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Consortium featuring Lewis Hamilton buys Denver Broncos NFL team for record £3.8bn

The consortium featuring Sir Lewis Hamilton has completed the record purchase of NFL team the Denver Broncos.

It was announced last week that the seven-time Formula 1 world champion had joined the consortium which is being led by the Walton-Penner group who own American retail corporation Walmart.

The takeover has cost a reported $4.65billion (£3.84bn), the most expensive fee paid for a sports franchise and nearly double the previous record that was set in 2020 with the purchase of the New York Mets baseball team.

The Broncos are three-time Super Bowl champions with their most recent triumph occurring in 2015 against the Carolina Panthers.

Hamilton, who is currently enjoying F1’s summer break, took to social media to announce his involvement in the Walton-Penner consortium last week, with a little help from his beloved dog Roscoe.

‘Excited to join an incredible group of owners and become a part of the Broncos story!!

<p lang=«en» dir=«ltr» xml:lang=«en»>Excited to join an incredible group of owners and become a part of the @Broncos story!!! Honoured to work with a world class team and serve as an example of the value of more diverse leadership across all sports. Roscoe already thinks he made the team ð #LetsRide ðð¥ pic.twitter.com/TSLQdPM8Hz

‘Honoured to work with a world class team and serve as an example of the value of more diverse leadership across all sports. Roscoe already thinks he made the team!’

It is not the first time that Hamilton has been involved with the takeover of a sport’s team, as back in April he, alongside Tennis superstar Serena Williams, joined Sir Martin Broughton’s consortium that was bidding to buy Premier League giants Chelsea, following Roman Abramovich’s decision to sell the Blues.

Eventually, the

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