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MAX VERSTAPPEN CONFIRMS MCLAREN TALKS BUT STAYS AT RED BULL UNTIL 2030
Trailing championship leader Kimi Antonelli by 140 points and still without a win for Red Bull this season, Max Verstappen has confirmed he held serious talks with McLaren. For months, the paddock h
$96.54 MILLION OVER THREE YEARS: 37-YEAR-OLD JAMES HARDEN STAYS WITH CLEVELAND
The two sides had agreed on $97 million, yet James Harden, 37, has signed a three-year, $96.54 million contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers after the NBA's salary cap rules shaved a sliver off his
LAMINE YAMAL BECOMES BARCELONA'S YOUNGEST CAPTAIN
At 19 years and 58 days old, Lamine Yamal has become the youngest captain in Barcelona's history. The Catalans opened their new Champions League campaign by thrashing Dutch side Feyenoord 5-1, and t
FIORENTINA REAPPOINT PAOLO VANOLI AS MANAGER AFTER DISMAL RUN
Thirty-six points from 23 matches was not enough to satisfy the Fiorentina hierarchy. The club let Paolo Vanoli go last season, yet less than a year later they have brought him back. Sporting direct
MADRID'S NEW CIRCUIT: THE WAIT FOR A FORMULA 1 DEBUT AND THE TECHNICAL CHALLENGES AHEAD
Nineteen red flags on the very first FIA Formula 3 test runs — that was the chaos with which Madrid's new 20-turn street circuit introduced itself to the motorsport world. This racing arena, which r
FLORIDA COURT HANDS TIGER WOODS DRIVING BAN INSTEAD OF JAIL
Tiger Woods, the 15-time major champion, pleaded guilty in court to keep himself out of prison. The 50-year-old had maintained his innocence in the weeks after the crash in March, yet he changed his
QATAR WORLD CUP VOTE-BUYING CASE IS OFFICIALLY IN COURT
France's National Financial Prosecutor's Office has asked for four defendants, among them a former FIFA vice-president and a Qatari billionaire, to stand trial over the Polynesian branch of "Qatargat
KAWHI LEONARD ESCAPES SUSPENSION AS HIS TORONTO RAPTORS TRADE BECOMES INEVITABLE
A $30 million fine and five forfeited first-round draft picks: that is how the NBA's year-long investigation into the Los Angeles Clippers ended, and the ruling has finally handed Kawhi Leonard's se
PSG OFFER KHVICHA KVARATSKHELIA A NEW LONG-TERM CONTRACT
After back-to-back Champions League triumphs, Paris Saint-Germain are ready to offer their Georgian star Khvicha Kvaratskhelia a new, record contract. With the transfer window now shut, sporting dire
A €120M FIASCO: FIORENTINA SACK FABIO GROSSO AFTER THREE MONTHS
Fiorentina have dismissed manager Fabio Grosso barely three months after appointing him, despite backing him with more than €120 million of transfer spending. A catastrophic start in Serie A, Italy's
DROPPED POINTS AND MICHAEL CARRICK'S DIFFICULT PREMIER LEAGUE START
For only the second time in the past half-century, Manchester United have conceded two or more goals in each of their opening three league fixtures, and the run has carried Michael Carrick's side to
18 ACES AND A PUNISHING TIE-BREAK: ARYNA SABALENKA INTO THE US OPEN SEMI-FINALS
Eighteen aces flew past her and she trailed by a break in the deciding set, yet Aryna Sabalenka came through against Linda Nosková to reach a sixth consecutive US Open semi-final. The world number o
AL-NASSR'S FIRST DEFEAT AND THE SOCIAL MEDIA REACTION
Al-Ittihad beat Al-Nassr 2-1 at the Alinma Stadium in front of a crowd of 47,661. Yet the scoreline was not what dominated the conversation afterwards. The main talking point from this fifth-round fi
FROM 0-5 DOWN: ZHENG QINWEN KNOCKS FAVOURITE IGA SWIATEK OUT OF THE US OPEN
Zheng Qinwen, ranked 121st in the world, beat the eighth-ranked Iga Swiatek 7-5, 6-3 in New York for the biggest win of her career, and for the second match running she did it after trailing 0-5 in
"I REALLY DON'T CARE" — MBAPPÉ ON HIS BALLON D'OR CHANCES
Ninety goals in 107 matches, yet not a single team trophy in two years — such is the paradoxical reality of Kylian Mbappé at Real Madrid. The absence of silverware at club level has done nothing to d
