NFL Cowboys stay atop Forbes list of world's richest sport teams

With a 14 percent leap in value to $4.8 billion (4.12 billion euros), the NFL Dallas Cowboys on Wednesday topped the annual Forbes magazine list of the world's highest valued sports teams for the third consecutive year. The Cowboys boasted the top revenues of $840 million and top earnings of $350 million of any club and were followed on the 50-team list in order by global football powers Manchester United, Real Madrid and Barcelona. England's Man United was second overall at $4.12 billion, rising 12 percent and up one spot from the 2017 list, while Real Madrid jumped from fifth to third, up 14 percent on $4.088 billion, keeping Barcelona in fourth on $4.064 billion, up 12 percent from last year.