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...US golf star Tiger Woods is leaving Nike after 27 years, ending one of the most transformative endorsement contracts in modern sport....
...When Tiger Woods announced he was ending his decades-long partnership with Nike in January, it was Riswold who bade farewell to the golf legend in an advertisement for the brand published in The New York...
...In other words, the upside for outfitting a generational talent in a non-core sport like golf may be waning for Nike....
...The oil-rich state’s sovereign wealth fund bullied the PGA Tour into peace talks after raiding the golf circuit for players, made headway with the men’s ATP tennis tour, convinced Tyson Fury and Oleksandr...
...Fenway Sports Group has signed up to enter a Boston-based team in TGL, the new virtual golf league backed by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy. The competition is due to launch in January....
...Highlights Walt Disney’s ESPN is nearing terms of an agreement to broadcast TGL Golf, the upstart team golf league helmed by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy....
...Costco and Nike stand out in the US. Finally, a couple of FT events for your diary. The FT’s Mining Summit is coming up on October 5-6....
...USA Gymnastics inked a five-year partnership deal with Nike that will cover both the Paris and Los Angeles summer Olympic Games....
...When Varley co-founder Lara Mead was exploring ways to launch the London-based activewear brand’s new Club collection, she initially considered hosting a morning of tennis or a round of golf....
...in golf....
...That’s the day I may use, you know, to go play golf in the morning or go for a run or pick my kids up from school or go to the dentist or get the plumber around....
...Other stars including football’s Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, tennis’s Roger Federer and golf’s Tiger Woods have amassed fortunes away from their sports through endorsements and investments....
...Greater China is one of Nike’s most profitable markets....
...The sportswear firm Nike’s backing, too, has helped to boost and develop the grassroots game....
...LIV Golf, the Saudi-backed breakaway tour, has made almost no revenue since it started last year, according to recent legal filings....
...Although he is leaving the board, Ashley is still the controlling shareholder with a 65 per cent stake, and few believe that, at the age of 57, he is going to retreat to the golf course or the non-executive...
...Co-founded by former Nike exec Stefan Olander, Omorpho created its “micro-loading” designs to force your body to work harder without disrupting your natural way of moving....
...Not one but two catsuits (the first by Puma, the other by her current outfitter Nike) sparked transformative conversations about fashion....
...In other words, sponsoring women’s football has a low cost of entry and much bigger upside potential, as outfitter Nike has learnt this week....
...Golfers offered uncomfortable answers when asked why they had joined the Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf series....
...Speculation has been rife that Barty may rediscover her motivation by switching back to cricket, or golf or even Aussie Rules football — of which she is a huge fan — in her native Queensland....
...After winning the Masters tournament at the age of 21 in 1997, he quickly became one of the most well-known athletes in the world, starring in advertising campaigns for Nike and driving golf’s resurgence...
...Switzerland, monetary policy meeting Taiwan, Benchmark interest rate UK, Bank of England’s monetary policy meeting US, initial jobless claims Results: Costco Wholesale Q4, Investec trading update, Nike...
...It shares this instinct with another elitist sporting contest: the Masters, the annual golf tournament held at Georgia’s Augusta National Golf Club, which also eschews overt branding....
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