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JD Sports Fashion falls Thursday, underperforms market
JD Sports Fashion PLC JD shares shed 2.20% to 71.28 British pence Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the FTSE 100 Index UKX rising 0.02% to 8,542.56. JD Sports Fashion PLC closed 56.03%…
DirecTV Debuts MyHome Team With Local Sports From RSN's
Earlier today, DirecTV announced the launch of MyHome Team. The new service will provide sports fans access to Regional Sports Networks in major markets across the country. The announcement comes in the aftermath of DirecTV's launch of its MySports…
Yahoo Sports AM: Is Pitino the GOAT?
Yahoo Sports AM is our daily newsletter that keeps you up to date on all things sports. Sign up here to get it every weekday morning. 🏀 Automatic bids: McNeese, American and Montana punched their tickets to the NCAA men's tournament, while…
Monarch Collective Expands Fund To $250 Million To Keep Fueling Women's Sports Boom
hen Kara Nortman and Jasmine Robinson started investment fund Monarch Collective two years ago, the duo set out to raise $100 million. But their concept—to exclusively target the burgeoning world of women's professional sports—was so…
Bill Sweeney: RFU rebels warn of summer of discontent for leadership - BBC Sport
The forthcoming vote on chief executive Bill Sweeney's future may only be the first in a series of moves to dismantle the Rugby Football Union's (RFU) hierarchy, say grassroots rebels. A motion to sack Sweeney 'as soon as practicably possible' can…
Democrats still refuse to protect women's sports
Throughout high school, I competed against these athletes in dozens of races, and I lost all these races to the male athletes. Between the two of them, they won over 15 women's state championships and broke over 17 meet and state records. It was…
Yes Network and Sportico to Launch New Monthly Program 'Sportico Sports Business'
Sportico and the Yes Network have unveiled their new monthly sports business program “Sportico Sports Business Presented by Genius Sports.” The first episode premieres March 18 at 10:30 p.m. ET on the Yes Network and Gotham Sports App…
Sheffield Wednesday: Podcast - 'Rohl has galvanised the Owls' - BBC Sport
'I think Sheffield Wednesday have huge ambitions of trying to nick in the play-offs, I really do. 'I'm a huge admirer of Danny Rohl, I think he's done ever so well at Sheffield Wednesday. He's galvanised the club and the fans are in it and they are…
Hong Kong's $5 Billion Bid to Become Sporting Powerhouse Faces Barriers
In this week's Hong Kong Edition, we look at the city's plan to develop its sports industry, interview an investment banker who's also a successful race car driver, unveil the results of our birthday contest and review one of Central's oldest…
Newcastle United podcast: Heartbreak or history on Sunday? - BBC Sport
Can Newcastle finally do it after years of heartbreak? On the latest Total Sport: Newcastle United podcast on BBC Radio Newcastle, Chris Waugh from The Athletic joins the team to break down Sunday's Carabao Cup final against Liverpool, the build-up…
Britain's 'first-ever electric sports car maker' debuts £65k EVs
A new British company has revealed a pair of 'featherweight' electric cars it says will go into production next year and aims to stick it to Elon Musk. Longbow, which claims to be 'the first-ever British electric sports car manufacturer', was…
BBC Scotland's Tom English answers your Scottish rugby questions - BBC Sport
BBC Scotland's chief sportswriter Tom English has been answering some of your Scottish rugby questions. Graham asked: How much longer can Gregor Townsend stay on as coach? Scotland seem to be treading water and never getting higher than third…
The largest investment fund for women's sports is now even bigger
As buzz around women's sports continues to grow, the largest dedicated female sports fund just got larger. Monarch Collective, the first and largest investment platform that exclusively invests in women's sports, announced Thursday that it has…
Frankie Dettori bankruptcy: Veteran jockey 'embarrassed' after filing for bankruptcy - BBC Sport
Veteran jockey Frankie Dettori says he feels 'embarrassed' after he filed for bankruptcy having been unable to reach agreement with His Majesty's Revenue and Customs over a long-running case of tax avoidance. The 54-year-old Italian, a mainstay of…
Bournemouth news: Opinion - Neudm Onuoha on Milos Kerkez - BBC Sport
Milos Kerkez has been a great signing by Bournemouth because I do not think many clubs would have had him on their radar. He fits in perfectly with how Andoni Iraola wants his team to play. It is very much a front foot, counter-pressing…
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