The Masters looks set to deliver an enthralling conclusion after a third-round stumble by defending champion Rory McIlroy opened the door to a star-studded chasing pack at Augusta National. Everywhere you look there are intriguing stories to be told. Will world number one Scottie Scheffler complete a remarkable weekend and set a new record of…
The Missouri Supreme Court unanimously rejected challenges to a Republican-friendly congressional map on Tuesday that is expected to hand the party an additional House seat in the midterms. The rulings landed just hours after the court heard oral arguments in three underlying lawsuits attempting to block the new lines. “This Court’s review of the Missouri…
The PGA Tour plans to have no events in Hawaii for the first time in 63 years after this year’s season opener in Maui was cancelled because of drought conditions. The Sentry was scheduled for 8-11 January at the Plantation Course in Kapalua, but had to be scrapped as the course failed to resolve a…
Fifa is poised to change the rules around suspensions for accumulated yellow cards at this summer’s World Cup. BBC Sport understands world football’s governing body is planning to add a second amnesty stage, wiping all yellow cards at the end of the group stage as well as after the quarter-finals. Under current rules a team…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The day before the Kentucky Derby each year is known as Ladies’ Day, with several stakes races for fillies and mares, highlighted by the Kentucky Oaks. The next day, Derby Day, belongs to the boys. Someone forgot to tell Cherie DeVaux. The 44-year-old native of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., made history Saturday as the first…
Twenty One Pilots just locked down another major win on alternative radio. The duo’s latest track ‘Drag Path’ rose straight to the top of this week’s Alternative Airplay chart, giving them their fourteenth number one hit on the format. Yo, that’s some serious chart game right there. When you’re talking about fourteen number ones, that’s…
This time last year there was genuine debate about Bruno Fernandes and whether United would be better served accepting a huge offer from Al-Hilal and using the money to reinforce their squad. United eventually left it to Fernandes to decide and, after some wise words from his wife asking him whether he had achieved all…
Walking down a makeshift runway in a top-floor studio, a model pulls on a translucent, hooded jacket embedded with LED lights. At some point, the room darkens, and the crowd watches the jacket glow — she becomes a bioluminescent creature in human form. Over a microphone, designer Callie Kinnan describes her decision to resew the…
In brief Bernstein analysts wrote in a Tuesday note that prediction-market volumes will reach $1 trillion by the end of the decade. They argued that institutional investors will adopt prediction markets as a way to manage risk associated with policy and political events. Currently, Polymarket and Kalshi’s platforms are dominated by sports, which respectively account…
US envoy Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner have travelled to Moscow several times, but never to Kyiv. Source link