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 [...]
Kyle Edmund wins $250,000 and doubles his season’s prize money in the space of three hours December 6, 2015 British youngster Kyle Edmund’s landmark week culminated in lucrative fashion on Saturday night when he more than doubled his 2015 earnings with victory at the inaugural Tie Break Tens event in London. The 20-year-old, part of Great Britain’s historic Davis Cup triumph in Belgium just six days earlier, beat team-mate Andy Murray in the final [...]
Rory McIlroy bags Race To Dubai and DP World Tour Championship double to take 2015 prize money past £7m November 22, 2015 World No3 Rory McIlroy saluted his happy knack of rising to the occasion after he won the season-ending DP World Tour Championship yesterday to clinch his third Race To Dubai title in four years. McIlroy had to overhaul Andy Sullivan on the back nine to claim his second victory at the tournament, carding a 66 [...]
Andy Murray finishes 2015 ATP Tour season with the highest prize money earnings and most wins of his career to date November 21, 2015 Andy Murray once again suffered an early exit from the ATP World Tour Finals last night, a competition in which he has struggled to turn home advantage into success. A 7-6, 6-4 to Stan Wawrinka, on the back of another straight sets defeat to Rafael Nadal, ended Murray's chances of winning the ATP's curtain call [...]
Race to Dubai prize money: Rory McIlroy will take 2015 earnings to £7.8m with win at DP World Tour Championships November 18, 2015 If Rory McIlroy triumphs at the DP World Tour Championships in Dubai this weekend he will not only earn £980,000 in prize money but also an additional £1.2m bonus for winning the the Race to Dubai, the European Tour's order of merit. The world No3 is currently in pole position to top the Tour's money [...]
ATP World Tour Finals 2015 prize money: £1.5m earnings boost on offer for Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Roger Federer and others at O2 Arena November 13, 2015 Up to £1.5m in prize money is on offer for the eight best mens' tennis players at the ATP World Tour Finals at this year. The ATP Tour's curtain call event in London is the most lucrative of the year outside the four Grand Slams with a $2.28m (£1.5m) cash prize awarded to an undefeated [...]
Race to Dubai 2015 prize money: Turkish Airlines Open begins with £3.9m still up for grabs on European Tour for Rory McIlroy October 28, 2015 The European Tour’s Final Series – the lucrative home stretch in the Race to Dubai – tees off at the Turkish Airlines Open tomorrow with $30.5m (£19.9m) in prize money still up for grabs. Rory McIlroy is currently in pole position to receive the $1.25m (£820,000) Race to Dubai prize money bonus and money list [...]
Arsenal Champions League prize money earnings near £10m following Bayern Munich win October 22, 2015 Arsenal earned their first paycheque from the Champions League last night, after beating Bayern Munich 2-0 in a dramatic encounter at the Emirates Stadium. Two second half goals from Olivier Giroud and Mesut Ozil secured an impressive victory for Arsene Wenger’s team against the German champions – a victory which sees them receive a £1.1m [...]
Johanna Konta prize money earnings surge past £250,000 despite loss to Venus Williams October 1, 2015 Britain's Johanna Konta lost to Venus Williams at the Wuhan Open today, to bring to an end a remarkable run of form that has helped her earn almost £250,000. The 24-year-old won 21 of her last 22 matches heading into the quarter final clash, banking £220,000 in the process to increase her career earnings by [...]
Jordan Spieth wins $10m FedEx Cup bonus and breaks prize money record as earnings hit $31m September 28, 2015 Jordan Spieth finished his remarkable breakthrough season with $22.03m (£14.5m) in on-course earnings after he won the Tour Championship in East Lake, Atlanta to secure this year's FedEx Cup. Read more: Jordan Spieth caddie could earn up to $180,000 in prize money The Texan picked up the $10m "bonus" that comes with winning the season-long FedEx Cup [...]