The latest round in the top leagues produced a whole scattering of strange, at times almost anecdotal episodes, behind which very rational tactical decisions are hiding. Some coaches are using free weeks without European competition to turn set pieces into their main resource. Others leave their sup...
Arina Sabalenka's season has long gone beyond being just a sports story. A US Open title, finals at the Australian Open and Roland Garros, a spell as world No. 1 and more than 15 million dollars in prize money – all this speaks of a player who lives in a mode of constant maximum intensity. But in pa...
Not so long ago, Phoenix was trying on championship rings, trading its future for a loud “right now” and pushing the payroll to the cap and beyond. After the trades for Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal, the question seemed to boil down to just one thing: when, not whether, they would win a title. The r...
Love in the lives of top footballers often follows the script of a derby: there is tension, mistakes, screaming headlines and, of course, attempts at a comeback. The story of Vinicius Junior and influencer Virginia Fonseca is exactly one of those. After a public breakup and a loud scandal, the coupl...
Juventus' trip to Norway turned out to be not just an important Champions League match, but a full-fledged expedition beyond the Arctic Circle for the Turin side. The team finally picked up their first points of the 2025/26 group stage by beating Bodo-Glimt 3–2 in an entertaining shoot-out, but the...
At first glance, a story about virtual gifts in a messenger looks like a harmless way to monetize popularity. But once you add Khabib Nurmagomedov's name, Pavel Durov's involvement, and Conor McGregor's long-standing hatred into the mix, an ordinary auction turns into another round of their years-lo...
Every time Alexander Ovechkin steps onto the ice, Washington fans can already feel that something special is coming. It is impossible to divide his career into ordinary and remarkable games — almost every night he is rewriting NHL history. Before the matchup with Winnipeg, the club organized a large...
Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner already look like the duo that will define men's tennis for the coming years. Their dominance is so great that the gap between Sinner, ranked No. 2, and Alexander Zverev, who is No. 3, is bigger than the gap between Zverev and the last player in the rankings. Against...
When you look at the Dallas players, it sometimes feels like their fitness is challenged not only by the NBA schedule but by the state of Texas itself. Here, the old saying that everything is bigger has long since stopped being a joke and turned into a description of reality. Bigger plates, bigger p...
In the summer of 2026, Cristiano Ronaldo may take the field at the World Cup, and immediately after the tournament walk the red carpet not towards the center circle, but towards the altar. One of the most talked-about couples in the football world, Al Nassr forward and his beloved Georgina Rodríguez...