US PGA Championship: Spotlight on Tiger Woods allowing rivals to fly under the radar May 18, 2022 It turns out that the Tiger Woods effect is not just for spectators, broadcasters and sponsors, according to other players at this week’s US PGA Championship. The impact of Woods taking part in a golf tournament on attendance, viewing figures and commercial interest is the stuff of sports industry lore. But some of the field [...]
Chelsea directors Buck and Granovskaia set to share in £50m takeover bonus pool May 18, 2022 Chelsea directors including chairman Bruce Buck and Marina Granovskaia are set to receive multimillion pound bonuses once the sale of the club is completed, according to reports. Buck and Granovskaia will share in £50m once a consortium led by Todd Boehly, part-owner of the LA Dodgers baseball team, complete its takeover, according to The Times. [...]
England rugby coach Eddie Jones ‘happy’ to be shadowed by successor at 2023 World Cup May 18, 2022 England rugby coach Eddie Jones insists he has no problem showing his successor the ropes at the next World Cup. The Rugby Football Union is believed to want the next coach to shadow Jones for a handover period before his contract ends after next year’s tournament. Six Nations champions France implemented a similar process when [...]
England cricket chiefs seek fifth major hire in weeks after CEO Tom Harrison quits May 17, 2022 English cricket is seeking another key hire after chief executive Tom Harrison handed in his resignation. The England and Wales Cricket Board boss is set to leave his post next month after more than seven years at the helm. Former England women’s batter Clare Connor will become interim CEO when Harrison leaves until a permanent [...]
Derby County takeover: Buyer Chris Kirchner exchanges contracts on deal for football club May 17, 2022 Prospective Derby County owner Chris Kirchner says he has exchanged contracts on a takeover of the football club. Kirchner has been locked in talks for months with administrators, stadium owner Mel Morris and the English Football League over a deal. If completed, the transaction would bring to an end the crisis at one of the [...]
Major League Baseball to consider increasing number of London games to three or four May 13, 2022 Major League Baseball could increase the number of games per season that it stages in London after it stepped up its commitment to the capital. MLB made its UK debut in 2019 with a double header at the London Stadium that the competition’s chiefs deemed a great success. It confirmed this week that it is [...]
North London derby: Tactical puzzle awaits in £50m clash between Tottenham and Arsenal May 12, 2022 There is no love lost between the two sides tethered by the Seven Sisters Road but tonight’s north London derby between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal promises to be especially combustible. The stakes are higher than they have been for any north London derby in several years, with both teams hunting a return to the Champions [...]
LIV Golf will pay fines and legal costs for players who defy tours, says boss Greg Norman May 11, 2022 Greg Norman says LIV Golf will ensure players are not financially penalised if they defy the main men’s tours and play in the new series of big-money tournaments. Norman, the chief executive and commissioner of Saudi-backed LIV Golf, has pledged to cover any fines that players incur and fund legal action to repeal any bans [...]
LIV Golf boss Greg Norman blasts PGA Tour for refusing to release players for London event May 11, 2022 Greg Norman, the head of the big-money LIV Golf Invitational Series, has criticised the PGA Tour for refusing to release its players for the inaugural event in London next month. England’s Lee Westwood and six-time major winner Phil Mickelson are among the stars to have asked to be released by the PGA Tour, which said [...]
Alexandra Armas interview: Ladies European Tour chief on Aramco Team Series, growing prize money and selling women’s golf May 10, 2022 Alexandra Armas, the former golfer now running the Ladies European Tour, concedes she feels mixed emotions as the season prepares to go up a notch in Thailand this week. There is satisfaction that this campaign will be the biggest and most lucrative yet in the tour’s history, with 34 events on a schedule that takes [...]
