Lionel Messi sets up sports investment firm
Oct 21, 2022 23:58 pm UTC| Sports Economy Business
Soccer icon Lionel Messi has launched a California-based firm focusing on global investments in the sports, technology, and media spaces dubbed the Play Time Sports-Tech. The firm seeks to invest in stage agnostic...
NBA nets highest opening night TV audience in 5 years with 3.3 million viewers
Oct 21, 2022 23:58 pm UTC| Sports Economy Business
The NBA had an average audience of 3.3 million viewers for its opening night to record the highest TV audience in five years, with a 17 percent increase on the 2021/22 season, according to Sports Media Watch. The league...
Rugby union's financial crisis: why the sport's model is 'broken'
Oct 21, 2022 06:19 am UTC| Sports
As athletes, rugby union players are notoriously robust. But in England, the finances behind the sport are looking far from healthy. In the space of a few weeks, two of its most famous club teams, Worcester (founded 1871)...
Buzzer extends NBA and WNBA partnerships
Oct 20, 2022 23:26 pm UTC| Sports Economy Business
Buzzer has signed multi-year agreements to extend its distributorship for the NBA League Pass and WNBA League Pass out-of-market live game streaming services and provide pay-per-view (PPV) access to key game...
Hyatt opens hotel in Toyota's Fuji Motorsports Forest
Oct 20, 2022 22:33 pm UTC| Business Economy Sports Life
Hyatt has opened the Fuji Speedway Hotel in Shizuoka, its first Unbound Collection property in Japan and among several attractions in the new Fuji Motorsports Forest project developed by Toyota. It is flanked by...
Marine sports equipment sales up in S. Korea due to popularity of surfing, yachting
Oct 19, 2022 23:45 pm UTC| Life Sports Economy Business
Marine sports such as surfing, scuba diving, yachting, and others have gained popularity in South Korea in recent years, according to data analyzed by KB Kookmin Card Co. The study showed a 140 percent increase in...
Nike promo video shows LeBron James battling Jason Momoa’s Father Time
Oct 19, 2022 23:44 pm UTC| Sports Economy Business
Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James is not going to surrender against Father Time without a fight, according to the theme of the latest promotional video of Nike for the 2022-23 NBA season. It features the...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
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