Cruyff and Maradona shirts earn 'El Simpatico' a handsome sum
Former Belgian goalkeeper Jean-Marie Pfaff has closed his museum and decided to part with some remarkable collectors' items he collected throughout his prolific career.
First Enhanced Games: games where doping is allowed
The first Enhanced Games, a sporting event in which doping is explicitly allowed, will kick off in Las Vegas on Sunday. Forty athletes compete in swimming, sprinting and weightlifting, with prize money of up to a million dollars for whoever breaks a world record.
19-year-old dies while climbing mountain at night in Austrian Alps
A German young man of 19 was killed last night while climbing the 2,962-meter-high Zugspitze in the Austrian Alps.
US fears more empty hotel rooms at World Cup than expected
The 2026 World Cup will kick off in the US on June 11. Hotel bookings are falling far short of expectations in almost all host cities, raising doubts about the economic return of the prominent football festival.
Underwater illusion possibly cost the lives of 5 experienced divers in the Maldives
Did an underwater illusion cause five particularly experienced divers to lose their lives in the Indian Ocean archipelago?
"Glory in Giza" for Rico Verhoeven or Oleksandr Usyk
37-year-old Rico Verhoeven is fighting the fight of his life on Saturday night. The Dutch heavyweight in kickboxing will crawl into the ring against the undefeated world boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk (39) from Ukraine. The stakes are huge: the world title in boxing.
Life suspension for football coach who secretly filmed players
Petr Vlachovsky may never be active as a football coach ever again and may not even hold any position in the world of football for his entire life. The remarkable punishment was given to the Czech football coach by European football federation UEFA, which is also asking the World Football Federation FIFA to take over the punishment.
Russian and Belarusian gymnasts welcome to international championships World Gymnastics
The international gymnastics federation World Gymnastics has decided to lift restrictions on athletes from Russia and Belarus. Consequently, according to Russian news agency TASS, Russian athletes will now be allowed to participate in competitions again under the national flag and with their own national anthem.
Ever-positive Belgian professional cyclist (19) succumbs to bone cancer
Belgian Jilke Michielsen was well on her way to making it to the absolute top in women's cycling. After all, she collected Belgian titles in road, track and time trial. Until the harsh diagnosis of bone cancer shattered her sporting dreams at the age of just 16. But the nasty disease did not dampen the Fleming's resilience and positivity. Jilke passed away from the lingering illness last week at the age of 19, but her impact lives on forever in the memories of the many people she managed to touch with her courageous fight.
Olympic Games in the Netherlands: dream becomes increasingly realistic
There is a growing likelihood that 102 years after the Amsterdam Summer Olympics, Olympic games will once again take place on Dutch soil.