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Family owners of Bet365 weigh up potential £9bn sale of gambling empire

Company headed by Denise Coates holds talks with Wall Street banks about full or partial sale of assets

The Guardian - UK

Rich list 2025: Who are the wealthiest people in the UK?

Your guide to the UK’s wealthiest individuals in 2025

The Independent UK

Britain's richest woman Denise Coates takes pay cut to £158m, but is still paid 3x Tim Cook's salary

Denise Coates’s latest nine-figure payday dwarfs the compensation of the bosses of some of the world’s biggest companies.

Fortune

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Australia's Olympics boss Chesterman gets IOC nod

AOC president Ian Chesterman has been voted onto the IOC at a meeting before the Paris Games opening ceremony.

AAP

Rich List 2024: Who are the wealthiest people in the UK?

Gopi Hinduja and his family, which is behind the Indian conglomerate Hinduja Group, have been named as Britain’s richest.

The Independent UK

Brisbane 2032 Games plans slammed as 'half baked'

The Queensland premier has been slammed for blindsiding a 2032 Games infrastructure review, with Brisbane Olympic plans dismissed as "half-baked".

AAP

'Blown away': Canberra club's player numbers jump 300pc thanks to Matildas

The Matildas effect is real, and here's the Canberra proof

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‘The Queensland way’: rising costs, political power plays and legacy fears already dog the 2032 Brisbane Olympics

Stadium designs have been ripped up, a suburban venue will host the 100m final and one public servant says work has been ‘half-baked and half-arsed’

The Guardian - AU

Enhanced Games boss slams Olympic 'smear campaign'

The Australian entrepreneur behind a sports event with no drug testing has hit back at Kieren Perkins, saying he's part of an Olympics smear campaign.

AAP

Powerbrokers weigh in on Gabba's rebuild, future

Members of the organising committee for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games have indicated a rebuild of the Gabba may not be the best way forward.

AAP

Deputy premier set to face challenge for Qld leadership

Health Minister Shannon Fentiman has confirmed she will contest the leadership of Queensland's Labor Party after launching a bid to become the next Premier.

AAP

Harvard professor lobbied SEC on behalf of oil firm that pays her lavishly, emails show

Environmental law professor Jody Freeman urged to cut ties with ConocoPhillips, which pays her more than $350,000 a year

The Guardian - US

Battle within US netball puts the sport's Olympics inclusion for Brisbane 2032 Games at risk

The USA is a sporting powerhouse that could be the key to netball's Olympic bid, but a 16-year battle for power in the country is holding back its ability to grow beyond the Commonwealth.

ABC News

Sport and politics on collision course at Paris 2024 Olympics over Russia's invasion of Ukraine and potential bans or boycotts

If Russians and Belarusians are allowed to compete at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, even as "neutrals", it will bring the Games close to scenes not witnessed in more than 40 years.

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Phil Coles, former Olympian and IOC member, dies aged 91

The former Olympian will be remembered for his lifelong commitment to sport, particularly his role in ensuring athletes got to compete at the Moscow 1980 Olympics against the wishes of then-PM Malcolm Fraser.

Daily Mirror

How The Snowman almost missed Christmas as we celebrate 40 years of festive favourite

The Snowman, based on author and illustrator Raymond Briggs’ 1978 picture book, is a film so joyful, sad and compelling that it has gone on to captivate children and adults every Christmas since

Daily Mirror

Iconic lyrics to The Snowman 'only added last minute' admits composer after 40 years

The scene is etched into the memories of children and adults everywhere, but things might have been very different were it not for Howard Blake's impulsive decision to tweak the music

Belfast Live

Michael O'Neill praised by Stoke City chairman following sacking

The 53-year-old's time at Stoke has come to an end following a poor start to the season

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I'm still in shock over Abe: Albanese

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australia has lost a true friend in slain former Japanese leader Shinzo Abe.

Manchester Evening News

Family who have 'been to hell and back' hit by £12,000 P&O cruise nightmare

The family had been looking forward to the trip for years.

Liverpool Echo

Family 'been to hell and back' before £12k P&O cruise nightmare

The seven-night cruise holiday was meant to be a respite after John Coates had battled serious ill-health

ABC News

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk apologises for partner Reza Adib's attendance at Brisbane Olympics meeting

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk had insisted the meeting was an "informal catch-up" when asked yesterday, and today apologised for his attendance.

Daily Mirror

Olympics official says 2000 Games in Sydney were 'bought to a large extent'

The historic Games 22 years ago were held in Sydney, however a senior official from the IOC and the bid has admitted that they were ‘bought to a large extent’

Dynamite News

Thomas Bach praises 'champion' John Coates as he stands down as President of AOC

Sydney International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach was in Sydney on Saturday as IOC Vice-President John Coates stood down as President of the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) after 32 years in charge.

The Guardian - UK

Sydney Olympics were bought ‘to a large extent’, said Australian official John Coates

Comments by leading IOC official made in 2008 interview about payments were permitted under Olympic rules at the time

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