The Hundred has delivered a huge financial boost to English cricket, with a Silicon Valley consortium investing in London Spirit. Featuring tech giants like Google and Microsoft, the deal has exceeded expectations and could bring major changes to the competition from 2026.
In rugby, Harlequins star Cadan Murley has been ruled out of England’s Six Nations clash with France due to injury. Steve Borthwick’s side has lost six of their last seven games and faces a tough challenge against a dominant French team.
And in football, Mikel Arteta admits Arsenal are disappointed after failing to sign a striker. With Gabriel Jesus injured, could their lack of firepower derail their title hopes? Charles Hague-Jones has the details.
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00:00The 100 is set to bring an unprecedented financial windfall to English cricket after a Silicon
00:08Valley consortium secured a 49% stake in London Spirit, featuring tech giants like Google,
00:14Microsoft and Adobe.
00:16The deal has pushed London Spirit's valuation to £295 million, far exceeding expectations.
00:23Given the prestige of playing at Lord's, the team was always expected to attract strong
00:28interest but the scale of investment has surprised many.
00:32With fresh team names and colours, likely from 2026, the impact of this new ownership
00:37model will soon be felt.
00:41Meanwhile England wing Caden Murley has been ruled out of Saturday's Six Nations clash
00:46with France at Twickenham due to a foot injury sustained in the defeat to Ireland.
00:51Saracen's Alex Lachowski has been called up as his replacement, returning to the squad
00:56after last playing for England in 2018.
00:59Steve Borfik's side are under pressure after losing six of their last seven matches, while
01:04France come into the game on the back of a dominant 43-0 win over Wales.
01:10In football, Mikel Arteta has admitted Arsenal are disappointed by their failure to sign
01:15a striker in January.
01:17With Gabriel Jesus ruled out for the rest of the season, the Gunners missed out on top
01:22targets Alexander Isaac, Benjamin Sesko and Olly Watkins, is what the boss had to say.
01:28We haven't achieved it, so yeah, we are disappointed in that sense but as well we are very aware
01:36that we only want to bring certain kind of players and we have to be very disciplined
01:42with that as well and I think that we were.