Jude Bellingham buys minority stake in The Hundred franchise Birmingham Phoenix

[p]The Real Madrid midfielder ‌will take a 1.2% ‌holding and will focus mainly on community engagement and ‌social projects. Warwickshire will ⁠remain ‌the majority stakeholder with 50.4% ​shares, and Knighthead Capital Management will hold ​48.4%.[/p][p][b]"I feel like I owe the city something,"[/b] the ⁠22-year-old ​said in a statement.[/p][embed guid="ecc1b82c-6ab2-403f-9061-2ce6ad0bd94e" url="https://x.com/SkySportsNews/status/2046837376668873001" social-type="twitter" /][p]"I was fortunate growing up I had the option of ‌playing cricket and playing football, but some kids don’t have that opportunity. It’s important that if I can get involved in something like this to shine a light on ‌an opportunity for kids, ​then even better."[/p][p]The sixth ‌season of the tournament, which uses a 100-ball format, runs from July 21 to August 16.[/p]