With Paddy Pimblett it’s always the same: half the people watch and say, “Come on, this is a circus,” and the other half say, “Come on, he’s a star.” And the truth, as usual, is somewhere in the middle. And it’s exactly in that “middle” where the UFC lives best. Because a Gaethje–Pimblett title fi...
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’”...
