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“Chelsea made a major investment in a World Cup winner in January 2023 when they signed Argentina star Enzo Fernandez from Benfica for a then-British record fee of £107m. The move came just two weeks after his 22nd birthday.”
“The men's senior selection committee, chaired by Ajit Agarkar, announced the 15-member squad for the two-Test series against Sri Lanka, starting August 15 in Galle.”
“This is one of the most significant investments we’ve ever made in our basketball operations... This investment of tens of millions of dollars will help bring greater consistency, efficiency, and transparency to our officiating process, wh…”
“Across the 2024-25 and 2025-26 seasons, Fernandez registered an impressive 24 assists in all competitions - including the Club World Cup - trailing only Bruno Fernandes and Mohamed Salah among Premier League players.”
“Saransh Jain has earned his maiden call-up as Washington Sundar remains unavailable for the first Test.”
“They really did the hard work of reviewing tens to hundreds of combined hours of film, and I think it’s paying off... offensive metrics are at all-time highs... That would say the freedom of movement aspect of what we did, which was import…”
“Chelsea made another nine-figure move just seven months later to sign Moises Caicedo - then 21 - from Brighton. His £100m price tag - rising to a potential £115m - seemed hard to justify at first as the Ecuadorian had a slow start at Stamf…”
“Injury concerns persist, with both Sai Sudharsan and Jasprit Bumrah selected pending fitness clearance from the BCCI CoE.”
“I think it’s important for us to put things into perspective when we’re seeing the growth of our league... We might have to be ahead of the curve of our own curve. So I think implementing that is going to be really helpful.”
“Caicedo was the joint leader for interceptions in the Premier League last season (59, the same number as James Garner of Everton).”
“He chipped in with six wickets and an unbeaten 70 in the final game.”
“That is negligence... They ignore the issues that everyone inside the game is begging to be fixed.”
“Only Erling Haaland (76), Salah (54) and Ollie Watkins (51) have scored more goals than Palmer, with 47, in the Premier League since he joined.”
“India are expected to reach Sri Lanka early in the first week of August before preparing for a four-day warm-up fixture in Colombo, starting August 7.”
“As of July 28 the young, surging White Sox led the division with a 55-50 record. The Guardians were in second place, with a 54-53 record.”
“His first major signing was Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling - aged 27 at the time - for up to £50m including add-ons.”
“Sharmila Dhankar claims India's first-ever para-athletics gold, headlines six-medal haul”
“baseballreference.com lists the Guardians at No. 29 in Major League Baseball in runs scored, team batting average, and runs batted in.”
“Kalidou Koulibaly's arrival from Napoli for £33m also didn't end well. Rated at the time as one of European club football's top centre-backs, the Senegalese player - then 31 - was out of the door after just one season, joining Al-Hilal.”
“She won the women's F57 shot put title with a season-best throw of 9.81m, ending India's 20-year wait for a para-athletics medal at the Games.”
“In games against the Tampa Bay Rays July 25 and July 26, the Guardians were shut out. They had five hits the first game, and one the second.”
“Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is another experienced player whose time at Stamford Bridge was short-lived. The former AC Milan, Borussia Dortmund and Arsenal striker signed from Barcelona for £10.3m on the final day of the summer transfer wind…”
“Sarvesh Kushare becoming the first Indian to win a silver medal in the men's high jump. The national record holder cleared 2.25m”
“Kyle Manzardo-hitting .209/.298/.358/.656, with 11 home runs, 32 RBI, and 108 strikeouts in 336 plate appearances.”
“Mykhailo Mudryk was 22 when he joined Chelsea from Shakhtar Donetsk for an initial fee of £62m, potentially rising to £89m including add-ons.”
“Valluri Ajaya Babu won silver in the men's 79kg event after finishing just one kilogram behind Malaysia's Erry Hidayat Muhammad”
“Rhys Hoskins-hitting .174/.304/.369/.673, with 11 homers, 33 RBIs, and 92 strikeouts in 286 plate appearances. He has walked 43 times. Hoskins was a free agent signing. They were counting on his right-handed bat to add power. He is playing…”
“Joao Felix struggled to make an impact during two stints at Chelsea. His first loan spell in 2023 at the age of 23 started with a red card in his first game. A permanent move followed a year later but he struggled to justify the fee - some…”
“Gyaneshwari Yadav also claimed silver in the women's 53kg category with career-best lifts”
“The Guardians did trade for switch-hitting catcher, Patrick Bailey from the San Francisco Giants. They gave up left-handed pitching prospect, Matt Wilkinson, and a Competitive Balance Round A draft pick (No. 29 overall) for Bailey.”
“After joining from Leicester for about £70m at the age of 21, Wesley Fofana's time at Chelsea has been plagued by injury.”
“Bindyarani Devi added a bronze in the 58kg class, taking India's weightlifting medal tally to six.”
“On July 22, Antonetti told mlb.com, “”We’ll look at all opportunities to try to improve the team.””
“he had bowled six overs earlier in the day for 27 runs without taking a wicket.”
“In the warm up, I suffered a Navicular stress fracture in my left leg. I didn't want to pull out so I told my physio to tape it... I am the first Indian to qualify for the 110m hurdles final in the CWG, so I didn't want to let the whole na…”
“mlb.com notes Only four of the team’s top 30 prospects hit right-handed. They include Dean Curley (No. 7) Aaron Walton (No. 8) Alfonsin Rosario (No. 10) and Luke Hill (No. 17).”
“Pakistan captain Shan Masood was Greaves' first wicket at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Trinidad when he was bowled for 109 in the 64th over”
“Engineer's remarks come after Sooryavanshi enjoyed a breakthrough T20I series against Zimbabwe. The youngster finished as the leading run-scorer with 151 runs, including two half-centuries, and was named Player of the Series as India compl…”
“At the MLB level, of 13 position players, only four are pure right-handed hitters. They include Austin Hedges, David Fry, Rhys Hoskins, and Gabriel Arias.”
“He's a genius. Nor was Viv Richards. Viv was the best batsman I've ever seen play. But persevere with Sooryavanshi. He'll be a tremendous asset for India.”
“Mizuhara added that, at the time, he earned $85,000 per year as Ohtani’s interpreter with the Los Angeles Angels.”
“Purdy’s five-year, $265 million extension runs through the 2030 season and features $181 million in total guarantees. The deal is worth an average of $53 million per year, putting the quarterback among the top-paid players in the NFL.”
“Varsho entered spring training with the possibility of becoming the top position player available at the end of the year,” Chisholm added. “A $100-million-plus (U.S.) contract seemed within reach, possibly $150 million depending on the len…”
“Forbes has his earnings for 2026 at $83.1 million in its annual list of the world’s highest-paid athletes.”
“Varsho remains mired in a 24-game homer drought, and on the season he's managed just a .688 OPS with seven long balls in 91 contests”
“Celebrity Net Worth has his net worth at $40 million, while Forbes has his earnings for 2026 at $83.1 million in its annual list of the world’s highest-paid athletes.”
“I get where everyone is in their careers and (wanting) want their numbers to be a certain thing, just reminding him that his value is (slugging),” Schneider said of Varsho, according to the Toronto Star’s Gregor Chisholm. “You need to put …”
“Brock Purdy estimated net worth $40 million, Jenna Brandt estimated net worth $1 million (Not officially disclosed; Purdy accounts for the overwhelming publicly identifiable share), Combined net worth $266 million.”
“The IR-28 is 100 pounds lighter. [...] The new car will make its competition debut at the start of the 2028 NTT IndyCar Series championship.”
“2026 base salary About $8.3 million, 2026 cap hit About $24.8 million”
“It will replace the IR-12, a car that has been in IndyCar Series competition since the 2012 season. [...] It was the closest finish in Indy 500 history as Rosenqvist defeated Malukas by 0.0233-of-a-second in a race that featured a record 7…”
“The 21-year-old from Vizianagaram district in Andhra Pradesh lifted a Commonwealth Games record 149kg in the snatch and 181kg in the clean and jerk for a total of 330kg.”
“With initial testing to begin this week, there is still plenty of work to do before 2028, but we are well on our way to showcasing a new era of IndyCar [...]”
“He finished just one kilogram behind Malaysia's Erry Hidayat Muhammad, who won the gold with a Games record total of 331kg (147kg snatch + 184kg clean and jerk).”
“For the first time ever, the car’s aerodynamic architecture has been purpose-built to optimize the wake from the front to the back in order to enhance overtaking opportunities.”
“Powered by Chevrolet and Honda's 2.4-liter twin-turbo V6 engines and a new, lighter hybrid system, the IR-28 is 100 pounds lighter.”
“This week, they began an organizational reset by releasing four Double-A infielders from the Binghamton Rumble Ponies: Nicky Lucky, Jaylen Palmer, Diego Mosquera, and catcher Onix Vega.”
“I expect them to make at least six trades,” MLB insider Ken Rosenthal said during a recent FOX Sports broadcast. “I see (Freddy) Peralta and (Clay) Holmes.”
“The Rumble Ponies released three listed shortstops in Nicky Lucky, Jaylen Palmer and Diego Mosquera, plus catcher Onix Vega. Interestingly, the team held onto Mitch Voit, easily the most touted prospect on the Double-A affiliate.”
“The WNBA All-Star Game in Chicago shattered attendance records with 19,783 fans, notably surpassing the NBA's All-Star event for the first time ever.”
“Commissioner Cathy Engelbert declared that 2026 is "already the most-watched WNBA season of all time" at the halfway mark.”
“So far, twenty-nine WNBA games have averaged more than a million viewers before the All-Star break. Last season, eleven games hit those totals across the entire season.”
“In addition to record viewership, league-wide attendance is also up 16 percent.”
“In its 30th season, the WNBA and its networks have placed a record 216 of its 330 regular-season games on national television, spread across a roster of partners that include: ABC/ESPN, NBC/Peacock, CBS, Prime Video, ION, USA Network and N…”
“New York Liberty center Jonquel Jones earned MVP honors off the bench with 22 points, 13 rebounds and 8 assists”
“Kelsey Mitchell led all scorers with 28 for Team Coop”
“Seattle’s Nneka Ogwumike quietly made history of her own as she passed Maya Moore to become the All-Star Game's all-time leading scorer in her 11th All-Star appearance.”
“The Rams committed $5 million, funding 1,000 complimentary tickets for youth and families through 10 local nonprofit organizations.”
“The ceremony marked the first phase of the program, with LA28 and the Rams announcing that 1,000 complimentary Olympic and Paralympic tickets will be distributed to youth and families through 10 nonprofit organizations serving communities …”
“LeBron James and the new-look Philadelphia 76ers will be showcased 34 times on national television during the 2026-27 NBA season, according to Front Office Sports. That is the maximum number allocated across Disney’s ABC/ESPN, NBCUniversal…”
“"I would like him to make his announcement already, so we can finish the schedule, because, as you might imagine, the teams are calling us, the networks are calling us, and everybody wants to lock in the schedule," Silver said before James…”
“"This is my last decision," James said on X/Twittter on Friday. "I’m not going for money. I’m not going for family. What am I really playing for at this point? I still want to sacrifice. I still want to work. I still want to grind. I still…”
“The “get-in” price for James’ preseason home debut against the Boston Celtics on Oct. 16 is $165 on the secondary market, which is 142% more expensive than the overall average purchase price ($68) for 76ers regular season home games in the…”
“It is “safe to say” the average purchase price for 76ers home games this season will be 40% higher than last season, Brett Goldberg, co-CEO at TickPick, told Forbes in an email.”
“James signed with the 76ers on a two-year, $8 million deal with a player option, extending what is already the longest NBA career of all time.”
“FIFA’s 211 member associations would each be given $20 million in funding if the deal goes through, the organization said, and annual funds to members would continue increasing through 2038.”
“"This crosses a line that football’s governing institutions should never cross," UEFA, soccer’s governing body in Europe, said in a response to the reporting in the Times.”
“World No. 1 Jannik Sinner, 24-time major champion Novak Djokovic and seven-time major winner Carlos Alcaraz will headline the Six Kings Slam in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Oct. 21-24.”
“Sinner defeated Alcaraz in straight sets in last year’s final to earn a record $6 million in prize money.”
“This event is the first of seven TKO promotions in Arizona over three years.”
“In a surprising upset on the UFC 285 card, Grasso submitted Shevchenko to claim the title and hand Shevchenko her first defeat since she lost to Amanda Nunes in a bantamweight title fight in March 20216.”
“Her loss to Shevchenko was a 48-47 x 3 decision on the scorecards.”
“Last year’s Noche UFC card took place at Sphere in Las Vegas and was headlined by a featherweight bout between Diego Lopes and Jean Silva. Lopes won that contest by second-round TKO.”
“Grasso dropped her next fight as well, losing a decision to Natalia Silva by decision at UFC 315 in May 2025. The former champ got back in the win column in her most recent outing, knocking out Maycee Barber in March.”
“Fiorot bounced back from that setback with an October 2025 TKO victory over Jasmine Jasudavicius.”
“I would like him to make his announcement already, so we can finish the schedule, because, as you might imagine, the teams are calling us, the networks are calling us, and everybody wants to lock in the schedule,”
“This is my last decision,” James said on X/Twittter on Friday. “I’m not going for money. I’m not going for family. What am I really playing for at this point? I still want to sacrifice. I still want to work. I still want to grind. I still …”
“George Haffner averaged a robust 18.3 yards per completion quarterbacking Joe Kuharich’s Notre Dame Fighting Irish in 1960.”
“He also completed less than 30 percent of his passes and 11 of his 108 attempts were picked off.”
“Frank Budka – 14 interceptions in 95 attempts -- and Daryle Lamonica took over in 1961 while Haffner left South Bend only to emerge at McNeese State in 1964.”
“Albeit in a small sample size, Angeli sparkled (72.5 CMP%, 10 TD/1 INT) in backing up Riley Leonard in 2024 and Sam Hartman in 2023.”
“He transferred to Syracuse to play for fellow New Jersey native, Fran Brown, and was off to a strong start (10 TDs) before suffering a season-ending injury (torn Achilles tendon) in SU’s fourth game at Clemson.”
“It was a mess. Buchner was 5-for-14 for 34 yards before being replaced by Ty Simpson late in the first half of a 3-3 game that ‘Bama ultimately won.”
“Pyne made fewer starts (eight) in those three years than he did with the Irish in 2022.”
“Wimbush ran for 14 touchdowns, which was the school record by a QB before Riley Leonard (17) broke it in 2024.”
“Minchey said of Stein, who agreed to a five-year, $28.5-million pact in December.”
“She was probably at 65 or 70% of what she can do in Paris, he reflected.”
“Two years later and after just a handful of days back in the gym, the former Olympic all-around champion clearly retained her elite ability... Lee nailed the series in Paris to help propel Team USA to gold in the team final, and later clai…”
“The 23-year-old officially resumed training on July 20, returning to her familiar stomping grounds at Midwest Gymnastics Center just outside St. Paul, Minnesota.”
