The Masters delivers food now, and it’s desire wrapped in identity Sport Business Large Hosting Kit: sold out. The Classics Kit: sold out. Azalea Cocktail Kit: sold out. Masters fever really is here, and fans have been keen to snap up anything branded with the yellow colourway United States coastline and Augusta red flag. For a number of years now the Masters organisers have been selling hosting kits […]
Unprecedented number of Liverpool fans set for PSG and Parc des Princes Sport Business Policing decisions in France mean Liverpool will take an unprecedented number of fans to Paris Saint-Germain’s Parc des Princes in the Champions League on Wednesday. Officials had previously hindered PSG’s ability to meet Uefa rules on tickets handed out to away supporters – currently five per cent of a stadium’s capacity for Champions League games. […]
Gloucester Rugby asks fans for £300k as it seeks investors at £36.5m valuation Sport Business Fans of Prem Rugby club Gloucester have been asked to find £300,000 to help the team reach its investment goals. The club, eighth in the 10-team English top flight, announced an investment fund raise in October that would embolden fans to generate £500,000 to “protect the future” of the Cherry and Whites. Hosted by investment […]
Welsh Fire Hundred owner still in mix for $1.7bn Rajasthan Royals IPL team Sport Business The co-owner of The Hundred team Welsh Fire remains in the hunt for Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals despite a rejected $1.7bn bid, City AM understands. The Royals, who won the first season of the Indian Twenty20 competition in 2008, are one of two high-profile IPL teams currently up for sale. Royal Challengers Bengaluru, […]
Elior Champ Rugby deal may be good for clubs, but what’s the point? Sport Business It is great to see Champ Rugby get its first sponsor in six years this week, in catering company Elior UK; it signals a shift in appetite for the second tier of English rugby. It will be a good marketing tool for clubs, whose matches are broadcast on streaming platform Clubber TV, and it solidifies […]
LeBron, McIlroy, Ronaldo in $575m Whoop raise at $10bn valuation Sport Business LeBron James, Rory McIlroy and Cristiano Ronaldo are among a group of athletes part of a $575m raise that values wearable technology firm Whoop at $10.1bn. The Series G funding round, raising over $500m, is led by the likes of the Audi Formula 1 investors Qatar Investment Authority and Saudi Aramco Oil Pipelines stakeholders the […]
Formula E owners bid for NBA Europe’s London franchise Sport Business Formula E’s majority stakeholder has bid to buy the London franchise in the upcoming NBA Europe project, according to reports. The London franchise was the most sought after team when the period to submit non-binding bids to express an interest closed last week. NBA sources stated that they had received multiple bids of $1bn across […]
The Masters delivers food now, and it’s desire wrapped in identity Sport Business Large Hosting Kit: sold out. The Classics Kit: sold out. Azalea Cocktail Kit: sold out. Masters fever really is here, and fans have been keen to snap up anything branded with the yellow colourway United States coastline and Augusta red flag. For a number of years now the Masters organisers have been selling hosting kits […]
Premier League facing Easter weekend football blackout Sport Business The Premier League and Championship are set to voluntarily be without football over an Easter weekend for the first time this century. Football’s global governing body Fifa has modified the 2027 spring international break to include Good Friday and Easter Monday next March in a move that will hit the two top tiers of English […]