CVC Capital Partners hire former EE boss to new sports arm June 26, 2025 CVC SportsCo, a new entity created by private equity giants CVC Capital Partners, has been bolstered by the hire of former mobile phone network EE boss Marc Allera. Allera will take a the role central to the firm’s sporting portfolio, which once owned Formula 1. The current CVC Capital Partners portfolio includes stakes in Premiership [...]
Sports events must decide between purists and entertaining newbies June 26, 2025 With Britain in the height of its summer sporting season, Ed Warner debates how organisers must balance pleasing purists with enticing new fans. “Does anyone talk about The Season anymore? The social whirl of the Lord’s Test, Queen’s, Royal Ascot and then finally Wimbledon? I may have missed others…” I replied to this Sport inc. [...]
Andy Murray statue: Wimbledon chiefs confirm All England Club tribute June 24, 2025 Wimbledon chair Debbie Jevans has confirmed plans to erect a statue of Sir Andy Murray at the All England Club – but not until 2027. Three-time Grand Slam winner Murray, who retired shortly after his farewell appearance at SW19 last year, is working with the AELTC on the statue. “We are looking to have a [...]
HMRC to cash in on hiked Wimbledon prize money June 22, 2025 The increase in prize money at Wimbledon this year has been described as a win for HMRC by a top tax advisory firm. Winners of the men’s and women’s singles titles will each bag themselves £3m at this year’s Wimbledon Championships, a figure up on last year’s sum. Even first round losers will earn £66,000 [...]
HSBC Championships: Why sponsors can’t get enough of Queen’s Club June 19, 2025 For the last three years, the men’s championship at Queen’s Club has been voted the best ATP 500-level tournament on the circuit by perhaps the most important stakeholders of all: players. The tennis-watching public also seems to love it. Last week’s women’s championship, held for the first time in 50 years, sold out for several [...]
WTA Ventures: Queen’s, CVC Capital Partners and an organisation pushing on June 16, 2025 After a successful week of WTA tennis at Queen’s, WTA Ventures chief Marina Storti discusses the state of the sport, its private equity partner CVC Capital Partners and a potential merger with the ATP. When 37-year-old Tatjana Maria upset the odds to win the HSBC Championships in front of 9,000 fans on Sunday, she became [...]
Wimbledon expansion: Key judicial review set for during grand slam June 12, 2025 Wimbledon will face a crunch judicial review on their plans to expand their Championships tennis site during this year’s grand slam. Speaking ahead of this year’s SW19 tournament, which gets underway on 30 June, All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club chair Deborah Jevans said the Greater London Authority decision to grant planning permission to [...]
How to earn £15,000 during Queen’s and Wimbledon Championships June 12, 2025 Walk out of Barons Court tube station – via your preferred District or Piccadilly line train – turn right and within 100 yards you’ll see the HSBC red colour scheme branded across a sign that welcomes you to Queen’s Club. Because this and next week, in the leafy London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, the [...]
WTA Tour offers protected status for players freezing eggs June 11, 2025 Women’s tennis players who freeze their eggs or embryos will now get their ranking protected by the WTA Tour. The revolutionary move will allow those who wish to delay starting a family by freezing eggs to not have their tour rankings diminished by taking time away from tennis. It will mean female players can ensure [...]
Ball in Chancellor’s court as LTA waits on support for covered courts project June 10, 2025 While grass court season unfolds, Britain’s tennis chiefs at the LTA have another project on their hands: unlocking government funding to build the covered courts the country lacks. As the eyes of the tennis world turn towards London, hopes are understandably high for the home contingent at Queen’s Club and Wimbledon. Jack Draper has broken [...]