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The World Number One Has Withdrawn and the Defending Champion Has Not Played in Four Months

Jannik Sinner is out of the US Open with a knee injury. Carlos Alcaraz arrives as defending champion with no warm up tournament behind him. The draw is made on 27 August and the men's title is genuinely hard to call.

Aug 24, 2026/3 min read

Hard courts at the US Open site in Flushing Meadows at night, seen through a perimeter fence

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The Saudi Pro League Spent About 230 Million Euros This Summer, and the Biggest Deal Was a Winger From West Ham

The seventieth season began on 13 August. Crysencio Summerville to Al Hilal at 64.5 million euros is the summer's largest move, and the shape of the spending says more about the league's direction than the total does.

Aug 24, 2026/3 min read

Editorial illustration of an empty floodlit football stadium at night

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New Rules Turned Formula One Upside Down: Antonelli Leads, Verstappen Is Sixth, and Two Gulf Races Are Gone

Twelve rounds into the most significant regulation change in a decade, the four time champion is more than a hundred points adrift and a driver in his second season leads by fifty. The war removed two races from the calendar as well.

Aug 24, 2026/4 min read

A Mercedes Formula One car at the 2024 Dutch Grand Prix, under the previous technical regulations