sports

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If Sinner does lift the Coupe des Mousquetaires on 7 June, it will leave him only an Olympics gold medal away from completing the full house of the sport's biggest individual prizes.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

"It's so much more meaningful now because previously it would have just affected our careers but now it's affecting the sport's future," said Rousey.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

But as you may have seen on your social media feeds, the sport’s popularity goes far beyond weekend warriors.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Their dearth of head-to-head battles is a surprise considering the sport’s pecking order is currently Scheffler and McIlroy…and then everyone else.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

If cheating to lose is sport’s premier sin, and if sumo wrestling is the premier sport of a great nation, cheating to lose couldn’t possibly exist in sumo.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt