Wasps make Kurtley Beale the highest paid player in Premiership Rugby May 13, 2016 Australia's Kurtley Beale will become the highest paid rugby player in England after putting pen to paper on a two-year contract with Wasps. Wallabies star Beale will be paid £750,000 per season, making him the best-paid player in the Aviva Premiership and the third best player in the world behind international teammate Matt Giteau and former All [...]
£25m keeps Pochettino at Tottenham and puts him into premier league of best-paid managers May 12, 2016 Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has forecast an era of domestic and European success at the club after ending speculation over his future by signing a new five-year contract. The Argentinian, who has been linked with Manchester United after turning Spurs into Premier League title challengers, agreed a deal thought to be worth £25m, making him [...]
Ryan Bertrand’s secret second career as a fintech entrepreneur – and John Terry is backing his latest venture May 11, 2016 The history of football’s relationship with technology is a chequered one, from the game’s long resistance to implementing goal-line gadgetry to the tale of former Aston Villa striker Darius Vassell taking a power drill to his toenail in the misguided belief that it would relieve pain. Ryan Bertrand hopes to change that perception. When he is [...]
Chelsea and Adidas agree to end partnership six years early May 11, 2016 Chelsea will pay shirt manufacturer Adidas compensation after agreeing to end their partnership six years early. The Blues, whose kits have been supplied by the German sportswear brand since 2006, are free to look for a new partner from 2017 onwards when their £30m-a-year deal with Adidas finishes. The German sportswear brand has boosted its full-year profit [...]
Most valuable football teams: Arsenal, Chelsea and three other Premier League teams worth over £1bn according to new ranking May 11, 2016 Five Premier League clubs are now worth over £500m according to a new ranking of the world's most valuable football teams from Forbes magazine. Spanish giants Real Madrid have been named as the most valuable club in the world for the second successive year with an estimated worth of £2.5bn, closely followed by domestic rivals Barcelona [...]
Players Championship 2016 prize money: Richest tournament in golf offers winner more money than ever before May 11, 2016 The Players Championship may not boast the renown nor history of golf's four Majors, but in purely monetary terms no tournament is bigger. Golf's richest event tees off on Thursday with the sport's largest winner's pay cheque of $1.9m (£1.3m) drawn from its largest prize fund of $10.5m. That marks an increase on Rickie Fowler's [...]
David Gold: Taxpayer will profit from “ridiculous” Olympic Stadium thanks to West Ham May 10, 2016 David Gold has argued that the taxpayer will make a profit on West Ham's move into the £700m Olympic Stadium. The West Ham co-owner rebuked claims that their annual £2.5m rent agreement represented a poor deal for the taxpayer by arguing that the Premier League side have saved the stadium from a future of neglect. [...]
Watford hope to strike it rich after unique deal with City FX trading company May 10, 2016 Watford have struck a unique deal with a City-based foreign exchange trading company that will not only boost the club’s commercial income but, they hope, may also save “very significant” sums in the transfer market. The Hornets are the first Premier League team to enter into such an agreement, which they believe will give them [...]
Andy Murray v Rafael Nadal: Over £350,000 prize money at stake for winner of Madrid Open semi-final clash May 7, 2016 Andy Murray can take his earnings for 2016 past the $2m mark (£1.4m) by reaching a second consecutive Madrid Open final. But first the Scot must dispatch clay court master Rafael Nadal in today's semi-final. Should he repeat the feat of last year's final by beating the Spaniard, Murray will then face either Japanese ace Kei [...]
The most lucrative game in world football: Middlesbrough and Brighton set to battle for potential promotion prize of £290m May 7, 2016 The world's most valuable football match takes place this weekend – not in the moneyed surrounds of the Santiago Bernabeu, the Etihad Stadium or the Parc des Princes, but in a rather more mundane setting. Middlesbrough host Brighton at the Riverside Stadium on Saturday lunchtime in a straight fight for promotion to the Premier League [...]