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For ten years, the Rafa Nadal Academy has been trying to do the hardest thing in tennis: turn young players into professionals
At the centre founded by the Spanish great, they develop people before players, as Nadal himself has said. The system works, as the stories of Alex Eala and Ivan Ivanov show.
NFL owners are willing to give up part of their revenue to play in London, helping the league in the process
Unlike a regular home game, teams travelling outside the United States lose their ticket revenue, which the league does not cover.
Argentina’s friendlies against Burkina Faso and Benin to mark Messi’s farewell have sparked considerable controversy
It is not the first time that football authorities in Buenos Aires and the Selección have been criticised for the way they “welcome” visiting national teams.
Dubai has invested heavily in sport, and the first fruits of that strategy are beginning to show
Not even the Middle East crisis has halted the city’s growth. Dubai has diversified its economy and attracted a host of stars.
Hong Kong made history with victory in the FIFA ASEAN Challenge Cup
A 2-0 final victory over Cambodia secured the senior national team’s first-ever trophy.
Gianluigi Donnarumma delivers another outstanding performance against France in Saint-Denis
The Azzurri captain produced a series of superb saves, proving decisive when it mattered most.
The World Cup has fuelled America’s love of soccer, which now has more fans than the NHL
Hosting the World Cup changed Americans’ sporting habits, particularly among younger people.
Stephen King’s donation helped save Buckie Thistle, a Scottish fifth-tier club
The American writer had featured the club in one of his works and has now stepped in to help amid a serious financial crisis.
Now everyone wants to go to Elversberg’s tiny stadium, not just to support the team but also to discuss business that has little to do with football
Most of the requests, however, come not from ordinary fans but from the club’s commercial partners.
Nike has introduced us to a new generation of female athletes and a new way of experiencing sport
Chiara Beccari, Kelly Doualla, Sarah Fahr and Benedetta Pilato represent the present and future of sport. In a podcast organised as part of the Aura Sport & Culture Award, they discussed what it means to enter elite sport at a very young age — and stay there.
It happened at Real Madrid, and now it is happening for France: players coached by Zinédine Zidane are always surprised by just how good he still is
Olise, Dembélé and Mbappé are coming through. But there is still only one Zizou.
Almost without us noticing, Atlético Madrid have become a team that dominates possession (and scores goals after long passing moves)
In Spain, they are already calling it ‘Atleti-taca’: an exaggeration or a revolution?