UEFA drops its boycott threat ten days before the tournament it would have emptied
Europe's federations were ready to pull six teams from a FIFA World Cup in Poland. Their assurances came through on Wednesday.
FootballUEFA's president says Infantino should go — and rules himself out of replacing him
FIFA's statutes offer no way to remove a president mid-term, so the March ballot is the only route. The obvious challenger has just declined to take it.
SportsThe US Open rebuilt mixed doubles to attract stars. It has just landed Serena Williams.
A two-day, 16-team, $1m competition assembled by wildcard rather than by ranking — and slotted into the five dead days before the tournament opens.
OlympicsLA28 has sold six million tickets and is switching off the system that rationed them
From 2027 Olympic seats go on sale first-come, first-served with no purchase caps — while LA28 takes its own resale market in-house.
EsportsAG.AL take the Esports World Cup's $7m club title with two fewer tournaments than the runner-up
Seven weeks in Paris ended with a table that pays for medals rather than appearances. Team Falcons entered the most events and finished second.
SportsTwo Games in six weeks have replaced the athletes' village with a cruise ship
Taranto's competitors are already living aboard two ships; the Asian Games will put up to 5,000 more on the Costa Serena in Nagoya. Both hosts decided a village was not worth building.
FootballThree confederations want a no-confidence vote in Infantino. FIFA's rulebook does not have one.
UEFA, the AFC and CONCACAF are weighing a move against the president, but the only route in the statutes is an extraordinary congress requisitioned by 43 of FIFA's 211 members.
SportsThe US Open's player payout reaches $108m as the four majors create a player council
Prize money is up 20 per cent in a year and 44 per cent since 2024; on the same day, all four Grand Slams agreed to a standing player advisory body.
Conferencesgamescom sells out its show floor for the first time as the German games market shrinks
Every one of the 233,000 square metres in Cologne is booked — announced the same day the industry's own association reported German games revenue down 3 per cent.
SportsMonaco becomes the first place to have started all three Grand Tours
Saturday's 9.4km time trial around the Principality completes a set Monaco began with the Giro in 1966 and the Tour de France in 2009.
FootballFIFA sacks the executive who said Infantino deceived staff over the World Cup sale
Chief operating officer Kevin Lamour was removed seventeen days after breaking ranks; Norway's FA president calls it management by fear.
SportsTaranto's athletes' village sails in: two cruise ships to house 4,000 at the Mediterranean Games
The AROYA has berthed inside the Italian Navy's base in Taranto, with a second ship due, four days before the 20th Mediterranean Games open.
OlympicsWorld Athletics will defend its Russia ban in court as the IOC opens LA28 qualifying
Russian Athletics has filed a fresh claim at sport's arbitration court. Sebastian Coe says he will be there in person to defend a federation's right to set its own entry rules.
FootballUEFA, CONCACAF and the AFC are drafting a replacement governance model for world football
Infantino's opponents have started writing their own blueprint for FIFA — and have opened preliminary talks about running competitions of their own.
FootballNigeria miss a Women's World Cup for the first time as South Africa win the African play-off
The Super Falcons have played every edition since 1991. Brazil 2027 will be the first without them.
FootballSix Arab federations back Infantino as FIFA's crisis turns into an election count
Three confederations covering 136 of FIFA's 211 voting associations want him gone — but confederations do not cast the ballots.
SportsApple opens talks on US rights to the Open as streamers move on golf's oldest major
The R&A's American deal with NBC expires in 2028 and the tender opens early next year, with Netflix and Amazon also expected to look.
FootballMoving the Africa Cup of Nations to a four-year cycle cost CAF a $1bn commercial deal
African football's governing body abandoned a near-complete bidding round after halving how often its flagship tournament runs. The replacement tender closes on 24 August.
SportsLandslides force the Vuelta to redraw its decisive mountain stage two weeks before the start
February's flooding around Granada left a key climb impassable; the organisers have found a near-identical replacement.
FootballAfrican football backs Infantino as the confederations split over the World Cup's commercial future
CAF votes unanimously for the FIFA president on the same day UEFA commits to boycotting future World Cups while he is in office.
FootballUEFA refuses to lift its World Cup boycott threat as England's FA withdraws support for Infantino
FIFA thought Wednesday's apology closed the crisis. Europe says only one of its two conditions has been met.
FootballInfantino apologises and survives as FIFA's plan to sell investors a stake in the World Cup collapses
FIFA wanted private money in its tournaments. UEFA and its own staff killed the deal in a fortnight.
TennisVenus Williams joins a 29-team scramble for 16 US Open mixed doubles places
The USTA's revamped two-day showcase is oversubscribed, and half the field will be decided by wild card.
SportsPogačar to ride the Vuelta a España in pursuit of a Grand Tour clean sweep
The Tour de France champion will start in Monaco on 22 August, chasing the one Grand Tour he has never won.