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...His interests range from business and fashion to diversity and sustainability. He is a part-owner of the Denver Broncos National Football League franchise....
...His views were echoed by Peter Silverstone, chief commercial officer at Newcastle United football club, which in December announced a sponsorship deal with Fenwick....
...“It’s much easier to play football than to be a manager,” Vieira told the Financial Times at the Business of Football Summit....
...Do read on — Samuel Agini, sports business reporter Join big names at the FT’s Business of Football Summit Premier League chief executive Richard Masters, Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira, Newcastle...
...Highlights British Formula One star Lewis Hamilton has joined the group seeking to buy American football’s Denver Broncos....
...One was his purchase of Newcastle United, a Premier League football club with a large following but a small trophy cabinet. The other was to float Sports Direct on the stock exchange....
...He’s already a co-owner of three Los Angeles pro teams: baseball’s Dodgers, basketball’s Sparks, and football’s LAFC, and this week he is joining a bid for American football’s Denver Broncos....
...Simon Chadwick, an expert in the global business of football at Emlyon Business School, said the exodus of Chinese club ownership reflected a change in Beijing, which no longer wanted businesses or entrepreneurs...
...The icing on the cake though was the purchase of English football club Newcastle United, a £300m deal that was inked in April after a years-long pursuit....
...Ineos also owns the Tour de France-winning cycling group formerly known as Team Sky; funds the UK’s America’s Cup sailing team led by Olympic sailing champion Ben Ainslie; owns Swiss football club Lausanne-Sport...
...But other would-be blockbuster deals, such as a Chinese-backed attempt to invest in Liverpool football club, have foundered....
...of him is that he always focuses on doing the right thing for the club and doing it the right way.”...
...If you want to read more about the business of football, do check out Murad’s piece from Friday on hedge fund Elliott Management’s foray into the sport with Lille OSC....
...Two-thirds of those awarded a professional contract at the age of 18 abandon the sport by 21. Football is a machine that grinds the dreams of thousands of boys....
...The 51-year-old entrepreneur can run her brainchild in peace, shunning personal publicity, and distributing Bet365’s profits more or less as she wishes: to staff, to Stoke City, the football club the group...
...federations, some no bigger than a village club, have the same weight as those with huge memberships and budgets, such as the US and Russia....
...trading in dollars and doing business with Americans, leaving him disconnected from global commodity markets, writes Henry Foy in Moscow....
...People in the West Midlands like the Chinese. They’re seen as a moneyed, successful people. They are doing a lot more for us than the British government.”...
...Ashley blows final whistle on Newcastle ownership Mike Ashley, the billionaire founder of Sports Direct, is seeking a buyer for Newcastle United Football Club, weeks after saying he could not compete with...
...Chris Anderson, head of legal services at Everton Football Club, believed that if the club could automate the process it could lessen the risk of losing a player....
...The UK’s business revival was hard-won. It could as easily be lost....
...The football and sports rights business is a far leap from China Everbright’s origins more than three decades ago, but its interest in Liverpool FC should not come as a surprise given the financial conglomerate...
...Therefore, both Spanish and English football fans will be pleased, as they will both get the chance to watch their games across the world. So long as Uefa does not destroy our business.”...
...holding company of Manchester City Football Club....
...Governance experts worry it is an unconventional use of shareholder funds and may be an expensive way of doing business. It is hard to judge....
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