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€249M CLEAR OF BARCELONA: REAL MADRID HANDED RECORD LA LIGA SALARY CAP
€832 million. That is the squad cost limit La Liga has set for Real Madrid for the 2026/27 campaign, the highest figure in the history of Spain's top flight. The Madrid giants have pushed past last s
"IT'S A REAL PLEASURE" — KVARATSKHELIA RESPONDS AS PLATINI AND KROOS BACK HIS BALLON D'OR CASE
Paris Saint-Germain have ten players on the Ballon d'Or shortlist, yet the loudest debate surrounds only one of them. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, who holds the UEFA Player of the Year award, did not feat
WHO EARNS THE RIGHT TO FIGHT FOR THE TITLE: FIOROT AND GRASSO AT DESERT DIAMOND ARENA
Manon Fiorot, a winner of 13 professional bouts, meets former champion Alexa Grasso in a collision of the flyweight division's second and third-ranked contenders. Staged at the Desert Diamond Arena u
LOS ANGELES LAKERS SET TO BE SOLD FOR A RECORD FEE
Businessmen Josh Kushner and Bob Iger are buying the iconic Los Angeles Lakers in a deal valued at 12.5 billion dollars, a figure without precedent in the history of sport. The buyers had initially b
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
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
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
JORDAN BURROUGHS CHALLENGES ISLAM MAKHACHEV — THE UFC CHAMPION WILL ONLY AGREE TO FIGHT IN THE OCTAGON
It took Olympic champion Jordan Burroughs less than 90 seconds to dismantle Magomed Kurbanaliev 10-0 in a wrestling match in Moscow. Victory secured, the American turned straight to the reigning UFC
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
"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
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
