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  • Olympic hero Alysa Liu to sit out figure skating season before 2027 return
    US star plans to return for 2027-28 seasonLiu will continue training during year awaySkater says break ‘makes the most sense’Olympic champion Alysa Liu will sit out the 2026-27 figure skating season, taking another break from competition while continuing to train ahead of a planned return the following year.The 21-year-old American announced her decision on social media, saying she wanted time to “recalibrate” and develop her skating away from the demands of competition. Continue reading...
     

Olympic hero Alysa Liu to sit out figure skating season before 2027 return

25 août 2026 à 20:13
  • US star plans to return for 2027-28 season

  • Liu will continue training during year away

  • Skater says break ‘makes the most sense’

Olympic champion Alysa Liu will sit out the 2026-27 figure skating season, taking another break from competition while continuing to train ahead of a planned return the following year.

The 21-year-old American announced her decision on social media, saying she wanted time to “recalibrate” and develop her skating away from the demands of competition.

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  • Ukrainian star leaves LSU women’s basketball team after signing of Russian recruit
    Center Kate Koval departs after one season with TigersAnna Minaeva of Russia joined team earlier this monthKim Mulkey hoped two could be ‘ambassadors’ for peaceUkrainian center Kate Koval is leaving LSU less than two weeks after the Tigers brought in a player from Russia.LSU coach Kim Mulkey said Monday night that Koval was leaving for “personal reasons”, adding that the program will “respect her privacy on her decision”. Continue reading...
     

Ukrainian star leaves LSU women’s basketball team after signing of Russian recruit

25 août 2026 à 11:39
  • Center Kate Koval departs after one season with Tigers

  • Anna Minaeva of Russia joined team earlier this month

  • Kim Mulkey hoped two could be ‘ambassadors’ for peace

Ukrainian center Kate Koval is leaving LSU less than two weeks after the Tigers brought in a player from Russia.

LSU coach Kim Mulkey said Monday night that Koval was leaving for “personal reasons”, adding that the program will “respect her privacy on her decision”.

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  • Angel Reese breaks two WNBA rebounding records in one night during Dream win
    24-year-old breaks single game and single season recordReese’s 26 rebounds help Atlanta to win over Los AngelesAngel Reese rebounded her way into the record books not once, but twice in one night. Reese set a WNBA record with 26 rebounds in the Atlanta Dream’s 78-71 win over the Los Angeles Sparks on Monday, pushing her past the season record in the same game.“Last time I was here, I didn’t miss any shots. Tonight I couldn’t hit [anything] so I knew I was going be able to get them on the rebound
     

Angel Reese breaks two WNBA rebounding records in one night during Dream win

25 août 2026 à 08:00
  • 24-year-old breaks single game and single season record

  • Reese’s 26 rebounds help Atlanta to win over Los Angeles

Angel Reese rebounded her way into the record books not once, but twice in one night. Reese set a WNBA record with 26 rebounds in the Atlanta Dream’s 78-71 win over the Los Angeles Sparks on Monday, pushing her past the season record in the same game.

“Last time I was here, I didn’t miss any shots. Tonight I couldn’t hit [anything] so I knew I was going be able to get them on the rebounding side,” Reese said after the game. “I just want to be there for my team. Offensively, defensively, whatever it takes to win.”

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  • At least one in four former NFL players in study suffered from degenerative brain disease CTE
    215 of 235 donated brains showed signs of CTECondition can only be diagnosed after deathSymptoms include problems with memory and moodAt least one in four former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 was found to have had chronic ⁠traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), according to a study released on Tuesday.Out of the 878 former players who died during that time frame, 235 donated their brains for study, researchers said, with 215 ⁠of those donated brains ⁠found to have CTE, ​a degenerative dise
     

At least one in four former NFL players in study suffered from degenerative brain disease CTE

25 août 2026 à 09:44
  • 215 of 235 donated brains showed signs of CTE

  • Condition can only be diagnosed after death

  • Symptoms include problems with memory and mood

At least one in four former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 was found to have had chronic ⁠traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), according to a study released on Tuesday.

Out of the 878 former players who died during that time frame, 235 donated their brains for study, researchers said, with 215 ⁠of those donated brains ⁠found to have CTE, ​a degenerative disease that can only definitively be diagnosed after death. CTE is associated with repeated blows to the head, including concussions. Symptoms include difficulty with attention and memory, dementia, mood disorders and headaches.

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  • I once saw Enes Kanter speak truth to power. Now he only punches down | Bryan Armen Graham
    Nearly a decade after I watched him defy Erdoğan at great personal cost, the ex-NBA player is using his hard-won freedom to turn transgender people into a punchlineNine years ago, I watched Enes Kanter ask America to take him in. It was May 2017, inside the National Basketball Players Association’s offices in midtown Manhattan. Kanter had just returned from a frightening detention at Bucharest airport, where Romanian border police told him Turkey had canceled his passport. He’d just turned 25, a
     

I once saw Enes Kanter speak truth to power. Now he only punches down | Bryan Armen Graham

25 août 2026 à 05:00

Nearly a decade after I watched him defy Erdoğan at great personal cost, the ex-NBA player is using his hard-won freedom to turn transgender people into a punchline

Nine years ago, I watched Enes Kanter ask America to take him in. It was May 2017, inside the National Basketball Players Association’s offices in midtown Manhattan. Kanter had just returned from a frightening detention at Bucharest airport, where Romanian border police told him Turkey had canceled his passport. He’d just turned 25, an NBA center with a green card and no country he could safely call home.

“I’m open for adoption,” he joked from the head of a table in a nondescript conference room, addressing a dozen reporters hastily summoned by his manager. Then he turned serious: “My next move is to just become an American citizen.”

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  • Another set of Sullivan brothers are making football waves in Bangladesh
    While Cavan and Quinn Sullivan star in MLS with the Philadelphia Union, brothers Ronan and Declan have connected with their South Asian heritageRonan Sullivan had tried a panenka twice in his life. Both attempts were at practice on the other side of the world, and one hit the crossbar. But his twin brother, Declan, was hardly surprised when Ronan turned to him and told him he’d chip the fifth penalty of a shootout that could win a scoreless tournament final, as millions tuned in online to see hi
     

Another set of Sullivan brothers are making football waves in Bangladesh

25 août 2026 à 05:00

While Cavan and Quinn Sullivan star in MLS with the Philadelphia Union, brothers Ronan and Declan have connected with their South Asian heritage

Ronan Sullivan had tried a panenka twice in his life. Both attempts were at practice on the other side of the world, and one hit the crossbar. But his twin brother, Declan, was hardly surprised when Ronan turned to him and told him he’d chip the fifth penalty of a shootout that could win a scoreless tournament final, as millions tuned in online to see his Bangladesh side play against India in the Under-20 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship.

“He didn’t even need to say it. I knew he was gonna do that the whole time,” Declan remembered, sitting next to his brother on the couch of their dorm room at Saint Joseph’s University. “I knew that if he got the last pen to win it, he was gonna do that. That’s just the him thing to do.”

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  • Luka Dončić looks like a superstar adrift at the Lakers
    The Slovenian is one of the best players on the planet. But factors largely beyond his control have started to turn his career into a slogLuka Dončić must feel as though, these past few months, he’s been twirling in a washing machine. He announced a separation from his fiancee in March; reports followed of a prolonged custody battle over their two daughters. As Dončić plays in the NBA and his children live in Slovenia, he doesn’t see them much as is. But after the reports of the rift with his ex
     

Luka Dončić looks like a superstar adrift at the Lakers

25 août 2026 à 05:00

The Slovenian is one of the best players on the planet. But factors largely beyond his control have started to turn his career into a slog

Luka Dončić must feel as though, these past few months, he’s been twirling in a washing machine. He announced a separation from his fiancee in March; reports followed of a prolonged custody battle over their two daughters. As Dončić plays in the NBA and his children live in Slovenia, he doesn’t see them much as is. But after the reports of the rift with his ex emerged, he started playing some of the best basketball of his life: he led the Los Angeles Lakers to a 15-2 record in March, a stretch that included a torrential 60-point display against the Miami Heat. Behind Dončić’s brightening star, the Lakers seemed to be sharpening into a real contender. Then Dončić tweaked his hamstring in April and the illusion shattered. He watched from the sidelines as the Lakers limped out of the playoffs with an inevitable second-round defeat to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Actually, Dončić must feel as if he’s been in turmoil for the past few years. He made his first – and so far only – NBA finals in 2024, leading the Dallas Mavericks there with a barrage of awesome shotmaking. As the best offensive player on the court while playing through multiple injuries, Dončić and his Mavs lost to the far deeper Boston Celtics in five games. As thanks, the Mavericks traded Dončić to the Lakers, citing defensive concerns, when what had really doomed them against the Celtics was that no one aside from Luka – who led his team in points, rebounds, assists and steals in that series – could play at the requisite level to win.

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  • San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York pleads no contest after arrest at Ohio trailer park
    46-year-old charged with possessing criminal toolsYork fined and sentenced to two days in jail49ers CEO also owns stake in Leeds UnitedThe San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York has pleaded no contest to two criminal charges after being arrested at an Ohio trailer park over the weekend.KRON4 News in San Francisco reported that York was initially arrested on suspicion of engaging in prostitution but that count was amended to a charge of disorderly conduct. He was also charged with possessing criminal
     

San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York pleads no contest after arrest at Ohio trailer park

Par : Tom Lutz
24 août 2026 à 12:21
  • 46-year-old charged with possessing criminal tools

  • York fined and sentenced to two days in jail

  • 49ers CEO also owns stake in Leeds United

The San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York has pleaded no contest to two criminal charges after being arrested at an Ohio trailer park over the weekend.

KRON4 News in San Francisco reported that York was initially arrested on suspicion of engaging in prostitution but that count was amended to a charge of disorderly conduct. He was also charged with possessing criminal tools.

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  • ‘There’s a baby on the field’: Toddler invades pitch during Minnesota’s MLS win over San Jose
    Child wandered on field during MNUFC’s 5-1 winMinnesota posts win was ‘Like taking money from a baby’A toddler interrupted a Major League Soccer match between Minnesota United and San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday by invading the pitch – a bizarre scene punctuated by an on-air analyst saying, “There’s a baby on the field.”With a minute and a half to play in the game that Minnesota won 5-1 at PayPal Park in San Jose, California, the small child took to the field – and the referee blew his whistle
     

‘There’s a baby on the field’: Toddler invades pitch during Minnesota’s MLS win over San Jose

24 août 2026 à 11:29
  • Child wandered on field during MNUFC’s 5-1 win

  • Minnesota posts win was ‘Like taking money from a baby’

A toddler interrupted a Major League Soccer match between Minnesota United and San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday by invading the pitch – a bizarre scene punctuated by an on-air analyst saying, “There’s a baby on the field.”

With a minute and a half to play in the game that Minnesota won 5-1 at PayPal Park in San Jose, California, the small child took to the field – and the referee blew his whistle to stop play.

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  • The men claiming to defend women’s sports are throwing sex toys at female athletes
    The WNBA has attracted grifters who care little for basketball – and whose latest stunt exposes the hollowness of their supposed concernI regret to inform you that yet another dildo has hit a WNBA court. The Chicago Sky v Golden State Valkyries game was sullied by sex toys being chucked on to the playing surface on Friday. Aren’t we tired of all this yet? To paraphrase the Sky’s Natasha Cloud, it takes a lot of effort to bother with such a juvenile act.This is yet another controversy for the WNB
     

The men claiming to defend women’s sports are throwing sex toys at female athletes

24 août 2026 à 05:00

The WNBA has attracted grifters who care little for basketball – and whose latest stunt exposes the hollowness of their supposed concern

I regret to inform you that yet another dildo has hit a WNBA court. The Chicago Sky v Golden State Valkyries game was sullied by sex toys being chucked on to the playing surface on Friday. Aren’t we tired of all this yet? To paraphrase the Sky’s Natasha Cloud, it takes a lot of effort to bother with such a juvenile act.

This is yet another controversy for the WNBA, a league that up until a few years ago, most media observers ignored. The WNBA is full of incredibly talented players and has a rich history, but most sports fans treated all but ignored it for the majority of its 30-year existence. But when Caitlin Clark went pro, the league surged. Ratings, attendance, and interest exploded. But not all attention is good attention.

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  • Big decisions pay off as Coco Gauff gears up for US Open with Cincinnati title
    American beats compatriot Jessica Pegula 6-2, 6-4Gauff claims first title of season, her second in CincinnatiOne year ago, Coco Gauff departed the Cincinnati Open with her career at a crossroads. On serve, she had capitulated, offering up countless double faults in most matches, and she had lost confidence in her progress and game. She believed she had to make drastic changes to her team before it was too late.It has taken an enormous amount of resilience, patience and toil, but this week Gauff
     

Big decisions pay off as Coco Gauff gears up for US Open with Cincinnati title

24 août 2026 à 00:33
  • American beats compatriot Jessica Pegula 6-2, 6-4

  • Gauff claims first title of season, her second in Cincinnati

One year ago, Coco Gauff departed the Cincinnati Open with her career at a crossroads. On serve, she had capitulated, offering up countless double faults in most matches, and she had lost confidence in her progress and game. She believed she had to make drastic changes to her team before it was too late.

It has taken an enormous amount of resilience, patience and toil, but this week Gauff began to feel the consequences of those efforts as she closed out one of the ­smoothest tournaments of her career with her best performance of the season, thoroughly outplaying the third seed ­Jessica Pegula to win 6-2, 6-4 and clinch the Cincinnati Open title for the second time.

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  • Start your engines! Trump completes fast and furious takeover of Washington with IndyCar race
    US president, pushing on with Freedom 250 festivities, makes over nation’s capital for Trump rally on wheelsKyle Kirkwood wins Freedom 250 IndyCar race after Trump waves the green flagHe got the wrong end of the stick. Donald Trump couldn’t figure out how to hold the green flag until his wife, Melania Trump, and Command Sgt Maj Matt Williams set him right. Then the US president waved the flag fast and furious like an excited schoolboy. The race was under way – and his conquest of Washington DC w
     

Start your engines! Trump completes fast and furious takeover of Washington with IndyCar race

23 août 2026 à 17:39

US president, pushing on with Freedom 250 festivities, makes over nation’s capital for Trump rally on wheels

He got the wrong end of the stick. Donald Trump couldn’t figure out how to hold the green flag until his wife, Melania Trump, and Command Sgt Maj Matt Williams set him right. Then the US president waved the flag fast and furious like an excited schoolboy. The race was under way – and his conquest of Washington DC was complete.

Since returning to Washington, Trump has deployed the national guard, wrecked the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, demolished the East Wing of the White House and run the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts into the ground. His face adorns the Department of Justice, and he still has grand plans for a triumphal arch worthy of a Roman emperor.

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  • Kyle Kirkwood wins Freedom 250 IndyCar race after Trump waves the green flag
    American driver wins in a dominant performanceDC Mayor Muriel Bowser served as grand marshalKyle Kirkwood gave the Freedom 250 an American winner, racing to his second victory of the IndyCar season on the streets of downtown Washington in a dominant performance Sunday.In a race set up as part of the country’s 250th birthday celebration, President Donald Trump gave drivers the green flag at the start and DC Mayor Muriel Bowser served as grand marshal. Kirkwood crossed the finish line in front of
     

Kyle Kirkwood wins Freedom 250 IndyCar race after Trump waves the green flag

23 août 2026 à 17:27
  • American driver wins in a dominant performance

  • DC Mayor Muriel Bowser served as grand marshal

Kyle Kirkwood gave the Freedom 250 an American winner, racing to his second victory of the IndyCar season on the streets of downtown Washington in a dominant performance Sunday.

In a race set up as part of the country’s 250th birthday celebration, President Donald Trump gave drivers the green flag at the start and DC Mayor Muriel Bowser served as grand marshal. Kirkwood crossed the finish line in front of the Capitol 3.09 seconds ahead of Christian Lundgaard, after leading for 128 of a possible 147 laps.

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  • Teófimo López outpoints Rolly Romero to win title in third weight class
    López wins majority decision to claim WBA crownRomero brands judges’ verdict a ‘robbery’New champion adds to previous 135lb, 140lb beltsTeófimo López became a three-division world champion on Saturday night, winning a 12-round majority decision over Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero to claim the WBA welterweight title at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.López prevailed by scores of 115-113 and 116-112, while the third judge saw the fight even at 114-114. Romero, making the first defense of his title won against
     

Teófimo López outpoints Rolly Romero to win title in third weight class

23 août 2026 à 04:32
  • López wins majority decision to claim WBA crown

  • Romero brands judges’ verdict a ‘robbery’

  • New champion adds to previous 135lb, 140lb belts

Teófimo López became a three-division world champion on Saturday night, winning a 12-round majority decision over Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero to claim the WBA welterweight title at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

López prevailed by scores of 115-113 and 116-112, while the third judge saw the fight even at 114-114. Romero, making the first defense of his title won against Ryan Garcia 15 months ago, disputed the result in the immediate aftermath.

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  • Browns QB Deshaun Watson laments ‘disrespectful’ booing by team’s own fans
    Player booed during team’s preseason loss to BillsQB has battled injuries during time in ClevelandWatson was suspended over sexual assault allegationsBrowns quarterback Deshaun Watson has called the booing he heard from the team’s own fans during Saturday’s home loss to Buffalo “disrespectful” and “personal.”Watson, who has a complicated relationship with Cleveland fans because of injuries, off-field issues – including an NFL suspension in 2022 – and a massive, $230m contract, was booed repeated
     

Browns QB Deshaun Watson laments ‘disrespectful’ booing by team’s own fans

22 août 2026 à 20:46
  • Player booed during team’s preseason loss to Bills

  • QB has battled injuries during time in Cleveland

  • Watson was suspended over sexual assault allegations

Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has called the booing he heard from the team’s own fans during Saturday’s home loss to Buffalo “disrespectful” and “personal.”

Watson, who has a complicated relationship with Cleveland fans because of injuries, off-field issues – including an NFL suspension in 2022 – and a massive, $230m contract, was booed repeatedly during the second half of the 31-7 loss to the Bills.

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  • Arthur Fils blasts past Flavio Cobolli to reach first Masters final in landmark win
    French youngster beats No 7 seed 6-3, 6-4 in CincinnatiJessica Pegula battles past Swiatek to reach women’s finalIn the middle of a tense, erratic start to a rain-delayed semi-final day in Cincinnati, Arthur Fils found himself locked in defence and miles behind the baseline on his serve at 3-3. He scurried from sideline to sideline, lunging toward the ball at full stretch, seemingly with no real chance of turning things around. As Flavio Cobolli swept to the net with the intention of finishing F
     

Arthur Fils blasts past Flavio Cobolli to reach first Masters final in landmark win

22 août 2026 à 19:16
  • French youngster beats No 7 seed 6-3, 6-4 in Cincinnati

  • Jessica Pegula battles past Swiatek to reach women’s final

In the middle of a tense, erratic start to a rain-delayed semi-final day in Cincinnati, Arthur Fils found himself locked in defence and miles behind the baseline on his serve at 3-3. He scurried from sideline to sideline, lunging toward the ball at full stretch, seemingly with no real chance of turning things around. As Flavio Cobolli swept to the net with the intention of finishing Fils off, however, the Italian soon learned that his opponent had another gear to reach. From far wide of the court, Fils pulverised a forehand passing shot winner beyond his astounded opponent, drawing a roar from the crowd.

That one point alone provided evidence of the athleticism, explosiveness and sheer audacity that have long marked Fils as such a rare, exciting talent, and it also set the tone for a monumental victory. From that moment onwards, Fils took control of the match and he marched into his first Masters 1000 final at the Cincinnati Open with a supreme performance, defeating Cobolli, the No 7 seed, 6-3, 6-4.

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  • Bills mourn ‘unthinkable tragedy’ after death of Ed Oliver’s two-year-old son
    Toddler was found unresponsive in residential poolPlayer has been practicing with team since June tragedyMembers of the Buffalo Bills have expressed their condolences to Ed Oliver after the death of the player’s two-year-old son.“Obviously, very unfortunate what happened and as a teammate of him, as someone in this locker room, all we can do is love on him,” Bills quarterback Josh Allen said after Saturday’s win over the Cleveland Browns. “There’s nothing that you can say to make the situation a
     

Bills mourn ‘unthinkable tragedy’ after death of Ed Oliver’s two-year-old son

Par : Agencies
22 août 2026 à 14:24
  • Toddler was found unresponsive in residential pool

  • Player has been practicing with team since June tragedy

Members of the Buffalo Bills have expressed their condolences to Ed Oliver after the death of the player’s two-year-old son.

“Obviously, very unfortunate what happened and as a teammate of him, as someone in this locker room, all we can do is love on him,” Bills quarterback Josh Allen said after Saturday’s win over the Cleveland Browns. “There’s nothing that you can say to make the situation any better except being there in whatever ways he needs.

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  • Lionel Messi fined for slapping opposition player in MLS game
    Incident happened when Inter Miami met Philadelphia UnionArgentinian lashed out at Quinn Sullivan in 2-2 drawLionel Messi has been fined for slapping an opponent during a Major League Soccer game. The 39-year-old Inter Miami forward lashed out at Quinn Sullivan of Philadelphia Union during their match on Wednesday, catching the midfielder around the back of the head.The Argentinian appeared to be angry Sullivan had elbowed him after he had played the ball, with the referee intervening before the
     

Lionel Messi fined for slapping opposition player in MLS game

Par : PA Media
22 août 2026 à 05:50
  • Incident happened when Inter Miami met Philadelphia Union

  • Argentinian lashed out at Quinn Sullivan in 2-2 draw

Lionel Messi has been fined for slapping an opponent during a Major League Soccer game. The 39-year-old Inter Miami forward lashed out at Quinn Sullivan of Philadelphia Union during their match on Wednesday, catching the midfielder around the back of the head.

The Argentinian appeared to be angry Sullivan had elbowed him after he had played the ball, with the referee intervening before the situation could escalate. The match at Subaru Park finished 2-2.

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  • US soccer wants excitement after the World Cup – the Open Cup provides it
    MLS wants to build on the momentum of the World Cup. America’s top domestic cup competition is an obvious place to startThe new commissioner of Major League Soccer, Larry Berg, isn’t keen on the idea of promotion and relegation, but he is a fan of jeopardy. When asked the obligatory pro/rel question in his introductory press conference, Berg responded, “I don’t think it’s appropriate for our league, but I think there are other ways to create jeopardy during the regular season, [and] again in the
     

US soccer wants excitement after the World Cup – the Open Cup provides it

22 août 2026 à 05:00

MLS wants to build on the momentum of the World Cup. America’s top domestic cup competition is an obvious place to start

The new commissioner of Major League Soccer, Larry Berg, isn’t keen on the idea of promotion and relegation, but he is a fan of jeopardy. When asked the obligatory pro/rel question in his introductory press conference, Berg responded, “I don’t think it’s appropriate for our league, but I think there are other ways to create jeopardy during the regular season, [and] again in the playoffs.”

He referred to this summer’s World Cup, which was co-hosted by the US, and the excitement it provided, adding, “Millions of people across North America experienced that passion firsthand. They fell in love with the drama, the atmosphere, the supporter culture and the emotion that makes soccer unlike anything else. In the World Cup, we all enjoyed knockout games after the group stage. I call those games of consequence or games of jeopardy.”

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  • Former 1500m world champion Jenny Simpson steps away from running after cardiac arrest
    39-year-old collapsed during event in JuneAmerican won world title in 2011 Former 1500m world champion Jenny Simpson says she will not return to running after she collapsed during a track event in June.Simpson, a three-time Olympian and one of the most accomplished American female runners in history, was pacing a mile group at an event in North Carolina when she went into cardiac arrest. She was given CPR before she was rushed to hospital, where she was placed on life support due to issues with
     

Former 1500m world champion Jenny Simpson steps away from running after cardiac arrest

21 août 2026 à 13:10
  • 39-year-old collapsed during event in June

  • American won world title in 2011

Former 1500m world champion Jenny Simpson says she will not return to running after she collapsed during a track event in June.

Simpson, a three-time Olympian and one of the most accomplished American female runners in history, was pacing a mile group at an event in North Carolina when she went into cardiac arrest. She was given CPR before she was rushed to hospital, where she was placed on life support due to issues with her heart and lungs.

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  • Jannik Sinner and Jack Draper out of US Open as injuries take their toll
    World No 1 makes ‘difficult decision’ to miss slamDraper still recovering from bone bruise in left armJannik Sinner will miss the US Open with a right knee injury. The world No 1 has not played a match since beating Alexander Zverev last month to successfully defend his Wimbledon title, missing the Masters 1000 events in Canada and Cincinnati. Great Britain’s Jack Draper is also out of the event.The news comes a day after his great rival Carlos Alcaraz, whom the Italian lost to in the final in N
     

Jannik Sinner and Jack Draper out of US Open as injuries take their toll

Par : PA Media
21 août 2026 à 12:27
  • World No 1 makes ‘difficult decision’ to miss slam

  • Draper still recovering from bone bruise in left arm

Jannik Sinner will miss the US Open with a right knee injury. The world No 1 has not played a match since beating Alexander Zverev last month to successfully defend his Wimbledon title, missing the Masters 1000 events in Canada and Cincinnati. Great Britain’s Jack Draper is also out of the event.

The news comes a day after his great rival Carlos Alcaraz, whom the Italian lost to in the final in New York 12 months ago, revealed he will make his comeback at Flushing Meadows after four months out with a wrist injury.

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  • WNBA commissioner says ‘haters’ trying to stir up debate about trans athletes and league
    Transgender woman has never played in the leagueEngelbert says league being used as ‘political football’The WNBA commissioner, Cathy Engelbert, has denounced people she said are trying to “sow divisiveness” as the league grapples with a debate over transgender athletes.Engelbert made the comments on Thursday before the Indiana Fever’s loss to the Dallas Wings at the home of the Dallas Mavericks. Demonstrators showed up outside American Airlines Center, as they have at other venues since the Feve
     

WNBA commissioner says ‘haters’ trying to stir up debate about trans athletes and league

Par : Agencies
21 août 2026 à 09:04
  • Transgender woman has never played in the league

  • Engelbert says league being used as ‘political football’

The WNBA commissioner, Cathy Engelbert, has denounced people she said are trying to “sow divisiveness” as the league grapples with a debate over transgender athletes.

Engelbert made the comments on Thursday before the Indiana Fever’s loss to the Dallas Wings at the home of the Dallas Mavericks. Demonstrators showed up outside American Airlines Center, as they have at other venues since the Fever’s Sophie Cunningham voiced support for barring transgender girls and women from girls’ and women’s sports.

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  • Former Alabama basketball player wins $9.25m in defamation case against New York Times
    Kai Spears incorrectly linked to death of young motherTimes says it had not lost libel case in more than 50 yearsAn Alabama jury has awarded $9.25m in damages after finding that the New York Times defamed a college basketball player by incorrectly reporting that he was at the scene of a fatal shooting.Kai Spears, who played for the University of Alabama men’s team, sued the Times in 2023 after it published a report, citing a person familiar with the investigation, that said he was a passenger in
     

Former Alabama basketball player wins $9.25m in defamation case against New York Times

Par : Agencies
21 août 2026 à 08:32
  • Kai Spears incorrectly linked to death of young mother

  • Times says it had not lost libel case in more than 50 years

An Alabama jury has awarded $9.25m in damages after finding that the New York Times defamed a college basketball player by incorrectly reporting that he was at the scene of a fatal shooting.

Kai Spears, who played for the University of Alabama men’s team, sued the Times in 2023 after it published a report, citing a person familiar with the investigation, that said he was a passenger in a car involved in the shooting. The Times reported that the person had spoken “on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters.”

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  • ‘The friendship disappeared’: López faces Romero after years of sparring and support
    Boxing’s most mercurial star is putting an old friendship aside as he moves up to 147lb to challenge Rolly Romero for the welterweight title he won against Ryan GarciaFor more than a decade, Teófimo López’s friendship with Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero endured through amateur tournaments, Las Vegas sparring sessions and the mismatched peaks and troughs of two volatile careers. That friendship ended, López says, the moment they signed to fight one another.On Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena along the Ve
     

‘The friendship disappeared’: López faces Romero after years of sparring and support

21 août 2026 à 05:00

Boxing’s most mercurial star is putting an old friendship aside as he moves up to 147lb to challenge Rolly Romero for the welterweight title he won against Ryan Garcia

For more than a decade, Teófimo López’s friendship with Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero endured through amateur tournaments, Las Vegas sparring sessions and the mismatched peaks and troughs of two volatile careers. That friendship ended, López says, the moment they signed to fight one another.

On Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena along the Vegas Strip, the 29-year-old López will challenge for Romero’s World Boxing Association welterweight title. The former lightweight and junior-welterweight champion is moving up to 147lb in pursuit of a belt in a third division. For Romero, himself a three-weight belt-holder after stacking titles at 135lb and 140lb, a victory would add another marquee name to a résumé transformed by last year’s upset of Ryan Garcia. The fight will be broadcast globally on Dazn pay-per-view and will see the champion go off as a roughly 2-1 underdog.

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© Photograph: Cris Esqueda/Cris Esqueda Matchroom Boxing

© Photograph: Cris Esqueda/Cris Esqueda Matchroom Boxing

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  • From Showtime to Insurance Time: how the LA Lakers became a $12.5bn hedge fund play
    Bob Iger and Josh Kushner’s $12.5bn bid to buy the Lakers shows that NBA teams are no longer family dynasties, but quick flips for private equity sharksFor years, the NBA was built on the alliance of patient money and marketing pizzazz, and no team captured that curious mixture better than the Los Angeles Lakers. Through Showtime in the 1980s and the dominance of the Shaq-Kobe years, the Lakers became the benchmark for a league and a sport intent on global conquest: charismatic, ambitious, and f
     

From Showtime to Insurance Time: how the LA Lakers became a $12.5bn hedge fund play

21 août 2026 à 05:00

Bob Iger and Josh Kushner’s $12.5bn bid to buy the Lakers shows that NBA teams are no longer family dynasties, but quick flips for private equity sharks

For years, the NBA was built on the alliance of patient money and marketing pizzazz, and no team captured that curious mixture better than the Los Angeles Lakers. Through Showtime in the 1980s and the dominance of the Shaq-Kobe years, the Lakers became the benchmark for a league and a sport intent on global conquest: charismatic, ambitious, and flashy, a sporting-cultural amalgam in which athleticism and celebrity held equal rank. Through careful front office recruitment, savvy coaching, and the harnessing of Hollywood’s star power, the Lakers evolved from a team into a “brand,” establishing a template that virtually every other outfit in the NBA has felt compelled to mimic in the years since. But the razzle-dazzle on the court – the Laker Girls, Magic flinging no-look passes, Shaq smashing the glass, Jack Nicholson smiling his Joker smile in the front row, all eyebrows and mischief – depended on a far more staid and stable arrangement off it. Real estate investor Jerry Buss bought the Lakers for $16m in 1979, and remained the majority owner until his death in 2013, when his children assumed control of the franchise.

When Jerry Buss died, the Lakers were valued at $1bn. Now, the team looks set to be sold to former Disney CEO Bob Iger and venture capitalist Josh Kushner, the brother of Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared, for $12.5bn. The sale is still under negotiation and will need to be approved by the NBA’s board of governors; the Buss siblings are also now bickering over whether to join the stampede and sell their minority 17.8% stake in the franchise to Iger and Kushner, which has added a subplot of Shakespearean family intrigue to proceedings. But in the likely event it goes through, the sale would make the Lakers the most valuable franchise in basketball. It would also signal an acceleration in private equity’s scramble to get its claws into the world of sport.

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  • ✇US news | The Guardian
  • Can Aryna Sabalenka find a way to repair her collapsed form? | Tumaini Carayol
    With one semi-final in her last seven tournaments, the coming months will define the next stage of her careerTowards the end of a messy first set tie-break late on Wednesday, Aryna Sabalenka wildly sprayed another painfully nervous backhand before slamming her racket to the ground. As the racket connected with the acrylic floor, its vibration dampener detached from the strings and rolled off in the direction of the broadcast camera pit by the side of the court.With the diminutive 20-year‑old Cze
     

Can Aryna Sabalenka find a way to repair her collapsed form? | Tumaini Carayol

20 août 2026 à 17:11

With one semi-final in her last seven tournaments, the coming months will define the next stage of her career

Towards the end of a messy first set tie-break late on Wednesday, Aryna Sabalenka wildly sprayed another painfully nervous backhand before slamming her racket to the ground. As the racket connected with the acrylic floor, its vibration dampener detached from the strings and rolled off in the direction of the broadcast camera pit by the side of the court.

With the diminutive 20-year‑old Czech player Sara Bejlek leading Sabalenka 6-5 in the tie-break, this slapstick sequence forced play to pause while the Belarusian and a couple of volunteers comically searched for the missing vibration damper underneath the cameras until she gave up and retrieved a new one. A few minutes later, Sabalenka trailed by a set.

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‘Here we go’: Carlos Alcaraz confirms US Open return after four-month injury absence

Par : PA Sport
20 août 2026 à 14:29

Carlos Alcaraz has won his battle to be fit for the US Open.

The seven-time grand slam champion has not played on the ATP Tour since April due to an ongoing wrist issue, but enlisted the help of football transfer journalist Fabrizio Romano to announce his comeback.

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  • ✇US news | The Guardian
  • Players welcome record $108m US Open prize fund and will not stage protests
    Total prize pool for tournament will be $108mPlayers guaranteed $140,000 for making first roundThe world’s leading tennis players have welcomed the US Open’s announcement of a 20% increase in prize money and agreed not to continue their protests at this year’s tournament as a result.The build up to both the French Open and Wimbledon was overshadowed earlier this year by a media boycott as the players continue to demand a greater share of tournament revenues, but after the US Tennis Association a
     

Players welcome record $108m US Open prize fund and will not stage protests

20 août 2026 à 15:23
  • Total prize pool for tournament will be $108m

  • Players guaranteed $140,000 for making first round

The world’s leading tennis players have welcomed the US Open’s announcement of a 20% increase in prize money and agreed not to continue their protests at this year’s tournament as a result.

The build up to both the French Open and Wimbledon was overshadowed earlier this year by a media boycott as the players continue to demand a greater share of tournament revenues, but after the US Tennis Association announced a record prize pot of $108m there will be no such disruption at Flushing Meadow.

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  • Double-elimination, reseeding and 20 teams: MLS plans potential overhaul of playoffs
    Format would resemble that of Australian rules footballLeague will ditch conferences for five-division setupMajor League Soccer is planning a significant overhaul of its playoff format, multiple league and club sources told the Guardian this week. The changes, which would debut in 2028 alongside the league’s shift to a fall-to-spring schedule, could include a “double-elimination” component and see as many as 20 teams feature. Sources spoke on the condition of anonymity as they were not authorize
     

Double-elimination, reseeding and 20 teams: MLS plans potential overhaul of playoffs

20 août 2026 à 08:00
  • Format would resemble that of Australian rules football

  • League will ditch conferences for five-division setup

Major League Soccer is planning a significant overhaul of its playoff format, multiple league and club sources told the Guardian this week. The changes, which would debut in 2028 alongside the league’s shift to a fall-to-spring schedule, could include a “double-elimination” component and see as many as 20 teams feature. Sources spoke on the condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to discuss the league’s plans.

The Guardian has viewed a potential schedule for the new format, in which the playoffs start in late April and unfold over roughly three weeks with MLS Cup being played on Sunday 21 May 2028. The changes to the playoff format would pair with long-reported changes to MLS’s regular season, with the league going to a five-division setup in place of its current Eastern and Western Conference structure.

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  • Refuser les titres et aller à des concerts [fr]
    [fr] Ah, les titres! Ces derniers temps, prise d’une inspiration subite, j’ai fait quelques exercices d’écriture à la main. Promis, je demanderai à une IA de me les retranscrire pour que vous ne soyez pas obligés de zoomer sur les photos de mes ratures sur votre smartphone. C’est une expérience intéressante, d’autant plus que je résiste depuis des années à cette idée que l’écriture à la main possède une qualité fondamentalement différente, sur le plan cognitif, à celle où on tape sur un clavier
     

Refuser les titres et aller à des concerts [fr]

17 juillet 2026 à 16:47
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Ah, les titres! Ces derniers temps, prise d’une inspiration subite, j’ai fait quelques exercices d’écriture à la main. Promis, je demanderai à une IA de me les retranscrire pour que vous ne soyez pas obligés de zoomer sur les photos de mes ratures sur votre smartphone. C’est une expérience intéressante, d’autant plus que je résiste depuis des années à cette idée que l’écriture à la main possède une qualité fondamentalement différente, sur le plan cognitif, à celle où on tape sur un clavier (ou l’autre, où on dicte, que je connais aussi).

Une chose très claire quand on se met à écrire à la plume dans un cahier en mode “exercice d’écriture”, c’est qu’on ne part pas avec une idée préconçue de ce qu’on va dire, et surtout pas avec un titre. L’article de blog, lui, appelle haut et fort son titre, et je suis de plus en plus convaincue que ce qui pourrait sembler être un détail joue un rôle fondamental dans le fait que les blogs aient été délaissés au profit des réseaux sociaux. Juste là, j’écris sans titre. Je mettrai quelques mots au pif une fois que j’aurai fini d’écrire.

Je crois vraiment qu’il y a des démarches fondamentalement différentes dans l’écriture en ligne.

On peut avoir une intention claire, un message à faire passer. On va écrire un article avec une certaine structure, un titre réfléchi pour bien rendre compte du contenu, et être un peu efficace pour les moteurs de recherche. OK.

Mais le blog, il n’est pas né du magazine en ligne, il n’est pas l’enfant de la presse traditionnelle qui s’aventure au pays du numérique. Non, le blog est plutôt l’enfant des diaristes, des gens qui expriment quelque chose qu’ils ont sur le coeur ou dans les doigts, des gens qui écrivent parce que ça leur sert à quelque chose d’écrire et de partager, des gens qui racontent quelque chose qui leur parle. La mission d’informer le monde et d’atteindre le plus grand nombre, ce n’est pas ce sur quoi le blog s’est construit. Le blog c’est le lieu des bouteilles à la mer, de la réflexion à haute voix, de la correspondance d’avant internet qui nous tombe par hasard sous les yeux.

Et dans ce monde-là, même si le titre a son utilité pour le lecteur – pour s’y retrouver, pour avoir une vague idée de quoi sa parle, peut-être même décider si on lit ou non la première phrase – il dessert plutôt l’écriveur. Il est une première marche haute sur laquelle il faut se hisser, il enferme le texte dans une boîte, et la pensée aussi.

Je refuse les titres, de plus en plus. Vous l’avez peut-être remarqué, ces dernières semaines, ces derniers mois. Je veux écrire, surtout. Tant mieux si vous voulez me lire, aussi. Mais le titre, franchement… c’est comme la photo d’illustration. Il y a quelques années j’ai commencé à mettre presque systématiquement une photo pour illustrer mes articles de blog. Parce que quand on partage sur les réseaux, ça donne mieux. Et aussi parce qu’on aime les photos, et j’aime prendre des photos, et j’ai des tas de jolies photos, d’ailleurs. Mais vous avez peut-être remarqué que ma photo d’illustration n’a pas toujours grand-chose à voir avec ce dont je parle. Des fois oui, un peu. Mais la plupart du temps, je regarde juste dans mes photos récentes, j’en choisis une sympa. Parfois elle me parle un peu par rapport à ce que j’ai écrit, mais pas toujours. Des fois c’est juste parce qu’elle est jolie.

Je me dis que je devrais nourrir la “médiathèque” de mon WordPress avec un petit stock de photos choisies, à l’avance, au gré de mes égarements dans mes albums photos. Je pourrais par la suite piocher directement dedans quand je suis prête à publier mon article, plutôt que de scroller sur mon téléphone pour chercher quelque chose d’exploitable, entre les captures d’écran, les photos de tickets de caisse ou de plantes malades, les mauvais clichés du quotidien et de mon salon en désordre, ou ma dernière mesure de tension artérielle.

Ecrire pour écrire, un peu, sans but précis. C’est peut-être pas génial à lire, surtout si vous me connaissez pas. Mais moi ça me fait du bien.

Ces temps je réfléchis beaucoup à l’équilibre de ma vie, au système complexe d’ingrédients multiples qui me permet de fonctionner et qui s’est effondré il y a 16 mois aujourd’hui. Je reconstruis. La fatigabilité est le sable dans les rouages. Je fais des allers-retours: faut-il me reposer plus? Faire moins? Faire plus mais d’autres choses?

Le manque d’activité physique peut nourrir la fatigue. Le manque de plaisir aussi, le manque de contact. Je me demande de plus en plus si le plus gros obstacle à ma récupération en ce moment n’est pas ce qui est en trop, mais ce qui manque. J’apprends à me reposer mieux – plus tôt, plus consciemment. Il faut faire des pauses avant d’en avoir besoin. C’est pas simple pour moi, les pauses, mais je trouve des stratégies: un moment de puzzle, écouter quelques chansons, m’étendre avec un podcast ou un livre, même regarder ma série.

Mais le gros de ce qui manque juste maintenant c’est le mouvement et le plaisir. Donc je suis en train de me mettre à reprendre l’activité physique. Pas juste me promener au parc. Ramer ou pédaler et me retrouver à bout de souffle et les pulsations à 180. Il n’y a pas besoin de faire ça longtemps – ça me fait déjà un bien fou. Justement: je ne peux pas juste “reprendre” ce que je faisais avant directement. Je dois reconstruire. Alors reconstruisons. Ma vie sociale et mes loisirs ont pâti: ça aussi, il faut reprendre. En mars, j’ai tout coupé, mais peut-être était-ce trop radical? Ou nécessaire sur le moment, mais plus maintenant?

J’ai été à deux concerts ces dernières semaines. Mika et Lewis Capaldi. Ça fait un bien fou. Même pas de mal de tête le lendemain, malgré des nuits courtes. La semaine prochaine, je vais à Paléo deux soirs. Je me réjouis. Je vais remettre les pieds au judo et au chant dans les semaines qui viennent, à voir exactement quand, en mode “thérapeutique” pour commencer. Pas tout le cours, pas toute la répète – une dose limitée pour en tirer les bénéfices sans déclencher l’alerte de surcharge. Il trotte aussi dans ma tête l’idée d’organiser une après-midi par mois “sociale”: apéro ou thé, jeux de société ou puzzle. J’en ai marre de ne pas voir les gens que j’aime. Je vais aussi couper dans les rendez-vous médicaux: bien sûr qu’on ne peut pas tout envoyer balader, je dois faire mon job de patiente, mais certaines choses peuvent peut-être être espacées, ou repoussées, ou même mises sur pause “jusqu’à ce que”.

L’autre chose qui est cruciale pour moi c’est la structure, les routines, les habitudes. Pas évident, entre l’accident et le changement brutal de rythme qu’il a amené, la reprise du travail un peu par à-coups, l’alternance de congés pour cause de formation ou de festival, le décès d’Oscar aussi. Tout ça a bien mis à mal la structure de mes journées et de mes semaines qui me sert de support. Pas facile de remettre ça en place entre les coups de mou dûs à la fatigue subite que je n’avais pas vue venir, les semaines de canicule en mode survie, les gens qui meurent et les diverses petites urgences de la vie qui ne prennent pas de vacances, elles. Mais je reconstruis.

J’essaie de me lever à heure régulière, même si ça peut vouloir dire moins de sommeil. En passant, c’est moins tentant de se coucher à pas d’heure quand on sait que le réveil sonne le lendemain que quand on se dit “bah je peux dormir si besoin”. Je mets en place des petites habitudes avec Juju – monter à l’appartement pour le petit déj sur le balcon et le souper. Il pionce à côté de moi en ce moment, pendant que je pianote sur mon clavier dans le noir. Mettre en route Bob et ranger la cuisine dans la foulée quand je ramène mes assiettes — sinon, le risque est grand que je ne le fasse pas par la suite. Un épisode de Grey’s Anatomy le soir: un objectif réaliste si je prends garde de me “programmer/vacciner” (“à la fin de l’épisode je sais que je vais vouloir enchaîner avec un deuxième, c’est fait pour ça, mais je vais quand même éteindre la télé et l’ordi et m’arrêter là même si c’est frustrant”) et si j’évite de mettre en route la série quand mon moral est en berne (mieux vaut juste écrire ou lire, à ce moment-là, et faire l’impasse sur la télé). Voilà un petit aperçu, il y en a d’autres.

Sur ce, il est grand temps que je descende (avec Juju) voir ce qui se passe ce soir à Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital!

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