Investment & Strategy

News and analysis relating to sports investment and the strategy employed by sports teams globally, including financial results.

Cybersecurity investor to buy Wolff’s Mercedes stake

Mercedes Formula One Team CEO and Team Principle Toto Wolff is reportedly in  advance talks to sell a “mid-single digit stake” in the team. Wolff,...

Beşiktaş speaks out as Turkish football scandal spreads

A betting and match-fixing scandal has engulfed Turkish football, leaving teams scrambling to cope with suspensions, investigations and fixture disruptions.A betting and match-fixing scandal...

Atletico Madrid celebrates new owner – but did Wanda miss out?

Atlético Madrid has joined a growing list of European football clubs under US ownership, but will be there be a certain Chinese-based firm kicking...

Ultra-wealthy families turn sport into a core asset class, report finds

A new J.P. Morgan 23 Wall study suggests sport has moved from passion purchase to planned allocation, as more billionaire families buy teams, finance...

Atlanta to stamp its flag as US soccer’s home by adding...

Atlanta is quickly becoming the leading US city for soccer as reports confirm the NWSL has awarded the city a franchise for a future...

Cleveland Guardians’ Luis Ortiz charged in MLB betting scandal

Major League Baseball has become the latest US sport to be involved in a betting scandal, as two Cleveland Guardians pitchers are charged with...

FIA presidential vote heats up following legal challenge

Swiss racing driver Laura Villars has reportedly launched legal action in Paris seeking to suspend the FIA presidential election, arguing that the federation’s rules...

UFC gym denies FBI raid after Dulgarian match-fixing claims

Dana White has warned social media speculation over UFC fighter Isaac Dulgarian’s fight has spiralled out of control, prompting false claims that a gym...

The WNBA’s labour reckoning

America’s women’s basketball league is growing up fast. Its pay politics are trying to catch up.As most American sports fans start obsessing over the...

F1 suffers from one less GP in latest quarterly report

With the announcement F1 and Live Nation are set to split into two separate Liberty holding companies, F1’s Q3 financial results read ‘steady’ but...