Todd Boehly has said that plans over Chelsea’s stadium redevelopment will define whether he stays in partnership with the club’s majority shareholder, Clearlake Capital. Boehly and Clearlake have an uneasy relationship and have both explored the possibility of buying each other out. The mood has cooled since differences spilled out into the open this season … Read more
A high-profile gymnastics coach, trainer of multiple Olympians and long-time owner of one of Melbourne’s largest gym providers has been charged with seven child sex offences. Ross Bouskill, former owner of Jets Gymnastics, appeared via video link at Heidelberg Magistrates’ Court in Melbourne on Monday. His lawyer Ian Robertson said he plans to defend the … Read more
It takes sustained excellence to win a college basketball title. But it is hard to believe that even the greatest March Madness teams could ever compile a winning record superior to that of the Edmonton Grads. The Grads took part in more than 400 games between 1915 and 1940 and lost only 20, giving them … Read more
Despite a catastrophic wingsail collapse on Australia’s boat at the weekend’s SailGP event, all its crew walked away unscathed, with an investigation launched to determine the cause of the “very scary” incident. Veteran driver Tom Slingsby was left shaken following the incident as Australia came close to Italy’s boat on the way to the start … Read more
Raúl Jiménez scored his second goal on a penalty kick in the second minute of second-half stoppage time, and Mexico beat Panama 2-1 Sunday night to win the Concacaf Nations League tournament for the first time. Jiménez, the 33-year-old Fulham striker, dominated the week at SoFi Stadium with all four of Mexico’s goals in El … Read more
“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