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Young's toasts boost from summer of sport despite industry 'challenges'
News from The City, market updates plus comment and analysis from our business desk I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Pub group Young's said it has been given a boost by the…
Colleges Shift Academics to Support Sports Industry Boom
With the sports and entertainment sector expected to add nearly 100,000 jobs annually through 2034, colleges and universities are rethinking their program offerings to capitalize on the industry's growth. At least 10 colleges and universities plan…
Young's toasts boost from summer of sport despite industry 'challenges'
Pub group Young's said it has been given a boost by the Fifa World Cup and Wimbledon Championships despite “challenges” facing the industry. Young & Co's Brewery, which runs pubs and hotel rooms in London and the south-east of…
The top selling sports cards in June as grading volume hit record highs
Trading card grading volume peaked with a record 3.5 million cards holdered by the major authenticators in June. According to graded card tracker GemRate, June's total easily passed the previous single-month high of 3.1 million cards behind record…
What to know about freeriding, the newest Winter Olympic sport
It starts in a place mostly inhospitable to human life, under a small, pyramid-shaped gate with just a handful of people standing on a craggy mountain peak, all of whom look as if they're one wrong step away from falling off. The finish line is…
BBC iPlayer's 'electrifying' tennis drama perfect for sports fans
Since hitting screens, audiences have been blown away by the film's vivid and meticulously crafted visuals, pulse-pounding soundtrack and gripping storyline, which is certain to resonate with any tennis fan. The sport sits at the very heart of the…
Apex's Next Bet on Emerging Sports Is Women's Soccer in Canada
Investment firm Apex's latest bet on emerging sports is women's soccer in Canada. The company is buying a C$30 million ($21 million) minority stake in Canada's Northern Super League that will go in a fund it started late last year for investing in…
The Supreme Court still hasn't finished the job of protecting women's sports
A very clear majority of American voters thinks that women and girls are entitled to female-only sports. On June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court decided in West Virginia v. B.P.J. (combined with the similar case Little v. Hecox) that states are…
World Cup 2026: What is the 'Trump dance'? And where have we seen it in sport?
Aisha Sembhi and Emma Middleton The Belgium team appeared to mock US President Donald Trump by performing some of his signature dance moves after their fourth goal against the USA in their World Cup last-16 game. There had been pre-match…
Billionaire John Arnold commits $2.6 million to study online sports betting risk
John Arnold, a billionaire philanthropist and co-founder of Arnold Ventures, is awarding $2.6 million in previously unreported research grants to universities to study the risks of online sports betting. Sports betting is a booming industry, driven…
5 Expert Habits for Smarter Workouts and Wind Downs from Sports Physiologist Mike Israetel
This is Expert Habits, a regular column in which thinkers, leaders, and other high performers talk about the habits and routines that help them live a better life. Does it make you a bad person to want to be attractive? That's the question that…
The US supreme court's ruling on trans people in sports is an assault on bodily autonomy | Judith Levine
Last week, the US supreme court ruled that states may restrict participation in girls' and women's sports to “biological females” and exclude transgender athletes from competing. In the past six years, 27 states have enacted such…
The Key Styles That Transformed Sports Watches Into Luxury Icons
If one were to take the question of what makes a great sports watch entirely at face value, the answer is obviously something made by Garmin. I come from the world of the tourbillon, grande sonnerie, and perpetual calendar. I am neither a man who…
BBC Sport quiz: Who am I? Guess World Cup star footballer No 30
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. Guess the answer after as few clues as possible to score more points.
Rogers' MLSE play the latest in shift for Canadian sports landscape, experts say
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