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FS8, the fitness concept combining Pilates, toning exercises and yoga from functional training franchiser F45, has opened its first London club. Located in Oxford Circus, ... More

F45 Training has confirmed it received an “unsolicited preliminary non-binding proposal” from Kennedy Lewis Investment Management (KLIM) to acquire the company. The deal would see ... More

Financially troubled Bury Football Club has been expelled by the English Football League (EFL) after it failed to secure a new owner. The indebted club ... More

Saudi Arabia's crown prince Mohammad bin Salman has denied he is planning to launch a takeover bid for English Premier League club Manchester United. Reports ... More

Sands Bethlehem – the hotel and casino resort in Pennsylvania, US, subject to a US$1.3bn (€1.14bn, £1.1bn) acquisition bid by Wind Creek Hospitality – could ... More

As predicted by Health Club Management in November, the investment giant that former Fitness First CEO Andrew Cosslett has joined as a leisure advisor has ... More

Global hotel giant Starwood has received a surprise US$12.8bn (€11.5bn, £8.9bn) takeover offer from a group led by China’s Anbang Insurance Group, which could scupper ... More

Everton Football Club (EFC) is the subject of a £200m (US$297m, €271.9m) takeover bid, with the club’s shareholders in advanced talks with the former owner ... More

Development of a AU$45m (US$33m, €29.9m, £21.2m) waterpark in Cairns, Australia – which was scheduled to open in late 2016 – has halted after the ... More

Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley has widened his burgeoning leisure portfolio by taking a 4.94 per cent stake in five-a-side football pitch operator Goals Soccer ... More

UK leisure resort chain Center Parcs has been bought by Canadian property giant Brookfield for an undisclosed sum. Center Parcs – which was owned by ... More

Leyton Orient Football Club (LOFC) chair Barry Hearn has confirmed he is looking to sell his majority share in the club to Italian businessman Francesco ... More

Virtual fitness coaching startup Wello could soon be subject to a takeover from Weight Watchers, according to press reports. A story on the website TechCrunch ... More

Earlier this month the Foreign Investment Review Board allowed Aquis to purchase 340 hectares of land for the development of Tony Fung's A$4.2bn (US$3.75bn, €2.72bn, ... More

Five-a-side football operator Goals Soccer Centres has announced plans to open new sites in the UK and US. The company is looking to launch two ... More

Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) has rejected a proposal from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) to relieve it of its ... More

Goals Soccer Centres has revealed that Canada-based Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan now has until 11 June to either lodge a takeover bid or confirm its ... More

Image: Goals has extended the bid deadline Canada-based Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan has received an additional 14 days in which to decide whether it is ... More

US-based sports tycoon Stan Kroenke has moved closer to acquiring Arsenal Football Club (AFC) after triggering a takeover bid for the Premier League club's parent ... More