At some point it started to feel like LeBron James was battling not the opponent, but his own personal record. The game against the Phoenix Suns stopped being a fight for the result and turned into a strange hunt for a tenth point – at the expense of the game itself, emotions, and the head coach's p...
The dressing room hums: steam from the steamer, the measured click of the shutter, assistants whispering about the jacket’s fit. Lamine Yamal sits calmly by the mirror, adjusts his cuff, and smiles — the same easy, youthful smile the stands across Europe already recognize. He has just wrapped a shoo...
The story in which the name of Real Madrid’s winger appears not in the tally of goals and assists but in the society pages unfolded rapidly. A brief romance with influencer Virginia Fonseca, evenings together in Madrid, and visits to the Santiago Bernabéu turned into an abrupt "stop" after the playe...
Charles Barkley is a rare example of a sports megastar whose charisma and self-irony outlasted both his career peak and the absence of a championship ring. A legendary 1990s power forward, the 1993 MVP and a Basketball Hall of Famer, he has long been one of the NBA’s voices on television and a symbo...
Basketball history has crossed paths with military discipline many times, but David Robinson’s trajectory is a rare case where a naval academy didn’t just harden the character—it set the course toward NBA icon status. A graduate of the United States Naval Academy, a future two-time Olympic champion,...
Last night in Springfield, the birthplace of the game, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame held its ceremony — and immediately raised a fair question. The list of new members included LeBron James and Chris Paul, even though both are still active players. A rules violation? No. This is a rare but e...
While football-loving Spain expected carefree footage of Barcelona’s wunderkind celebrating his 18th birthday, Lamine Yamal’s party generated headlines of a very different kind. A minibus carrying dwarf performers pulled up to a luxury mansion outside Barcelona, after which the Association of People...
The FIA presidential election, scheduled for December 12, suddenly shifted from a technical procedure to a political thriller with an unexpected leading figure. The federation chief’s chair is not just the seal beneath the sporting regulations of Formula 1, rally and endurance racing, but also influ...
A Bold Choice of Opponent The Uzbekistan Football Association has reached an agreement to stage a warm-up fixture against the Uruguay national team. The match is scheduled for one of FIFA’s October international windows and will mark an important milestone in the build-up to the “White Wolves’”...
Las Vegas will host the centerpiece premiere of the boxing autumn on September 13: Saul "Canelo" Álvarez defends his status as the undisputed world champion at super-middleweight (168 pounds) against Terence Crawford — an undefeated all-rounder who has already conquered two divisions as an undispute...
