Floyd Mayweather earned $275M from his boxing match against Conor McGregor last August.GETTY IMAGES
U.S. boxer Floyd Mayweather regained his title in the Forbes rankings of the world's top 100 earning athletes. He earned $275M for his boxing match in August against Conor McGregor. Cristiano Ronaldo -- No. 1 for the past two years -- dropped to third, with Lionel Messi "edging him out of second place." There are "no women on the list, after the previous sole entrant, Serena Williams, dropped out of the chart." The top 100 athletes earned a total of $3.8B, up 23% from last year, Forbes said (BBC, 6/5).
A-League clubs will reap a minimum A$1.53M ($1.16M) World Cup "windfall thanks to generous new compensation" being paid by FIFA for Russia 2018 participants. Melbourne City and Newcastle Jets "are the biggest winners under a complex formula" that will earn them A$440,000 ($335,000) and A$360,000 ($274,000), respectively (HERALD SUN, 6/5).
The gross commercial revenue from the '18-19 Champions League and Europa League and the '18 Super Cup is estimated at around €3.25B ($3.8B). Of the estimated gross amount, €295M ($346M) will be deducted to cover organizational costs relating to the competitions, and 7% (€227.5M/$266.5M) will be set aside for solidarity payments. Of the resulting net revenue of €2.73B ($3.2B), 6.5% will be reserved for European football and remain with UEFA and the other 93.5% will be distributed to the participating clubs (UEFA).
Premier League side Crystal Palace was "threatened with being dissolved and struck off the companies register" for being more than two months late filing its annual accounts for last year. The annual accounts detailing the club's '16-17 financial position were "due by law to be sent to Companies House" by March 31, but the official register is "highlighting that the accounts have still not been filed" (London GUARDIAN, 6/5).
David Lloyd Leisure broke into the German market after agreeing to the acquisition of a club near Frankfurt. The health and fitness club operator, which is backed by TDR Capital, said that it would invest €10M ($11.7M) to develop the Health City club in Bad Homburg. The acquisition lifts David Lloyd's number of overseas clubs to 15, including sites in Belgium, Spain, Ireland, Italy, France and the Netherlands. Its total membership will rise to more than 600,000 (LONDON TIMES, 6/5).
