“Y’all” is pleasant enough on its own, but to hear it more than a dozen times during a ballet class in New York City is a happy find. As in: “I want y’all to move a lot more. If you fall off your pirouette that is ohhh-kay.” That voice, that word, that Southern sound — … Read more
It’s not too warm or too bright for Josh Sargent. He’s parked in a chair on the patio of the US men’s national team hotel in Manhattan Beach, Los Angeles. He’s facing the horizon and embracing the sun, the moment. There are possibilities ahead, including in the Nations League finals that were then due to … Read more
Tiger Woods has confirmed he is in a relationship with Donald Trump’s former daughter-in-law, Vanessa Trump. Woods announced the news on Sunday. “Love is in the air and life is better with you by my side! We look forward to our journey through life together,” Woods wrote on X to his 6.4 millions followers … … Read more
“If you think back to the creditors’ meeting 20 years ago, then it’s a success that we’re even here today at all,” says the Borussia Dortmund chief executive, Hans-Joachim Watzke. On Monday 14 March 2005, 444 investors in the Molsiris real-estate fund, which owned 94% of BVB’s Westfalenstadion and had been leasing it back to … Read more
Juventus have sacked Thiago Motta as manager and appointed Igor Tudor as his replacement. The decision comes after Motta guided the club to consecutive heavy defeats in Serie A, losing 4-0 at home to Atalanta and 3-0 at Fiorentina. Those losses left Juve fifth in the table, 12 points behind the leaders, Inter. The 42-year-old’s … Read more
After winning four consecutive matches under new coach Mauricio Pochettino, the United States face a crossroads 15 months before they join Canada and Mexico as c0o-hosts of the 2026 World Cup. Canada took third place in the Concacaf Nations League with a 2-1 victory at SoFi Stadium on Sunday. The US defeat, which came 72 … Read more
Injury has forced the Newcastle United winger Anthony Gordon to pull out of England’s squad for their World Cup qualifier against Latvia. The 24-year-old came off the bench late in Friday’s 2-0 win over Albania but sustained a hip problem late in the game and limped off down the tunnel at the final whistle. Gordon … Read more
If Chelsea are to complete this league season unbeaten, a feat that is now only five games away, it will have been across 45 relentless second-half minutes at the Etihad Stadium where they proved themselves worthy of accolades attributed to “invincibles”, after they produced a stirring fightback to beat Manchester City. At the end of … Read more
Thomas Tuchel loves to talk tactics with an obsessive attention to detail, taking in the tiny tweaks, the dizzying range of possibilities. The England head coach started with a 4-2-3-1 system in his first game against Albania on Friday, playing Curtis Jones alongside Declan Rice in midfield, partly because he was conscious of the threat of … Read more
Francisco Trincão came off the bench to score twice and Cristiano Ronaldo also found the net as Portugal defeated Denmark 5-2 after extra time for a 5-3 aggregate victory that sent them through to the Nations League semi-finals, where they will face Germany. With the Danes leading the tie 1-0 thanks to Rasmus Højlund’s goal … Read more