Sports shop founder earns Â£929m
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The founder of Sports Direct earns more than Â£929m after the retailer sets its share sale at the top of its price range.
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Scott Drummond, who meets the defending champion Ernie Els tomorrow in the first round of the World Match Play Championship, arrived at Wentworth in May with career earnings on the European Tour of less than Â£40,000.
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DINESH DHAMIJA, the chairman and chief executive of Ebookers, last night looked set to land a Â£90 million windfall after agreeing to a takeover of the online travel group he founded.
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A prize-winning Devon author wins a Â£115,000 out-of-court settlement over fumes from a nearby shoe shop.
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LagardÃ¨re, FranceÂs largest publisher, agreed to buy Sportfive for 865 million euros ($1.1 billion) to enter the market for soccer and rugby broadcasting. Sportfive, whose main shareholders are Advent International, Goldman Sachs, Capital Partners and the RTL Group, is expected to have 2006 sales of 526 million euros, LagardÃ¨re said. The purchase price includes debt. LagardÃ¨re, formerly one of FranceÂs biggest military contractors, has purchased media companies to diversify from the aerospace industry. Sportfive, which has headquarters in Paris and Hamburg, is EuropeÂs largest soccer marketing and media rights company.
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Liverpool&#39;s record 20 million pound signing Fernando Torres is set to make his debut for his new club in a pre-season friendly in Switzerland on Tuesday.
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By Staunton, Martin  NITRO - Cable's Bagels has a certain ring to it, but the cofounder of the one of America's leading entertainment apparel manufacturers admits the cash register in the baking business probably would not ring to the tune of $20 million a year.
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Â· Multimillionaire has given Â£125m to charity already Â· First step to fortune made selling trainers in garage
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Business & money: Fortunes of Cheshire-based firm at the mercy of England's Euro 2008 qualification.
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Sport: Birmingham City directors agree to sell 29.9% of club's shares to Hong Kong businessman.
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EA Sports is one of the most powerful, lucrative brands in the video game business. Thatâs not enough for Peter Moore.
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LEEDS United&#39;s Elland Road stadium is the latest football ground to be earmarked for a major casino development. Bookmaker and gaming group Stanley Leisure has bought the rights to seven acres next to Elland
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Already having set a single-season record for prizemoney, he became the game&#39;s first $10m man as the $900,000 first prize pushed his 2004 earnings to $10.
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Phil Knight saved the best for last for the company he helped nurture into a brand superstar.
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Business & money: Sports chain to part-refund customers who were overcharged for replica football shirts
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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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German sports goods maker Adidas-Salomon launched a sportswear collection with designer Stella McCartney on Wednesday, expecting to boost sales by at least 10 million euros (&#36;12 million) next year.