga overseas game set to be axed as Fifa delays decision September 24, 2025 LaLiga’s hopes of staging a match between Villarreal and Barcelona in Miami in December have suffered another setback with Fifa opting against ruling on the request at its forthcoming council meeting next month. Sources with knowledge of Fifa’s deliberations have told City AM that it has no plans to formally discuss the controversial issue of [...]
Charlie Kirk: Ryder Cup is at risk of an assassination attempt September 23, 2025 The Ryder Cup is at risk of an assassination attempt in light of Donald Trump’s attendance and the recent shooting of Charlie Kirk, say US police chiefs. The biennial golf match between the US and Europe in New York is set to begin this week, with President Trump in attendance. Right-wing activist and Trump ally [...]
Ryder Cup: How £5,000, 24-carat gold coins could change sport mementos September 22, 2025 The inside story of Echo Collectibles, who are minting 24-carat gold coins with Keegan Bradley ahead of the Ryder Cup. This week, as Teams USA and Europe go to war on the Bethpage Black battlefield for the Ryder Cup, there will be countless pieces of merchandise on offer for both fans on the ground in [...]
Padel firm founder calls for operators to lower court rental costs September 20, 2025 The founder of a major padel tournament organiser has called upon court owners to “be responsible” and lower the price of rental rates for the popular sport. The boom of padel in recent years has seen demand to play outweigh the supply of courts, despite the United Kingdom this year passing the 1,000 court threshold. [...]