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Serena Williams (center) reacts while playing with Victoria Mboko (right) against Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Erin Routliffe at Queen's Club in London on Tuesday.

TENNIS

Jun 10, 2026

Serena still mulling Wimbledon return after comeback win

The American great said ⁠she was still to decide whether to play at Wimbledon after making a winning comeback on Tuesday nearly four years after her last competitive match.

Arsenal fans cheer the players after the match against Burnley at the Emirates Stadium in London on Monday.

SOCCER

May 19, 2026

Arsenal closes in on title with narrow win over Burnley

Mikel Arteta’s side will ‌be confirmed ‌as champion if Manchester City fails to win at Bournemouth on Tuesday.

Leeds United's Dominic Calvert-Lewin celebrates scoring a penalty kick against Tottenham at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on Monday.

SOCCER

May 12, 2026

Tottenham relegation fears remain after home draw with Leeds

The result left 17th-placed Spurs on 38 points with West Ham on 36 after 36 games.

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Joao Palhinha (left) and head coach Roberto De Zerbi react after the match against Aston Villa at Villa Park in Birmingham, England, on Sunday.

SOCCER

May 4, 2026

Tottenham climbs out of relegation zone with win at Aston Villa

New manager Roberto de ⁠Zerbi has now taken seven points from his first four games in charge.

West Ham manager Nuno Espirito Santo before the match against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park in London on Monday

SOCCER

Apr 21, 2026

West Ham ekes out point at Palace to extend gap on Spurs

Victory would have put Nuno Espirito Santo’s resurgent side four points above third-from-bottom Tottenham Hotspur with five games left, but the stalemate leaves it in peril.

Former Marseille coach Roberto De Zerbi before the Champions League match against Club Brugge at the Jan Breydel Stadium in Bruges, Belgium, on Jan. 28

SOCCER

Apr 1, 2026

Relegation-battling Spurs appoint De Zerbi as manager

The London club, which won the Europa League last term, is one point and one place above the Premier League relegation zone after 31 games.

Manchester City players lift the League Cup trophy after winning the final against Arsenal at Wembley Stadium in London on Sunday.

SOCCER

Mar 23, 2026

Man City cuts Arsenal down to size as O’Reilly double seals League Cup

Mikel ⁠Arteta’s side simply failed to show up and will now have to dust itself down as it tries to clinch a first Premier League title since 2004.

Eberechi Eze celebrates scoring Arsenal's first goal against Leverkusen at the Emirates Stadium in London on Tuesday.

SOCCER

Mar 18, 2026

Eze stunner helps Arsenal past Leverkusen into last eight

Leverkusen, which ‌ended Arsenal’s ‌100% record in this season’s Champions League with a 1-1 draw in last week’s first leg, never really threatened a comeback.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta (left) and Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester on Sep. 22, 2024

SOCCER

Mar 13, 2026

Arsenal and Man City resume title duel after woeful week for English clubs

The Premier League’s boast of being the best in Europe took a bit of a hammering over 48 hours this week, with none of the six clubs in last-16 action winning.

Tottenham Hotspur interim manager Igor Tudor looks on as empty seats in the stands are seen during the second half against Crystal Palace at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on Thursday.

SOCCER

Mar 6, 2026

Tottenham relegation fears deepen with home loss to Crystal Palace

Tottenham battled in an emptying stadium but could not prevent a fifth successive league defeat that extended its winless league run to 11, its worst for 50 years.

Japan's Moyuka Uchijima in action during her Billie Jean King Cup quarterfinal match against Britain's Katie Boulter in Shenzhen, China, on Sept. 18

TENNIS

Jan 20, 2026

Italy to face Japan in revamped Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers

Fourteen ‍nations will contest the qualifiers with seven going on to join hosts China in the Finals in September.

Manchester City's Erling Haaland reacts after the match against Brighton and Hove Albion at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester on Wednesday.

SOCCER

Jan 8, 2026

Arsenal gets title boost as Man City and Villa both drop points

Erling Haaland scored his 150th goal for City against Brighton and Hove Albion from the penalty spot but Kaoru Mitoma equalized for the visitors on the hour.

Chelsea's Enzo Fernandez scores past Manchester City's Gianluigi Donnarumma at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester on Sunday.

SOCCER

Jan 5, 2026

Man City drops points in chase of Arsenal as Liverpool and Man Utd also draw

Enzo Fernandez pounced to give Chelsea a worthy 1-1 draw, three days after the club sacked coach Enzo Maresca.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola reacts during the match against Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on Thursday.

SOCCER

Jan 2, 2026

Premier League rings in New Year with goal drought as Man City loses ground

Second-placed City would have reduced Arsenal’s advantage to two points but instead was frustrated as its winning streak in all competitions was halted.

Auckland City players take a drink break during a Club World Cup match against Boca Juniors in Nashville in June.

SOCCER

Sep 10, 2025

Extreme heat a rising threat to 2026 World Cup venues, report says

By 2050, nearly 90% of North America’s host stadiums will require adaptation to extreme heat while one-third will face water demand equaling or exceeding supply.

Newcastle's £55 million move for Brentford striker Yoane Wissa capped a record summer of spending in the Premier League.

SOCCER

Sep 2, 2025

Premier League clubs spend record £3 billion in summer frenzy

The 20 clubs have spent £650 million more in this window than the previous highest summer spend in 2023.

Jannik Sinner kisses the winner's trophy as he poses for pictures following his victory against Carlos Alcaraz at the end of their men's singles final tennis match at the 2025 Wimbledon Championships in Wimbledon, London, on Sunday.

TENNIS

Jul 14, 2025

Sinner rises above adversity to make Italian history at Wimbledon

The ice-cool 23-year-old beat Carlos Alcaraz 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to become Italy’s first Wimbledon singles champion.

Declan Rice scores Arsenal's first goal from a free kick during the Champions League quarterfinal first leg against Real Madrid at the Emirates Stadium in London on Tuesday.

SOCCER

Apr 9, 2025

Rice gamble pays off in stunning fashion as Arsenal routs Real Madrid

Arsenal has one foot in the semifinals for the first time since 2009 but Rice says nothing is decided yet against the record 15-time winners.

England manager Thomas Tuchel gives instructions to Myles Lewis-Skelly during a World Cup European Qualifiers game between England and Latvia on Monday.

SOCCER

Mar 25, 2025

So far so good for Tuchel as England earns back-to-back wins

England already looks well on course to win a modest Group K and take its place in next year’s World Cup finals.

Newcastle United's English midfielder Anthony Gordon (left) shoots the ball past Arsenal's French defender William Saliba during the English League Cup semi-final second leg between Newcastle United and Arsenal at St James' Park, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, on Wednesday.

SOCCER

Feb 6, 2025

Howe’s master-plan pays off as Newcastle reach Wembley again

Newcastle’s intense pressing smothered Arsenal from the start and forced the likes of Gabriel, William Saliba and Declan Rice into a series of uncharacteristic mistakes.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

The Terasaka Rice Terraces are seen with Mount Buko in the background.

What Yokoze can teach Japan about rural revival

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