Sports
Ayami Sato, the greatest pitcher in women’s baseball, is ready for her American debut
A six-time world champion and three-time World Cup MVP, Japan’s Ayami Sato joins the new Women’s Professional Baseball League hoping to help build the sport’s future When Ayami Sato takes the mound as the starting…
Charley Hull doubles down on caddie prank after strong start to Women’s Open
English player’s actions called ‘extremely cruel’ Ryu Hae-ran leads on seven-under at halfway mark News that Charley Hull had slept for only three hours before her second round at the Women’s Open fuelled an obvious…
How does MLS pick up the World Cup mantle? Casemiro helps, but it’ll take much more
The World Cup gave MLS unprecedented momentum. Keeping it will depend less on signing aging icons than convincing America’s best young players to stay “Thanks World, we’ll take it from here,” is Major League Soccer’s…
Can We Kick It?: new doc is timely take on Black history, pay-to-play and future of US soccer
Akbar Majeed’s new feature tells the story of the sport through a Black lens and asks hard questions about the barriers facing the game’s breakthrough Akbar Majeed takes a deep breath as he considers the legacy of the…
Chess: Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, breaks another world age record at Dole Trophy
Harrow schoolgirl eclipses legend Judit Polgar as youngest girl ever to score international master result England’s 11-year-old talent Bodhana Sivanandan fought her way to another world age record last Saturday.…
Fifa could draw US Congress inquiry over ‘smash-and-grab scam’, top Democrat warns
Jamie Raskin targets football body’s proposed commercial sell-off and links to Trump administration Fifa could face a sweeping US congressional investigation into its expanding financial and political ties to Donald…