ATP Tour finals 2016 prize money: How much can new world No1 Andy Murray win at the O2? November 11, 2016 New world No1 Andy Murray can top off the best season of his career to date with an earnings boost of $2.4m (£1.9m) at the ATP World Tour Finals in London next week. The ATP's curtain call event will put Murray against the seven men below him in the rankings for tennis' biggest prize money [...]
Semi-finalists Manchester City earned more Champions League prize money than winners Real Madrid November 1, 2016 Manchester City earned more prize money for their run to the Champions League semi-finals last season than Real Madrid did for lifting the trophy. City received €83.9m from governing body Uefa for their best ever run in the competition – the highest payment of any club, including Real, who banked €80.1m for winning the title for a [...]
Appoint more women to boards and become more transparent or risk losing funding, UK governing bodies told October 31, 2016 The Football Association, the England and Wales Cricket Board, the Lawn Tennis Association and British Cycling have been told to become more diverse and transparent or risk losing funding. They are among a number of bodies which receive grants from UK Sport and Sport England and which will be subject to stricter assessments of their [...]
Rory McIlroy reveals the massive prize money cut he gave to caddie J.P. Fitzgerald after winning the FedEx Cup October 27, 2016 You would have needed to be ranked as one of the top 110 golf players in the world last season to have earned more than $1m in prize money. Not a bad career. Alternatively, you could land a job as a caddie for one of the very best players and earn even more without having to tee [...]
Oleg Tinkov reveals an interest in the UK, what he thinks about Apple and has some advice for fintech start-ups October 26, 2016 The billionaire businessman behind one Russia’s largest banks has revealed his interest in setting up in the UK. Although listed on the London Stock Exchange, Tinkoff Bank is Russian-focussed and the second largest credit card issuer in the country. It was set up in 2006 by its flamboyant chairman, Oleg Tinkov, and is Russia’s sole [...]
Arsenal hopeful of rivalling Manchester United and Chelsea’s record-breaking commercial deals, says chief executive Ivan Gazidis October 24, 2016 Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis insists he is optimistic that the club can rival the record-breaking deals achieved by some Premier League teams when they renew their main commercial agreements. Leading English clubs have cashed in on a boom in kit deals and shirt sponsorship markets since Arsenal signed their existing contracts with Puma and [...]
WTA finals 2016 prize money: World No1 Angelique Kerber can take season earnings over $10m mark October 22, 2016 World No1 Angelique Kerber can become only the second female tennis player in history to make more than $10m in a single year with victory at the 2016 WTA Finals. The week long curtain call event of the WTA tennis season offers the top eight ranked women at the season's close the chance to boost [...]
Chelsea sign new kit deal with Nike thought to be worth close to £1bn October 13, 2016 Chelsea have confirmed a lucrative kit contract with Nike that stands to see the American sportswear manufacturer pay the Premier League club close to £1bn. The 15-year, £900m deal is due to start next season, when Nike will replace Adidas as the provider of kit for all of the Blues’ squads, from the academy through [...]
Premier League shirt sponsors quiz: Do you know what these Manchester United, Liverpool, Tottenham and Sunderland sponsors do? October 7, 2016 Shirt sponsorships generate Premier League clubs millions in commercial revenue every season. According to industry estimates, last season the Premier League's clubs made a massive £260m from splaying corporate brand names and logos across their sacred sporting tapestries. Read more: Why Chelsea parting ways with Adidas makes financial sense After enough hours in front of Sky [...]
Real Madrid fail to reclaim football’s richest crown from Barcelona despite posting club record breaking revenue October 7, 2016 Real Madrid posted the highest revenue figures in the club's history last season, with income breaking the €600m mark for the first time and reaching €620.1m (£560m). Yet the 7.4 per cent rise in income from €577.7m in the 2013/2014 campaign, the Spanish giants were unable to match the record €679m enjoyed by Barcelona last season. It [...]