00:10The total prize money at this year's Wimbledon will be £64.2 million which is an increase
00:15by 20%. The singles champions each take home £3.6 million while the first round loser
00:21gets £80,000. The overall prize money has increased by £10.7 million at a time when
00:28a group of players are campaigning for an even greater share of the proceeds. The players
00:34had been hoping for the overall prize money to be close to £71.7 million from Wimbledon.
00:39The 2027 ODI World Cup has been provisionally inked into the calendar to run from October
00:464th to November 21st in that year. The tournament is being jointly hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe
00:52and Namibia. The dates were agreed upon during an ICC board meeting in Ahmedabad in May with
00:58the final details set to be confirmed at the ICC's AGM in Edinburgh in July.
01:04And in football, manager Martin O'Neill has signed a permanent deal with Celtic after
01:09his double success in the Scottish Premiership and Scottish Cup. He has agreed a one-year
01:14contract with the option for a further year after talks with Celtic's major shareholder
01:19Dermot Desmond. O'Neill has nine trophies as Celtic manager but he says he's hungry for more.
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