Jim Ratcliffe is the co-owner of the Manchester United.

Sheikh Jassim was among the front-runners to buy Manchester United after several rounds of bidding earlier this year, but the process has come to a halt in recent months despite the anger of supporters toward current owners. United announced nearly a year ago that they were exploring "strategic alternatives to...

Osaka, Japan - Paris Saint-Germain have given Saudi club Al Hilal permission to speak to Kylian Mbappe after tabling a world record 300-million-euro ($333 million) bid, a source close to the negotiations told AFP on Monday. The Riyadh-based club has made a formal offer by letter, the source said, but such...

London, United Kingdom -- A source close to Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani said Thursday that the Qatari bidders were still awaiting clarity from Manchester United after a report suggested they could be offered exclusivity in the battle to buy the club. United announced in November that the board...

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Real Madrid's Ballon d'Or winner Karim Benzema has signed for Saudi Arabia's Al-Ittihad for three years starting next season, a source in the Jeddah-based club told AFP on Tuesday. "Benzema has signed a contract for his transfer to Al-Ittihad for a three-year period starting next season," the...

While Sheikh Jassim's latest offer is reported to be over £5 billion ($6.2 billion), the size of Ratcliffe's improved bid was yet to be made public when Friday's deadline for the third round of bidding passed at 2100 GMT. Sheikh Jassim's bid also promises to erase United's $620 million debt.

Manchester United have received a second Qatari bid to buy the English football giants, British media reported. The reports said that Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jaber AI Thani, the chairman of Qatar Islamic Bank, had placed a second round offer. British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe made a revised...

The rival bidders, Qatari businessman Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani and British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe were invited to visit United this week although Sheikh Jassim did not travel to Manchester on Thursday, he sent a delegation. Sheikh Jassim and Ratcliffe are the only interested parties to publicly announce their...

London, United Kingdom - A consortium led by a Qatari banker announced it had submitted an offer to take full control of Manchester United, with British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe also reported to have lodged a bid. Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani "confirmed his submission of a bid for 100 percent...

The American Glazer family, United's owners, began looking for new investment with British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe's company INEOS entering the bidding process.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia---Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo still needs to serve a two-match English Football Association ban before making his Al Nassr debut, an official at the Saudi club told AFP on Friday. Ronaldo was slapped with the ban in November for hitting a mobile phone out of a teenage fan's hand...

The Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo is likely to sign a $210 million a season blockbuster deal with Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr in the wake of his high-profile exit from Manchester United. Ronaldo left United last month and will likely start playing for the new club from January.

The world's richest man has a habit of posting provocative statements on Twitter for fun and Musk was at it again when he told his more than 103 million followers: "Also, I'm buying Manchester United ur welcome." The billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO made the comment in reply to another...

Manchester United co-chairman Avram Glazer has acquired a franchise for a new T20 professional cricket league in the United Arab Emirates, organizers announced on Wednesday. Glazer completed the purchase in his role as chairman of private equity firm Lancer Capital.