00:00The 100 is set to bring an unprecedented financial windfall to English cricket after a Silicon
00:08Valley consortium secured a 49% stake in London Spirit, featuring tech giants like Google,
00:14Microsoft and Adobe.
00:16The deal has pushed London Spirit's valuation to £295 million, far exceeding expectations.
00:23Given the prestige of playing at Lord's, the team was always expected to attract strong
00:28interest but the scale of investment has surprised many.
00:32With fresh team names and colours, likely from 2026, the impact of this new ownership
00:37model will soon be felt.
00:41Meanwhile England wing Caden Murley has been ruled out of Saturday's Six Nations clash
00:46with France at Twickenham due to a foot injury sustained in the defeat to Ireland.
00:51Saracen's Alex Lachowski has been called up as his replacement, returning to the squad
00:56after last playing for England in 2018.
00:59Steve Borfik's side are under pressure after losing six of their last seven matches, while
01:04France come into the game on the back of a dominant 43-0 win over Wales.
01:10In football, Mikel Arteta has admitted Arsenal are disappointed by their failure to sign
01:15a striker in January.
01:17With Gabriel Jesus ruled out for the rest of the season, the Gunners missed out on top
01:22targets Alexander Isaac, Benjamin Sesko and Olly Watkins, is what the boss had to say.
01:28We haven't achieved it, so yeah, we are disappointed in that sense but as well we are very aware
01:36that we only want to bring certain kind of players and we have to be very disciplined
01:42with that as well and I think that we were.
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