The long-suffering “Sunderland” returns to the English Premier League after eight long years. For half of that period, the club didn’t even play in the second tier but in League One, enduring humiliating defeats and a governance crisis. Today the “Cats” are back among the strongest — and at the cent...
The global football superstar, 40-year-old Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo, announced his engagement to 31-year-old Georgina Rodríguez and marked the news with gifts of elite “top-club” caliber. According to sources close to the couple, he allocated around $366,000 for the pre-wedding surprises...
In the off-season, Madrid’s side didn’t have many chances to test their readiness, but one proved telling: “Real” confidently dealt with the Austrian “Tirol,” and Turkish midfielder Arda Güler once again reminded everyone why he’s viewed as a star project. On the turf he looked mature and bold, and...
In a couple of years, Jake Paul has gone from an “internet punching bag” to someone taken seriously at the negotiating table. In the ring he needles veterans and pulls at the gate, while behind the scenes he is building his own promotional vertical, Most Valuable Promotions (MVP), turning hype into...
It feels like basketball has never lived so close to the betting lines. Individual totals, prop bets, and in-play markets turn every shot into part of a financial story. Against this backdrop, Brooklyn forward Michael Porter Jr. spoke candidly about what a player feels when sport and gambling inters...
Maria Sharapova once again found herself at the center of tennis New York — and not merely as a guest. In a single weekend she received the sport’s highest honors and offered the crowd a vivid symbolic comeback: she walked onto the courts of Flushing Meadows in a reimagined version of the dress in w...
Barcelona’s 18-year-old winger Lamine Yamal found himself at the center of the showbiz conversation: on Argentine singer Nicki Nicole’s birthday, he posted a joint photo in Instagram Stories — the image shows a birthday cake, balloons, and flowers, and the caption includes a cake emoji and two heart...
Conor McGregor shared a family photo and accompanied it with an emotional message about inner peace, faith, and the value of loved ones: "Jesus is King! Family is life!". Against this backdrop of a personal reset, the Irishman confirmed his return to the UFC testing pool and once again signaled his...
Cole Palmer swapped the familiar stadium backdrop for a street fiesta — the Chelsea midfielder visited the Caribbean-flavoured Notting Hill Carnival and tried to stay under the radar. He posted short photos and videos from the celebration in Instagram Stories, but did everything to avoid extra atten...
In Newport, Rhode Island, what Maria Sharapova’s entire biography had been leading to finally happened: one of the brightest figures of the twenty-first century in women’s tennis was officially inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. The ceremony was both grand and sportingly dramatic:...
