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A guest wears red knitted Gucci x Adidas sweater, outside Bluemarble, during the Menswear Spring/Summer 2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 26, 2025 in Paris, France.Claudio Lavenia | Getty Images”Loud luxury” is poised for a comeback as ailing fashion houses attempt to inject a sense of newness and novelty into their designs to win over weary shoppers.A flurry of new creative directors at brands including Gucci, Chanel and Versace, and the arrival of new Kering CEO Luca de Meo, are seen phasing out “quiet luxury” subtlety in favor of statement styles, in what analysts say could…

Son Heung-Min made an instant impact at LAFC, winning a penalty kick less than 20 minutes into his debut off the substitutes’ bench to help his new team rescue a 2-2 draw at the Chicago Fire on Saturday.The South Korea star, taking the field just three days after sealing an MLS-record $26 million transfer from Tottenham Hotspur, was taken down in the penalty area by Chicago defender Carlos Terán as he sprinted onto the end of a through ball with a clear sight of goal.Despite not initially awarding the penalty kick, referee Ricardo Montero pointed to the spot after an…

Jeff CarlisleAug 9, 2025, 09:14 PM ETCloseJeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC.Brazilian Serie A side Fluminense are set to sign Portland Timbers forward Santiago Moreno for a transfer fee of $5.5 million plus an additional $500,000 if certain performance metrics are met, sources confirmed to ESPN.A source with knowledge of the deal says that the final paperwork is all that stands in the way of Moreno moving to Brazil.GiveMeSport was the first to report on the status of the proposed transfer.Santiago Moreno is set to leave the Portland Timbers for Brazil’s Fluminense. Al Sermeno/ISI Photos/ISI…

ST. GEORGE, Maine (AP) — Friends and family of a Maine woman whose killing on a rural pond shocked the community plan to celebrate her life with a maritime service on Sunday.Sunshine Stewart, 48, of St. George, went missing in July while paddleboarding on Crawford Pond, a popular summer destination in Union. She was later found dead, and police charged Deven Young, 17, of Frankfort, Maine, with murder in connection with her death.Stewart’s loved ones are calling Sunday’s memorial a “maritime celebration of life.” They are holding the memorial at 10:30 a.m. in the Tenants Harbor section of St. George,…

The threats, pressure and ultimatums have come and gone, but Russian President Vladimir Putin has maintained Moscow’s uncompromising demands in the war in Ukraine, raising fears he could use a planned summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska to coerce Kyiv into accepting an unfavorable deal.The maximalist demands reflect Putin’s determination to reach the goals he set when he launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022.Putin sees a possible meeting with Trump as a chance to negotiate a broad deal that would not only cement Russia’s territorial gains but also keep Ukraine from joining NATO and…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stands next to French President Emmanuel Macron as he welcomes him for bilateral talks at Villa Borsig in Berlin, Germany on July 23, 2025.Lisi Niesner | ReutersEuropean officials presented their own Ukraine peace proposals to the United States on Saturday as President Donald Trump prepared for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on ending the war.Trump plans to meet Putin in Alaska on August 15, saying the parties, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, were close to a deal that could resolve the three-and-a-half-year conflict.Details of the potential deal have yet to be announced, but Trump said…

Sergiño Dest made a scoring start to the new Dutch league season to help PSV Eindhoven begin their Eredivisie title defense with an emphatic 6-1 home win over Sparta Rotterdam on Saturday.The United States defender, who also scored in last week’s Johan Cruyff Shield, found the net with a spectacular strike high into the roof of the net in first-half stoppage time to put PSV into a 3-0 lead at the interval.Debutant Ruben van Bommel, the son of former PSV player and coach Mark van Bommel, opened the scoring on his debut before veteran Croatia international Ivan Perisic grabbed a…

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends the European leaders’ summit to discuss European security and Ukraine, at Lancaster House in London, Britain, March 2, 2025. Javad Parsa | Via ReutersWASHINGTON — The White House is considering inviting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Alaska, where President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next week, according to a senior U.S. official and three people briefed on the internal discussions.”It’s being discussed,” one of the people briefed on the discussions said.The senior U.S. official and people briefed on the discussions said no visit has been finalized and that it’s unclear if…

A Tijjani Reijnders brace and an Erling Haaland goal saw Manchester City defeat Palermo 3-0 in their final preseason match.Unlike most of their Premier League counterparts this weekend, City travelled for their final preparations ahead of the new season.They proved too much for their Serie B opponents, easing past them with a goal in each half.Haaland opened the scoring when getting on the end of a Rico Lewis pass to slot into the bottom left corner after 25 minutes.City made 10 changes at half-time, with Haaland the only starter to come back out in the second half.Tijjani Reijnders scored his…

Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez has joined Saudi Pro League club Al Hilal in a deal worth up to £56.6m (€65m).Al Hilal will pay the Premier League champions a fixed fee of £46.2m (€53m) plus add-ons. Nunez, 26, departs Anfield having scored 40 goals in 143 appearances since joining in 2022 from Benfica in a deal which initially cost the Reds £64m.Despite scoring 18 goals in Jurgen Klopp’s final season, he managed only seven last term under Arne Slot, although did net two vital stoppage-time goals to give Liverpool a 2-0 win at Brentford in January.Nunez came close to leaving earlier…