Global revenues for women’s elite sport are on track to top $2 billion in 2025, with commercial appeal at an all-time high, according to financial experts Deloitte.The company said Tuesday that the combination of matchday, commercial and broadcast income would push revenues to $2.35 billion (2.15 billion euros) worldwide, up from $1.88 billion in 2024.That …
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Aaron Gordon scored 38 points as the Denver Nuggets shrugged off the absence of Nikola Jokic to halt the Golden State Warriors’ seven-game winning streak with a 114-105 victory over their NBA Western Conference rivals on Monday.A dazzling display from Gordon inspired what was ultimately a comfortable win for Denver, who were missing regular starters …
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Lionel Messi will miss Argentina’s World Cup qualifiers this month after suffering a groin strain in Inter Miami’s victory over Atlanta at the weekend, his club confirmed on Monday.Messi was left out of Argentina’s squad for the world champions’ clash against Uruguay on Friday, which is followed by a showdown with Brazil on March 25.Inter …
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Philadelphia 76ers star Paul George will miss the remainder of the NBA regular season after receiving injections to treat injuries in his groin and knee, the club said on Monday.George, 34, has not played since scoring seven points in a 30-minute outing against the Minnesota Timberwolves on March 4.It marked the latest in a series …
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Lionel Messi will miss two World Cup qualifiers after he was on Monday left out of the Argentina squad for games against Uruguay and Brazil because he reportedly suffered an injury in a club game the day before.After missing three games for his club, Inter Miami, at the start of March with a pulled muscle, …
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Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy cruised to a St. Patrick’s Day victory at the Players Championship on Monday, defeating J.J. Spaun in a playoff at TPC Sawgrass in Florida.The four-time major champion completed the three-hole shoot-out in one over par, while Spaun’s challenge wilted after a disastrous triple-bogey on the second playoff hole.”This is the third …
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Shota Imanaga is known as baseball’s “Throwing Philosopher” and the Chicago Cubs pitcher plans to get inside Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers’ heads in Tuesday’s Major League Baseball season-opener.Japan’s Imanaga will start for the Cubs in the first of two games against the World Series champion Dodgers in Tokyo, where he will come …
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Paolo Banchero scored 24 points as the Orlando Magic overturned a 13-point deficit to end the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 16-game NBA unbeaten streak with a gutsy 108-103 road victory on Sunday.Cleveland, the runaway Eastern Conference leaders, had looked poised to extend their franchise-record winning run after surging clear of Orlando early in the third quarter.But after …
Lionel Messi was on target as Inter Miami avenged last season’s playoff exit to Atlanta United with a 2-1 win that sent them to the top of Major League Soccer’s Eastern Conference standings on Sunday.Veteran Haiti international Fafa Picault headed in the winning goal in the 89th minute to give Miami a precious victory that …
When Alex Ovechkin breaks Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record of 894 career goals, he will achieve what many in the sport considered simply impossible.Ovechkin edged closer to Gretzky’s record on Saturday, netting his 887th career goal in the Washington Capitals’ 5-1 drubbing of San Jose.It means the 39-year-old Russian star is now just eight goals away …
