At the World Summer Universiade hosted by the cities of Germany’s Rhine-Ruhr region, the Uzbekistan national team achieved a genuine sporting breakthrough. For the first time in the country’s history at the student games, the squad captured three gold medals, instantly rewriting the national record...
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?...
While boxing fans are still debating the Filipino senator's July 20 draw with Mario Barrios in Las Vegas, the next intrigue is already brewing behind the scenes: 45-year-old Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao may step through the ropes once again—this time against current WBA super lightweight champion, Ameri...
When in the summer of 2019 point guard Kyrie Irving, sharpshooter-forward Kevin Durant and versatile combo guard James Harden joined forces under the roof of Barclays Center, it seemed we were about to witness a new dynasty. Two MVPs and the hero of the legendary 2016 championship-clinching shot, al...
Perhaps nothing captures the drama of Brazilian football as vividly as the moments when the stands swing from rapture to disbelief. In the clash with Internacional, Santos fans lived through exactly such a minute: the team came within touching distance of a comeback, and its brightest star—Neymar—ce...
The studio cameras could barely keep up with every move of world No. 1 Arina Sobolenko as she swapped her usual sports top for high fashion for the new issue of Cosmopolitan Sports. The crew admitted that the energy with which the Belarusian tennis player electrifies the stands was felt in front o...
In the basketball world, it is rare for an expert to announce the next season’s Most Valuable Player in advance—especially when the pick is not an American. Yet 2008 NBA champion and current ESPN analyst Kendrick Perkins did exactly that: live on NBA Today, he confidently stated that this autumn t...
While most fans are watching the dribbling and shots of the Phoenix forward, Kevin Durant himself made an impressive move off the court: the two-time NBA champion purchased a minority stake in football powerhouse PSG. The new partnership promises intriguing cross-league chemistry between two global...
One of the most dazzling sports unions of the past decade has cracked: former world No. 1 Ana Ivanović and legendary midfielder, 2014 World Cup champion Bastian Schweinsteiger have officially ended their relationship nine years after their lavish Venetian wedding. Irreconcilable Differences — Th...
When a club whose very name has long been a synonym for stability and common sense changes its head coach, it inevitably sparks a storm of questions. In the Spurs’ case that effect is amplified by a hundred indisputable facts: Gregg Popovich built a system that sustained not only championships but t...
