On the night of November 16, New York will once again become the center of the fight world: in the UFC 322 main event at Madison Square Garden, Islam Makhachev will try to make history — to capture a second title in the promotion, this time at welterweight. His opponent is the reigning champion Jack...
Turkish football has been hit by an unprecedented wave of disciplinary cases related to betting. On November 10 it became known that more than a thousand professional players across various divisions had come under investigation, with 27 footballers from Süper Lig clubs among the individuals named....
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...
“Manchester City” recorded a convincing 4–1 win over “Borussia”, and, of course, Erling Haaland got on the scoresheet again. While the opponents were figuring out off-the-ball movement and pressing, the Norwegian did the main thing as usual — scored and extended his European run. Three Clubs — T...
His 27th birthday was supposed to be remembered for victory and applause, but instead Achraf Hakimi left the pitch in tears. In the PSG — Bayern match, the first half stretched to the 53rd minute, and the defining moment was Luis Díaz’s two-footed challenge from behind. VAR intervened, the caution t...
A modest-on-paper bout at UFC Vegas 110 unexpectedly became the story of the week: the underdog’s line crashed literally before the walkouts, the favorite lost by a rear-naked choke in the very first round, after which the promotion parted ways with the fighter and contacted the FBI. The story surro...
The headliner of the upcoming boxing card is on pause. The Jake Paul vs Gervonta Davis bout, scheduled for November 15, has been thrown into doubt after yet another scandal involving “Tank.” In late October, the ex-champion found himself at the center of a legal dispute: his former girlfriend accuse...
Before "Miami" faced "San Antonio," the buzz around Victor Wembanyama's phenomenal height flared up again. Bam Adebayo was asked what it is like to go up against someone you literally have to look up to. The Heat center calmly noted that in the NBA ultra-tall players are not an exotic anomaly but ev...
In Los Angeles, wins are usually wrapped in a glossy package — a crown, spotlights, close-ups of the King. This fall it suddenly became clear that the "Lakers" can live without the usual set pieces. LeBron James skipped the regular-season opener for the first time in his long career, Luka Dončić pla...
UFC 321 was supposed to answer a simple question: who’s next for Alexander Volkov. Instead, the night ended with a sense of unfinished business. The heavyweight title fight between Tom Aspinall and Ciryl Gane was stopped due to a severe eye poke to the Briton, and the bout was officially ruled a no...
