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Justin Birnbaum, Forbes Staff

The Richest Female Sports Team Owners 2025

The richest female sports team owners 2025

Meet the wealthiest women changing the game—11 billionaires who control major pro franchises and are collectively worth $85 billion, led by the Mavericks’ Miriam Adelson.

  • By Justin Birnbaum

The world’s richest sports team owners 2025

The world’s richest sports team owners include the billionaires at the top of the NBA, the NFL and European soccer. See the top 25 ranking, with a combined net worth of $607 billion.

  • By Justin Birnbaum

30 under 30 sports 2025: The US athletes breaking barriers

Just a game? Not to these young all-stars, who are fearlessly leading sports into the future.

  • By Justin Birnbaum

The world’s highest-paid soccer players 2024

Forbes ranks the highest-paid footballers in the world, including Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Discover top soccer player salaries, contracts and endorsement deals.

  • By Justin Birnbaum

Asides

These 10 countries are spending $1 million or more rewarding their Olympic medallists

American medalists will earn a collective $8.3 million from the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee, but two countries are paying even more for their athletes’ trips to the podium at the Paris Games.

  • By Justin Birnbaum

USA Basketball rented out the entirety of a Paris hotel in city centre with 800 rooms

For most American squads at the Games, lodging, transportation and security might run $400,000. But the Dream Team established a luxurious precedent 32 years ago.

  • By Justin Birnbaum

These countries pay Olympians six-figure bonuses for winning gold

Australia offers just $13,000 to athletes who make it to the podium at the Summer Games, but one Asian delegation will provide nearly $800,000 for Olympics glory.

  • By Justin Birnbaum

The money behind the world’s highest-paid golfers

More than $1 billion in prize money is at stake for the sport’s top players—including a $20 million payday at this weekend’s 2024 U.S. Open.

  • By Justin Birnbaum

Meet the billionaire owners facing off in the 2024 NBA finals

Wyc Grousbeck’s Boston Celtics are looking to win a record-breaking 18th NBA championship, while Mark Cuban, Miriam Adelson and the Dallas Mavericks are trying to score the franchise’s second title.

  • By Justin Birnbaum

Why no women are among the world’s 50 highest-paid athletes

Serena Williams retired, Naomi Osaka is coming back after a pregnancy and Caitlin Clark is just beginning her professional career. Here’s why Iga Świątek, Coco Gauff, Nelly Korda and others will soon give men a run for their money.

  • By Justin Birnbaum
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