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Fuse represents Vendee Globe hopeful

Manchester-based sports agency Fuse Sports as signed up yachtsman Steve White ahead of his entry into the prestigious Vendée Globe race.

The agency - which represents an array of sports stars including boxer Ricky Hatton and a host of Premier League footballers - will be working with the yachtsman to in order to maximise his sponsorship potential ahead of the Vendée Globe.

Fuse is already in discussions with a number of big name companies with a view to facilitating some significant commercial tie-ins, the agency said.

White plans to sail his Spirit of Weymouth yacht around the world for 27,000 miles non-stop in the solo offshore race made famous by Dame Ellen MacArthur.