Guardiola says Man City successor cannot be 'copy and paste'
May 24 : Departing Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said he hoped his successor can be true to themselves, warning that any attempt to find a carbon copy of him would likely backfire.
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Senegal football fans home after royal pardon
Dakar: A group of Senegalese football supporters jailed following their country’s chaotic, violence-plagued Africa Cup of Nations final in Morocco in January returned home Sunday after being pardoned by the Moroccan king. King Mohammed VI granted the fans a pardon “on humanitarian grounds” on the occasion of the Muslim holiday of Eid Al-Adha, Morocco’s royal court said Saturday. Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye welcomed the jubilant supporters on arrival at the airport outside Dakar just after 1:00 am, an AFP journalist reported. “We’re very happy to have them back on Senegalese soil,” Faye, who donned a tracksuit for the occasion, told journalists. He thanked Moroccan authorities for the pardon — but in what Morocco will likely perceive as a new dig, hailed the national team as “two-time African champions,” even though the January final is the subject of an ongoing dispute before the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland. Senegal won the tumultuous continental final against Morocco in Rabat on January 18, but the match was later awarded on appeal to the hosts. With the match tied at 0-0, after a penalty awarded to Morocco in stoppage time of the second half — just after a Senegal goal was disallowed — Senegalese fans tried to storm the pitch and hurled projectiles. The Senegalese team left the pitch in protest at the penalty decision, halting play for nearly 20 minutes. When they returned, they gleefully watched Morocco miss their penalty, and went on to score a 94th-minute winner. In February, Moroccan courts sentenced 18 Senegalese supporters held in Morocco since the final to prison terms ranging from three months to a year for hooliganism. Three were released from jail in mid-April after
French Open tennis odds: Sinner odds-on, Sabalenka slight favorite over Swiatek for championship - ESPN
With Carlos Alcaraz not participating in the 2026 French Open due to a wrist injury, Jannik Sinner is an overwhelming -310 favorite to win the men's title at Roland Garros. According to ESPN Research, those are the second-shortest pre-tournament odds going into any Grand Slam event since at least 1990, trailing only Rafael Nadal (-400) at the 2009 French Open, a tournament where he was upset in the fourth round. Just before Alcaraz announced his withdrawal, he was +150 to win the tournament to Sinner's -164.
British-Pakistani boxer Hamzah Sheeraz wins WBO super-middleweight title in Egypt
ISLAMABAD: British-Pakistani boxer Hamzah Sheeraz won his first WBO super-middleweight championship title on Sunday after defeating Germany’s Alem Begic in Egypt courtesy of a second-round stoppage win.
Knicks overwhelm Cavaliers again to take 3-0 series lead - ESPN
CLEVELAND — Jalen Brunson scored 30 points, Mikal Bridges added 22 and the New York Knicks moved within one game of their first NBA Finals appearance since 1999 with a 121-108 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday night.
Reports: Gio Reyna in, Diego Luna out of USMNT World Cup roster - ESPN
Gio Reyna will be included in the United States' 2026 World Cup roster, while midfielder Diego Luna is among the notable absentees, according to multiple reports.
Liberty's Sabrina Ionescu plans to make season debut vs. Wings - ESPN
Sabrina Ionescu plans to make her season debut Sunday as the New York Liberty visit the Dallas Wings, she told reporters after practice Saturday.
Frenchman Fils out of Roland Garros due to hip pain
PARIS, May 23 : French hopes for a title at Roland Garros suffered a blow even before the year's second Grand Slam got underway as world number 19 Arthur Fils withdrew on Saturday with pain because of a hip issue.