Tag: Fund
Community schemes net £600,000 in funding from EFL and Sky Bet ‘Building Foundations’ fund | Football News
Communities across England and Wales are to benefit from more than £ 600,000 worth of funding under the first set of grants awarded by the new Sky Bet EFL Building Foundations Fund. Vital financial support will flow to projects linked to more than 60 EFL clubs, ranging from programmes to tackle isolation and loneliness, to…
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ATP Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund sign five-year deal | Tennis News
The ATP Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) have signed a five-year strategic partnership, the governing body of men’s tennis said on Wednesday. PIF will now become the official naming partner of the men’s rankings as well as partner ATP tournaments in Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid, Beijing, the season-ending ATP Finals in Turin…
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London Marathon wheelchair race prize fund to be made same as able-bodied races in historic first | Athletics News
London Marathon: “We are proud of our history in championing participants with disabilities, from introducing our first wheelchair race in 1983 to hosting IPC World Championships on multiple occasions. We are delighted to continue our commitment to disability sport with this landmark move” Last Updated: 22/02/24 8:50am The London Marathon’s wheelchair race prize fund will…
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LIV Golf chairman says Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund ‘remains committed’ to supporting series | Golf News
LIV Golf chairman Yasir Al-Rumayyan has informed competitors Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund “remains committed to investing in and supporting” the breakaway series. The letter sent to LIV players on Thursday, reported by Golfweek, follows a move on Wednesday by Strategic Sports Group, a consortium of US-based sports franchise owners, to become minority owner of…
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Women’s FA Cup: Overall prize fund to double for 2023/24 season | Football News
The winners of this season’s Women’s FA Cup will now receive £430,000 – £100,000 more than Chelsea earned for landing the competition last season – with the Football Association having doubled the size of the overall FA Cup prize pot. An additional investment of £3m has been approved by the FA Board, bringing the total…
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Australian cricketers create ‘fighting fund’ for national netball players in pay dispute | Cricket News
Australia’s cricketers have thrown their weight behind the country’s netballers, creating a “fighting fund” to help them through a pay dispute with their governing body. Australia’s Diamonds captured the Netball World Cup in August amid a background of disharmony and Super Netball players have been out of contract since September 30. Now the Australian Cricketers’…
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Key figures in the PGA Tour’s deal with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund summoned to US Senate hearing
After the PGA Tour, the DP World Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, which backed the breakaway LIV Golf series, announced a partnership to unify golf, the US Senate said it would open an investigation and has now summoned the leading figures in the controversy to a hearing Last Updated: 21/06/23 9:09pm Please use…
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