There’s never a shortage of gripping storylines in the NBA. Another calendar year comes to a close in the Association but not before providing us with numerous talking points, both good and bad. Here are the 10 biggest stories of 2022. 10] Sarver Scandal Leads to Suns Sale A lengthy expose by ESPN’s Baxter Holmes…
Tottenham Hotspur suffered a blow to their top-four ambitions as they started 2023 with a 2-0 defeat to Aston Villa at home. As reported by ESPN, Hugo Lloris’ mistake in the build-up to Emiliano Buendia’s opening goal in the 50th minute set the tone for Tottenham as they conceded first for the 10th game in…
Arsenal opened up a seven-point lead at the top of the Premier League table as they strolled to a 4-2 victory away at Brighton & Hove Albion. As reported by ESPN, Bukayo Saka opened the scoring in the second minute while Martin Odegaard, Eddie Nketiah and Gabriel Martinelli all scored to ensure a fairly routine…
Former England international Scott Parker was appointed coach of Belgian side Club Brugge on Saturday, three days after Carl Hoefkens was sacked for poor domestic form. As reported by The Score, “Scott Parker succeeds Carl Hoefkens as coach of Club Brugge,” the reigning Belgian champions said in a brief statement. Former midfielder Parker was capped…
Former Netherlands international Marc Overmars was admitted to hospital after suffering a “mild stroke,” Belgian club Royal Antwerp said on Friday. As reported by ESPN, the 49-year-old has served as director of football at top-flight Antwerp since March. “Marc Overmars, director of football affairs at RAFC, became unwell last night and was admitted to hospital…
Detroit guard Killian Hayes and Orlando’s Moritz Wagner were each given multigame suspensions for their roles in a scuffle, while the NBA suspended eight Magic players one game apiece Thursday for leaving the bench area during an altercation. Hayes, who struck Wagner in the back of the head, was given a three-game suspension without pay….
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 43 points and 20 rebounds and the Milwaukee Bucks snapped a four-game losing streak with a 123-114 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night. As reported by ESPN, Antetokounmpo finished two points off his season high and also had five assists to join Wilt Chamberlain and Elgin Baylor as the only…
Uruguay striker Luis Suarez will join Brazilian Serie A side Gremio on a free transfer on a two-year contract until the end of 2024, the club announced on Saturday. As reported by ESPN, Suarez bid farewell to his boyhood club Nacional in October after three months in which he scored eight goals in 16 games…
Erling Haaland scored once again but Manchester City were held to a frustrating 1-1 draw by Everton after a spectacular goal from Demarai Gray. As reported by ESPN, Haaland’s 24th-minute effort was his 21st league goal of the season — the most a player has scored before the turn of the year in a Premier…
Newcastle United missed the chance to close the gap to leaders Arsenal at the top of the Premier League after they were held to a 0-0 draw at home to Leeds on Saturday. Looking for their seventh successive league win against Leeds, Newcastle struggled to create clear openings in the first half, New Zealand striker…
For the second time in five days, Brentford began a game fantastically and raced out to a 2-0 lead, but this time the Bees held firm to close out a 2-0 victory, away to West Ham on Friday. Despite leading Tottenham 2-0 after the hour mark on Boxing Day, Brentford (23 points – 9th place)…
Marcus Rashford came off the bench to score a late winner in Manchester United’s 1-0 victory at Wolves on Saturday. As reported by ESPN, the forward was dropped from the starting lineup for unspecified “internal disciplinary” reasons, according to manager Erik ten Hag. However, the England international was brought on after half-time and his strike…
USMNT captain Tyler Adams appeared to accidentally confirm that his country will play at the 2024 Copa America prior to his latest run out for Leeds as reported by Goal. After making it out of the 2022 World Cup group stages but still falling short of expectations in the eyes of many, USMNT captain Adams…
If the current conjecture rings true, LeBron James could make his final career appearance at Atlanta in a Los Angeles Lakers uniform when the team visits the Hawks on Friday night, December 30. As reported by Rappler, the four-time NBA MVP has been bothered by his team’s lack of success this season. The Lakers are…
Shaq has asked GloRilla to marry him, causing the “FNF” lyricist to abruptly end her live session with Druski. The HipHopDX Rookie of the Year was speaking with Druski on his Instagram Live about her explosive rise this past year, but ended up bailing out on the conversation after Shaq wrote, “glo will u marry…
Liverpool came back from an early deficit to beat Leicester City 2-1 at Anfield on Friday courtesy of a quickfire pair of own goals from Wout Faes. As reported by ESPN, Faes became just the fourth player in Premier League history to score two own goals in the same game with two defensive blunders in…
Cristiano Ronaldo has joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr after leaving Manchester United in controversial fashion, the club announced Friday. Ronaldo signed a contract until the summer of 2025 and, according to reports, will receive $75 million per year. Sources did not dispute that figure to ESPN. “I am excited to experience a new football league…
King of Beers and Official Sponsor of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Budweiser, a product of International Breweries Plc has released the first-ever FIFA World Cup music video shot during the tournament for the theme song, “The World Is Yours To Take”. The one-of-a-kind video features American rapper, singer, and songwriter, Lil Baby along with…
Cristiano Ronaldo is the biggest casualty as the French daily newspaper L’Equipe named their team of the year. The Portugal captain is the biggest absentee from the XI following his difficult calendar year with Manchester United and Portugal. To many people, it’s not surprising to see him omitted from the dream lineup following his irregularity…
Back in the arena where he played arguably the best basketball of his career, LeBron James was asked to look to the future rather than back into the past and share how much longer he plans to play in the NBA. “I don’t have a number,” James said Wednesday after the Los Angeles Lakers’ 112-98…
Suns All-Star guard Devin Booker will miss at least four weeks with a left groin strain.The team confirmed Booker’s injury on Wednesday and said he’ll be reevaluated after the four weeks. “It’s the nature of a guy who puts in a lot of work and lays everything on the line,” Suns coach Monty Williams said…
Brazilian legend Pele, who won the World Cup a record three times and officially scored 767 goals across one of the most celebrated sporting careers of all time, died Thursday. He was 82. Pele was diagnosed with colon cancer in September 2021 and began undergoing chemotherapy that month. He was recently admitted to Hospital Albert…
Neymar was sent off in Paris Saint-Germain’s win over Strasbourg for a second-half dive in the penalty area Wednesday in his first match since the World Cup. As reported by ESPN, PSG went on to win the match 2-1 after a late penalty kick from Kylian Mbappe sealed the three points in the Ligue 1…
Boxing world champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis was reportedly arrested on Tuesday after being charged on domestic violence in Florida. This is not the first time he has been arrested on this charge, as back in 2020 he surrendered to police days after a video went viral showing him grabbing his ex-girlfriend by the throat at…
The coach of Japan’s national soccer team, Hajime Moriyasu, who led the Samurai Blue to the knock-out stage of the Qatar World Cup, will stay on to lead the team into the next World Cup in 2026, the Japan Football Association said on Wednesday. Moriyasu will be the first coach to manage Japan’s team in…
Chelsea manager Graham Potter says he has his “fingers crossed” that Reece James’ latest knee injury is not serious. James was withdrawn in the 53rd minute of the Blues’ 2-0 Premier League win over Bournemouth on Tuesday. It was the 23-year-old’s first game since his return from the knee injury that ruled him out of…
Manchester United and Arsenal have reportedly held talks with the agent of Atletico Madrid striker Joao Felix. The 23-year-old has fallen out of favour at the Wanda Metropolitano and hasn’t started a game for Diego Simeone’s side since September. It is therefore no surprise that Felix is strongly linked with a move away from the…
Michael B Jordan has been spotted watching Bournemouth take on Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. As reported by Daily Mail, the Hollywood star is part of the consortium that took over Bournemouth – headed up by American businessman Bill Foley. The game at Stamford Bridge is the Cherries’ first Premier League game since the takeover, as…
Chelsea have agreed a deal to sign Molde striker David Datro Fofana on January 1 and are interested in Benfica midfielder Enzo Fernandez. As reported by Sky Sports, the Blues were the Premier League’s big spenders in the summer following the takeover led by Todd Boehly, and they appear to be taking a similar approach…
Betinho has sent a message to Portugal stars Diogo Dalot and Bruno Fernandes after the little-known striker was named alongside them on the Manchester United squad list following an error on the Premier League website. With the January window not yet open, eagle-eyed United supporters had spotted a new addition to their squad before Erik…
Nigerian-born German international, Karim Adeyemi was recently spotted live at Olubadan Stadium in Oyo State in Nigeria. The Borrussia Dortmund star who is reportedly on a private trip to Ibadan, his place of origin, attended a local team match at the stadium. Adeyemi watched the local team, Adeyemi FC, which is owned by the German…
What! Did just a young tennis sensation slam the GOAT debate? But why and was this necessary? A lot of questions are running into tennis fans’ minds regarding Holger Rune‘s views over the most curious question of all time. What was the Danish tennis player’s reason behind not liking the GOAT debate? It’s a well-known…
Norwich City have sacked Dean Smith. The former Aston Villa manager, who oversaw the side’s relegation from the Premier League last season, has been dismissed following the Canaries’ 2-1 loss to Luton Town in the Championship on Boxing Day. That result meant Norwich have won just three of their last 13 league games – losing…
Marcus Rashford found the net again as Manchester United eased past Nottingham Forest 3-0 on Tuesday, with the England international scoring in consecutive games since returning from World Cup duty in Qatar. First-half goals from Rashford and Anthony Martial and a late third from Fred at a rain-soaked Old Trafford were all Erik ten Hag’s…
Chelsea marked their return to Premier League action in style with a convincing 2-0 win over Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday. As reported by ESPN, Graham Potter’s side, who had not won in the league at home since Oct. 8, struck twice in quick succession early in the first half through Kai Havertz and…
Former Morocco national team manager Vahid Halilhodzic has finally spoken up after being let go by the Moroccan FA just months before their record-breaking 2022 World Cup run. Halilhodzic was in charge of Morocco for three years, from 2019 to 2022. He coached them to the quarterfinals of the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations and…
With 3:43 to go in the fourth quarter, Klay Thompson rose above Dillon Brooks to knock down a 20-foot jump shot to put the Golden State Warriors up 16. As reported by ESPN, Brooks stumbled backward, falling over in the process. As Thompson ran back on defense, he leaned over Brooks, side shuffling three times…
The Los Angeles Lakers’ Christmas Day took a turn for the worse after halftime, with the Mavericks blitzing L.A. in the third quarter to win 124-115, L.A.’s fourth straight loss without Anthony Davis. Lakers coach Darvin Ham has continued to start the 6-foot-1 Patrick Beverley alongside the 6-1 Dennis Schroder in the backcourt since the…
Liverpool have beaten out top rivals to the World Cup star with the Netherlands, further fortifying an attack that can go toe-to-toe with anyone in Europe as reported by Goal. “PSV and Liverpool FC have reached an agreement on the upcoming transfer of Cody Gakpo,” wrote PSV in an official statement. “The 23-year-old attacker will…
The Premier League title race is about to get real for Arsenal. For the first time since Arsene Wenger’s “Invincibles” won the club’s last title in 2003-04, Arsenal feel like a team that can go all the way and take the trophy to the Emirates. But manager Mikel Arteta’s side have only done the easy…
Arsenal padded their lead in the Premier League with a barnstorming, come-from-behind 3-1 win over West Ham United at the Emirates on Monday night. Arsene Wenger looked on from the stands in north London for the first time since leaving the club in 2018 following his 22 years as Gunners manager, as table-topping Arsenal moved…
Newcastle United’s Joelinton won a penalty and netted a first-half header in a 3-0 thrashing of Leicester City that took his side up to second in the Premier League table on Monday. Leicester defender Daniel Amartey got the match off to a terrible start for the hosts, gifting Newcastle a penalty when he chopped down…
Harry Kane shook off his World Cup disappointment to spark a Tottenham Hotspur revival in an entertaining 2-2 draw at Brentford on Monday as the Premier League roared back to life. An early goal by Vitaly Janelt and Ivan Toney’s close-range strike shortly after the interval put Brentford 2-0 up as Spurs struggled to deal…
Referee Szymon Marciniak has hit back at French accusations of bias and that he should have disallowed Argentina’s third goal during the World Cup final. The Polish official has been widely praised for his performance during football’s biggest showpiece event, in which Argentina claimed a third world title, defeating France on penalties after a thrilling…
Tottenham manager Antonio Conte has suggested he will only select players who were not involved in the World Cup for his side’s Boxing Day match at Brentford. The Premier League resumes on Monday, just eight days after the World Cup final in Qatar.Conte has already said his players who were involved in the final –…
England midfielder Kalvin Phillips returned from the World Cup overweight and not in the right condition to play, Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola has revealed. As reported by the CNN, Phillips was used for only 40 minutes as a substitute at the finals, having not started for City since his move from Leeds United in…
The referee who took charge of the 2022 World Cup final, Szymon Marciniak, has admitted he made a mistake during the game between Argentina and France. Marciniak became the first official from Poland to oversee the biggest game in world football last Sunday. He has received plenty of applause from pundits and fans for his…
Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag is willing to let Brazilian midfielder, Fred join Paris Saint-Germain. For this reason, the Old Trafford landlords have set their asking price for the 29-year-old midfielder. The World Cup star is being chased by Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United will let him go for £30 million or more. Fred…
The health of Pele has reportedly been in constant decline since his admission to Albert Einstein Medical Center in Sao Paulo back in late November. His daughter, Kely Nascimento, shared an emotional photo of her and the soccer legend at the hospital on Friday. Despite multiple reports that Pele, 82, is getting closer to losing…
France has launched an official complaint against Argentina’s goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez for continuously trolling French footballer, Kylian Mbappe, after the South American country won the 2022 World Cup. While Mbappe got four goals past Martinez during the World Cup final match, the Argentine goalkeeper has been enmeshed in a one-sided feud with the French footballer….
