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Jordan Simi (left) competes against Kevin Proctor during the RUNIT Championship League in Dubai on June 28, 2025. — AFP pic

Slammed as ‘unacceptable threat to life’, brutal new rugby-inspired sport Runit finds audience in Dubai

Red Bull's Dutch driver Max Verstappen (back left) and Mercedes' Italian driver Kimi Antonelli speak after their cars crashed during the Formula One Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring race track in Spielberg, Austria, on June 29, 2025. — AFP pic

Red Bull’s ‘black day’, Norris bounces back and Sauber surprise: Three things we learnt from Austrian GP

Botafogo's Portuguese head coach Renato Paiva reacts during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 round of 16 all-Brazilian football match between Palmeiras and Botafogo at Lincoln Financial Field Stadium in Philadelphia on June 28, 2025. — AFP pic

Botafogo sack Renato Paiva after just four months despite Club World Cup heroics, shock win against PSG

Olivier Giroud of Los Angeles FC poses for photos with fans after his last MLS soccer game against Vancouver Whitecaps at BMO Stadium on June 29, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. — AFP pic

Olivier Giroud to join Lille after LAFC exit, says French club ‘ticks a lot of boxes’

Mercedes’ George Russell during practice at the Baku City Circuit, Baku, Azerbaijan, September 14, 2024. — Reuters pic

F1 to hold two Saturday races in 2025 as Baku date shifts, Las Vegas remains night event

Tunisia's Ons Jabeur receives medical treatment during her women's singles first round tennis match against Bulgaria's Viktoriya Tomova on the first day of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on June 30, 2025. — AFP pic

Wimbledon braces for 33°C heat as players, fans and staff face rare summer scorcher on opening day

Lyon football club president Jean-Michel Aulas and US businessman John Textor (left) pose at the end of a press conference to announce the sell of a major stake of the club to Textor's Eagle Football Holdings, in Decines-Charpieu, near Lyon, on June 21, 2022. — AFP pic

Michele Kang replaces Textor as Lyon president as French giants fight to overturn relegation to Ligue 2

Pep Guardiola, Head Coach of Manchester City, speaks with the team during a hydration break during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 group G match with Juventus FC at Camping World Stadium on June 26, 2025 in Orlando, Florida. — AFP pic

Guardiola’s Man City reborn? Club World Cup wins signal ‘Pepball’ shift in style and swagger

Everton's Dominic Calvert-Lewin had his best season at Everton in 2020-21 when he netted 16 goals in the league, but struggled in the following four seasons, scoring only 17 times in the competition. — Reuters pic

After nine years and 57 goals, Calvert-Lewin parts ways with Everton

File photo of Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior, Kylian Mbappe, Dani Carvajal, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Jude Bellingham during training in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, June 15, 2025, ahead of the Club World Cup. — Reuters pic

Can Vinicius and Mbappe click? Real Madrid’s star duo set for Club World Cup test under Alonso

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz during practice at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, June 27, 2025. — Reuters pic

Alcaraz eyes Wimbledon hat-trick, Sabalenka seeks redemption as Grand Slam begins

Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany gives the ball to Bayern Munich’s Michael Olise at Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida, June 29, 2025. — Reuters pic

Kompany praises Bayern’s constant threat

Patrick Reed of Aces GC plays a shot from a greenside bunker on the second hole on day three of LIV Golf Dallas at Maridoe Golf Club on June 29, 2025 in Dallas, Texas. — Getty Images pic via AFP

Reed wins four-man playoff to capture first LIV Golf title

Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola reacts with English midfielder Phil Foden at the end of the Fifa Club World Cup 2025 Group D football match between Italy’s Juventus and England’s Manchester City at the Camping World stadium in Orlando on June 26, 2025. — AFP pic

Guardiola says he ‘understands’ Klopp’s Club World Cup criticism, but still wants Man City to win it

Brighton & Hove Albion’s Joao Pedro celebrates scoring their first goal in a match against Leicester City at The American Express Community Stadium, Brighton, April 12, 2025. — Action Images pic via Reuters

British media: Chelsea agree deal to sign Brighton's Joao Pedro in move worth over £50m

Paris St Germain’s Willian Pacho in action with Inter Miami CF’s Lionel Messi at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia, June 29, 2025. — IMAGN Images pic via Reuters

Luis Enrique: Beating Messi’s Miami ‘harder than it looked’ despite PSG rout