Man City appoint Enzo Maresca as manager on three-year deal
Manchester City have confirmed the appointment of Enzo Maresca as their new manager.
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Adidas looking for New York victory lap in marathon shoe wars
NEW YORK/PARIS, Oct 30 : Adidas is hoping this weekend's New York City Marathon will be its chance to run a victory lap, after runners wearing its shoes clocked up eight wins at prized World Marathon Majors this year, boosting sales and outpacing longstanding rival Nike.
'Next Gen’ athlete program to get $10M funding boost from feds, COC, CPC pledge fundraising to match
Playground to podium has served as a mission statement of sorts for federal Secretary of State for Sport Adam van Koeverden since being named to the position in 2025.
LIV Golf appoints former TaylorMade CEO Mark King as senior adviser
Oct 26 : LIV Golf on Monday appointed former TaylorMade chief executive Mark King as senior advisor of the rebel circuit that will soon learn if it will move ahead with a restructured 2.0 model or wind down operations.
Timberwolves agree to 1-year, $40M extension with McDaniels - ESPN
Minnesota Timberwolves All-Defensive forward Jaden McDaniels has agreed to a one-year, $40 million extension that will keep him under contract through the 2029-30 season, agents Nima Namakian of Innovate Sports and Bill Duffy of WME Basketball told ESPN's Shams Charania on Monday.
Mbappe leaves Nike, signs with On as Swiss sportswear maker forays into soccer
Sept 18 : French soccer star Kylian Mbappe has ended a two-decade partnership with Nike to join fast-growing Swiss sportswear brand On, giving the Roger Federer-backed company a marquee name for its push into soccer and handing the US giant another high-profile defection.
What are NFL rules changes in 2026? Red flags, kickoffs - ESPN
The NFL will open its regular season Wednesday (New England Patriots at Seattle Seahawks, 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC) with only a handful of visible rule changes, the product of an offseason that was devoted more toward improving its officiating product than innovating on the field.
World Athletics unveils lane draft, jump-offs for new Ultimate Championship
Aug 20 : Sprinters will choose their own lanes, jump-offs will decide winners in the high jump and pole vault, and television viewers will get win probabilities and live fan feedback when World Athletics launches its new Ultimate Championship.
Bill Rasmussen, sports TV visionary and co-founder of ESPN, dies at 93 - ESPN
Bill Rasmussen, whose vision and ambition fueled the 1979 launch of ESPN as the world's first 24-hour television network, died Tuesday. He was 93.