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The World Cup’s ‘least known’ player just gained 1 million followers – and is now a cult hero

If you didn’t know who Tim Payne was, you’re about to. The Wellington Phoenix defender has become an overnight internet sensation after a social media campaign set out to make him the tournament’s biggest star.

  • By Samuel Hussey
  • Head of News & Life

Why none of 2026’s 50 highest-paid athletes are women

The business of women’s sports is growing fast, but media rights revenues still pale in comparison with major men’s leagues, holding back salaries.

  • By Hank Tucker
  • Forbes Staff

The World’s 10 Highest-Paid Athletes 2026

See Forbes’ 2026 list of the world’s highest-paid athletes, featuring a record payday by Cristiano Ronaldo, plus nine other sports stars who made at least $100 million.

  • By Brett Knight
  • Forbes Staff
Rory McIlroy celebrates winning the 2025 Masters Tournament. Image: Getty

The PGA championship payday is big, but so are the taxes and expenses

Professional golfers lead complicated financial lives, with prize money, endorsements, taxes owed to multiple states, and expenses ranging from travel to caddies.

  • By Kelly Phillips Erb

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Australian team to race in the America’s cup for the first time in 25 years

The Royal Prince Edward Yacht Club’s Team Australia will challenge for the Louis Vuitton 38th America’s Cup.

  • By Bill Springer, Senior Contributor

Watch: Ryan Reynolds takes on SailGP with Australia’s Flying Roos

Reynolds steered his team’s fully foiling F50 racing trimaran that clocked speeds over 55 miles per hour (90 km/h) prior to the official racing on Bermuda’s Great Sound.

  • By Bill Springer, Senior Contributor

Here’s how much LIV Golf paid its players – As the Saudis yank funding

Saudi Arabia broke the golf world in two when it launched LIV five years ago, but the country has said it’s done bankrolling the controversial league.

  • By Mary Whitfill Roeloffs

LIV Golf loses Saudi Arabia funding—effectively ending PGA rival: report

Reports and speculation about the professional golf league’s shutdown have swirled for weeks as Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund has distanced itself from LIV.

  • By Antonio Pequeño IV

LIV Golf could be shutting down, Saudi execs may slash funding: Reports

Reports and rumors circulated on Wednesday that the Saudi Public Investment Fund could soon pull funding from the PGA Tour competitor.

  • By Zachary Folk

From Bankstown to the Super Bowl – now Jordan Mailata has a new uniform

From Samoa to Bankstown, the Rabbitohs to the Philadelphia Birds – Jordan Mailata is one of Australia’s most treasured NFL exports. Now the ‘left tackle,’ who is said to make US$22-million-a-year, is turning his attention to packaging. Here’s why.

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist
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