More important, Mourinho’s relationship with his squad was curdling. He had retained the support of many of Tottenham’s red-letter players over recent months — most notably Harry Kane — even as he cycled through many of the well-worn tropes of his late-stage career: the intensely personal criticisms of specific players; the seemingly arbitrary ostracisms; the […]
That amount is more than four times what the winner of European soccer’s marquee tournament, the Champions League, took home in 2020. In the letter, the founders of the Super League say they do not wish to replace the Champions League but to create a tournament that would run alongside it. The damage to the […]
LONDON — A group of the world’s richest and most storied soccer clubs has agreed in principle on a plan to create a breakaway European club competition that would, if it comes to fruition, upend the structures, economics and relationships that have bound global soccer for nearly a century. After months of secret talks, the […]
DENVER — Jacob deGrom struck out nine straight batters against Colorado on Saturday, falling one shy of matching Tom Seaver’s major league record. He fell short of the record and nearly missed a win. DeGrom finished with 14 strikeouts to lead the Mets over the Rockies, 4-3, in the first game of a doubleheader. German […]
Five months before the regular season starts, the N.F.L. and its players are facing their first clash over playing in the pandemic, with players for nearly half of the teams vowing to skip voluntary off-season workouts. Players on 15 of the league’s 32 teams, including the Giants, the Jets and the Super Bowl champion Tampa […]
Brandon Lowe hit a two-run double in the first inning off opener Nick Nelson, and the Tampa Bay Rays kept up their domination of the Yankees with an 8-2 win Friday night that set off frustrated fans who caused a brief interruption. Tampa Bay arrived in New York with eight defeats in 11 games and […]
Christian Coleman, the reigning world champion in the 100 meters, will miss the Tokyo Olympics this summer after the top judicial body in sport punished him with an 18-month ban from competition for missing three doping tests within a year. The penalty, handed down by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland, is a […]
She went around the room, taking selfies with the teammates, coaches and fans. Arkansas, where she transferred after spending her freshman year at Oklahoma, was where she found her identity — a relentless shooter whose offensive creativity made her the leading scorer in the Southeastern Conference in the 2020-21 season, averaging 22.3 points per game. […]
Charli Collier, a center from the University of Texas, was selected No. 1 over all by the Dallas Wings in the W.N.B.A.’s virtual draft on Thursday, fulfilling the dream of her late father that she be the top pick. Collier, who is from Texas and was widely projected to be the first pick, averaged 19 […]
Early this season, Evan Scott was officiating an N.B.A. game in Portland when a member of the Trail Blazers’ coaching staff approached him during a timeout. As a second-year referee in the league, Scott is accustomed to coaches complaining about calls during timeouts. Jon Yim had sought him out for a different reason. For much […]
