An Expensive Mistake: How €77 Million Produced No Trophies In January, Al-Nassr hit the headlines with another blockbuster move: 21-year-old Colombian Jon Duran cost the Saudis €77 million plus another €13 million in add-ons. In Riyadh they believed the rapid forward would create a dream duo wit...
Four Calls in Twenty-Four Hours—And Not a Single Real Offer In just twenty-four hours LeBron James’ agent, Rich Paul, received inquiries from four NBA franchises wanting to discuss a potential trade for the franchise player. ESPN insider Dave McMenamin notes that the talks were superficial, with...
Second Meeting—Another Pick-and-Roll Toward a Contract The Knicks front office has already held a second full-scale interview with the specialist, which in the “coaches’ market” almost always signals the final stage of ironing out the details. According to reputable ESPN insider Shams Charania,...
Global Ambitions: CFG's Focus Turns to Uzbekistan City Football Group, which manages assets from Manchester to Montevideo, is ready to expand its football geography by adding Uzbekistan. The impending changes were announced by Otabek Umarov, First Vice-Chairman of the National Olympic Committee:...
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...
Expanded Format: Eight Contenders for the Title For the second time in its history, the Central Asian Football Association is staging its own Nations Cup, and the 2025 edition promises to reach a fundamentally new level. The region’s regular participants have been joined by the invited national...
Welterweight Elite: The Latest Power Shuffle The authoritative magazine The Ring has released an updated welterweight ranking, and American knockout artist Jaron "Boots" Ennis — 34 wins, including 30 by knockout — remains at the summit. His closest pursuers are equally impressive on paper: the...
Fenerbahçe has come to the verge of finalising negotiations over the transfer of a world-famous footballer. In addition, another star player who plies his trade for a French club has been personally approved by José Mourinho. Tomorrow the Yellow-Navy Blues will stage a gala ceremony to celebrate a n...
Croatian forward Bojan Bogdanovic, who once shone for Istanbul’s “Fenerbahçe Beko” and most recently suited up for the “New York Knicks,” has officially announced that he is ending his professional career. The 36-year-old player, long regarded as one of the most consistent European scorers in the Na...
Beşiktaş, who have been working tirelessly on the transfer market throughout the off-season, appear to have finally solved their long-standing centre-forward dilemma. The Black-and-Whites have reached a preliminary agreement with the star striker, and the marksman is already hurrying to Istanbul to...
