Prize money at last year’s Wimbledon was £50m, exactly double the amount offered in 2014. In that 10-year period, prize money for first-round losers increased from £27,000 to £60,000. But players have frequently pointed to the vast revenues generated by the Grand Slams, and feel they deserve a significantly larger return. In the year up...
Essex, who finished fourth in Division One last season, will again rely heavily on the quality of prolific seam bowlers Jamie Porter and Sam Cook and off-spinner Simon Harmer, while Westley – now 36 – and South African Dean Elgar provide the experience in the batting line-up. But they also have the likes of Noah...
Since taking office for the second time, Trump has signed an executive order to draft a list of countries that will mean a partial or full suspension on visitors from some nations. It is unclear if China is on the proposed list, but non-American residents have experienced increased difficulty in re-entering the country in recent...
Edwards won the Ashes and both World Cups as England captain only to be sacked in 2016 and replaced by Knight. Now Knight has been sacked but has indicated her desire to continue as a player. Edwards, 45, said she was not consulted in the decision to remove Knight. “She sets such high standards, she’s...
Two Queens Park Rangers academy players accused of voyeurism are no longer under investigation, police have confirmed. In a statement issued to BBC Sport, a spokesman for the Championship club said the players “maintained their innocence throughout” and were looking forward to “continuing to focus on their careers”. The footballers, both in their late teens,...
Sheffield Wednesday have failed to pay their players’ wages for March due to cashflow problems suffered by owner Dejphon Chansiri. The club said it was a “temporary issue” due to debts owed to the 56-year-old Thai businessman, whose family control the Thai Union Group, the world’s largest producer of canned tuna. Wednesday are 12th in...
Gerwyn Price won the ninth Players Championship of 2025 with an 8-4 victory over Ian White in the final, as Luke Littler went out in the third round. Price produced a superb 140 checkout in the fourth leg – the highest of the match – to take a 3-1 lead and kept his composure in...
Manchester City’s “legendary” players found their heart after coming from behind to beat Bournemouth 2-1 in the FA Cup, said boss Pep Guardiola. City trailed 1-0 at the break but goals from Erling Haaland and Omar Marmoush took them into a seventh consecutive FA Cup semi-final. It remains their only chance of winning a domestic...
Pep Guardiola praises his “legendary” players after Manchester City make the FA Cup semi-finals for a seventh consecutive season after a win over Bournemouth. Read article in full at source...
TV presenters Ant and Dec joined the Newcastle team on their open double-decker bus as they brandished the Carabao Cup trophy as its 2025 winners. The lifelong Newcastle fans remembered the team’s victory at Wembley and said they would “probably” cry like they did two weeks ago. “It’s been a long wait, but I’ll tell...
Uefa has opened an investigation into allegations of indecent conduct by four Real Madrid players during their Champions League last-16 win against Atletico Madrid. Antonio Rudiger, Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Jr and Dani Ceballos allegedly made gestures towards the home fans after Real Madrid beat their city rivals on penalties to book their place in the...
The report has been produced after interviews with 64 stakeholders in the game, including current and former administrators, commercial and media partners and elite players such as Jos Buttler, Heather Knight and Australia captain Pat Cummins. It is critical of the sport’s global leadership and says the International Cricket Council (ICC) needs to be “modernised”....
Players are not “listened to” over their scheduling concerns, says England captain Harry Kane. The next international window takes place between 2-10 June following the conclusion of the Premier League season on 25 May and the Champions League final on 31 May. Kane’s Bayern Munich are also set to be involved in the new expanded...
Thomas Tuchel takes charge of England for the first time in Friday’s World Cup qualifier against Albania – and there’s every chance the German will dish out some Three Lions debuts. But can you remember which manager gave other players their debuts? Take our quiz to find out. Source link...
The accounting model makes some sense as the long contracts and amortisation – spreading the cost of a transfer over an extended period – have enabled Chelsea to get players like Caicedo on comparatively ‘lower’ £180,000-a-week wages, despite him costing a British transfer record £115m when joining in 2023 from Brighton. Ukraine winger Mykhailo Mudryk...