Euro 2025: Spain On Track? Watch Out For France? What Stood Out and What's Next
Surprise results, record crowds, and the pivotal matches on the horizon. The 2025 UEFA Women’s Euros has already seen plenty of big moments.
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Barcelona star Yamal faces backlash for reportedly hiring people with dwarfism for birthday party
BARCELONA: Barcelona star Lamine Yamal has been criticized and could face an investigation for reportedly hiring people with dwarfism as entertainers during his lavish 18th birthday party this weekend. Spain’s Ministry of Social Rights has asked prosecutors to open a probe into the hiring and exposition of the entertainers. Ministry director Jesús Martín Blanco told Europa Press that such hirings “take us back to the Middle Ages.” A local association for people with disabilities had already condemned the alleged hirings, saying it would take action “legally and socially” against those responsible for promoting such actions. Spanish radio station RAC1 published an interview with one of the entertainers who said he was in the party.
South African Mokwena to coach Algerian champions Mouloudia
JOHANNESBURG: South African Rulani Mokwena was named coach of Algerian champions Mouloudia Alger on Monday, ending weeks of speculation as to where the 38-year-old would work in the 2025/26 season.
Turki Alalshikh announces tickets for blockbuster Canelo vs. Crawford fight
LAS VEGAS: Two of boxing’s most dominant forces, undisputed super middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (63-2-2, 39 KOs) and undefeated four-division superstar Terence Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) are set to face off in a Riyadh Season fight for the unified super middleweight championship at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sept. 13, with tickets to go on sale later this week.
Man City sign kit deal worth reported £1 billion
City’s extension of their contract with Puma ranks as the largest kit manufacturing partnership“We joined forces with Puma with the ambition to challenge ourselves and go beyond the expectations,” City Football Group chief executive Ferran Soriano saidLONDON: Manchester City have signed a blockbuster new kit deal with Puma worth a reported £1 billion ($1.34 billion) over the next 10 years.City’s extension of their contract with Puma ranks as the largest kit manufacturing partnership in Premier League history.Having agreed a £65 million per year deal with the German company in 2019, City’s new arrangement is believed to be worth a £100 million per year until 2035, according to British media reports.That figure shatters the £90 million per year deal signed by Manchester United with Adidas in 2023.Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona are both reported to have kit deals worth in excess of £100 million per year.“We joined forces with Puma with the ambition to challenge ourselves and go beyond the expectations.
Scheffler ‘couldn’t care less’ about being British Open favorite
PORTRUSH, UK: Scottie Scheffler said on Tuesday he does “not care” about being the tournament favorite as he prepares for his latest tilt at a maiden British Open title this week at Royal Portrush.
The Final Before the Final: What the Club World Cup Told Us About 2026
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — It’s hard to cut through the clutter in America's greatest metropolis, but one of soccer’s biggest summer events did take a super-sized bite out of the Big Apple.
Ben Healy ‘super proud’ to represent Ireland in yellow jersey of Tour de France
Congratulations have been paid to Irishman Ben Healy who has become the first Irish cyclist to take the yellow jersey of the Tour de France since 1987.