Donetsk’s Shakhtar opened the new Ukrainian Premier League season with a victory—achieved under newly appointed head coach Arda Turan. The Turkish specialist marked his first official match on the Miners’ bench with a minimal yet crucial away win over top-flight newcomer Epitsentr Dunaivtsi. The M...
More and more signs suggest that Mohamed Salah's era at Liverpool is drawing to a painful close. The Egyptian star's dispute with the club and head coach Arne Slot has spilled out of the dressing room into the public arena, and bookmakers have quickly adjusted their odds to match a new storyline: th...
Jack Della Maddalena burst into the UFC elite so quickly that for many fans he until recently remained just “the new Australian with heavy hands”. Now he is the reigning welterweight champion who took the belt from Belal Muhammad – Islam Makhachev's sparring partner and teammate – and is ready to fa...
If you thought cramming Bellingham, Vinícius and Mbappé into the same dressing room is basically a cheat code for trophies, Frank Leboeuf just showed up and gently (well… sort of) yanked off the rose-tinted glasses. In his logic, when you’ve got several “give me the ball and step aside” guys on the...
The uproar around the arrests of Portland’s head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami shooting guard Terry Rozier has begun to subside — and the mechanics and scale of the alleged scheme have come to the fore. On October 23, the FBI reported the arrest of 34 people as part of a federal investigation i...
A perfect storm of ambition, roster construction, and salary-cap math swirls around Jonathan Kuminga. Agent Aaron Turner insists his client is "one step" from being a perennial All-Star. The forward himself believes that once he locks down a starting spot, the ceiling gets smashed. But the current "...
A fleeting moment caught on a smartphone camera can sometimes jolt the sports-and-music world harder than a blockbuster trade. That is exactly what happened the other day when sharp-eyed followers scrolling through rap diva Megan Thee Stallion’s Instagram feed noticed a familiar silhouette: basking...
In the elite football world, a single smartphone recording can ruin a career as surely as a torn ACL. That is exactly what is unfolding around young Real Madrid defender Raúl Asensio, whose name has been drawn into a criminal case over the distribution of a sex tape featuring a minor. The Incide...
The royal club is unexpectedly changing direction—the highly talented yet temperamental Brazilian Vinicius Junior is no longer considered untouchable. The Blancos’ management has openly told the player’s agent that, should a substantial offer arrive this summer, the doors of the Bernabéu will swing...
In Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s hometown of Hamilton, a warm reception was held: the reigning NBA MVP was presented with the city’s symbolic key on Thursday, and one of the local streets will soon bear his name. For the star of “Oklahoma,” this is more than a ceremony — it’s how his hometown celebrated...
