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...Controlled by Egypt’s richest man, Nassef Sawiris, and US billionaire Wes Edens, co-founder of Fortress Investment Group, Villa is trying to break the grip that the six clubs have had at the top of the Premier...
...According to data aggregator transfermarkt.co.uk, United’s net spend in the five seasons to 2022-23 surpassed €600mn, second only to Chelsea....
...The new owners have already parted ways with two managers and appointed former Tottenham Hotspur coach Mauricio Pochettino to lead the side....
...The computerised coach’s suggested improvements to players’ positions at corner kicks — a large potential source of goals — mostly won approval from human experts, according to a paper published in Nature...
...We are co-operating as appropriate with the Chinese authorities,” it said. “At this time, we have no further comment.”...
...State media also reported that Musk said Tesla wanted to deepen its co-operation with China and praised its Shanghai facility as its best-performing factory....
...The Tesla co-founder’s frustration with Delaware law has brought unprecedented attention to the state this year....
...Peacock has a deal with the English Premier League....
...Shares of Coach’s owner Capri traded up to $54 per share. Now they’re below $37....
...This week football’s simmering issues around multiclub ownership topped the agenda at a Premier League shareholder meeting....
...Then, late on Tuesday, Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein reached an agreement to buy Major League Baseball’s Orioles for $1.73bn....
...Chart of the day Google DeepMind has developed a prototype AI football tactician in collaboration with Premier League club Liverpool....
...The team has not won the Premier League in more than a decade since the retirement of legendary coach Sir Alex Ferguson, and at the halfway point this season United remain well outside the title race....
...“It is about the opportunity we have as part of BlackRock to build what is without question the premier infrastructure investing business. That’s the mission I’m on.”...
...For one thing, co-founder Phil Knight was a fan of Woods from his days as a teenage prodigy....
...One invite to start: Join footballing legend Zlatan Ibrahimović, dealmaker Gerry Cardinale, Premier League chief executive Richard Masters and UK culture secretary Lucy Frazer in less than two weeks at our...
...In their first season, Boehly and Behdad Eghbali, co-founder of Clearlake, took a hands-on approach to signings following an exodus of Abramovich-era executives....
...All told, Barstool accounted for just 1.5mn sign-ups in three years of co-branded sportsbooks with Penn, according to the latter’s chief executive, Jay Snowden....
...By the end of September this year, that figure had shrunk to just 37.6mn, mainly due to the loss of streaming rights to cricket games in the Indian Premier League (IPL)....
...A veteran cycling coach, Brailsford is best known for espousing a philosophy of marginal gains in which a series of tiny improvements lead to substantial success....
...In March Josh Kroenke became co-chair of Arsenal while Tim Lewis, the lawyer who advised on the original purchase of the club, was named executive vice-chair....
...Jorge Vilda was sacked as coach of the Spanish women’s football team just weeks after the team’s victory over England in the World Cup final....
...With his new venture, he has decided to cut back on wine and get a personal trainer, a performance coach and a health coach....
...The additional factor of employing arguably the best coach in the world, Pep Guardiola, provides a substantial extra boost....
...Josh Kroenke, Stan’s son, has been elevated to co-chair. Final buzzerhttps://twitter.com/jeffmcdev/status/1636440704917356566?...
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