n the eve of what turned out to be his first loss in a competitive match in charge of the United States men’s national team and the end of his honeymoon with…
Month: March 2025
Bronny James sets new career highs in depleted LA Lakers’ loss to Bucks
On a night when not much went right for the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers, Bronny James was the bright spot. In his most extensive NBA minutes, the oldest son of LeBron James…
Global women’s seven-a-side football series launched with $100m investment
The first event in a new, lucrative seven-a-side global women’s football series will take place in Portugal from 21 to 23 May. The new competition has been named the ‘World Sevens Football’…
Canada’s Alistair Johnston: ‘Our country is under threat, under attack’
The style and system Jesse Marsch has molded for the Canadian men’s national team is predicated on pressure; hemming in and harrying opponents until they are deprived of options. It is lovingly…
Cooper Flagg looks like a future NBA superstar. He may choose to stay in college
In the first half of Duke’s recent game against Georgia Tech, Blue Devils star Cooper Flagg suffered an ankle sprain so gruesome that he had to be helped off the court in…
I have a baby’: how women in baseball are redefining work and motherhood
Endy Hoppel, the Cleveland Guardians’ director of baseball administration, landed home in Ohio to see she had missed several calls from her social worker. She was returning from the offseason meetings of…
US rugby hopes Ilona Maher will be part of England and Fiji DC doubleheader
Steve Borthwick’s England team will play in Washington DC in July, World Rugby and USA Rugby will formally announce on Tuesday, in a double-header that may see the superstar Ilona Maher run…
Lionel Messi to miss Argentina World Cup qualifiers with adductor injury
Due to an injury to the adductor muscle, Lionel Messi will not play for Argentina in the World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Brazil. The 37-year-old was not included in the 25-man…
Women’s players face stark pay divide with average salary less than $11,000, Fifa reports
The average annual salary for a female professional football player globally is USD 10,900 (GBP 8,400, AUD 17,000), says Fifa’s yearly report on the women’s game, a figure skewed by a small…
John Oliver on US sports betting: ‘It shouldn’t be this easy to lose this much’
Addressed the problems caused by the growing sports betting industry and called for changes. The Last Week Tonight host spoke about how the process of “picking winners and losers” has become such…