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...Failing finances have attracted the attention of the UK government, no less. To the chagrin of the Premier League, the UK is poised to set up an independent regulator for English football....
...The talent management industry launched an array of legal challenges, and scored wins in Germany, Brazil, Spain and the UK....
...Revolut’s long road to a UK banking licence Revolut has finally received some good news in its two-and-a-half-year bid for a UK banking licence....
...Gilbert is the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, another NBA franchise....
...The new team, San Diego FC, will join the MLS in 2025 and will be co-owned with the Sycuan tribe — an indigenous group native to the city — as well as local Major League Baseball star Manny Machado....
...The Big Read When the Denver Nuggets secured their first NBA title this week it was the latest success for team owners, the Kroenkes....
...Already co-owner, with fellow private equity titan David Blitzer, of the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers, the NHL’s New Jersey Devils, and the English Premier League’s Crystal Palace FC, Harris was not shy about...
...Adam Greenblatt, chief executive of BetMGM, the US’s third biggest betting app which is co-owned by UK gambling group Entain, says it is in the industry’s self-interest “to get ahead of draconian regulation...
...Strategic Value Partners has named Advent International’s Dave Richards as North America co-head of its investment-operating team in Greenwich and Sun Capital’s Sergei Spiridonov as European co-head for...
...The FT’s Robert Shrimsley points out that Western governments, including the UK and the US, are key trading partners for the Saudi state....
...Craig Coben is a former senior investment banker at Bank of America and co-hosts the Fulham FC fans’ podcast Cottage Talk....
...Hollywood producer Peter Guber, co-owner of the Golden State Warriors NBA team and another investor in the Dodgers, is another member of the consortium with strong ties to the sports industry....
...The home of NBA team the Miami Heat is now the FTX Arena — part of a 19-year deal for the exchange led by Sam Bankman-Fried, and Coinbase became the “exclusive cryptocurrency platform partner” for the NBA...
...Private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has hired Gordon Smith, former co-president and chief operating officer of JPMorgan Chase, as an operating adviser....
...British petrochemical tycoon Jim Ratcliffe gatecrashed the bidding with a last-minute offer, while Los Angeles Dodgers co-owner Todd Boehly was tapped as the preferred bidder....
...Palihapitiya, along with his co-sponsor Kishen Mehta, is set to make $62.5m from the so-called promote of the Spac, according to Spac Research data....
...He is the founder and chair of talent management agency M&C Saatchi Merlin and chair of the broader M&C Saatchi UK Group....
...Both the NFL and NBA have vaccination rates of about 95 per cent....
...And this week, the All England Club, which runs the Championships, with the support of the UK government, distinguished Wimbledon yet again by barring Russian and Belarusian players from this year’s competition...
...Sixth Street co-founder Alan Waxman also hails from the Texas state capital. Terms of their minority stakes don’t include a path to control, an insider told the FT....
...“For a new generation of fans, a digital thing may actually be more 'real' to them than a physical object”, Dapper Labs co-founder Mik Naayem told Scoreboard....
...In the UK, prices remain less elevated despite a long history of collectable sports cards, says auctioneer Tim Davidson....
...Harris has built a sports empire over the past decade, acquiring the Philadelphia 76ers NBA team and the National Hockey League team the New Jersey Devils, as well as the UK football club Crystal Palace....
...NBA cashes in on NFTsEveryone now seems to be looking to cash in on non-fungible tokens, the crypto keys to exclusive online ownership of items....
...The group already owns stakes in Liverpool owner Fenway Sports Group, and NBA basketball teams the Golden State Warriors and the Sacramento Kings....
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