Paris Prologue: A Lesson on Red Clay Just two weeks ago it seemed that Jannik Sinner’s season might remain almost flawless. At Roland Garros the Italian stormed into the semifinals, surrendering only one taxing set — against Alexander Bublik, who traditionally struggles on clay: the long rallies a...
An Inauspicious Start to the Year: What Happened at the Private Celebration? James Harden’s traditional New Year’s bash at his Houston mansion suddenly shifted from a social event to a potentially criminal story. According to guest Marisa Whatley, the nephew of the famous Los Angeles Clippers gu...
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’”...
Without loud press conferences or ad campaigns, Robert Lewandowski blew up the sports feeds with a single photo. The Barcelona centre-forward appeared before his followers with platinum-blond hair and the succinct caption: “New season, new hair, same goals.” It may seem like a mere change in appeara...
1. A Surge That Never Became a Comeback The script of Game 5 of the NBA Finals looped an old story: the Pacers, like a wind-up toy, crawled from a hopeless -16 to a nerve-tingling -2, posing as a team capable of flipping the game at any moment. This time, however, they lugged around a sack of...
The future of Nigerian forward Victor Osimhen, who set several club records last spring while wearing Galatasaray’s yellow-and-red shirt, remains the main topic of conversation both on the streets of Istanbul and in European sports newsrooms. Inspired by his productivity and charisma, the club’s man...
Secret Negotiations With the Media Giant In the second half of last season, behind the scenes at Old Trafford, a flurry of activity was under way that even the most well-informed insiders had no inkling of. Manchester United was quietly negotiating terms with Amazon Prime Video, which aimed to s...
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...
On 19 July Oleksandr Usyk steps into the Wembley ring at 38, chasing the undisputed crown. In heavyweight boxing that age usually means legends have either hung up their gloves or are desperately trying to cheat time. Yet the Ukrainian shows no dip in form: still light on his feet, still masterful w...
Forward's Ambitions and Club Choice The Uzbek striker Eldor Shomurodov, under contract with Roma, is seriously considering continuing his career with Cremonese. According to Gazzetta dello Sport, the 29 year-old forward has already reached a preliminary agreement on personal terms with the Lom...
