A story that only recently looked like a routine contract squabble has turned into a full-blown power crisis for Real Madrid. Vinicius Junior, one of the symbols of the current Madrid side and a team captain, is not just dragging out talks over a new deal – he is effectively tying his future at the...
When Real Betis and Spain national team midfielder Isco was recovering from the injury that cost him Euro 2024, there was almost always a camera next to him. Behind it stood not a TV channel's crew, but his wife, actress and director Sara Sálamo. For her, the documentary film "Silence" became not ju...
On December 19 Jake Paul will step into the riskiest bout of his boxing career – against former heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua. This is not an exhibition sparring session for hype but an official fight that will be broadcast by Netflix. The streaming giant is entering boxing in earnest, w...
Sometimes early-morning news wakes you up better than any coffee. On the night leading into Friday, Alexander Ovechkin delivered exactly that: at 40 years old he recorded a hat trick against Montreal, added an assist on top of it and, in one evening, burst into the top 10 scorers in NHL history, pus...
It is easier to describe the 2025 tennis season not with words, but with numbers. A three-month suspension, 5 hours 29 minutes in the Roland Garros final, 15 million dollars in prize money in a single year, Iga Swiatek's bagels, Valentin Vacherot's Shanghai miracle and Carlos Alcaraz's buzz cut that...
Norwegian super-grandmaster Magnus Carlsen has officially confirmed that he will play in the 2025 World Rapid and Blitz Championship, which will be held in Doha from 25 to 30 December. For the former world champion this is not just another start in rapid and blitz chess, but an attempt to close seve...
Karim Benzema could easily spend hours reminiscing about his goals for Real Madrid, Champions League finals and Clásicos. But during a conversation with AS he was offered a different kind of game: to forget about his own achievements and put together an ideal team made up of the players who impresse...
Memphis Depay's story in Brazil already resembles a prolonged crisis: disputes with the club, financial claims, and pressure from the media. Now a high-profile personal scandal has been added to the mix. Brazilian model and influencer Laru Simoesh claims she is pregnant by the Netherlands national t...
Sometimes the fate of a qualifying campaign is decided not by a spectacular striker's finish, but by an awkward movement from a defender who is not even looking at the opposition goal. That is exactly how Suriname, only recently seen as an outsider, literally snatched the chance to fight for a ticke...
LeBron James has stepped back onto the court – and did it the way only he can: he did not just play his first game of the season, he immediately rewrote league history. After missing training camp and the start of the regular season because of issues with his sciatic nerve, the Lakers forward finall...
