Scorching, humid Shanghai turned the Masters into a survival test. The slow hard court doesn't yield easy aces, rallies stretch to exhaustion, and stamina decides more often than sheer talent. In such a furnace even iron physiques crack — the defending champion Jannik Sinner felt it first-hand. H...
At the end of last season, many were quick to switch Manchester City into a supposed "reset" mode. It seemed Pep's machine had faltered, rivals had closed in, and the resource of dominance was exhausted. But the Citizens are picking up speed again: tempo, compactness, and the quality of decision-mak...
In the light heavyweight division, it isn’t just the canvas making noise again—the champion’s private life is, too: Dmitry Bivol’s ex-wife, Ekaterina, recorded a new message after their face-to-face meeting at the Children’s Rights Ombudsman’s reception office in St. Petersburg. In the office she tr...
The Warriors had a busy offseason, addressing several key needs at once. The club agreed with Jonathan Kuminga on a short but expensive contract, added veteran Al Horford to the paint, and strengthened the perimeter with Seth Curry. The result is a balance—rare in today’s NBA—between market flexibil...
The Champions League has settled into the rhythm of its new format, where the familiar quartets have been replaced by a single league stage. Each of the 36 teams plays eight matches against opponents of different levels, which makes every slip far more costly: points accumulate in a unified table, s...
The situation around Jonathan Kuminga is a topic of discussion not only across the league but also within Golden State. The team and the forward have yet to reach an agreement on an extension, which is why he skipped the team's media day. We present Stephen Curry's view — the face of the franchise a...
From the top step of the Constructors’ Championship podium, McLaren has been waving for quite some time — the gap grew so large that by mid-summer bookmakers practically stopped discussing the champion. That is exactly why the real drama of the season is boiling on the second front: three giants — F...
Over the past eighteen months, a new architecture of influence has been taking shape around professional boxing. UFC President Dana White, the unified TKO structure (which includes UFC and WWE), and Saudi partners are trying to relaunch the market — from tournament formats to the legal framework. At...
The new EuroLeague campaign promises an uncommon density of intrigue. Ettore Messina’s potential farewell run, Panathinaikos’s dynasty ambitions, Dimitris Itoudis’s noisy return with Hapoel, a fresh wave of young coaches and experimenters — there are more than enough reasons to tune in every round....
In the second round of the Champions League, the schedule delivered a rare symmetry: two debutants host the continent’s apex predators on the same day. The sheer superiority of Real Madrid and Bayern Munich over Kairat and Pafos shows not only in the mood but in the markets — the odds have collapsed...
