Football
England and the other national teams that will train in Kansas City for the World Cup will be able to count on security personnel specialised in the neutralisation of drones
Leading the operation will be a former FBI agent who has already coordinated the security of major events such as the Super Bowl and the baseball World Series.
Lukas Podolski has retired and has now become the owner of Gornik Zabrze, the team he would choose as a child when he played football management games
After starting his career as the owner of a chain of kebab shops, the former striker of the German national team has become a sporting entrepreneur: a role he has been cultivating ever since he was little.
Rayo Vallecano is still a true working-class, neighbourhood team, and yet it has reached the Conference League final
A report from Vallecas, where an atmosphere never seen before is being experienced for the most important match in Rayo's history. At the same time, however, the club's identity and political values remain there, intact, very far from contemporary football.
Real Madrid continues to have the most successful and flourishing youth sector in the world
La Fábrica continues to produce money and trophies: the Castilla is in the playoffs to go up to the Segunda, the Juvenil A has won all the tournaments it took part in, including the Youth League.
Deportivo La Coruña’s return to the Liga is a romantic story, but also a very modern one
Behind the Galicians' climb back up there are two indispensable ingredients of every good football project: investment in infrastructure and an excellent youth sector.
The Bank of Scotland has printed a 20-pound banknote with Scott McTominay’s bicycle kick
It is a piece printed in a limited edition, and whoever buys it will also be able to contribute to the work of Crisis Scotland, a charitable organisation that looks after homeless people.
For West Ham, relegation to the Championship represents a true collapse (financial and technical)
The London club is set to lose 50% of its turnover, or even more. But in the players' contracts there were clauses that could limit the damage a little.
Roma in the Champions League proves that if you give Gasperini a team (and freedom of action), Gasperini will reach his objectives
In less than a year, the giallorosso coach has given back ambition and cohesion to a team coming off complicated seasons. And he did it his own way, enduring the tensions within the club, leaning on the pitch, on the players, on the group.
Como in the Champions League is the triumph of ideas, of a project never seen before in Italy
Fàbregas's club and team, thanks to visionary work on and off the pitch, have dismantled quite a few preconceptions and quite a bit of rhetoric. And they have taken a fourth place that, if you think about it, is not so surprising.
The Mexican championship offers excellent prospects and great room for growth, and in fact American investors have (already) arrived
Over a quarter of Liga MX clubs are controlled by American ownership, the championship is the most followed in the United States and, not surprisingly, it follows a model that closely resembles that of MLS.
The Kroenke family, which owns Arsenal, has now won the Premier League, the NBA, the NHL and the Super Bowl (while awaiting the Champions League final)
The American investors have created a vast and winning sporting empire, which also includes some of the most important clubs in American professional sport.
Pep Guardiola has transformed Manchester City into a true top club, and this is the greatest thing about his ten years in England
In ten years, the Catalan manager has rewritten the hierarchies of English and European football, has imposed a model and has created a true legacy. And now he leaves as an absolute winner.