LIV Golf has confirmed its season-ending Team Championship event in Michigan will no longer go ahead, with this week’s tournament in Indianapolis to be a stroke-play event that concludes the season.

Part of a lengthy LIV Golf statement on Monday read: “With LIV Golf Indianapolis serving as the final event of the season, the previously scheduled Aramco LIV Golf Michigan, originally set for August 27-30, at The Cardinal at Saint John’s Resort, will not take place.”

As of last Thursday, tickets for LIV Golf’s Team Championship event in Michigan could no longer be purchased on its official website amid reports it had been cancelled, while star player Tyrrell Hatton entered a DP World Tour event on the same dates.

The Telegraph reported a day earlier that LIV’s players had been told of its cancellation. However nothing was confirmed by the league itself until Monday.

England’s Hatton appeared on the latest version of the entry list for the British Masters, which also runs from August 27-30, live on Sky Sports.

Hatton is joined on the entry list by fellow LIV players Tom McKibbin and Adrian Meronk, with the trio set to tee it up at The Belfry, where the tournament is being hosted by Sir Nick Faldo.

Prior to its cancellation, former Open champion Cameron Smith had said he would be “disappointed” if the Indianapolis event did not go ahead.

LIV’s future into 2027 remains in doubt.

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced in April it would be ending its financing of the league at the conclusion of the 2026 season, leaving LIV Golf searching for new investors.

League CEO Scott O’Neil announced earlier this month that the league had reached an agreement with a new unnamed ‘lead investor’ to provide funding for the 2027 season.

O’Neil said the deal was set to be finalised later this month but added the new investor had “signed a term sheet”.

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Jeanie Buss might not be done as the Los Angeles Lakers’ team governor.

Not long after it was reported that the Buss family intended to sell its portion of the franchise — a move that would lead to Jeanie’s ouster as team governor — her lawyers deemed the reported vote void. In a letter sent to her siblings’ attorneys, and obtained by The Athletic, that strategy constituted “a breach of trust, breach of fiduciary duty” and would put them “in contempt of court.”

The latest battle between Buss siblings comes in the wake of Mark Walter’s stunning decision to sell the Lakers to former Disney CEO Bob Iger and billionaire venture capitalist Josh Kushner for a reported $12.5 billion valuation. If the sale is approved by the league’s Board of Governors, it would be the richest in professional sports history.

The move opened the door for the Buss family to potentially sell their shares (worth approximately 17.8 percent of the business), but the parties clearly disagree on what it would take for that to happen. As was widely reported Monday, the siblings who voted to sell the family’s shares assert that four of the six beneficiaries of the Buss trust were needed for a passing vote. Yet Jeanie’s attorney, Adam Streisand of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton Law, argued in the letter sent to her siblings’ attorneys that two previous legal rulings render that strategy improper.

“No sale of the … 17.8% ownership interest in the Los Angeles Lakers, Inc. can be effectuated without approval by the current co-trustees, i.e., Jeanie, Janie and Joey Buss,” the letter reads. “The co-trustees are bound to vote the Los Angeles Lakers, Inc. shares to ensure that the minimum 15% ownership requirement is maintained in order to ensure that Jeanie Buss may remain Controlling Owner. Any attempt by the co-trustees to do otherwise, and any attempt to aid or abet the co-trustees as such, would constitute a breach of trust, breach of fiduciary duty and be in contempt of court.”

The letter cites a 2017 order from the Los Angeles Superior Court obtained by Jeanie Buss as part of its argument, indicating this course of action is prohibited.

“The Court ordered, among other things, as follows: ‘The Co-trustees of the Trust are hereby instructed to take all actions reasonably available to them, including voting the Trust’s shares, to ensure that (Jeanie Buss) is elected as the Controlling Owner of the Lakers on an annual basis during (Jeanie Buss’) lifetime absent a further order of this Court modifying the Trust based upon proof of circumstances justifying the modification under applicable law.’

“The Order remains in full force and effect,” the letter continues. “There has never been a modification of the Trust. No effort has ever been made to justify to the Court that there are circumstances for modifying the Trust, and there are no circumstances that could be proven to justify any modification.”

As The Athletic first reported last summer, Jeanie’s agreement with the Walter Group stipulated that she would remain the team’s governor for at least five years. Yet the sale to Iger and Kushner called that understanding into question, with Iger telling The California Post last week that he intended to honor the deal before qualifying his statement.

“If things change, they’ll change,” he added.

Sheffield United’s owners are focused on the new season despite the club’s former owners suggesting they face a “real prospect” of administration ahead of an insolvency court hearing on Wednesday.

Sky Sports News reported last month that the club’s previous owners, United World, had issued a winding-up petition against the current owners.

United World, which sold Sheffield United to COH Sports Bidco, claims it is still owned £35m for the takeover.

If the £35m owed to United World is paid the threat of administration goes away.

As things stand, though, Sky Sports News understands that a winding-up hearing will take place on August 19 – and sources at United World have told Sky Sports News that it could result in co-owner Steve Rosen being banned from his role.

This is due to EFL Regulation 2.1.16, which states any owner involved in two insolvencies in 10 years can be disqualified.

It is understood that in 2023 US company Invacare suffered an insolvency event and Rosen was non-executive chairman.

It is also understood that if the owners are declared to be insolvent a 12-point deduction could be imposed on the club.

In a statement to Sky Sports News, United World said: “As the former owners of SUFC, United World does not want to see SUFC facing months of uncertainty that will follow the winding-up order being granted on 19 August, but in the absence of [Helmy] Eltoukhy and Rosen, both billionaires, agreeing to pay what they owe, we have no alternative but to take all legal steps to protect our interests.

“We understand that the EFL and the Independent Football Regulator (the IFR) are aware of this situation but so far, we are not aware of any intervention by either.

“United World has issued this public statement in the hope that it is possible to avoid the potential consequences the Club may face if this is not resolved before 19 August, after which we shall have no control over those consequences.”

The EFL is aware of the United World statement and will consider any relevant developments in line with its regulations.

Sources close to the Sheffield United ownership said: “We are disappointed Prince Abdullah is trying to hurt the club and its supporters with publicity stunts.

“The deal between sophisticated parties in 2024 was well advised by his financial advisors.

“Sheffield United is financially healthy, unlike under Prince Abdullah when the Club incurred a points deduction for missing payments to football creditors.

“Nonetheless, Helmy Eltoukhy and Steven Rosen invited Abdullah to re-invest in the Club and join the ownership of Sheffield United and to help use his skills to support our promotion efforts.

“Helmy and Steve are focused on the sustainability of the club and the season ahead.”

Sheffield United started the Championship season with a goalless draw at home to Birmingham.