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WIN NOW OR BUILD FOR LATER? WHERE ALL 30 NBA TEAMS STAND
ESPN analyst Zach Kram has placed all 30 NBA teams in his Now or Later rankings, with first place going to the club in the biggest hurry to win a title and 30th to the organisation calmly building f
MORE THAN 500,000 QUEUE FOR FURY-JOSHUA TICKETS
More than 500,000 people joined the ticket queue for Tyson Fury's fight with Anthony Joshua at Cardiff's Principality Stadium on 11 December, with the gate expected to reach $34 million. Amid that fre
WARRIORS SIGN PODZIEMSKI TO FIVE-YEAR, $110 MILLION EXTENSION
Golden State Warriors starting guard Brandin Podziemski has signed a five-year, $110 million contract extension with the club. The fully guaranteed deal includes a mutual option for the 2031-32 season
VOLKANOVSKI CONFIDENT OF HALTING UNBEATEN EVLOEV AT UFC 333
Alexander Volkanovski, the 38-year-old two-time featherweight champion, believes the undefeated Movsar Evloev represents the most favourable stylistic matchup for him in their title fight at UFC 333.
FROM SIXTH MAN TO STARTER: PRITCHARD REWARDED WITH NEW CELTICS DEAL
Boston Celtics guard Payton Pritchard has agreed a two-year, $44.2 million contract extension with the club, including a mutual option for the 2029-30 season. The 2024 NBA champion and 2025 Sixth Man
CARMELO ANTHONY BACKS KNICKS OVER PAUSED CONTRACT TALKS
New York Knicks great Carmelo Anthony has backed the club's decision to pause contract extension talks with Karl-Anthony Towns and Josh Hart so they can focus fully on defending their NBA title. Towns
Football
'ENDRICK IS GOING NOWHERE' - MOURINHO BLOCKS JANUARY LOAN
Jose Mourinho and president Florentino Perez have blocked any January loan move for Endrick, the 20-year-old Brazilian forward who had attracted interest from Liverpool, Aston Villa and AC Milan. Tran
MBAPPE LEADS KVARATSKHELIA IN BALLON D'OR FAN POLL AS YAMAL MISSES TOP THREE
With less than two weeks to go until the Ballon d'Or ceremony at the London Palladium on 26 October, Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe has emerged as the fans' favourite after taking 34.2% of the vote
'HE'S NOT FIT TO BE FIFA PRESIDENT' - FA CHAIR TURNS UP HEAT ON INFANTINO
FIFA president Gianni Infantino apologised to members during a three-and-a-half-hour FIFA Council meeting in Zurich over the FIFA Forward Enterprise project, a plan to transfer the organisation's comm
Basketball
WIN NOW OR BUILD FOR LATER? WHERE ALL 30 NBA TEAMS STAND
ESPN analyst Zach Kram has placed all 30 NBA teams in his Now or Later rankings, with first place going to the club in the biggest hurry to win a title and 30th to the organisation calmly building f
WARRIORS SIGN PODZIEMSKI TO FIVE-YEAR, $110 MILLION EXTENSION
Golden State Warriors starting guard Brandin Podziemski has signed a five-year, $110 million contract extension with the club. The fully guaranteed deal includes a mutual option for the 2031-32 season
FROM SIXTH MAN TO STARTER: PRITCHARD REWARDED WITH NEW CELTICS DEAL
Boston Celtics guard Payton Pritchard has agreed a two-year, $44.2 million contract extension with the club, including a mutual option for the 2029-30 season. The 2024 NBA champion and 2025 Sixth Man
MMA
MCGREGOR LOOKS BACK ON TWO-BELT CAREER AS FUTURE REMAINS UNCERTAIN
Conor McGregor, the first fighter in UFC history to hold titles in two divisions at the same time, has taken to social media to reflect on his historic career and the principles that carried him to th
VOLKANOVSKI CONFIDENT OF HALTING UNBEATEN EVLOEV AT UFC 333
Alexander Volkanovski, the 38-year-old two-time featherweight champion, believes the undefeated Movsar Evloev represents the most favourable stylistic matchup for him in their title fight at UFC 333.
'IT'S ALL KIND OF MANIPULATED' – PEREIRA FURIOUS AS HOKIT GETS GANE TITLE SHOT
Alex Pereira has accused the UFC and Daniel Cormier of manipulating the matchmaking behind Ciryl Gane's title fight with Josh Hokit, following his second-round technical knockout defeat at UFC Freedom
F1
HUMAN ERROR LEFT HALF OF FIELD WITHOUT OVERTAKE BOOST, SAINZ SAYS
Only half of the drivers received a half-second boost in engine power after a human error in race control saw the Overtake Mode system switched off after 27 seconds. Following the incident in sprint q
VERSTAPPEN ENDS SINGAPORE WAIT WITH FIRST MARINA BAY WIN
Max Verstappen celebrated his first career victory on the Marina Bay street circuit, a 73rd grand prix win that came in his milestone 250th race. The Red Bull driver started from pole position, held o
PEREZ CRASH BRINGS OUT RED FLAG IN SINGAPORE SPRINT QUALIFYING
The floor of the car slammed hard into the asphalt at Turn 4, the driver lost control and hit the barrier. Cadillac's Mexican driver Sergio Perez crashed during sprint qualifying at the Singapore Gran
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ANTONELLI CAN BECOME YOUNGEST F1 CHAMPION IN AUSTIN
Third place at the Singapore Grand Prix has allowed Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes' 20-year-old Italian, to stretch his championship lead over team-mate George Russell to 102 points. With six races remainin
WIN NOW OR BUILD FOR LATER? WHERE ALL 30 NBA TEAMS STAND
ESPN analyst Zach Kram has placed all 30 NBA teams in his Now or Later rankings, with first place going to the club in the biggest hurry to win a title and 30th to the organisation calmly building f
MORE THAN 500,000 QUEUE FOR FURY-JOSHUA TICKETS
More than 500,000 people joined the ticket queue for Tyson Fury's fight with Anthony Joshua at Cardiff's Principality Stadium on 11 December, with the gate expected to reach $34 million. Amid that fre
WARRIORS SIGN PODZIEMSKI TO FIVE-YEAR, $110 MILLION EXTENSION
Golden State Warriors starting guard Brandin Podziemski has signed a five-year, $110 million contract extension with the club. The fully guaranteed deal includes a mutual option for the 2031-32 season
VOLKANOVSKI CONFIDENT OF HALTING UNBEATEN EVLOEV AT UFC 333
Alexander Volkanovski, the 38-year-old two-time featherweight champion, believes the undefeated Movsar Evloev represents the most favourable stylistic matchup for him in their title fight at UFC 333.
FROM SIXTH MAN TO STARTER: PRITCHARD REWARDED WITH NEW CELTICS DEAL
Boston Celtics guard Payton Pritchard has agreed a two-year, $44.2 million contract extension with the club, including a mutual option for the 2029-30 season. The 2024 NBA champion and 2025 Sixth Man
CARMELO ANTHONY BACKS KNICKS OVER PAUSED CONTRACT TALKS
New York Knicks great Carmelo Anthony has backed the club's decision to pause contract extension talks with Karl-Anthony Towns and Josh Hart so they can focus fully on defending their NBA title. Towns
MICHAEL JORDAN 1998 NBA FINALS JERSEY SELLS FOR RECORD $14 MILLION
A signed red jersey worn by Michael Jordan in Game 2 of the 1998 NBA Finals has sold for $14 million in a private sale. The deal, handled by Hunt Auctions, makes it the most expensive piece of basketb
'IT'S ALL KIND OF MANIPULATED' – PEREIRA FURIOUS AS HOKIT GETS GANE TITLE SHOT
Alex Pereira has accused the UFC and Daniel Cormier of manipulating the matchmaking behind Ciryl Gane's title fight with Josh Hokit, following his second-round technical knockout defeat at UFC Freedom
AVDIJA ADMITS GUARDING JOKIC IS NEAR-IMPOSSIBLE TASK
Portland Trail Blazers forward Deni Avdija has admitted on Draymond Green's podcast that guarding Nikola Jokic, the Denver Nuggets' Serbian centre, is a practically impossible task. The Israeli highli
NBA COULD USE MICROCHIP BALL FROM NEXT SEASON
NBA commissioner Adam Silver has confirmed that a microchip-equipped smart ball, developed in partnership with Wilson, could appear in official games as early as next season. The sensor embedded in th
FRANCE'S SEIXAS BECOMES YOUNGEST IL LOMBARDIA WINNER
A blistering attack some 19 kilometres from the finish made 20-year-old Frenchman Paul Seixas the youngest winner in the history of Il Lombardia, the Tour of Lombardy. His victory in the one-day Monum
NO RETURN DATE FOR PORZINGIS AS NEW SEASON NEARS
The Golden State Warriors' Latvian centre Kristaps Porzingis has missed the team's entire two-week training camp because of a personal medical issue. The 561-game NBA veteran has no set timeline for a
ZVEREV CLINCHES YEAR-END WORLD NUMBER ONE FOR FIRST TIME
Alexander Zverev, 29, has secured the year-end world number one ranking for the first time in his career, becoming the oldest first-time year-end number one. The German's place at the top was sealed b
MBAPPE FADES IN BALLON D'OR RACE AS YAMAL AND KANE LEAD
Several weeks before the Ballon d'Or ceremony in London on 26 October, British outlet The Touchline has gone public with the names of the two players it says sit at the top of the rankings. "CONFIRMED
HUMAN ERROR LEFT HALF OF FIELD WITHOUT OVERTAKE BOOST, SAINZ SAYS
Only half of the drivers received a half-second boost in engine power after a human error in race control saw the Overtake Mode system switched off after 27 seconds. Following the incident in sprint q
ALONSO PROMISES ESTEVAO MORE MINUTES AMID €100M BARCELONA TALK
Estevao Willian, the 19-year-old Brazilian talent valued at €110.9m, has played just 23 minutes for Chelsea in this season's Premier League. His lack of game time has fuelled press reports of a possib
VERSTAPPEN ENDS SINGAPORE WAIT WITH FIRST MARINA BAY WIN
Max Verstappen celebrated his first career victory on the Marina Bay street circuit, a 73rd grand prix win that came in his milestone 250th race. The Red Bull driver started from pole position, held o
REAL MADRID'S VINICIUS RISKS TWO-MATCH BAN AND CLASICO ABSENCE
The threat of a two-match ban has left Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior at risk of missing El Clasico against Barcelona. After he was sent off against Villarreal for pulling an opponent's hair, ref
'I AM CERTAIN HE IS IN GOOD CONDITION' – POSTECOGLOU BACKS RONALDO AFTER PORTUGAL WALKOUT
A 4-0 defeat by Al-Ain on matchday one left Al-Nassr at the bottom of the AFC Champions League Elite league-stage table. Victory over Uzbekistan's Neftchi Fergana at Al-Awwal Park in Riyadh is now vit