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The Diary

  1. 23 Aug – 13 SepOn now

    Flushing Meadows, New York

    The US Open Now Has a Tournament Before the Tournament

    Mixed doubles is played over three days in the week before the singles begin, with sets to four games and a draw of sixteen. Year two adds qualifying, which is a quiet admission about year one.

  2. 28 Aug – 13 SepIn 4 days

    Dubai International Cricket Stadium

    Dubai Hosts Every Ball of the Women's Asia Cup This Month

    Fifteen matches, eight teams, one ground. The Women's T20 Asia Cup runs at Dubai International Stadium from 28 August, and the single-venue format is a deliberate choice rather than a compromise.

  3. 30 Aug – 11 DecIn 6 days

    Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Dubai

    The Gulf Exhibition Season Starts in Two Weeks and Runs to December

    Riyadh opens at the end of August, Abu Dhabi takes November, Dubai takes the rest. Four shows account for most of the region's commercial calendar between now and the new year.

  4. 1 Sep – 12 OctIn 8 days

    Europe and Saudi Arabia

    Europe Shuts Its Transfer Window on 1 September. Saudi Arabia Keeps Buying Until October

    The Premier League, La Liga and Serie A close on 1 September. The Saudi Pro League stays open until 12 October. Those six weeks are the most important structural fact in this transfer market.

  5. 4 Sep – 23 MayIn 11 days

    England

    The Women's Super League Adds Two Clubs and Finds Out What Expansion Costs

    Fourteen teams instead of twelve, a season running from 4 September to 23 May, and twenty-six league games where there were twenty-two. Growing a league is easier than filling it.

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Answers

What does the data show?

A decline in availability, unevenly distributed.

What is actually being decided?

Two fund designs, both awkward for rules written decades before either existed.

Why does a missed rulemaking deadline matter?

Because the two dates were designed to work as a pair, and only one of them slipped.

Who is missing and who is back?

Jannik Sinner, the world number one, has withdrawn with a knee injury.

What are the biggest moves?

Three deals account for a substantial share of the total.

What actually changed?

The regulations, which in Formula One means the car itself rather than the sporting rules around it.

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