Michael Johnson project Grand Slam Track to launch in Kingston Sport Michael Johnson’s breakaway Grand Slam Track project will start in Kingston, Jamaica in 2025, it was revealed on Monday. The project, which aims to replicate Grand Slam tennis with four major events across 2025, will also race in Los Angeles. Two further host cities will be announced this week. Grand Slam Track has over $30m [...]
FA Cup to increase prize money to offset lack of replays Sport Nearly £2.5m extra will be handed out in prize money for this season’s FA Cup in the first year without replays. The Football Association announced last season that the 2024-25 edition of the competition would scrap replays from the first round onwards, causing outrage among many football league clubs who gained financially out of the [...]
How much has Scottie Scheffler earned after Tour Championship win? Sport Business It’s been an incredible season for Scottie Scheffler. The world No1 golfer on Sunday won the Tour Championship to add to his second Masters title, second Players Championship title, becoming a father and the brief spell he spent in jail back in May. And how much has he banked this season as a result of [...]
Women’s British Open prize money: How much will players win at St Andrew’s? August 23, 2024 The prize money pot at this year’s Women’s British Open hit another record this year, with both the overall fund for players and the winner’s total hitting new highs. Golfers’ competing at a windy St Andrew’s this weekend will win a share of $9.5m (£7.2m), an increase of $500,000 (£381,137) on last year’s spoils. The [...]
Paris 2024 prize money: How much did World Athletics pay to each country? August 11, 2024 Ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games World Athletics, the governing body of track and field, controversially said they would pay gold medallists. Some nations pay there athletes with financial rewards and other assets such as titles and land, but it is not common for a governing body to pay athletes at the Olympic Games. [...]
The Open prize money 2024: How much can golfers earn at Royal Troon this week? July 18, 2024 Royal Troon Golf Club on the windy west coast of Scotland will be the bane of many golfer’s weekends, but the reward for coming out on top at the 2024 Open Championship will make it worth it. The total pot for the final major of the season has increased to £13.1m, up £385,000 or 14.2 [...]
T20 Cricket World Cup: How much prize money do you get? June 28, 2024 The perk of winning the T20 Cricket World Cup is being able to call yourselves world champions, as England did in 2022 when they beat Pakistan. But for the governing bodies and chiefs will be keen on the cash teams can earn from winning matches in the Caribbean and United States. Tournament winners get $2.45m [...]
Euro 2024 prize money: How much can teams win in Germany? June 14, 2024 The team that wins this year’s Euro 2024 Championship in Germany could pocket themselves £28,250,000 in prize money. Data from the Uefa Financial Report, crunched by Football Benchmark, has shown that prize money for this year’s Euros, which begins on Friday 14 June, has not changed since the 2020 tournament. But teams can still cash [...]
Premier League prize money: How much do you get for winning the title? May 17, 2024 The majority of clubs may not have a Premier League title to win or relegation to avoid, but there are millions riding on this weekend. Prize money can differ massively between each spot in the Premier League table, and that’s something each team will be conscious off come kick-off this Sunday. Recent Premier League accounts [...]