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Anti-doping bodies condemn 'dangerous' drug-fuelled Enhanced Games
AFP, Published on 23/05/2025
» LOS ANGELES — Anti-doping bodies on Thursday condemned plans for the first edition of the Enhanced Games in Las Vegas, an Olympics-style event where athletes will be free to use performance-enhancing drugs.
Man Utd bidding process goes to third round
AFP, Published on 13/04/2023
» LONDON: Rival bidders for Manchester United have been invited to submit a third offer by the end of April, according to reports.
Man Utd owners await revised offers for Premier League giants
AFP, Published on 24/03/2023
» LONDON - Manchester United's owners were awaiting fresh bids Thursday from a Qatari banker and British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe after a deadline passed for revised offers to buy the Premier League giants.
Elon Musk 'joking' about buying Manchester United
AFP, Published on 17/08/2022
» Billionaire Elon Musk was joking when he said he was going to buy English football club Manchester United, the entrepreneur said on Twitter on Wednesday.
Sports clubs no longer a family affair, strictly business only
AFP, Published on 08/07/2022
» NEW YORK - Time was when sports teams and franchises were largely family enterprises, but now it is investment funds and consortiums buying them despite a downturn in the global economy.
Foxes' farewell to Vichai
Sports, Published on 12/11/2018
» LEICESTER: The soundtrack to Leicester's sporting fairytale now carries a mournful melody.
Ex-Dodgers owner McCourt set for Marseille takeover
AFP, Published on 29/08/2016
» MARSEILLE - American businessman Frank McCourt, former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, on Monday entered into exclusive discussions for the acquisition of Marseille football club.
Huge transfer fees spark Bundesliga talent drain fairs
AFP, Published on 31/08/2015
» BERLIN - Kevin de Bruyne's record transfer to Manchester City earned Wolfsburg a reported 79.8 million euros (pound sterling58 million, $89.3 million), but there are concerns here about the drain of Bundesliga talent to England.
China tycoon Wang scores latest goal with Atletico Madrid
AFP, Published on 21/01/2015
» BEIJING - Chinese multi-billionaire Wang Jianlin's purchase of a 20 percent stake in Spain's reigning football champions Atletico Madrid is the latest in a series of overseas acquisitions by one of the world's richest football fans.
Wild Oats XI wins record 8th Sydney to Hobart yacht race honours
AFP, Published on 28/12/2014
» Supermaxi Wild Oats XI won its eighth line honours in the Sydney to Hobart race Sunday, officials said, to become the most successful yacht in the history of the competition.