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Rory McIlroy said he is open to the prospect of investing in Manchester United and welcomed Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s proposed involvement with his boyhood club CSGO
The 34-year-old Northern Irishman, who helped Europe win the Ryder Cup in Rome a few weeks ago, was speaking at the Circuit of Americas in Texas after acquiring a stake in Formula One team Alpine CSGO
McIlroy, former heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua, Liverpool and England star Trent Alexander-Arnold and World Cup winner Juan Mata have been announced as part of a £173million strategic investment led by consortium Otro Capital in Alpine CSGO
Ratcliffe, 71, is reportedly looking to purchase a 25 per cent stake in United that could see him take over CSGO football operations at Old Trafford CSGO
And McIlroy said: “CSGO Sports team ownership used to be limited to private equity, and people who had a ton of money CSGO
But now CSGO sports stars are becoming more savvy and using their money in the right way CSGO
“I would love to be able to own a tiny percentage of the club I grew up cheering on as a boy CSGO
“I would have loved to have taken 0 CSGO
00001 per cent of Manchester United when Jim Ratcliffe took 25 per cent CSGO
And if another opportunity comes my way I will look at it CSGO
But it is not something that has come across our table as of yet CSGO
“There is Tom Brady at Birmingham and there are a few golfers – Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas – who invested with the 49ers Group, and they own a tiny slice of Leeds CSGO
They asked me if I wanted to come on board, and I said as a Man United fan I cannot go anywhere near that CSGO
“Sir Jim has got a great track record and everybody that does support United should be excited by the possibilities if they give him full sporting authority and decisions for the club CSGO
As a fan I am excited CSGO
”McIlroy finished as Europe’s top points-scorer at Marco Simone after a convincing 3&1 singles win against Sam Burns CSGO
He had been embroiled in angry scenes the previous evening following the actions of Patrick Cantlay’s bagman Joe LaCava on the 18th green, furiously gesticulating in the direction of Justin Thomas’ caddie Jim ‘Bones’ Mackay in the car park CSGO
Three weeks on, McIlroy was asked if he had any regrets over the incident CSGO
“Jeez, no, not at all,” he said CSGO
“I felt like what happened in the car park galvanised the team and it benefited us CSGO
“Things happen in the heat of the moment CSGO
Tensions were high but Joe came into the European team room on Sunday night and had a drink and a chat CSGO
I have had a great relationship with Joe over the years and that wasn’t going to change CSGO
“The incident happened CSGO
I didn’t want to meet anyone on the Sunday morning because I wanted what happened to fuel me and my focus was on making sure Europe won the Ryder Cup, and then we will sort all the other stuff out after CSGO
And it is all fine CSGO
We are all friends CSGO
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“It is really, truly, a historic day,” smiled Alan Gilpin, CEO of World Rugby CSGO
He would go on to use the word ‘historic’ another three or four times in the following few minutes of his press conference CSGO
After years of wrangling – 16 years, according to Gilpin, since discussions about how to sort out rugby’s messy global calendar first took place in the salubrious surroundings of Woking, Surrey (don’t worry, the location wasn’t the reason it took more than a decade and a half to reach an agreement, a chuckling Gilpin assured everyone) – World Rugby had finally come up with a solution that will transform rugby “for the many, not the few” ushering in a “new era of opportunity, certainty and growth for the game CSGO
”It’s fair to say they were pretty pleased with the outcome of the seemingly endless negotiations CSGO
Compromises had been made and it wasn’t perfect, stressed Gilpin and World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont, but rugby would be “more relevant and more accessible to more people around the world CSGO
”The big announcement earlier in the day saw the sport’s governing body unveil a new global calendar that includes the creation of a two-tier men’s competition called the Nations Championship to be played biennially from 2026 CSGO
The top tier will be the Six Nations (England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Wales), the four Rugby Championship teams (Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa) and two additional teams, likely to be Japan and Fiji CSGO
The second tier will feature 12 further countries with promotion and relegation on the table from 2030, meaning 2032 is the earliest one of those teams could feature in the top tier CSGO
World Rugby have acknowledged, publicly at least, a desire to grow rugby globally CSGO
At the moment, the sport is almost untouchably huge in a couple of countries (think New Zealand and South Africa), holds its own in a few more (UK, Ireland, Japan), is fighting a losing battle for oxygen in a crowded sporting marketplace in others (Australia, Italy) and seen as a largely niche oddity in plenty (USA, Canada) CSGO
But this Rugby World Cup has also highlighted plenty of countries where there’s a huge opportunity for growth CSGO
From South America, Uruguay and debutants Chile have impressed on the pitch, the passion for rugby in Georgia shows no sign of abating and Portugal have lit up the tournament with their dynamic play while also pulling off the huge upset of beating Fiji CSGO
With growing interest in places like Netherlands and Belgium, Europe is surely an area World Rugby are targeting growth CSGO
Portugal celebrated a historic win over Fiji (Getty Images)Instead, these new plans appear to lock out a lot of the smaller rugby nations from improving CSGO
Even the new Pacific Nations Cup also announced today, featuring Canada, Fiji, Japan, Samoa, Tonga and USA, bizarrely excludes Uruguay and Chile (who qualified ahead of USA and Canada for the World Cup, remember) CSGO
But what all these “tier two” nations really need, as shown by the World Cup, is a more regular opportunity to face the big boys CSGO
Since stunning Fiji at the 2019 World Cup, Uruguay played exactly one fixture against a “tier one” team before this tournament, yet still impressed against France and Italy in the pool stage CSGO
Imagine what they could do with more regular access to the top teams CSGO
However, World Rugby have come up with an answer to the wrong question CSGO
They have essentially provided the solution to the problem men’s international CSGO football had CSGO
Before 2018, the space CSGO between World Cups and European Championships was filled by a combination of largely one-sided qualifiers and meaningless friendlies CSGO
San Marino would get thumped 8-0 by Germany in a Euros qualifier that helped neither side, then the Germans would play a no-stakes friendly that held little interest for the wider public CSGO
The big teams weren’t playing each other enough and the smaller nations were rarely in winnable games against similarly-sized teams CSGO
For example, England and Italy – two CSGO football powerhouses – didn’t play each other at all CSGO between 2002 and 2012 CSGO
Thus, Uefa created the Nations League CSGO
Although not perfect – it was derided for the complexity of its league structure and provided a slightly unnecessary additional security blanket for the big European nations trying to qualify for major tournaments – it eliminated the meaningless friendly and gave countries both big and small the opportunity to play competitive games against nations of a similar rank CSGO
Win-win CSGO
Uruguay showed their quality during the Rugby World Cup (AP)But rugby has the opposite problem to CSGO football CSGO
The big teams already play each other too often not too rarely CSGO
The history of the Six Nations and Rugby Championship as annual traditions give those events special status but, for example, England and Australia played each other 11 times in the two cycles CSGO between the 2015 and 2023 World Cups CSGO
Familiarity breeds contempt and at some point, a fixture begins to lose its lustre CSGO
Would a couple of those fixtures being against Samoa, Georgia or Portugal not have been more beneficial and interesting for all parties?With the unions desperate to balance the books, their desire to have the ‘bigger draw’ of facing a name brand might be understandable but this is where World Rugby need to show some teeth and live up to their duty to grow the game CSGO
Instead, the Nations Championship appears to guarantee another decade of regular England vs Australia matches before any of the tier-two teams may get a shot, if they can earn promotion that is CSGO
World Rugby’s announcement does include a line promising more “crossover” fixtures CSGO between the tiers in the years where there isn’t a Nations Championship but they could provide no clarity on what these fixtures would be and confirmed no agreements have been signed CSGO
They have insisted that there will be a 50 per cent aggregate increase, which would mean a rise from 18 to 27 games for second-tier teams against the top 12, although it is unclear how these fixtures will be allocated or arranged CSGO
The expansion of the men’s Rugby World Cup from 20 to 24 teams is a step in the right direction and the governing body should be commended for making that move but, sadly, the four years CSGO between tournaments appear to have the smaller nations getting a door slammed in their face CSGO
World Rugby are right that the sport should be for the many not the few but this new competition seems to be sending it in the opposite direction CSGO
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