Sports editors
MYBC Sports Desk · Page 9
The general sports team behind MYBC News. Covers F1, the NBA, tennis and every other sport outside football and fighting.
Latest stories
F1 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
Basketball $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
Tennis End of a 99-week Reign: Elena Rybakina Is the New World Number One
Aryna Sabalenka's 99-week reign at the summit of women's tennis is over, ended by 27-year-old Elena Rybakina. The Kazakh beat Zheng Qinwen 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 to reach the US Open semi-finals and, in doing
F1 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
Golf 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
Basketball 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
F1 "No Handcuffs" — Portuguese Customs Seize Bernie Ecclestone's Shotgun
Bernie Ecclestone, the 95-year-old former Formula 1 chief, flew in from Switzerland with a shotgun and touched down at Cascais, the airfield just west of Lisbon, expecting a sporting event rather tha
Tennis 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
Tennis 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
Basketball USA Women Begin World Cup Without A'ja Wilson and Kelsey Plum
The United States women's basketball team arrive in Berlin chasing a fifth straight world title, yet for the first time in a decade they do so without their defining star. Health problems have ruled
Baseball The 2026 MLB Standings and Projected Playoff Picture at the Start of September
As Major League Baseball (MLB) enters the decisive final month of its regular season, the standings have taken on a strange shape: "This season brings us a muddled mess of the standings, more a refl
Tennis Us Open: Alcaraz Extends Grand Slam Winning Run to 18
Eighteen — that is where Carlos Alcaraz has taken his streak of consecutive Grand Slam match wins after seeing off the American Tommy Paul 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 at the US Open. Experts had suspected that fou
Tennis Sabalenka Matches Serena Williams Record to Reach Us Open Quarter-finals
18 — that is the length of Aryna Sabalenka's run of consecutive match wins after she beat American Taylor Townsend 6-4, 6-3, a victory that saw the Belarusian match a feat of the legendary Serena Wil
F1 Lewis Hamilton Demands Change in Team Tactics After Incident with Charles Leclerc
76 points — that is the historic gulf that has opened up between Lewis Hamilton and the championship leader after Monza. Starting from fourth, the Briton crossed the line sixth. The cause was a firs
F1 Antonelli Wins the Italian Grand Prix from 19th on the Grid
A race that started from 19th place and one of the most striking comebacks Formula 1 has seen — Kimi Antonelli has won the Italian Grand Prix. The Bologna-born driver lined up in the back rows after
Basketball NBA Punishes LA Clippers and Kawhi Leonard for Breaching Financial Rules
The NBA has fined the Los Angeles Clippers $30 million and stripped the franchise of five first-round draft picks for breaking league rules. An independent investigation uncovered systemic violations
F1 Franco Colapinto Extends Alpine Contract
The 23-year-old Argentine, who has already collected 19 points in his debut season, has extended his deal with Alpine until the end of the 2027 campaign. Colapinto enjoys the backing of executive adv
F1 Pierre Gasly Takes First Career Pole Position at Monza
1:21.786 — the seconds that decided everything at Monza, where Alpine's French driver Pierre Gasly claimed the first pole position of his career, edging George Russell by just 0.060 seconds. The resu
Tennis Analyst Jon Wertheim Criticises Us Open's Partnership with Kalshi
"This is such a disappointing decision, US OPEN" — that was tennis analyst Jon Wertheim's verdict on the US Open's exclusive agreement with the prediction platform Kalshi. The deal shuts rivals out o
F1 Why Will the Legendary Lightning Mcqueen Appear on a Formula 1 Circuit?
The global partnership between Disney and Formula 1 has been extended to 2028, and it will be marked by an unprecedented collaboration at Monza, home of the iconic Italian Grand Prix. With the animat
