2025-12-16
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Finance & Investments
The sector grows from $106.4 billion in 2024 at a 7.8% compound annual rate.
Augmented and virtual reality technologies revolutionize campaigns by drastically increasing fan immersion.
New capital flows into women’s sports, esports, and collegiate athlete partnerships.
England raised $668 million selling team stakes, contrasting with Australia’s recent $7.5 million financial loss.
New UAE and South African leagues now lure top talent with significantly higher player salaries.
A Boston Consulting Group report recommended private ownership to fund player retention and grassroots growth.
Orreco (Irish AI firm) scales Motion Signal to predict soft-tissue injuries using biometrics.
Data Driven Sports Analytics (Melbourne startup) adds hardware-free vision capabilities for athlete tracking.
Newcastle United (EPL club) pilots the system using Sportradar (data firm) real-time feeds.
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Media, Broadcasting & Sponsorships
The Saturday event drew 19,232 fans to Washington D.C.’s Capital One Arena.
Ticket sales surpassed the previous company high set at the Intuit Dome in June.
WWE co-founder Linda McMahon and several Trump Administration officials attended the historic show.
Dallas holds under 1% playoff odds while Kansas City is eliminated from contention.
Analysts expect viewership to fall short of the previous 24 million streaming record.
Netflix secures announcers Ian and Noah Eagle plus analyst Drew Brees for the broadcast.
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Teams & Leagues
The team will unveil its full 2026 race livery in Berlin on Jan 20.
Fintech firm Revolut replaces online casino Stake as title partner for the manufacturer’s inaugural season.
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund acquired a minority stake in the team in Nov 2024.
The Women’s National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA) faces a Jan 9 contract expiration.
League proposals project average salaries of $500K and max compensation of $1.2M.
The union seeks to expand the season to 48 games and mandate 12-player rosters.
Outdoor play stops if the combined heat, humidity, and wind metric hits 90 degrees.
Athletes gain 10-minute cooling breaks between sets if the measure exceeds 86.1 degrees.
The mandate covers ATP events but excludes the four independent Grand Slam tournaments.
Potapova joins Austria while Rakhimova and Kudermetova will represent Uzbekistan in future events.
At least 10 players have dropped Russian citizenship since International Tennis Federation bans began.
Suspended national federations cannot provide vital funding to lower-ranked players lacking major earnings.
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Miscellaneous
The firm targets an “everything app” model by building new tokenized stock products internally.
Competition is intensifying as rival Polymarket acquired QCEX for $112M to re-enter the US.
Industry groups are pushing for federal oversight to bypass conflicting state-level gambling regulations.
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