Highest paid UK athletes: Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea stars all feature as football dominates rich list April 23, 2016 Manchester United's Wayne Rooney has been named as the richest young sportsman in Great Britain after boosting his total assets by £10m to £82m in the past year, according to a new ranking. The England captain tops a Sunday Times Rich List for sportsmen aged 30 or under, which is dominated by footballers. Athletes are [...]
World’s wealthiest sportsmen: David Beckham and Michael Jordan top rich list for retired athletes March 31, 2016 Michael Jordan and David Beckham are living proof that there's plenty of life left to be lived after retirement. Despite earning unprecedented riches in their chosen field (or court) of dominance, both men are making more money now they've traded trainers and trackies for a suit and tie. Basketball icon Jordan has topped a Forbes list of [...]
Indian Wells 2016: Andy Murray misses out on potential $1m prize money with third round defeat to Federico Delbonis March 15, 2016 Andy Murray suffered a shock defeat in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open to Federico Delbonis, costing him almost $1m in potential prize money. The Scot lost 6-4 4-6 7-6 to world No53 Delbonis in his first singles tournament since his fourth Australian Open final loss to Novak Djokovic in February. Murray, who has [...]
Australian Open final 2016: Andy Murray misses out on $2.4m prize money as Novak Djokovic career earnings rise to $96.6m January 31, 2016 Andy Murray missed out on AUS$3.4m (£1.7m) in prize money after suffering a fifth Australian Open final loss with a straight sets defeat to Novak Djokovic. No player has ever lost five times in the final of a grand slam without winning it before – but at least Murray can console himself with a runners up [...]
Australian Open 2016 prize money: Angelique Kerber pockets biggest paycheque of her career with shock victory over Serena Williams January 30, 2016 German Angelique Kerber staged a huge upset in the final of the Australian Open on Saturday by beating world No1 Serena Williams to secure her first grand slam title and earn the biggest pay day of her career to date. In the first grand slam final of her career, 28-year-old Kerber beat the six-time Australian Open [...]
FA Cup fourth round: How much is winning worth? How its prize money compares to the Champions League and Premier League January 30, 2016 In football's modern landscape of multi-billion pound TV deals, prawn sandwiches and sponsored stadiums it's often taken as a given that cold hard cash rules all. Yet if there's one counter point to that cynicism it's surely the FA Cup, which remains one of English football's most prized assets despite a relatively paltry economic reward for [...]
Australian Open 2016: How much has Jamie Murray made in prize money from his doubles career? January 29, 2016 Andy Murray and Johanna Konta have dominated British-themed headlines from the Australian Open this week – but Jamie Murray has been equally impressive in reaching a third consecutive grand slam final. Jamie Murray and Brazilian partner Bruno Soares comfortably won their semi-final in straight sets and will now face Canadian-Czech pairing Daniel Nestor and Radek [...]
Johanna Konta earnings: Australian Open prize money doubles career total in six months and past $1m mark January 27, 2016 British tennis sensation Jo Konta has increased her career earnings by more than 50 per cent after beating China's Shuai Zhang 6-4 6-1 in the Australian Open quarter-final. The win earns Konta the biggest payday of her career, and the $563,240 prize money she has banked for reaching the semi-finals of a grand slam – the [...]
Australian Open 2016 prize money: £2m earnings boost on offer for ATP Tour competitors January 16, 2016 The tennis season's first big payday arrives at the Australian Open next week – and more money is on offer in Melbourne than ever before. This year's men and women's singles winners will earn the major tournament's biggest ever reward of AUS$3.4m (£1.7m) after it increased its prize money pool by AUS$4m to AUS$44m. Should world [...]
Euro 2016 prize money: Eventual winners could earn £18m from Uefa December 12, 2015 The winners of next year's Euro 2016 tournament could earn over £18m after Uefa decided to increase the amount of cash it allocates for prize money. A perfect Championship-winning tournament, featuring three victories in the group stage, would be worth the equivalent of £18.1m. Meanwhile a disastrous campaign with no wins and no draws would still see a team make [...]