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...“We’re really looking to do something in sports, particularly in soccer,” said Zimmer, who had just flown into London from Stockholm where he had meetings at EQT, the private equity group that last summer...
...“All the machines are in place, we’re almost ready,” said one worker, who asked not to be named....
...Yes, we’re talking about darts....
...“The environment [at Ford Field] is better than any you’re going to find in the NFL. I mean, back-to-back weeks, your eardrums are just banging”....
...In other words, advertising people, we’re all maggots.”...
...In this week’s Scoreboard, we’re looking at the other big stories of the week, including the PGA Tour’s big Saudi Arabia-free investment deal, and David Rubenstein’s $1.7bn move into baseball ownership....
...“We’re not interested in some of the big linear assets that may or may not be available.” The company forecast “healthy double-digit” revenue growth for the full year....
...“Obviously there are some very dominant players . . . but we’re still in the go-go growth stage, the market is not calcified.”...
...Perrette did not rule out involvement in future consolidation in the US media sector, pointing to the decision to bring together its sports content with rivals ESPN and Fox into a single bundle as a step...
...Then, the skies: big....
...Boy, look, I will say it is 100 per cent true that Biden is, particularly in east Asia, all about alliances. He has, particularly with the South Koreans....
..., radical sidecuts for carving and a boom in freestyle helped reinvigorate the sport....
...array of marine life, from tiny micro planktons to the big charismatic pelagics, sharks and mantas....
...Just what the Backstreet Boys have to do with signing a new player, we’re not sure. But it made us smile over here at Scoreboard HQ. Watch here....
...And a bag to put all your stuff in. A racket cover is all very well but you need to look like you know what you’re doing, and a proper bag will set you back around £70....
...Blavatnik separately owns DAZN, the sport streaming service....
...“We don’t need any given regulator to push us in that direction, we’re thinking about it independently,” insists Christian Genetski, FanDuel’s president....
...[TYSON FURY VOICE CLIP]He’s just informed me that the biggest fight in British boxing history has just been agreed. GET UP THERE MY BOY! Big shout out Dan, he got this done....
...He can already cross one big item off his to-do list....
...“My view on it is that it’s very clear how we’re going to inspire girls and the next generation of boys and girls to follow women’s cricket,” she added, “and in the main that’s through white ball cricket...
...Physical strength is not just sport; it becomes a way to settle disagreements. “If you’re such an ‘alpha’ like you’re [sic] daddy Tate, why not test that alpha?”...
...for the grant to come in — the £100 school-uniform grant — and then they’d go to the nearest big town and buy his new uniform and then go to the big sports shop to buy trainers for his sports kit.”...
...I like the flexibility of investing gradually rather than in one big lump — you never know what’s around the corner....
...“We had a lot of problems in Gaza, it was not an easy life . . . it’s a place where there’s a lot of tension, you’re always on edge,” says Shawa, who works for the British charity Oxfam....
...Mergers and acquisitions are Wall Street’s blood sport. Winning a deal is of paramount importance. So anyone who gets in the way of achieving that goal draws ire....
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