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Brothers Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta have sold the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) for $4 billion after buying it for $2m in 2001. Talent agency WME-IMG confirmed its purchase of the mixed martial arts promotional company, which calls itself the fastest-growing sports organisation in the world. The UFC produces more than 40 live events each year and sells out some of the most prestigious arenas around the world. Shows are broadcast in more than 156 countries and territories, to more than 1.1 billion households worldwide in...

Private jet charter company Magnus Aviation has been inundated by enquiries from stranded Wales fans looking to make the Euro2016 semi-final. Over 200 flights to, from and over France have been cancelled due to the latest air traffic control strike there, meaning some Welsh fans planning to go to tonight’s Euro semi-final match may not make it. As a result of this, Magnus Aviation, a UK-based private jet charter business, says it’s seeing a growing number of enquiries from fans...

UNILAD is set to become the first broadcaster to use Facebook Live to stream a football match with coverage from the Homeless World Cup. The social platform will live stream the games from Glasgow which will open up the tournament to a potential 1.5 billion video viewers. It also marks a momentous occasion in sport. Liam Bagnall from UNILAD said: “Facebook Live has been a hot topic for the past year and what better way to use the new technology than to bring great sporting...

Uruguaran Pablo Cuevas threatened to urinate on court during a doubles match with Britain's Jonny Marray and Adil Shamasdin. Umpire Aurelie Tourte refused Cuevas a toilet break which resulted in him threatening to wee into a ball can. He and his doubles partner Marcel Granollers then held a sit-down protest after receiving warnings for said violation and hitting a ball out of court. "You have to take bad calls on the chin at some point," said Britain's Marray. "I went to the bathroom twice during the...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter  @TLE_Sport Calamitous.  Shambloic.  A disgraceful result that will impact on generations to come.  Far too much play on the right wing and not enough on the left.  But, enough about my thoughts on the EU referendum.  England’s footballers rather predictably missed the opportunity to give the public something to cheer about after the most tumultuous political week in my lifetime, by bowing out of Euro 2016 with a pathetic...

By Nathan Lee The first football shirt I ever owned was a fake replica Scotland kit delivered in a plastic box from Leeds market. I wore it with pride. The navy blue top was striking atop a pair of white shorts and matching football socks and it never struck me as an issue donning a national shirt of another home nation. But as I've grown older I've become familiar with a general hatred of the English shared by other British...

You can't blame England fans for feeling a tad despondent following the woeful Euro 2016 show, but it ain't all bad; we’re favourites to win the upcoming World Gravy Wrestling championships. As England crash out of yet another major tournament the English have been left with egg throwing and wicket whacking as the only sports we're borderline competent at. But outside the mainstream ball sports there's an underbelly of fiercely competitive championships which we still have a chance of winning!...

The Times gave all 14 contributing England players zero out of ten following their defeat to Iceland last night in the last 16 of Euro 2016. Joe Hart was judged to have been beaten too easily for the second goal that sent Iceland through to the quarter finals, while his defensive counterparts Kyle Walker, Gary Cahill, Chris Smalling and Danny Rose were adjudged to have been found wanting against a mediocre attack. In midfield, Dele Alli was criticised for finishing...

By Grant Bailey (@GrantDBailey) Brassy? Bolshy? Bricking it? However the England Euro team are feeling today ahead of their game against Iceland, it looks like Roy Hodgson is putting his strongest team forward to push us through to the quarters. Judging by our less-than-stellar performance against Slovakia last week, it's clear that the right team chemistry can make or break a match, just as the right combo of employees can make or break an office. A recent study into office...