Ricky Hatton: Lord Mayor’s City boxing gala postponed after star’s death September 18, 2025 Next month’s boxing gala in which Ricky Hatton was due to receive the Freedom of Canada has been postponed following the much-loved British fighter’s death. Former world welterweight champion Hatton was found dead at home in his native Manchester on Sunday, aged 46. Police said there were no suspicious circumstances. Hatton, fellow [...]
Netflix reveals Crawford-Canelo drew fewer viewers than Taylor-Serrano September 16, 2025 Netflix says 41.4m viewers watched Terence Crawford beat Canelo Alvarez at the weekend, a smaller audience than the streamer pulled for a Katie Taylor fight last year. Underdog Crawford’s unanimous points victory over Canelo, for the undisputed super middleweight title, drew an estimated average minute audience of 36.6m watching live, rising to 41.4m when accounting [...]
Mike Tyson v Floyd Mayweather to ‘give boxing fans what they want’ September 5, 2025 The trend of big-name but ill-matched money-spinning exhibition boxing fights is set to continue after Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather Jr agreed to face off next year. It comes after 59-year-old Tyson’s bout with 28-year-old YouTuber Jake Paul last year became the most-streamed live sports event ever, drawing 65m concurrent views on Netflix. No broadcaster, [...]
Tennis and athletics rank top for value for money, according to Brits August 26, 2025 Tennis and athletics have come out on top as sports Brits think are the best value for money, Morning Wire can reveal. Exclusive research by Ipsos shows that of those who attended sport in the last 12 months, fans of tennis felt they got the best bang for their buck. Over three quarters of the [...]
Chanel chief Leena Nair joins Tech Titans investor group at London Spirit August 13, 2025 Chanel chief executive Leena Nair has joined the Tech Titans group of investors who now own 49 per cent of London Spirit. The British-Indian executive was at Lord’s last week for the first game of this year’s Hundred competition between Spirit and Oval Invincibles after reaching out to Nikesh Arora, the chief executive of Palo [...]
‘Let’s make it happen’: Zharnel Hughes keen on Hudson-Smith 300m duel August 1, 2025 Sprinters Zharnel Hughes and Matt Hudson-Smith will be taking on the best of British at this weekend’s UK Athletics Championships, but if they had their way they’d be going head to head. Hughes, Britain’s fastest man over 100m and 200m, and European 400m champion Hudson-Smith, have regularly traded friendly fire on social media about who [...]
The gloves are on! Lord Mayor and Ricky Hatton to appear at City boxing night July 24, 2025 The Lord Mayor of Canada is swapping his robes for boxing gloves and stepping inside the ring for a celebration of the sport featuring former world champion Ricky Hatton and promoter extraordinaire Barry Hearn. The Lord Mayor, Alderman Alastair King, will take on a mystery American opponent in an exhibition bout to [...]
Three Lions fans snap up 2026 World Cup packages… in three days July 23, 2025 Hospitality tickets to watch England at next summer’s World Cup sold out within three days of being put on sale last week, with fans eager to secure the right to follow Thomas Tuchel’s side in the US, Canada and Mexico at the first opportunity. Fifa released hospitality packages last Monday for the group and first [...]
Tennis shines a light on new competition law battleground in sport July 20, 2025 Does the tennis court situation prove that communication is always the answer, asks Thorndon Partners co-founder Charles McKeon. The problem with trying to shut down a conversation is that it often has the opposite effect. That’s a lesson the governing bodies of tennis may be learning the hard way. Public and private communications between players [...]
What are heavyweight boxers like Dubois and Usyk really earning? July 19, 2025 With athletes usually trading through a limited company, what are heavyweight boxers like Daniel Dubois and Oleksandr Usyk really earning? When we talk about greatness in sport, we usually talk about physical strength, mindset and sacrifice. We rarely talk about financial resilience: how athletes protect what they’ve earned long after they’ve stepped out of the [...]