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Late Friday, Manchester United said it had reached a deal with Juventus to acquire Cristiano Ronaldo, returning the Portuguese football star to his former English Premier League club after more than a decade. Personal terms of the arrangement were still being finalised, though the transfer highlights his enduring commercial appeal.
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Mark your calendar: next Saturday the FT’s Simon Kuper and Scoreboard’s Murad Ahmed will host a discussion on the state of FC Barcelona as part of the FT Weekend Festival. Join us then.
It’s late summer in the US, which on the sports calendar here means one thing: college football. Traditionally, that involves tailgating, marching bands, and an abundance of school spirit from university quadrangles in the South to watering holes in Manhattan, where young alumni tend to gather at devoted bars to individual colleges to watch games.
I didn’t personally attend a “big football school”, but I have fond memories of tagging along with friends to Wisconsin Badgers and South Carolina Gamecocks bars (note to first…
