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US fund takes over Inter Milan
Published on 22/05/2024
» MILAN - The US investment fund Oaktree Capital Management has become the new owner of the Italian football champions Inter Milan after the club’s Chinese holding company missed a 395-million-euro loan payment.
Asian legends tip Matsuyama for glory
Sports, Published on 14/03/2024
» If Hideki Matsuyama beats the strongest field in golf and becomes the first Japanese winner at The Players Championship this week, those who blazed the trail for Asian golf before him will be the least surprised.
Embattled Thai owner ‘won’t sell’ English football club
Published on 08/11/2023
» The Thai owner of Sheffield Wednesday is not considering selling the English football club, even as his relationship with the team and its supporters deteriorates, according to UK media reports.
Thai owner of English football club sick of ‘insults’
Published on 30/09/2023
» The Thai owner of Sheffield Wednesday says he has had enough of the “insults” directed at him and his family and will not put any more money into the struggling English football club.
The classy player who broke transfer barrier four decades ago
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 29/07/2023
» With football transfer fees going into orbit these days the sad death of England star Trevor Francis this week at the age of 69 is a reminder of how things have changed since the days he became Britain's first £1 million player four decades ago.
Jonathan Haggerty scores shocking TKO of Nong-O Hama to capture ONE bantamweight Muay Thai world title
Published on 22/04/2023
» ONE Championship™ (ONE) produced another epic evening of martial arts action at the historic Lumpinee Boxing Stadium with ONE Fight Night 9: Nong-O vs Haggerty. The event was headlined by a battle for the ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Title.
Tickets sell out 'in five minutes' as China football fans relish return
AFP, Published on 14/04/2023
» BEIJING - The new Chinese Super League season kicks off on Saturday after three years of Covid controls with tickets reportedly selling out in just five minutes for the biggest match of the opening weekend.
Qatar bid for Man Utd as Saudis linked with takeover
AFP, Published on 18/02/2023
» LONDON: The race to buy Manchester United became a little clearer on Friday when a consortium led by Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani, chairman of Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB), announced that it had submitted an offer to take full control of the Premier League club.
Will Man Utd become football's latest state-backed project?
AFP, Published on 16/02/2023
» MANCHESTER (UNITED KINGDOM) - Prospective new owners of Manchester United have until Friday to reveal their interest in buying one of the world's biggest clubs, with a rumoured bid from Qatar sending shockwaves through European football.
Everton fans fear bleak future as Premier League status hangs by a thread
AFP, Published on 03/02/2023
» LIVERPOOL - Mired in the Premier League relegation zone and at war with the club's board, Everton fans fear a 69-year stay in English football's top flight is heading towards an inevitable end.