The dazzling career of the three-time NBA All-Star ended far from the hardwood: the night of his arrest found Gilbert Arenas not on a basketball court but in federal handcuffs. Now the former Washington guard must play the most intense game of his life—in a courtroom. Unlucky Flop: Secret Games ...
Spaniards Breach the Turin Fortress Madrid’s Real Madrid booked their ticket to the last eight with a narrow 1–0 victory over Juventus. The goal was a stroke of genius—Vinícius Júnior threaded a piercing pass that sent Jude Bellingham into space, and the Englishman coolly guided the ball into th...
Barcelona’s teenage winger is back at the center of discussion — and this time it’s not about dribbling or end product. A short post-training clip hit the internet: Lamine Yamal drops his jacket on the pitch instead of handing it to a staffer. A split-second episode instantly became a talking point:...
This winter a heated debate flared up in the back corridors of Tushino and on the pages of the Turkish press: could Moscow’s CSKA hold on to one of Uzbekistan’s brightest talents — 21 year-old attacking midfielder Abbosbek Fayzullaev — or would the player chart a course for Istanbul and Başakşehir?...
Champions League nights are made for spectacles like this. In just one match Kylian Mbappe reminded everyone why he is called the leading centre-forward of his generation: a four-goal haul against Olympiakos, a chase of Salah's record and a 4–3 Real win in which every one of his goals proved vital....
There are moments in sport when you just want to shelve the “who’s greater?” debates and say, yep… that was beautiful. The Globe Soccer Awards in Dubai delivered exactly that kind of scene — Cristiano Ronaldo personally handed Novak Djokovic the Globe Sports Award for outstanding athlete. And...
Some footballers need a proper dressing-room hairdryer to get going. Others, like Vinícius, only need a couple of good games, a couple of bad ones… and one especially loud Madrid whistle—and suddenly life looks like a menu: “stay at Real Madrid” or “grab a suitcase of money and fly somewhere they do...
The long-suffering “Sunderland” returns to the English Premier League after eight long years. For half of that period, the club didn’t even play in the second tier but in League One, enduring humiliating defeats and a governance crisis. Today the “Cats” are back among the strongest — and at the cent...
Leroy Sané, whose transfer to Galatasaray is actively negotiating, is already in Istanbul. The plane carrying the 29-year-old German midfielder landed at the business aviation terminal of Atatürk Airport, where hundreds of the “Yellow-Reds” welcomed him with a thunderous barrage of songs, drums,...
After a loud and painful breakup, Gerard Pique and Shakira seemed to have ended up on opposite sides of the barricades for good. However, a few years later the former partners managed to move from confrontation to constructive dialogue – they now maintain direct contact and jointly resolve all issue...
