Allwyn wins lotto with McLaren deal after F1 partnership February 12, 2025 Lottery operator Allwyn have built upon their Formula 1 partnership this week by striking a deal with constructors’ champions McLaren. The firm, which holds the UK licence for the National Lottery, will add McLaren to their roster of partners having agreed to get on board with Formula 1 ahead of the 2025 season. “We are [...]
Eddie Jones: I want to become an IPL coach February 12, 2025 Former England rugby coach Eddie Jones has revealed he wants to move into cricket’s Indian Premier League, insisting he could “100 per cent” win the IPL. Jones is England’s most successful coach by win percentage, took the team to the 2019 World Cup final in Japan before being sacked and replaced by incumbent Steve Borthwick, [...]
Ahead of the Game: Six Nations TV rights tender hit by delay February 12, 2025 The Six Nations TV tender has been put on hold due to delays in finalising the format of the new global Nations Championship, which will launch next year. The 12-team tournament will definitely take place, with each nation playing three games in each hemisphere followed by play-offs in London, but the Six Nations and Sanzaar [...]
Kolkata Knight Riders lose Trent Rockets Hundred team to Chelsea owner February 11, 2025 The face of Chelsea’s US ownership group, Todd Boehly, has won the auction to purchase 49 per cent of the Trent Rockets Hundred franchise. The deal, which would value the Nottingham-based team at £79m, is the penultimate Hundred franchise to be sold, with Southern Brave expected to be auctioned to Hampshire owner the GMR Group [...]
Ratcliffe and Ineos bite back after being sued by New Zealand Rugby February 11, 2025 Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos has blamed the “deindustrialisation of Europe” after the Manchester United co-owner was sued by New Zealand Rugby over its latest cost-cutting measure. New Zealand Rugby (NZR) went public with the dispute on Monday, claiming that Ineos had breached its sponsorship agreement by failing to pay an instalment of the £27m, six-year [...]
Exclusive: Vowles hails ‘new era’ as Atlassian joins Williams Racing February 11, 2025 Williams principal James Vowles has hailed a new era for the Formula 1 team after signing a record partnership deal with software giant Atlassian. The agreement sees the historic outfit rebranded as Atlassian Williams Racing as they step up their efforts to return to the front of the grid in motorsport’s biggest series. It comes [...]
Footballers to be given way to sell their data by player union Fifpro February 11, 2025 Footballers are being given a new way to manage, protect and, if they wish, monetise all of their data via a single platform provided by global union Fifpro. The project is designed to bring together personal information, tracking data, medical records and statistics currently siloed in different organisations and give players access to it all. [...]
Suzann Pettersen on taking Solheim Cup experience into her new agency Voxa February 11, 2025 Suzann Pettersen plans to lean into her experience as a Solheim Cup captain as she looks to assemble another successful team at her new women-only athlete agency Voxa. The Norwegian, a winner of two majors, is launching Voxa with five fellow golfers already on board, including European colleague Carlota Ciganda and current world No3 Ruoning [...]
DCMS issue insolvency threat to rugby clubs over Covid-19 loans February 10, 2025 Rugby clubs have been warned after the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) said it “wouldn’t hesitate” to use “all financial levers” available to recover loan payments owed by sports organisations from the pandemic. Those powers could see the government department aid in forcing insolvency on sports clubs to ensure the taxpayer recoups the [...]
Investec Champions Cup Barometer: Fin Smith lays down marker February 10, 2025 In the lead up to the 2024-25 Investec Champions Cup round of 16, City A.M. has put together a barometer in partnership with Investec to assess which teams are hot – and which are not – ahead of April’s knockouts. Player of the week: Fin Smith, Northampton Saints Being good enough to force Marcus Smith [...]