Nike agrees Â£285m Umbro takeover
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Nike agrees to buy UK sportswear firm Umbro in a deal that values the company at Â£285m.
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MANCHESTER UNITED confirmed today to the Stock Exchange that they had paid a fee of up to Â£1.5 million ($3.85 million) to football agent Paul Stretford for organising the transfer of Wayne Rooney from Everton.
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Eight-time Premiership soccer champion Manchester United said on its Web site it bid around 20 million pounds ($36 million) for Everton&#39;s England forward Wayne Rooney.
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Malcolm Glazer spent about 66 million pounds ($81.1 million) since Friday raising his stake in Manchester United Plc to 28.11 percent, indicating he still wants control of the world&#39;s biggest soccer club by revenue.
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Manchester United yesterday revealed that it agreed payments to players&#39; agents of Â£5.5m last year, equivalent to more than 9% of the club&#39;s operating profit and almost 20% of its pre-tax profit.
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United Breweries Limited has decided to enter into a partnership with Scottish &amp; Newcastle, S&amp;N. Under this agreement, S&amp;N will get 17.5% of UBL&#39;s stake through a preferential allotment for Rs 217 crore (Rs 2.17 billion), or Rs 575 per share.
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Manchester United have made a bid for Everton&#39;s star striker Wayne Rooney, the club said yesterday. United didn&#39;t say how much the offer was worth, but it was believed to be around Â£20 million
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US sportswear giant Nike ventured further into the British football market on Tuesday after agreeing to buy rival Umbro, maker of the England soccer strip, for 582 million dollars (408 million euros).
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American business tycoon Malcolm Glazer has launched another Â£17million raid on Manchester United on Monday. Glazer, who on Friday splashed out Â£45million to take his stake in the Old Trafford club to 25.
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_ Kidde PLC, the British fire and safety company, said Thursday it had agreed to a 1.4 billion pound ($2.8 billion) takeover by United Technologies Corp.
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Malcolm Glazer has increased his stake in Manchester United for the third day in succession to take his holding to 28.11 per cent.
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner Malcolm Glazer is on the verge of a possible takeover of Manchester United, the world's richest and one of its most storied soccer clubs, much to the dismay of its fans. In three consecutive trading days, Glazer has hiked his ownership share of the English team to 28.11 percent. If his ownership reaches 30 percent, he ...
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Sports Direct sells Umbro shares worth Â£56m to Nike and agrees to back a bid for the football kit maker.
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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner Malcolm Glazer has found new financial backers for his takeover bid of UK soccer club Manchester United (UK:MNU) , according to the BBC.
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FIFA has signed a &#36;351 million sponsorship deal with German sporting goods giant Adidas, officials announced Wednesday.
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The world's leading sports management and marketing firm is to be bought by a New York  investment firm for an undisclosed fee.
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British sportswear group Umbro, the maker of England's football team kit, on Tuesday agreed to a takeover from US giant Nike in a deal worth 285 million pounds (408 million euros, 582 million dollars).