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Ronaldo highest-paid athlete, footballers dominate top 10: Forbes

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Portuguese supertar Cristiano Ronaldo has topped the Forbes list of the highest-paid athletes for a second year running.

Ronaldo also headed the list last year following his move to Saudi Arabian football club Al Nassr.

The latest list of the highest-paid athletes released by Forbes reveals that the 39-year-old Portuguese forward earned $260 million over the past 12 months, up from $136m in the business magazine's 2023 listing.

Nov 19, 2018 13:11

Premier League to host second fan fest in USA this December

LONDON: Premier League has announced that it will be returning with the ‘Premier League Mornings Live’ in the USA as the fan festival lands in New York City on December 8 this year. After the spectacular success of the first festival in Washington DC in September, when more than 2,000 fans attended the rooftop event overlooking the USA capital city, downtown Manhattan will host the second edition.

Nov 17, 2018 17:11

AIFF AGM on Dec 20; I-League 2nd Div from next month

NEW DELHI: The All India Football Federation will hold its annnual general meeting on December 20, the AIFF executive committee, which met here Saturday at AIFF's headquarters, "unanimously" decided. Updating the committee about I-League matters, Sunando Dhar, CEO, I-League, informed that the Hero 2nd Division will kick off next month.

Nov 17, 2018 15:11

Sixth edition of FC Bayern Youth Cup to begin from 24 Nov

NEW DELHI: The FC Bayern Youth Cup, an Under-16 seven-a-side inter-school football tournament, is set to kickstart from 24 November, Press Trust of India reports. The tournament will enter its sixth year and is a joint initiative by adidas and Bundesliga’s most successful club, Bayern Munich. It will see participation of over 2,000 kids from schools across India.

Nov 17, 2018 14:11

Premier League CEO Scudamore to receive $6.4m bonus from clubs

LONDON: The Premier League announced Thursday that clubs have agreed to its proposal of handing outgoing chairman Richard Scudamore a total of 5 million pounds ($6.4 million) as a token of their appreciation for his services. Each club is expected to provide a sum of 250,000 pounds ($320,000) over a period of three years to pool in the funds.

Nov 17, 2018 13:11

Premier League agrees to join VAR bandwagon from 2019-20 season

LONDON: Premier League clubs have agreed in principle to introduce Video Assistant Referees (VAR) to the competition in the 2019-20 season.

Nov 16, 2018 14:11

Man United declares $173m revenue in 2019 Q1

MANCHESTER: Premier League heavyweights Manchester United announced its 2019 fiscal first quarter results ending September 30 on Thursday with revenues worth 135 million pounds ($173.2 million) and operating profit valued at 13.9 million pounds ($17.8 million).

Nov 16, 2018 12:11

Serie A must consider regular season games abroad: Juventus CRO

TURIN: Juventus Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) Giorgio Ricci opines that playing a regular season game overseas each year will be a ‘good option’ for the Serie A, which has commercially fallen behind the likes of the Premier League, BBC Sport reports. The Premier League’s latest TV rights deal is said to be 770 million pounds ($985.4 million) greater than that of the Serie A per annum.

Nov 16, 2018 11:11

VAR to be used in AFC Asian Cup 2019 knockout matches

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Nov 14, 2018 16:11

Odisha new home of Indian Arrows, to host ntl team camps

NEW DELHI: The Odisha government is leaving no stone unturned in its efforts to develop the eastern Indian state as a sporting hub. The All India Football Federation has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government of Odisha under which the state will host national team camps as well as act as home of AIFF's development team Indian Arrows.

Nov 14, 2018 13:11

Discovery’s Susanna Dinnage to become Premier League CEO in early 2019

LONDON: Now that's what one calls a strong strike for women power. The Premier League (PL) announced Tuesday that it has appointed the president of Discovery’s Animal Planet brand, Susanna Dinnage, as its new chief executive officer (CEO) to replace the outgoing Richard Scudamore in early 2019.

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