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LIV Golf has been trying to emerge from bankruptcy with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund as its primary financial backer. BC Partners was looking to replace PIF as the main backer and had pledged up to US$300 million for "LIV 2.0," planning at least 10 tournaments with an emphasis on teams and equity for players.
LIV Golf is expected to wind down operations after BC Partners Credit pulled its proposed US$300 million investment in the league, multiple media outlets reported on Wednesday.
BC Partners was looking to replace Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund as the primary financial backer of a circuit that has been trying to emerge from bankruptcy.
It had pledged as much as US$300 million for what was called "LIV 2.0", which was planning at least 10 tournaments, with an emphasis on teams and equity for players. LIV CEO Scott O'Neil had called the equity a "second bite of the apple".

The 2026 WTT Frankfurt Championship continues. National table tennis player Wen Ruibo swept South Korean player An Jae-hyun 3:0 to advance to the top 16 of the men's singles and will face Wang Chuqin; Wang Yidi lost to German player Han Ying 0:3 and stopped in the first round of women's singles.

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