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Women’s Super League 2 predictions: can Newcastle reach promotion and will Watford stay up?
The Women’s Super League 2 season kicks off on Friday with Watford hosting Burnley, and this preview runs through each of the 12 clubs’ prospects under a revised promotion format. This year only the WSL2 champions gain automatic promotion, while the sides finishing second and third face a new pre-qualifying match to decide who meets…
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Apple TV Inks Deal With Yahoo Sports for Free Alt-Casts of MLS Matches and MLB Games (but Only the First Two Innings)
Apple TV has partnered with Yahoo Sports to offer free alternate broadcasts of four upcoming games, aiming to raise awareness of the sports content already available on Apple’s streaming platform. Over the next two months, Yahoo Sports will stream free “alt-cast” versions of two MLB “Friday Night Baseball” fixtures and two Major League Soccer matches…
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USB-C cartridge readers preserve and play classic Nintendo games
The Verge’s Sean Hollister reviews the Epilogue Operator range, USB-C devices that let real Nintendo cartridges be read, backed up and played on modern computers and handhelds. The gadgets matter because ageing cartridges often rely on watch batteries that eventually fail, wiping decades-old save data; the Operators let owners back up saves before they’re lost…
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Man Utd and their calculated left-back gamble
Manchester United allowed the summer transfer window to close without signing a new left-back, despite Luke Shaw being their only recognised senior option in the position. The club made a late attempt to sign Manchester City’s Rayan Ait-Nouri on loan, but City rejected the approach, leaving manager Michael Carrick to rely on Shaw and makeshift…
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FIA wrong to lift Russia ban – Ukraine minister
Ukraine’s Minister for Youth and Sport, Matvii Bidnyi, has criticised the FIA’s decision to lift its ban on Russian and Belarusian motorsport competitors, arguing that nothing has changed to justify softening the policy. He spoke shortly after a Russian drone strike hit Kyiv’s central railway station, saying attacks on Ukraine continue almost daily and describing…
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Swansea sign Man City teenager Monga on loan
Swansea City have signed Manchester City teenager Jeremy Monga on loan for the remainder of the 2026-27 season, giving the winger a chance to gain regular first-team football as he continues his development. Monga joined City from Leicester City in July for a fee of around £10m plus add-ons, days after turning 17, and is…
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‘Kung Fu Soccer’ Tops as China’s Summer Box Office Hits $1.86 Billion
Stephen Chow’s “Kung Fu Soccer” topped China’s 2026 summer box office, helping push the season’s total takings to RMB12.498 billion ($1.86 billion), a 4.45% rise on the previous year and the second consecutive year of growth. The figures, published by Maoyan Research Institute in its Insight Report on 2026 Summer Box Office Film Data, cover…
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Pereira’s sister Aline to fight for UFC contract
Aline Pereira, sister of UFC two-weight champion Alex Pereira, will fight for a UFC contract on Dana White’s Contender Series in Las Vegas on 13 October. A win over Swedish prospect Smilla Sundell would make her the latest sibling of a UFC star to enter the promotion, following in the footsteps of pairs such as…
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Transfer window verdict: how every Premier League club fared
The Guardian assesses how every Premier League club fared in the summer 2026 transfer window, in which the British transfer record was equalled and one club signed as many as 18 players. Arsenal strengthened but were criticised for missing out on a marquee attacker after failed pursuits of Morgan Rogers, Vinícius Júnior and Julián Álvarez,…
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PSG reject Man City offers for midfielder Echegini
Manchester City have had multiple bids turned down by Paris St-Germain for midfielder Jennifer Echegini, with the French club unwilling to sell a player they regard as a key part of their squad despite City’s interest ahead of the Women’s Super League season. The 25-year-old Nigerian international still has a year left on her contract,…