UK ready to mirror US with female athletes becoming investors Sport Business For three consecutive years, not a single female athlete has appeared among the world’s 100 highest-paid athletes. The bar keeps rising. In 2025, the threshold jumped to $53.6m, up 19 per cent year on year. Coco Gauff, the highest-earning female athlete in the world, made $34.4m and still fell nearly $20m short. Meanwhile the global [...]
Clear and simple calendars like NFL, not tennis, should be applauded in sport Sport Business The NFL, unlike tennis, should be applauded for its clear and simple sport calendar that sees athletes thrive, writes Ed Warner. Naomi Osaka, Gael Monfils, Jack Draper. Each retired from the Australian Open mid-match. No substitutes bench in tennis, so the ultimate anticlimax for spectators. Injuries are an occupational hazard, but across sport the sheer [...]
Emma Raducanu among four Grand Slam winners handed wild cards for Wimbledon Ace Raducanu will return to the All England Club, where she made her breakthrough by reaching the fourth round in 2021.
Stokes and Ennis-Hill-backed VC firm invests in Naomi Osaka’s media company June 18, 2024 It joins LeBron James, Fenway Sports Group, Nike and Epic Games in backing the company.
