A teenage sensation on the goal line and a painful coming-of-age lesson — Kairat opened their Champions League campaign with a 1:4 defeat to Sporting, yet the central figure of the first half was 18-year-old Sherkhan Kalmurza. In only his second senior appearance he saved a penalty and produced seve...
P4P – An Abstract League of Champions The pound-for-pound (P4P) rating is a kind of “weight utopia” in combat sports. Experts mentally equalize every fighter’s weight and try to figure out who would be the strongest under such a hypothetical parity. There is no official set of criteria, so som...
Even the greatest are not immune to losing their temper. In a World Cup qualifier against Ireland, Cristiano Ronaldo turned from Portugal's main hope into its biggest loss in a matter of moments: the forward was shown a straight red card for an elbow and, for the first time in many years of his care...
A Morning That Starts With a Smartphone Every day starts the same for Vanda Nara — with a flood of pop-up notifications filling her WhatsApp. According to the media diva, as soon as she opens her eyes she finds “kilometers of unread messages” and instantly realizes she has once again become the...
At UFC Fight Night, Khalil Rountree pulled off something they’ll be replaying in highlight reels for a long time: he stopped Anthony Smith in the third round — brutal, clean, no questions asked. And yeah, after a finish like that, you’re not just “back in the conversation” — you’re banging right o...
In the world of top-flight football, transfer news and match results change at breakneck speed, yet at times a player’s private life steals the spotlight. That is exactly what happened with Real Madrid’s 18-year-old forward Endrick, who officially celebrated his wedding with his beloved—22-year-old...
The scandal over illegal betting has reached the Capitol: next Wednesday in Washington, members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a closed-door briefing with NBA representatives. The session is prompted by charges filed against several current and former league figures and by a hi...
In the world of mixed martial arts, bold statements are often heard backstage, but this time the echo has traveled well beyond the sport itself. American singer Azealia Banks claims that former UFC featherweight and lightweight double champion Conor McGregor sent her explicit photos and then tried t...
There was a time when their story was called a perfect sports fairy tale: one of the brightest tennis players of her generation and a global football star, a world champion — a beautiful wedding, three sons, rare but always impeccable joint public appearances. That is why the news sounds all the mor...
In Newport, Rhode Island, what Maria Sharapova’s entire biography had been leading to finally happened: one of the brightest figures of the twenty-first century in women’s tennis was officially inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. The ceremony was both grand and sportingly dramatic:...
