Messi to Miami as player, co-owner?
Lionel Messi will play for Inter Miami CF with a 35 per cent ownership stake when his contract with Paris Saint-germain expires in June 2023, Alex Candal of DIRECTV Sports reported.
That would be roughly US$225 million based on current valuation of the team. Per the report, Messi would sign the deal in August.
Messi's camp denied the claims, per French outlet Le Parisien.
“It is completely false. Leo has not yet decided on his future.”
Messi, 34, joined PSG last summer after 16 seasons playing for FC Barcelona. He has won seven Ballon d'or — Golden Ball — awards as the best player in the world.
Inter Miami, co-owned by David Beckham, is in its third season of MLS play.
The Amundi Evian Championship is raising the prize money for the 2022 event to $6.5 million, with the winner taking home $1 million.
It is one of five major tournaments on the LPGA Tour, which has a record purse of more than $90 million this season.
The tournament is scheduled to be played at the Evian Resort Golf Club July 21-24 in Evian-les-bains, France. Minjee Lee of Australia is the defending champion and took home $675,000 last year.
It is the latest LPGA major to increase its prize pool.
Earlier this year, the USGA announced the U.S. Women's Open purse would be $10 million for 2022, more than twice what it was in 2021. That tournament is played June 2-5 at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club in Southern Pines, N.C.
Players will compete for $6.8 million at the AIG Women's British Open in August at Muirfield, $1 million more in prize money than last year.
The winner of the CME Group Tour Championship will earn the largest ever single payday — $2 million — this year.