Downing Street denies lobbying for Trump Turnberry to host Open in 2028 April 29, 2025 Downing Street says the selection of hosts of the Open is a matter for the organisers amid claims US President Donald Trump has made repeated requests to Sir Keir Starmer for golf’s oldest major to be held at his Turnberry course in 2028. The Prime Minister’s official spokesman did not deny that Whitehall officials had [...]
FA chief Mark Bullingham becomes UK sport’s best paid boss on £1.3m April 29, 2025 FA chief executive Mark Bullingham received total pay of £1.32m last year, making him the highest paid boss of a UK sports governing body. Bullingham’s remuneration package for the period ending July 2024 was up 55 per cent on the previous year and included £450,000 as part of a long-term incentive plan. The total figure [...]
Tennis rocked as another Grand Slam winner gets anti-doping ban April 29, 2025 Tennis has been rocked by another Grand Slam champion breaching anti-doping rules after Australian doubles star Max Purcell accepted an 18-month ban. Purcell, 27, who has won the Wimbledon and US Open men’s doubles titles, did not test positive for a banned substance but admitted to exceeding limits for intravenous vitamin infusions. He will be [...]
London yet to fire starting gun on 2040 Olympic bid despite Khan backing April 29, 2025 Talk of a London bid to host the 2040 Olympic Games is premature and faces competition from Saudi Arabia, despite the enthusiasm of Mayor Sadiq Khan, City AM understands. Khan this week reiterated his ambition for the capital to become the first city to host the event four times, saying that it would “knock it [...]
Exclusive: Macron to announce Gloucester Rugby deal as UK revenues soar April 29, 2025 Italian sportswear brand Macron will today add Gloucester Rugby to their growing English sports kit portfolio as part of a long-term agreement, City AM can reveal. Gloucester, whose deal with Oxen ends this season, will join Premiership Rugby champions Northampton Saints and Sale Sharks under the Macron umbrella, alongside World Rugby and Uefa refereeing agreements. [...]
Independent Football Regulator costs could hike ticket prices, MP says April 28, 2025 Shadow sport minister Stuart Andrew has insisted the Independent Football Regulator’s reported £47.3m club compliance cost could push ticket prices up for fans. It came as the Conservatives, who introduced the original Football Governance Bill before the 2024 General Election, opposed the proposed legislation at the second reading stage on Monday in the House of [...]
Spain power outage: British tennis ace Fearnley’s Madrid match abandoned April 28, 2025 British tennis player Jacob Fearnley was forced off court at a crucial stage of his match at the Madrid Open due to the huge power outage that hit Spain on Monday. Fearnley was trailing Grigor Dimitrov 6-4 5-4, having just saved match point and broken the former world No3 to stay in the third-round contest, [...]
Sadiq Khan: London would ‘knock it out the park’ as 2040 Olympic host April 28, 2025 London could face competition from Saudi Arabia if it bids for the 2040 Olympics.
Who is David Kogan, the future football regulator facing the ‘piranha club’? April 27, 2025 David Kogan once claimed to have helped introduce bingo to Daily Star readers but his forthcoming job as chair of the independent football regulator represents an altogether different kind of gamble – and some much bigger numbers. Subject to a pre-appointment grilling by the Culture, Media and Sport select committee early next month, the seasoned [...]
Ease of Red Roses Six Nations run worries me ahead of Rugby World Cup April 26, 2025 England Rugby’s Red Roses have a problem: nobody looks remotely close to beating them in Europe at the moment. But this was the case ahead of the previous two World Cups and, in both instances, England lost in the final. This year, however, there’s no room for error, with the final set to be staged [...]