Lionel Messi (34) quit Barcelona after 21 years with the Catalonian club. The six-time ‘Ballon d’Or’ winner addressed fans and media during a press conference on Sunday. Messi and Barca agreed on a five-year contract extension, with the Argentinean superstar taking a massive 50% pay cut to show his support […]
Just two days after completing his $140 million transfer from Aston Villa, Jack Grealish played 25 minutes in Manchester City’s 1-0 defeat to Leicester in the Community Shield. The game between last season’s league and cup winners was the first major football event held at Wembley after the Euro 2020 […]
Erling Haaland promises to make keepers’ lives impossible in the Bundesliga this season. A sample of what’s in store came in the Cup on Saturday, as Borussia Dortmund beat third-tier Wehen Wiesbaden 3-0. All three goals were scored by Haaland. The Norwegian is at peace with the club’s decision to […]
Romelu Lukaku (28) is heading back to Chelsea, the club he left in 2014. Inter accepted a $135 million offer for the Belgian, who also agreed personal terms with the Champions League winners. For Chelsea, the 2021 version of the “Lukaku affair†sets the new club transfer record. The forward […]
Brazil defended the gold medals they won on home soil in 2016. The South Americans won the final of the Olympic’s men’s football tournament thanks to an extra-time goal scored by Malcom. Richarlison missed a penalty in the 38th minute, but Matheus Cunha put Brazil in front in the dying […]
France could leave the Tokyo Olympics with two gold medals in handball, as its women’s handball team takes on the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) in the final on Sunday. France defeated Sweden 29-27 in the semifinals to move into its second straight women’s handball gold medal game. France looks for […]
Japan came into the Summer Olympics as a long shot to even reach the medal rounds in women’s basketball. Now, the Japanese team is just one massive upset away from the gold medals, as it will take on Team USA in the final on Sunday. Japan took down France 87-71 […]
The United States lost its first women’s Olympic water polo match since 2008 during the group stage, and faced a difficult challenge against the ROC in the semifinals. But Team USA still enters the gold medal match at the Tokyo Olympics as a prohibitive favorite over Spain as it seeks […]
Pre-tournament favorite Denmark will try to secure its second straight gold medal as it takes on France in the final of the men’s Olympic handball tournament on Saturday. Both Denmark and France won their respective semifinal matches on Thursday by identical 27-23 scores, with each facing some of the stiffest […]
A team of NPB professionals will battle a group of former MLB veterans and minor leaguers as Japan faces the USA in the gold medal game of the Olympic baseball tournament. Japan is a perfect 4-0 in the tournament so far, while the United States has lost just one game […]
The Russian Olympic Committee team rallied past Brazil in the semifinals to set up a gold medal confrontation with France in men’s volleyball at the Tokyo Olympics. The Russians took their semifinal in four sets, winning 18-25, 25-21, 26-24, 25-23 to advance to the gold medal game after missing out […]
The cliché “quality over quantity†washes over this year’s Grade 1 Whitney Stakes at Saratoga like the wake from Knicks Go’s last race. It floods the zone like Maxfield’s last two outings and Silver State’s last trip around Belmont Park. If you’re going to send only five horses around Saratoga’s […]
Lionel Messi agreed to join PSG on a two-year contract. The announcement comes just 24 hours after Barcelona released a statement saying the Argentinean superstar will not be at Camp Nou next season. Messi spent 21 years at Barcelona, joining the club’s youth setup as a 13-year-old in 2000 from […]
The possibility of statewide sports betting in North Carolina received a boost this week when a legislative bill passed a Senate committee after months of delays. Senate Bill 688, sponsored by Sen. Jim Perry, R-Lenoir County, passed the state Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday following debate of the issue. Sports […]
The United States can win its fourth straight gold medal in men’s basketball on Saturday. But France has already beaten Team USA once in these Olympics, and will look to do so again in an effort to win the country’s first Olympic title. The Americans rallied past Australia in the […]
Mexico proved too strong for the Japanese hosts as they won the bronze medals in the men’s football tournament at the Tokyo Olympics. Japan was hoping to end a 53-year long medal drought in men’s Olympic football, but Mexico made a clear statement right from the start. Cordova scored after […]
Manchester City signed 25-year-old Jack Grealish after meeting Aston Villa’s valuation for the English international player. The Premier League champions paid $140 million to sign Grealish, who will wear the number 10 shirt at the Etihad. The 10 was previously worn by club legend Sergio Aguero, who left England to […]
Lionel Messi won’t sign a new contract at Barcelona, the Catalonian club revealed on Thursday evening. The Argentinean superstar will leave Camp Nou after 21 years with Barca. According to transfer market specialist Fabrizio Romano, talks between Messi’s representatives and PSG have already taken place. The French pushed to bring […]
Bolshoi Ballet will attempt to rectify an oversight that’s as mystifying as it is counterintuitive by becoming Aidan O’Brien’s first winning horse at Saratoga. It defies logic that O’Brien, Europe’s most decorated trainer and one of the best horsemen in the world, has never sent a horse to the Spa’s […]
After a 45-day delay, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy finally signed the Fixed Odds Wagering Act into law, opening the windows for fixed-odds wagering on horse racing in the state. Don’t make a beeline for the Jersey Shore just yet, however. Implementation requires regulatory approval from the New Jersey Racing […]
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