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One of Australia's richest sport stars has future thrown into doubt
The playing futures of superstar Cameron Smith and his all-Australian Ripper GC team are in doubt amid reports the multi-billion-dollar LIV Golf league could be on the verge of collapse. The Financial Times reported that Saudi Arabia's Public…
The economic outlook of women's sports reached a tipping point this week
Welcome back to MoneyCall, The Athletic 's weekly sports business cheat sheet. Name-dropped today: Azzi Fudd, Rory McIlroy, Sen. Tammy Baldwin, Greg and Carrie Walton Penner, TPG, Dick Vitale, Candace Buckner, Toto Wolff and more. Let's go: A…
Arsenal survives tense Sporting stalemate to reach Champions League semis
Arsenal reached the Champions League semifinals after riding its luck in a nervous goalless draw against Sporting Lisbon that clinched a 1-0 aggregate victory on Wednesday. Mikel Arteta's team was well below its best in the quarterfinal second leg…
Why 2025 Topps Chrome Football is the most anticipated sports card release of 2026
The first fully-licensed Topps football card set in a decade hit store shelves Wednesday. It's a set that's been years in the making, dating back to 2021, when Topps soon-to-be parent company Fanatics scooped up exclusive trading card licenses for…
U.S. senator introducing bill intended to make sports TV more accessible to fans
As fans, leagues, media companies and various branches of the government grapple with an increasingly complicated and frustrating sports TV landscape, U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, a Democrat from Wisconsin, plans to introduce the “For the…
Arsenal scrape into Champions League semis after goalless draw with Sporting
Joe Cole and Martin Keown praise Max Dowman while highlighting Declan Rice as the leader of the squad ahead of facing Manchester City on the weekend 🎙️ Stream with TNT Sports on HBO Max pic.twitter.com/OXpExITZqw — Football on…
Arsenal reach Champions League semi-finals after nervy Sporting draw
Outside the Clock End, where the Sporting supporters were streaming into the ground in their green and white hoops and the smoke of their flares turned the air acrid, some of the greats of Arsenal stared down on the scene from a giant mural. Tony…
From The Sports Desk: NBA award picks
The NBA regular season is over and the NBC News sports crew had some thoughts on the major awards races. We skipped the Defensive Player of the Year award — Victor Wembenyama seems to have that one wrapped up. But our teams dove into the…
The Pickleball Slam, Anna Leigh Waters and a sport trying to escape the gravity of tennis stars
Pickleball, one of the fastest-growing sports in the United States, has reached another milestone. The fourth edition of the Pickleball Slam, one its most visible events, is not like the previous three. This time, for the first time, one of the…
New sports pitch in Bridgwater damaged by 'senseless vandalism
A fire has damaged a community sports pitch just days after it opened in what a council has called a 'senseless act of vandalism'. The new multi-use games area (MUGA) opened in Bridgewater in Somerset last week, thanks to thousands of pounds…
Arsenal get past Sporting - but the players still look tired, flat and fatigued
There was little fire but plenty of fear. And yet somehow Arsenal managed to drag themselves over the line and into the Champions League semi final. On the face of it, the result was enough and Arsenal are into their first back-to-back semi finals…
How the streaming dream turned sports on TV into a costly maze
There was a moment, perhaps a decade ago, when it felt as if sports broadcasting nirvana was near. A world where ordinary fans could access any game on any device, any time, anywhere. Or near enough, as cord-cutting devastated traditional cable…
Arsenal vs. Sporting CP LIVE: Latest updates from Champions League quarterfinal second leg
Arsenal welcome Sporting CP to north London with Mikel Arteta's misfiring team looking to press home their 1-0 first-leg advantage and reach the Champions League semifinals, and you can follow it live with ESPN. Kai Havertz 's 91st-minute goal last…
Edgy Arsenal squeeze past Sporting to set up Atlético Madrid semi-final
To borrow a line from Mikel Arteta, it is not meant to be easy. And it was anything but on the latest anxiety-ridden, claustrophobic occasion for his Arsenal team. The club's recent wobble has been pronounced. The loss to Manchester City in the…
Prediction: Women's Sports Won't Save Nike Stock
Women's sports are going through a golden era of rapid growth in the U.S., with rising fan interest in women's professional basketball, women's soccer, and more. Most investors might expect that bigger audiences for women's sports will be good news…
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