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Bahrain, Abu Dhabi funds take full ownership of McLaren
Bahrain's Mumtalakat and Abu Dhabi's CYVN Holdings took full ownership of McLaren Racing on Tuesday in a deal some media reports said valued the reigning Formula One champions at more than $4 billion.
Packers' Micah Parsons wanted to stay with Cowboys, agent says - ESPN
Micah Parsons had never planned to sit out this season and would have played for the Dallas Cowboys in Thursday's regular-season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles, even if he had not been traded to the Green Bay Packers last week, his agent David Mulugheta told ESPN's «First Take» on Tuesday.
In rare meeting, Canadian men to face Ecuador in November friendly at Toronto's BMO Field
Canada will host Ecuador in a men's soccer friendly in Toronto during the November FIFA international window.
Vine climbs to victory on Vuelta stage 10, Vingegaard retakes red
Australian Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) went for broke 5 km from the summit finish to win stage 10 of the Vuelta a Espana on Tuesday, repeating his stage six victory, while race favourite Jonas Vingegaard reclaimed the leader's red jersey.
Liverpool front record spending by English clubs as player power takes hold in transfer window
LONDON: English soccer — and Liverpool, in particular — flexed their financial muscles in unprecedented fashion in a summer transfer window that highlighted the growing imbalance in the European game as well as the effect player power can have in securing a move. Here’s what we learned from the last two months in the transfer market: English dominance The raw facts are that the 20 clubs in the Premier League — fueled by unrivaled spending power because of the competition’s huge domestic and international broadcasting deals — splashed out a record total of $4 billion on players in the summer window. That outlay is more than Europe’s other four top leagues — Spain, Italy, Germany, France — combined. The previous single-window record spend was 2.36 billion pounds (now $3.2 billion) in 2023. More pertinently, the Premier League’s net spend was $1.75 billion, compared to Italy ($100 million) and Spain ($60 million), according to figures by Transfermarkt.
Isak grateful to Newcastle despite cold send-off
Alexander Isak expressed his gratitude to Newcastle United and the club's supporters on Tuesday after his British-record transfer to Liverpool, despite a trail of criticism and a frosty farewell from St James' Park.
All Blacks turn to 'Professor' Smith as Springboks showdown looms
New Zealand are drawing on "gold nuggets" of wisdom from coaching guru Wayne Smith as they prepare for Saturday's heavyweight Rugby Championship clash against world champions South Africa at Eden Park.