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Oct 5, 2026 - Sports

LeBron James has had his body under scrutiny before. He missed the Lakers’ opening 14 games with sciatica affecting his lower back and right leg, a stretch that put an asterisk on his age for the first time in a career built on defying it. He returned, played through back-to-backs on a game-by-game basis, and […] The post LeBron James Dealing With Two Serious Health Conditions Going Into New Season With 76ers appeared first on EssentiallySports.

Oct 5, 2026 - Sports

The star’s rift with Jorge Jesus is an unfortunate affair. But the forward has been holding his national team back for yearsSign up for our free newsletter hereIf this is to be the end for Cristiano Ronaldo at international level, at least it can be said that he left the stage as he bestrode it: with monumental self-regard. Ronaldo has always been a preening, self-absorbed player, but for a time, when he was one of the best in the world, it could be tolerated. For the past four years, though, he has actively and obviously held Portugal back. There is a great generation of technical talent here weighed down by the monstrous albatross of his ego.To recap the basic details of the past couple of weeks. Ronaldo played 67 minutes of Portugal’s scratchy 1-0 win over Wales. Portugal coach Jorge Jesus, who replaced Roberto Martínez after the World Cup, said he had a verbal agreement with Ronaldo that he would not start the following game against Norway but would perhaps come off the bench. Early in the second half, Ronaldo went to warm up – although whether that was on his own initiative or because Jesus had told him to is unclear. The game was tight, Portugal ultimately winning 2-1, and Jesus did not bring Ronaldo on. Continue reading...

Oct 5, 2026 - Sports

Review is under way, but there will be no quick fix for misconceived regulations that resulted in cars being unable to run in the rainFormula One has gone to no little pains this season in insisting the new format is more popular than ever, despite overwhelming disapproval from the drivers regarding engine regulations. In short, there is nothing to see here.But the farcical scenes that accompanied the opening to the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia on Sunday were all too visible and left some drivers expressing open mockery. Continue reading...

Oct 5, 2026 - Sports

Player struck rebounding ball into Beijing crowdDjokovic advances to final against De MinaurDaniil Medvedev was disqualified from his China Open semi-final with Novak Djokovic on Monday after hitting a rebounding ball into the crowd that struck a ​spectator in the eye.The Russian world ‌No 5 was ‌trailing 7-5, 5-3 and had lost a point ‌when, in frustration, he struck a ball that had come off the back wall. The spectator, sitting in the first row, clutched his left eye and appeared in pain as he left the gallery, assisted by the stadium’s ‌staff. Continue reading...

Oct 5, 2026 - Sports

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Whether it’s relegation, the loss of a cup final or some other soul-crushing matchday disappointment, no televised capitulation of a football team is ever truly complete without the obligatory and intrusive post-match camera cutaway to a young fan sobbing uncontrollably in the stands. When England’s relentless humiliation of Croatia had finished on Saturday, the TV director was spoilt for choice. The vast majority of the 6,403 fans present at the behind-slightly-ajar-doors fixture were local children, admitted for free. Their “reward” for the previous misbehaviour of their more senior counterparts turned into what was almost certainly one of the more harrowing days of their young lives. Continue reading...