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Morocco Officially Set to Host FIFA’s 2027 Congress
Rabat – Morocco has been chosen to host the 77th FIFA Congress on March 18, 2027. FIFA President Gianni Infantino shared the news during this year’s meeting in Vancouver, Canada. This selection marks another major win for Morocco as it grows into a world leader in football. Hosting the elective congress in Africa for the second consecutive time after Kigali, Rwanda in 2023, shows the strong partnership between FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The Congress will bring...
Horse racing 101 ahead of the Kentucky Derby
At its essence, horse racing isn’t complicated … but it does a great job of making the uninitiated feel like idiots.The racing form, ostensibly to inform bettors, looks like a spreadsheet strewn with figures, arcana and formatting designed specifically to be impenetrable. Its terms and measurements feel outdated. And once you move beyond a basic “win” bet, the wagering menu gets confusing (and expensive) fast.Advertisement
Formula 1 drivers call Miami rule tweaks a step forward — but not nearly enough
MIAMI GARDENS, FL. — As drivers spoke to reporters Thursday before the Miami Grand Prix, it became more and more evident that opinions were divided on the newly updated technical regulations, with Lance Stroll going as far as saying, “I think we’re still far away from proper F1 cars.”The Aston Martin driver, who is in his 10th season, thinks F1 should be “pushing flat out without thinking about batteries.”Advertisement
Chelsea legend reveals how struggling Alejandro Garnacho can win over fans and realise potential
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A golden period for snooker - but are UK clubs returning from doldrums?
A golden period for snooker - but are UK clubs returning from doldrums?Image source, Northern Snooker CentreImage caption, Snooker clubs are desperate to attract the next generation of snooker playersBySteve SutcliffeBBC Sport Journalist at the Crucible Theatre, SheffieldPublished14 minutes agoCommentsSnooker is booming. The appetite for the game across the globe is at record levels and prize money looks to only be heading in one direction, despite the recent loss of the lucrative Saudi Arabia M...
How a near-fight in Boston Bruins practice helped inspire Game 5 revival
BOSTON — Sean Kuraly and Andrew Peeke were already annoyed. On April 27, the two Boston Bruins were practicing at Warrior Ice Arena the day after their 6-1 Game 4 embarrassment against the Buffalo Sabres. It could have been the final practice of the 2025-26 season.Then came a battle drill.Peeke and Kuraly are good friends. They were Columbus Blue Jackets teammates for parts of three seasons. Peeke wore No. 52, Kuraly’s number during his first Bruins tour, when he was acquired from the Blue Jacke...
Why Sabres are comfortable on the road, Logan Stanley questionable and more notes
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres pushed hard for home-ice advantage at the end of the regular season. They wanted the franchise’s first playoff game in 15 years to be in front of the fans who had waited so long. They wanted to play in front of one of the rowdiest crowds in the league and feed off that energy.Advertisement
Ranking 2026 Kentucky Derby horse names: From Renegade to The Puma and Six Speed
If you happen to be a fan of simple things governed by needlessly ponderous regulations, then you are really gonna love the Jockey Club’s rules regarding the naming of racehorses.It is not light reading. Many sections and subsections. Rules upon rules, overridden by other rules. You might think it would be easy to name a horse, but you’d be wrong.Advertisement
As Twins' bullpen struggles, thriving Louis Varland makes homecoming with Blue Jays
MINNEAPOLIS — Louis Varland departed the Minnesota Twins as a developing reliever in a controversial trade to the Toronto Blue Jays last July. Now, he returns to his hometown as a budding star at a time his former team could really use him.Describing it as “just another series,” Varland returned to Minneapolis on Thursday as the Blue Jays started a four-game series with a 7-1 loss to the Twins, who are slumping partly because their reconfigured bullpen is short on hard-throwing relievers.Adverti...
The world’s most expensive losers: the New York Mets are very rich … and very, very bad
The Mets have the second-highest payroll in baseball. They also own the worst record in the major leaguesA franchise once known as baseball’s lovable losers are, for the moment, merely baseball’s most expensive losers.The New York Mets wrapped a shocking April by losing 5-4 to the Washington Nationals on Thursday, dropping to a major league-worst 10-21 and burrowing even deeper into last place in the National League East – making them somehow even worse than their old rivals the Philadelphia Phi...
Ime Udoka balances intensity, patience as Rockets hope to stage historic comeback
LOS ANGELES — As anyone who has sat courtside at a Houston Rockets game knows, Ime Udoka tends to hurl insults in the heat of a basketball battle as if he’s Eddie Murphy on the “Raw” stage.At his players. The refs. The opponent. No one is safe.The 48-year-old Houston Rockets coach is as intense, direct and confrontational as they come in the Association, and his rivals often wonder why he doesn’t face tougher consequences for having the sideline style of an MMA fighter at his own pre-bout press...
Phillies notes: Bohm's play, Stott's approach, 2 walk-off wins and more
PHILADELPHIA — There was one man left in the Phillies’ bullpen Thursday in the 10th inning of the second game of a doubleheader.Chase Shugart had already thrown four pitches in Game 1 against the San Francisco Giants. But there he was, warming up once more before throwing 16 pitches to help the Phillies seal their second walk-off win of the day. Half an hour later, dressed for the team’s flight to Miami, he could still feel it coursing through him.“There’s a lot of adrenaline,” Shugart said. “It...
What is the NFL supplemental draft? How would it work if Brendan Sorsby enters?
The NFL supplemental draft is suddenly a popular talking point in light of the Brendan Sorsby gambling scandal. It’s a mechanism that gives draft-eligible players who did not enter the regular NFL Draft a chance to be selected by teams for the upcoming season.The first supplemental draft was held in 1977. Normally, players who declare for the supplemental draft do so because of unexpected eligibility issues in college (academic or disciplinary) that prevent them from returning to college footbal...
What we heard around college football this spring: Optimism in Alabama, Miami reloads and more
While Alabama fans ponder whether it was prudent to give head coach Kalen DeBoer a contract extension with a raise after the Crimson Tide went 20-8 in his first two seasons as Nick Saban’s replacement, there is plenty of optimism inside the program.Coaches are especially excited about the direction of the defense. The Tide have gotten bigger on that side of the ball, and we’re told it now looks more like what Alabama had been accustomed to under Saban, especially on the interior of the line. Las...
College basketball coaches react to NCAA Tournament expansion, focus on how field should be picked
When the news broke this week that the NCAA Tournament is closing in on expanding from 68 teams to 76, most coaches were like fans.“My knee-jerk reaction is you shouldn’t do it,” Purdue coach Matt Painter said. “I just think we have something that’s pretty special.”Not every coach is against expansion. Some follow the NCAA’s company line that college basketball has the smallest percentage of its teams playing in its postseason tournament of any Division I sport, so increasing the percentage of p...
The MLB season is nearing the quarter mark. What has surprised you so far?
This week, The Athletic's MLB Mailbag will delve into the surprises of 2026. What has caught you off guard so far this season?
A brief history of the playoff penalty shot, suddenly the NHL's hottest new trend
Something weird happened in the NHL last week. And for a change, it was something fun.Specifically, it happened four times: in Game 2 between the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins last Monday, later that same night in Game 2 between the Carolina Hurricanes and Ottawa Senators, the next night in Game 2 between the Los Angeles Kings and Colorado Avalanche, and then again two nights later in Game 3 between the Buffalo Sabres and Boston Bruins.Advertisement
How Red Sox castoff Kyle Harrison is finding the best version of himself in Milwaukee
Welcome to Sliders, a weekly in-season MLB column that focuses on both the timely and timeless elements of the game.Kyle Harrison got the news as he took his annual spring training physical for the Boston Red Sox in Fort Myers, Fla. Someone told him to see the manager, Alex Cora, and Harrison had a feeling he was gone. He’d been through it before.Advertisement
Renegade Goes For History At The 2026 Kentucky Derby. Here's How You Can Watch
How to Watch the 2026 Kentucky Derby: TV, Streaming Info, and Renegade’s Bid to Make History
Yankees’ Former Starter Cut By NL Contender Shortly After Perfect Inning
The New York Yankees received news that their former veteran starter has been demoted by his new team right after a strong performance.