Lucknow Super Giants owner wins £100m race for Manchester Originals February 3, 2025 RPSG Group, the owner of Indian Premier League team Lucknow Super Giants, has won the race to buy into Manchester Originals in a deal valuing the Hundred franchise at £100m. The conglomerate, chaired by Sanjiv Goenka, has agreed to pay around £50m for the England and Wales Cricket Board’s 49 per cent stake in the [...]
Eyeball.Club: The AI scouting platform shaking up the January transfer window February 3, 2025 The January transfer window has underlined the importance of finding football’s next big thing earlier, and AI scouting platform Eyeball.Club is built for that, says founder Benjamin Balkin. Manchester United’s £30m signing of Danish left-back Patrick Dorgu, 20, wasn’t just one of the biggest deals of the January transfer window. It also distilled one of [...]
Banker Rowland launches Britain’s most lucrative padel tournament February 3, 2025 Redwood Bank founder Jonathan Rowland’s R3 Sport is launching Britain’s most lucrative padel tournament in association with Bullpadel, one of the game’s leading brands. The R3 Bullpadel Cup will consist of up to six events taking place across the country from April this year and culminating in the Cup Finals in December. It is understood [...]
Trump, the Super Bowl, wokery and sport’s shift to the right February 2, 2025 It might be the same man sitting in The Oval Office, but a lot’s changed since Donald J Trump first presided over a Super Bowl eight years ago. In 2017 America was perilously divided, with a newly-elected Trump in the White House and protest marches taking place on the streets outside it. This tension was [...]
Critics slam Warner Bros cutting Eurosport for TNT Sports in UK February 2, 2025 Last week Warner Bros. Discovery announced that it would be winding down its UK-based Eurosport operation with the live sport content migrating to TNT Sports from the end of this month. On the face of it, having the Olympics, Champions League, Autumn Nations Cup and more all in one spot is ideal for sports fans. [...]
Can England win the Six Nations Grand Slam? No reason why not February 1, 2025 Serious question: Can England win the Six Nations grand slam this year? To believe it you’ve first got to seriously back Steve Borthwick’s side not to be complete and utter nonsense, and then you’ve also got to have faith that England and their players can actually play a brand of rugby to wound lethal opponents. [...]
ITV extends Six Nations offering with descriptive audio commentary January 31, 2025 The Six Nations coverage provided by ITV will have a live descriptive audio commentary option after a successful trial last year. The offering, in partnership with Six Nations title sponsor Guinness, will bring live audio description commentary to its coverage of four matches involving England – against Ireland, France, Scotland and Italy. The Wales game [...]
Tennis: Wimbledon to keep to tradition with Monday start January 31, 2025 Wimbledon have ruled out following the three other Grand Slam tournaments by expanding to 15 days. The US Open confirmed yesterday that the final Slam of the year at Flushing Meadows will run for 15 days this year, with the men’s and women’s singles first rounds beginning on Sunday 24 August and the men’s final [...]
Afghan Women’s Team first recipients of MCC Global Refugee Cricket Fund January 31, 2025 The Afghan Women’s Team will be the first recipients of the MCC Global Refugee Cricket Fund, it was announced on Friday. Marylebone Cricket Club and the MCC Foundation have launched the fund to help those in cricket who have been displaced due to conflict. The Afghan Women’s Team were forced into exile from their native [...]
France will win the Six Nations but round 1 will be key January 31, 2025 It is here, the greatest annual international sports tournament in the world. The Six Nations has it all and I expect this year to be closer than ever. Ireland are on good form but below their recent best, Scotland continue to build but the championship remains elusive, Wales are desperate for a win, England are [...]