The cost of Mike Ashley’s aspirations will soon become clear

Sports Direct’s annual results should reveal the effect on the balance sheet of a string of acquisitionsSports Direct reports annual results on Thursday – and what a year it’s been for Mike Ashley and his increasingly sprawling retail empire.After a couple of years under attack from MPs and shareholders over working conditions at Sports Direct’s warehouse, Ashley has attempted to reinvent himself as the saviour of the high street.Ashley is moving up in the world after bui