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Josh Noble

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Josh Noble @joshnoble.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Time to post this again, an afternoon with the boxing GOAT. on.ft.com/413jmJM
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How Oleksandr Usyk became the world’s best boxer
[FREE TO READ] Ahead of his heavyweight bout with Tyson Fury, the Ukrainian’s schedule is punishing — just how he likes it
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Josh Noble @joshnoble.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
I sold Hugh Grant a pair of white socks while working a single day as a temp at Ralph Lauren.
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Josh Noble @joshnoble.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
From funding decades of seed and soil research to financing other tournaments around the world - how Wimbledon is almost single handedly keeping grass court tennis alive. on.ft.com/3Tlka8X
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How Wimbledon keeps grass court tennis alive
[FREE TO READ] A short playing season and high maintenance costs mean playing on turf is under threat
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Josh Noble @joshnoble.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Talented and devout: Crystal Palace faithful look to make south London history and topple Manchester City giants on.ft.com/43jUQo8
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FA Cup final: Crystal Palace faithful look to defeat Manchester City
[FREE TO READ] South London club among aspirational teams pushing back against Premier League’s Big Six
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Josh Noble @joshnoble.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
FC Barcelona executives hope a €1.5bn stadium revamp will help the club escape its financial purgatory. But construction delays and looming debt repayments risk making things even worse. on.ft.com/3GPkmKz
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FC Barcelona races to finish crucial €1.5bn stadium rebuild
[FREE TO READ] As football club fights for La Liga title, delays to the Camp Nou revamp are exacerbating its precarious financial position
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Josh Noble @joshnoble.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
A budget of €20mn. A staff of 20. Yet Norway’s fearless “fish hippies” have beaten some of Europe’s biggest clubs on the way to tonight’s Europa League semi final against Spurs. on.ft.com/4malyZc
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‘Fish hippy’ minnows from the Arctic Circle hope to take down Spurs
[FREE TO READ] A giant-killing run to a European semi-final puts Norwegian town and former Nato base host Bodø on map
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Josh Noble @joshnoble.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Wonder how Chinese TV manufacturer Hisense is feeling about its Club World Cup sponsorship today.
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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
The latest from @banxtoons.bsky.social
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Robin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · 01/04/2025
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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Superb obit here of my friend and former colleague Gwen Robinson by @edwardluce.bsky.social - she was one of a kind. Probably had the widest network of contacts of any journo I have known. Lost far too soon. www.ft.com/content/ec0b...
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Gwen Robinson, FT foreign correspondent and editor, 1960-2025
The Asia expert was known for her network of contacts, intrepid reporting and ability to handle big egos
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Josh Noble @joshnoble.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Donald Trump says US must gain control of Greenland on.ft.com/4iLKHqR
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Josh Noble @joshnoble.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Anecdotal but still instructive. on.ft.com/422zw6d
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Wisconsin Supreme Court race is the first electoral test for Trump
[FREE TO READ] The race has become a proxy battle between those who love and hate the president
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Josh Noble @joshnoble.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Holy moly
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Josh Noble @joshnoble.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Indeed, who needs Waitrose when you have two M&S Foodhalls!
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Josh Noble @joshnoble.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Sponsors are quitting, the TV market is in flux, and cash strapped sporting federations are struggling. Meanwhile the IOC is spending large sums on surging headcount and its own pet projects. on.ft.com/4bQDHGu Does the Olympic business model still work?
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Does the Olympic business model still work?
[FREE TO READ] As it chooses a new president, the world’s biggest sporting event is facing an exodus of major sponsors and a fast-changing media landscape
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Josh Noble @joshnoble.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
FT comments are different. This under a piece about female influencers in F1.
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Josh Noble @joshnoble.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Sponsors are quitting, the TV market is in flux, and cash strapped sporting federations are struggling. Meanwhile the IOC is spending large sums on surging headcount and its own pet projects. on.ft.com/4bQDHGu Does the Olympic business model still work?
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Does the Olympic business model still work?
[FREE TO READ] As it chooses a new president, the world’s biggest sporting event is facing an exodus of major sponsors and a fast-changing media landscape
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Josh Noble @joshnoble.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
A lengthy press release. An hour of presentations. Yet absolutely zero mention of the people who actually own the club. on.ft.com/41F8nFZ Manchester United reveals plans for 100,000-seater stadium
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Manchester United reveals plans for 100,000-seater stadium
[FREE TO READ] New ground expected to cost at least £2bn and be ‘centrepiece’ of regeneration of surrounding area
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Josh Noble @joshnoble.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Manchester to London on a Sunday. Standing room for 3+ hours and no functioning toilet. British infrastructure at its finest.
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Josh Noble @joshnoble.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
The US owner, the local auditor and the French regulator of Olympique Lyonnais are at loggerheads over whether other team’s players count as “shared assets”. The fight is setting the limits of what multiclub ownership is about. on.ft.com/3V5LTeQ
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French fight tests limits of football’s hottest investment trend
[FREE TO READ] Olympique Lyonnais owner John Textor at odds with regulators over team finances and multiclub ownership model
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Josh Noble @joshnoble.bsky.social · 14/12/2023
My afternoon with Oleksandr Usyk… “Our brain is sly. It doesn’t want to work. It wants to lie in bed and look through Instagram. But the brain is a muscle, you have to train it.”
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Oleksandr Usyk’s toughest opponent is himself
Ahead of his heavyweight bout with Tyson Fury, the Ukrainian boxer’s schedule is punishing — just how he likes it
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Josh Noble @joshnoble.bsky.social · 10/12/2023
First taste of the WSL. Good game so far.
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Josh Noble @joshnoble.bsky.social · 10/12/2023
When Luton Town host Manchester City later today, English football’s Cinderella will go up against an Emirati prince. It’s probably the biggest financial mismatch in top flight history. on.ft.com/3RAoHUI
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David and Goliath: Luton vs Manchester City clash shows highs and lows of Premier League
After a 25-year hiatus, the world’s richest football club will face a team that has risen from the ashes
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Josh Noble @joshnoble.bsky.social · 25/11/2023
Some of England’s oldest lawn tennis clubs have had to bring in waiting lists as they struggle to keep up with demand for padel on.ft.com/3Rb6a13
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England’s lawn tennis clubs gripped by padel fever
Venerable institutions introduce waiting lists for court space as the new game takes hold across the country
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Josh Noble @joshnoble.bsky.social · 06/11/2023
More shoe leather reporting today.
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Josh Noble @joshnoble.bsky.social · 04/11/2023
“Instead of giving $20,000 in an envelope to the head of a football federation to buy his vote, now you can sponsor the activity of a football league or competition. It’s legal and much more effective.” on.ft.com/47jENHA
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‘The pieces fell into place’: how Saudi Arabia won football’s World Cup
Sponsorship diplomacy, intensive lobbying and Fifa rule changes cleared path for Gulf kingdom to host 2034 event
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Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social · 20/10/2023
The combined Lib Dem/Lab vote share in mid-Beds should terrify Tories. There aren't that many seats where it's so unclear which party is in 2nd place. That splitting the opposition vote wasn't enough to save a safe home counties seat points to electoral carnage for govt.
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Josh Noble @joshnoble.bsky.social · 18/10/2023
A trip to Twickenham is a reminder that even West London is miles away from West London.
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Josh Noble @joshnoble.bsky.social · 13/10/2023
One of the weirdest evenings of my life was when I saw the Isley Brothers play York Opera House 20-odd years ago. There were maybe 40 people in the crowd. Afterwards we went back to their hotel and drank champagne out of teacups with an Isley cousin. Legends. www.thetimes.co.uk/article/9d45...
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Rudolph Isley obituary
Rudolph Isley, one of the founding members of the R&B family band the Isley Brothers, has died aged 84.The musician, who also co-wrote many of the band’s bigges
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Josh Noble @joshnoble.bsky.social · 11/10/2023
Gymshoe reporting today … from a luxury padel club.
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Josh Noble @joshnoble.bsky.social · 09/10/2023
Made my first trip to reborn Tottenham Hotspur yesterday. Modern stadiums are comfortable, efficient - just generally very impressive - and yet super uninteresting.
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