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EA Sports predicts World Cup 2026 winner after four correct guesses
Having correctly predicted the last four winners, EA Sports has made its prediction once more for the FIFA World Cup. The 2026 tournament is now mere days away, and the folk at EA Sports have used EA FC 26 's brand new mode, The World's Game, to…
Victor Wembanyama achieves New York sports villain status with dominant Game 3
NEW YORK — Gotham always needs a villain. New York prefers someone to revile. Someone to rally against. This city is girded with grievances. The abysmal traffic. The absurd rent. The oppressive weather. The idiot tourist in the way on a busy…
England legend Jill Scott's hilarious mishap amid Sport Relief challenge
Jill Scott has powered into Day Two of her epic 388‑mile Coming Home Sport Relief challenge - and brings a huge Lioness reunion in Liverpool as she heads for Everton FC's ground. On Tuesday afternoon, an exhausted but content Scott told the…
The Experience Economy of Sports Marketing with the Atlanta Hawks' Steve Koonin
Cannes Lions is where the biggest ideas take center stage. Join ADWEEK for must-see conversations, top industry leaders, and the moments everyone will be talking about. In this episode of Adspeak by ADWEEK, host Rich Battista, executive chairman at…
World Cup 2026: Play BBC Sport's new predictor game
Forty-eight teams, 104 matches - and you can predict them all across the BBC Sport website and app. A new predictor game is being introduced to cover this year's World Cup, allowing users to pick what they think will be the result from every match.
How TIME Chose the 100 Most Influential People in Sports 2026
I first saw LeBron James play in person in July 2003 during a now defunct NBA Summer League. Some 2,500 people showed up each night for one of six games in what felt like a high school basketball gym on the campus of UMass Boston. Tickets…
White House is no stranger to sports but UFC bout shatters norms
The White House South Lawn, a historic stage for presidential pastimes, is set to host an unprecedented spectacle: a UFC bout. President Donald Trump is marking his 80th birthday with a cage-fighting event this Sunday, a stark departure from its…
Sports gambling addiction lost Haywards Heath man £100k in decade
A man who overcame a decade-long sports gambling addiction has described how he copes during major sporting events such as the World Cup, as the 2026 tournament begins on Thursday. Paul Nash from Haywards Heath, West Sussex, became hooked after…
Women's sport brought £55m boost to London in 2025, report finds
Major women's sporting events staged in London last year generated more than £54.7m for the capital's economy, according to analysis from City Hall. The report found the Women's Rugby World Cup final at Twickenham was the biggest contributor…
The next Nintendo sports game for Switch 2 features thumb wrestling
Nintendo Switch Sports Resort features 12 activities and it's coming to Switch 2 on October 22. As revealed during Tuesday's Nintendo Direct, the company is bringing its long-running series of sports sim games to Switch 2 with a new entry called…
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Runway Show models say every body is a target online
Since 2021, Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Runway Show has aimed to include “women of all sizes, ages and races” in its showcase of summer styles. But for some models, this year's event — streaming Tuesday on Hulu and Disney+…
MSG Sports Is Winning Big On Wall Street
Listen on the go! A daily podcast of Wall Street Breakfast will be available by 8:00 a.m. on Seeking Alpha, iTunes, Spotify. Good morning! Here's the latest in trending: IPO fever: OpenAI confidentially files draft IPO only a week after Anthropic.
It's Officially The Start Of A New Era For Sports TV
This week, the world's biggest sports tournament gets underway across North America, kicking off a livestreaming bonanza the likes of which we've never seen before. The 2026 FIFA World Cup is effectively launching a whole new era for sports TV, in…
BBC Sport quiz: Who am I? Guess World Cup star footballer No 2
Welcome to our brand new Who am I? game. The rules are simple. Each day there's a new footballer and the challenge is to guess who they are in as few attempts as possible. After each wrong guess you unlock a new clue. But, if you get your answer in…
Class-action lawsuit filed against NCAA, power conferences and College Sports Commission over House settlement
The NCAA's landmark House settlement agreement has its first major legal attack. Two California football players have filed a class-action lawsuit against the NCAA, the power conferences and the College Sports Commission, claiming those entities…
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