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...Salaries and buyouts are often paid for not by taxpayers but non-profit “booster” clubs of wealthy superfans. Their fanaticism helps fuel the frenzy....
...Final Whistle Among the highlights from last weekend’s National Basketball Association All-Star Weekend was this genuinely athletic putback by Olympic high-jump gold medallist Gianmarco Tamberi in the annual...
...He was in high school. “I had no idea what that meant,” he says. “I had no idea how complex it was. I had no idea what would go into it....
...As for Brexit, which will prevent clubs from signing players freely from the EU, Pace hinted that Burnley could partner with an overseas club to compensate....
...Colin Zheng Huang, the founder of the high-flying Chinese online shopping company Pinduoduo, is stepping down as chief executive and away from day-to-day management....
...(FT) The Netflix of sport A lot of people might find it hard to believe that sports writing is an in-demand job but The Athletic has proven the naysayers wrong....
...After several high-profile acquisitions, including a 20 per cent stake in Spanish soccer club Atlético Madrid, his global shopping spree came to a sudden halt....
...He carved out a comfortable life in Agoura Hills, where he pitches batting practice for his son’s high school baseball team, and serves as president of its fundraising arm....
...Lord Coe recalled a time when Brendan Foster, the former distance runner, would be rung up by Newcastle United football club to check when local athletics meetings were scheduled....
...This would increase competition for deals, with high-profile bidding wars....
...JJB Sports fell 2 per cent to 183¾p on talk that Dave Whelan could relinquish his chairmanship of the sports chain to help Wigan Athletic Football Club stay in the Premiership....
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