Tennis legend Roger Federer is now a billionaire
Lucrative endorsements and a stake in shoe brand On have made the Swiss star just the seventh athlete in the three-comma club—and a food tech investment may serve up another payday.
Justin Birnbaum, Forbes Staff
How New Balance went from ‘dad shoe’ to scoring the No. 1 NBA draft prospect
By signing Cooper Flagg, Shohei Ohtani, Coco Gauff and other young superstars, the 119-year-old sneaker and apparel brand is on a mission to redefine its place in the sports hierarchy.
The World’s Highest-Paid Golfers 2025
LIV Golf’s spending spree has seemingly come to an end, but the PGA Tour is chipping in record purses, helping the sport’s 10 top earners score $612 million over the past year.
The richest female sports team owners 2025
Meet the wealthiest women changing the game—11 billionaires who control major pro franchises and are collectively worth $85 billion, led by the Mavericks’ Miriam Adelson.
The world’s richest sports team owners 2025
The world’s richest sports team owners include the billionaires at the top of the NBA, the NFL and European soccer. See the top 25 ranking, with a combined net worth of $607 billion.
30 under 30 sports 2025: The US athletes breaking barriers
Just a game? Not to these young all-stars, who are fearlessly leading sports into the future.
The world’s highest-paid soccer players 2024
Forbes ranks the highest-paid footballers in the world, including Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Discover top soccer player salaries, contracts and endorsement deals.
These 10 countries are spending $1 million or more rewarding their Olympic medallists
American medalists will earn a collective $8.3 million from the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee, but two countries are paying even more for their athletes’ trips to the podium at the Paris Games.
USA Basketball rented out the entirety of a Paris hotel in city centre with 800 rooms
For most American squads at the Games, lodging, transportation and security might run $400,000. But the Dream Team established a luxurious precedent 32 years ago.
These countries pay Olympians six-figure bonuses for winning gold
Australia offers just $13,000 to athletes who make it to the podium at the Summer Games, but one Asian delegation will provide nearly $800,000 for Olympics glory.