T20 finals day: Favourites, format and can I still get tickets? September 14, 2024 Today at Edgbaston in Birmingham four teams will battle it out to be crowned T20 Vitality Blast champions on Finals Day. The traditional Finals Day has been held in Birmingham uninterrupted every year since 2013 and it’s a day where fans get three matches for their ticket cost. So who is in Finals Day and [...]
How the Solheim Cup got its name – and why its sponsors left it unbranded September 13, 2024 There can’t be many brands that would financially underwrite a brand new sporting event without insisting on calling it after themselves, but that’s what Ping did with the Solheim Cup. As the biennial contest between the best women’s golfers from the United States and Europe reignites this weekend, it’s a story of monetary sacrifice – [...]
How Jon Rahm can finish chequered season with a £15m double September 13, 2024 By his own very high standards 2024 has not been a vintage season for Jon Rahm but this week the former world No1 could claim the first leg of a LIV Golf double worth more than $20m (£15m). Rahm has endured the most fallow year of his prolific career, the first in which he has [...]
Rugby needs to look to USA and other wild ideas September 13, 2024 When I read this week in City A.M. that Premiership rugby clubs are keen to head to the United States again I was pleased, if not too surprised. It didn’t really take off in 2016 and 2017, when clubs from the Gallagher Premiership last went across the pond, but that’s not to say rugby cannot [...]
MK Dons investigating misogynistic posts by new owners’ spokesperson September 12, 2024 MK Dons say they are investigating dozens of misogynistic, racist and homophobic posts written by the mouthpiece for the League Two club’s Kuwaiti ownership. Moath Al Manayes, whose now deleted profile on X stated that he was the “owner’s representative at Milton Keynes Dons”, is understood not to be a direct employee of the club [...]
Clubs in dark over Premier League semi-automated offside technology plans September 12, 2024 The Premier League has yet to inform clubs when the new system of semi-automated offsides will be introduced – but it will not be this weekend. When England’s top-flight clubs voted to introduce the new technology last April they were told it would be brought in after one of the international breaks at the start [...]
Aston Martin door open for Max Verstappen move September 12, 2024 The door is open for Max Verstappen to join Aston Martin, according to team principal Mike Krack, after the Formula 1 team signed Adrian Newey from Red Bull. The design guru turned down opportunities at Mercedes, Ferrari and McLaren to join Lawrence Stroll, Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso at their Silverstone base. But the Formula [...]
Arteta contract announcement set to boost Arsenal ahead of North London derby September 12, 2024 Arteta was due to be out of contract next summer and had been linked with jobs at Barcelona and Manchester City.
Gallagher re-sign as Premiership Rugby sponsor in uplifted deal September 12, 2024 Insurance giant Gallagher this morning reaffirmed their commitment to English top flight sport, signing an increased value sponsorship deal with Premiership Rugby. The move will take Gallagher’s title sponsorship span with the Premiership to beyond a decade upon conclusion of the three-year extension, which begins at the start of the 2025/26 season. Gallagher – whose [...]
What happens now that the Paris 2024 show is over? September 12, 2024 The Paris 2024 show’s over. What next? The small subset of Olympians in sports with lucrative circuits have already returned to action: US Open tennis, club and international football, golf’s Tour Championship, La Vuelta cycling and Diamond League athletics to the fore. The significance of the Games for these athletes will differ from sport to [...]