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Serena Williams introduces Maria Sharapova during the 2025 Induction Celebration weekend at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, on Aug. 23, 2025.Joe Buglewicz | Getty Images Sport | Getty ImagesWomen’s 3-on-3 basketball league Unrivaled is now valued at $340 million after a new funding round that included tennis legend Serena Williams, the league announced Monday.Williams’ Serena Ventures was part of a Series B funding round that was led by Bessemer Venture Partners and also included Warner Bros. Discovery and Alex Morgan’s Trybe Ventures. Unrivaled did not disclose the size of the individual contributions.Unrivaled’s latest cash infusion…

The Premier League Hall of Fame shortlist for 2025 has been announced with former Chelsea stars Cesc Fàbregas and Eden Hazard included as well as Manchester City stalwart David Silva, though there is still no place for Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs.Former United defenders Gary Neville, Patrice Evra and Nemanja Vidić are shortlisted while there is space for two Ex-Liverpool strikers in Michael Owen and Robbie Fowler.Tottenham Hotspur are also represented through Jermain Defoe and Les Ferdinand with Teddy Sheringham and Sol Campbell, who infamously made the move across north London from Spurs to Arsenal, also on the list.But Giggs,…

BartekSzewczyk | Getty ImagesWhile artificial intelligence has caused turbulence in the labor market, the recent decline in job opportunities has more to do with economic uncertainty, experts say.”As we look across the broader labor market, we see that AI’s impact on the labor market has still been fairly small,” said Cory Stahle, a senior economist at Indeed, a job search site. “The important asterisk is that that doesn’t mean that it has been zero,” he said. Mandi Woodruff-Santos, a career coach, agrees, “I don’t think AI is to blame, I think the economic uncertainty is to blame.”The state of the job marketThe…

Jeff KassoufSep 8, 2025, 07:00 AM ETCloseJeff Kassouf covers women’s soccer for ESPN, focusing on the USWNT and NWSL. In 2009, he founded The Equalizer, a women’s soccer news outlet, and he previously won a Sports Emmy at NBC Sports and Olympics.It has been barely more than a year since the Canadian women’s national soccer team made global headlines at the 2024 Olympics for a spying scandal that unearthed a “long-term, deeply embedded systemic culture” of cheating, as Canada Soccer CEO Kevin Blue described it at the time.The defending Olympic gold medalists at the time, Canada, were days from their…

It says everything about Manchester United’s success rate with goalkeepers that André Onana might not claim the distinction of being the club’s worst No. 1 during the Premier League era. But it is undeniable that the team’s dismal record over the past two years has coincided with the 29-year-old’s period in goal.There are many key ingredients for a successful team. Two of the most important are the ability to score goals and keep them out of your own net. Pretty simple, right? Score more than the other side and stop them scoring while you do it.United spent over £200 million…

Daniel Ives, Wedbush SecuritiesScott Mlyn | CNBCWedbush Securities’ Dan Ives is joining a new company focused on accumulating Worldcoin (WLD), the native token of the blockchain used in Open AI creator Sam Altman’s biometric identity verification startup, World.Eightco Holdings, a tiny company that currently trades on the Nasdaq under the ticker “OCTO,” announced Monday that Ives, Wedbush’s global head of technology research, is now chairman of the board of directors. It also announced a $250 million private placement to implement a buying strategy around Worldcoin as its main treasury asset.”As someone that’s so passionate about the AI revolution and the…

Sam MarsdenMoises LlorensSep 8, 2025, 06:47 AM ETBarcelona have announced that Sunday’s LaLiga game against Valencia will take place at the Estadi Johan Cruyff, delaying their return to Spotify Camp Nou once again.Barça had hoped this weekend’s match, their first at home in the league this season, would take place at Camp Nou, which has been undergoing extensive renovation work since 2023.However, the necessary permits have not yet arrived to facilitate a return, forcing the club to seek an alternative venue to host Valencia.Barça have spent the last two seasons playing at the Olympic Stadium in the Montjuic area of…

Athletic Club player Yeray Álvarez was handed a 10-month ban by UEFA on Monday for failing a banned substance test due to taking a medicine to prevent hair loss caused by cancer treatment.The Spanish defender failed a drug test after Athletic lost to Manchester United in the UEFA Europa League semifinals in May and accepted a voluntary provisional suspension in early June, UEFA said.Athletic Club’s Yeray Álvarez will serve a 10-month ban. Angel Martinez/Getty ImagesFollowing an investigation by two inspectors from UEFA’s ethics and disciplinary department, the governing body has suspended Álvarez for a period of 10 months. The ban will…

Smith announces her arrival in style Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Highlights from the WSL match between Arsenal and newly promoted London City Lionesses. Olivia Smith’s then-record £1m transfer fee may have already been eclipsed this summer but there was no outshining her on the pitch at the Emirates on Saturday. Having stepped up from Liverpool’s seventh-placed finish last season to a side with genuine WSL title credentials and with that price tag around her neck – all after only turning 21 a month ago – she could’ve easily taken time to settle in north…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court for an emergency order to keep billions of dollars in foreign aid frozen.The crux of the legal fight is over nearly $5 billion in congressionally approved aid that President Donald Trump last month said he would not spend, invoking disputed authority that was last used by a president roughly 50 years ago.Last week, U.S. District Judge Amir Ali ruled that the Republican administration’s decision to withhold the funding was likely illegal. Trump told House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., in a letter on Aug. 28 that he would not…