Castore eyes $200m fundraising boost as it sets to take on rivals Nike and Adidas February 12, 2023 According to reports in Sky News, the business which has received backing from tennis star Andy Murray, is in talks with bankers to secure a “significant capital injection”.
Steven Gerrard and two former Leeds United managers among the frontrunners for Southampton job after Nathan Jones is put out of his misery February 12, 2023 Steven Gerrard, Marcelo Bielsa and Jesse Marsch are among the early frontrunners to become Southampton manager after the Premier League’s bottom club ended the brief but dismal reign of Nathan Jones. Jones was sacked on Sunday morning, just 95 days into the job and mere hours after seeing his team snatch defeat from the jaws [...]
Crystal Palace v Brighton: Owner row causing storm clouds over Selhurst Park February 11, 2023 Amid the antipathy there may be the odd trace of envy among Crystal Palace fans when Brighton and Hove Albion visit in the Premier League on Saturday. Palace traditionally have the upper hand in one of English football’s least conventional rivalries but this season there is no denying that Brighton are firmly on top. Riding [...]
Turkey and Syria Earthquake appeal: Royal donations including from King Charles lifts total to £33m in just 24 hours February 10, 2023 An appeal to help the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria has raised more than £30 million in just 24 hours. Donations from the King and Queen Consort, as well as the Prince and Princess of Wales, helped the Disasters Emergency Committee’s (DEC) fund soar to £32.9 million, including £5 million from the [...]
Sport on television: Cricket World Cup, Super Bowl and Six Nations February 10, 2023 It’s a huge weekend in sport with another Cricket World Cup on top of the Premier League, Club World Cup, Six Nations and the Super Bowl. Here are five events you need to put into your sports calendar. Golf: Phoenix Open, Thursday – Sunday Rory McIlroy leads the field for this week’s Phoenix Open – [...]
UK narrowly avoids recession as GDP remains unchanged but Jeremy Hunt warns country ‘not out the woods yet’ February 10, 2023 The UK very narrowly avoided a recession in the final months of last year but the economy contracted sharply over Christmas, official figures out today reveal. Gross domestic product (GDP) remained unchanged in the final three months of last year, meaning the country swerved the technical recession definition of two consecutive quarters of contraction, according [...]
The Square Mile and Me: Savvas Savouri on his first job, unfortunate typos and supporting the Gunners February 9, 2023 We dig into the memory bank of the City’s great and good: this week it’s Savvas Savouri, chief economist and partner at Toscafund Asset Management. What was your first job? I must mention a very entertaining Saturday job at my uncles’ shoe repairers, The Master Cobbler, in Highbury Barn, an area full of character and [...]
DCMS and RFU in talks to block the sale of Worcester Warriors to Atlas February 9, 2023 The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is in talks with the Rugby Football Union to block the sale of Worcester Warriors to the Atlas consortium. City A.M. understands that the two bodies are meeting today with the governmental department expected to lobby against Worcester’s administrators Begbies Traynor selling the club to a bid that [...]
European Super League 2.0: Organisers reveal plans for vastly expanded breakaway competition February 9, 2023 European Super League organisers say they are ready to resurrect plans for the breakaway competition in an expanded format featuring as many as 80 teams. The new version of the European Super League would have multiple divisions and, unlike in its initial incarnation, no permanent members. All clubs taking part would have to qualify via [...]
Qatar interested in buying Manchester United – but bidders won’t be PSG owners Qatar Sports Investments February 9, 2023 The Qatar Investment Authority is interested in buying a stake in Manchester United and has not ruled out a full takeover. QIA, which owns Harrods as well as significant shareholdings in Heathrow Airport and Sainsbury’s, has not made an offer for United yet. But it is one of the Qatari parties mulling an offer to [...]