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For a club that has won more La Liga and Champions League titles than any other team on the planet, the past two seasons have been disappointments for Real Madrid, which finished behind archrival Barcelona in the Spanish league standings in back-to-back years and crashed out of European competition in the quarterfinals each time. Yet for all of the hand-wringing among the team’s exacting fans, business has never been better for Los Blancos.During the 2024-25 season, Real Madrid posted $1.27 billion in revenue, up 12% from its mark the year prior, already a record for a soccer club. In fact,…
San Antonio rout Oklahoma City 118-91 to keep alive their hopes of reaching the NBA Finals, where New York Knicks await.Published On 29 May 202629 May 2026Victor Wembanyama scored 28 points as the San Antonio Spurs forced a decisive game seven in their thrilling NBA Western Conference finals series against Oklahoma City, leading throughout in an emphatic 118-91 win.The Spurs were aggressive for the duration of a win-or-go-home clash with the defending champions Thunder on Thursday, roared on by a boisterous crowd to keep alive their hopes of reaching the NBA Finals, where the red-hot New York Knicks await.Recommended Stories…
Glamorgan Cricket has announced a new partnership with Brains Brewery, who will become the Club’s official ale partner for the 2026 season. The agreement also includes matchday sponsorship as part of a one‑year deal. As part of the partnership, Brains will hold pouring rights at Sophia Gardens across matchdays as well as the venue’s year‑round conference and events programme. Supporters will be able to enjoy a range of Brains products, including the popular Barry Island IPA. Founded in Cardiff in 1882, Brains has long been a champion of Welsh sport and culture. The brewery also shares deep historical ties with…
Keely Hodgkinson says this year’s London Diamond League could be a “battle of the world records” as she seeks to topple athletics’ longest-standing mark on home soil.The Olympic 800m champion will return to the London Stadium meet for the first time since her British-record run in the lead-up to her crowning moment at the Paris 2024 Games.After an injury-disrupted 2025, the 24-year-old says she has not missed a single session during the best winter training block of her career – as evidenced when she smashed the world indoor record in February.In the sport’s first season for five years without a…
Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James reminisced about his 2015-16 NBA championship-winning Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday after Throwback Hoops’ Instagram page shared highlights of the Cavs’ 120-90 home win over the Golden State Warriors in Game 3 of the 2016 NBA Finals.That Cavs team was legendary for a few reasons. First, the Cavs won the city’s first professional sports championship since 1964.Second, it was a seminal win for a franchise that had lost James to the Miami Heat for four seasons but welcomed him back in 2014 for a second run. Third, the Cavs defeated one of the greatest teams…
Thirty-two years after overseeing the hugely successful 1994 World Cup – the tournament that forced America to take football seriously – Alan Rothenberg believes soccer is firmly on track to replace the NFL as the most popular sport in the United States.When the United States hosted the World Cup for the first time, Rothenberg says, soccer was regarded by a broad swathe of the American media landscape with “disdain, if not contempt.”A familiar laundry list of criticisms would be trotted out: boring, low-scoring, a sport for the rest of the world.Sitting in the office of his home in Beverly Hills,…
Half-centuries from Yastika Bhatia and Jemima Rodrigues helped India post 188 for seven and overcome England by 38 runs in the first T20 international.The seamer Nandani Sharma, who took a hat-trick in January’s WPL, could not quite repeat that feat here, but three wickets in the space of five balls was nevertheless an impressive outing for the 24-year-old. “We all felt emotional seeing her debut,” Bhatia said. “It’s exciting times for Indian cricket that whoever is coming into the XI is making a contribution.”England were trounced by India last summer, so this series promises to be a good test of their…
They both agreed that elite sport had prepared them for emergency response work.”We enjoy pressure,” Sigsworth said. “In football, you’re playing in front of crowds, under scrutiny, constantly wanting to prove yourself. That mentality never leaves you.”Even the daily routines are familiar.”You must pass so many fitness tests to get into the fire service,” explained McManus. “We do loads of PT and the togetherness you’d have as a football team you have here.”It’s cringy to say, but when you’re at an exhausted part of a workout, that’s when teamwork comes in. It’s the same on a job if you’re in…
Paris Saint-Germain are not just the best team in Europe and possibly the world right now, but they are also surely the best to watch.Their full-backs could be wingers in most other teams. Observing their midfield do a rondo in the warm-up would probably be more entertaining than many full games elsewhere. Ousmane Dembele has been transformed from a talented but unreliable and injury-prone winger into a Ballon d’Or-winning striker.Desire Doue is a thrilling mixture of pace, skill and nous. Bradley Barcola would start for most other teams in the Champions League but can’t get a game here. And then…
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsFederal prosecutors have indicted ex-Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier on additional charges in connection with a sports gambling sting, alleging he took a hefty bribe to exit a game early in March 2023. Rozier, 32, was charged Thursday in a superseding indictment in Brooklyn federal court with bribery in sporting contests and honest services wire fraud conspiracy. Superseding indictments are used when prosecutors want to change or add…