1. Chinese real estate and entertainment conglomerate Wanda Group paid 1.05 billion euros for Infront Sports and Media, a world leading sports marketing group, in February and bought the World Triathlon Corporation for 650 million euros. It also took a 20 percent stake in Spanish champions Atletico Madrid for 44.98 million euros.

2. American boxing icon Floyd Mayweather earned a unanimous decision over Manny Pacquiao in the “Fight of the Century” in Las Vegas in May, to improve his perfect record to 48-0. The total revenues of the fight also set records for pay-per-view TV sales as well as ticket sales.

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