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Cristiano Ronaldo has become football's first billionaire player, according to financial information and media firm Bloomberg. The Bloomberg Billionaires Index, external  which tracks the world's richest people based on their net worth, has measured the 40-year-old Portugal and Al-Nassr striker's wealth for the first time. The valuation takes into account career earnings, investments and endorsements and says Ronaldo's net worth is $1.4bn (£1.04bn). It says he earned more than $550m (£410m)

In a sensational display of skill and determination, Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz has triumphed over Italy’s Jannik Sinner to win the 2025 US Open men’s singles title.  The 22-year-old claimed his second championship at Flushing Meadows with a thrilling four-set victory (6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4) in a match that captivated fans at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Sunday. Carlos Alcaraz defeats Jannik Sinner to reclaim the US Open title and the world No.1 ranking‼️ pic.twitter.com/oFTXrCeX7D — US Open Tennis (@usop

Expect to see more of Cam Newton on ESPN.  The former NFL MVP has signed a muliti-year deal with the network who will expand his role on First Take, ESPN’s signature morning debate show. OnThursday (August 28), Newton made his return during a live show at Norfolk State University as part of the First Take HBCU tour. In a statement, Newton expressed his excitement to be back with the sports network. “I am excited to be back with the First Take team and share my voice on all things sports,” New

Black athletic excellence is coming to Walt Disney World! Several elite Black college basketball programs will participate in the first-ever HBCU Hoops Invitational at Walt Disney World Resort on Dec. 4-7. According to the press release, the women’s bracket includes Bethune-Cookman University, Hampton University, Edward Waters University, and Cheyney University. The tourney features Florida A&M University, Tuskegee University, Florida Memorial University, and Barber-Scotia College, while the w

A rare Michael Jordan-Kobe Bryant autographed dual patch card has set a new record, selling for $12.9 million at Heritage Auctions. The 2007-08 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Dual Logoman card now stands as the most expensive sports card ever sold, surpassing the previous most expensive card ever sold — the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle #311 graded a “Mint-Plus” SGC 9.5 and dubbed the “finest known example” of that iconic card — by more than $300,000. Allen is widely known in sports card circles f

A 10-year-old British girl has made chess history by becoming the youngest female player to ever beat a grandmaster. Bodhana Sivanandan, from northwest London, defeated 60-year-old grandmaster Pete Wells in the final round of the 2025 British Chess Championships in Liverpool on Sunday. At 10 years, five months and three days, Sivanandan broke the record set by American Carissa Yip, who was 10 years, 11 months and 20 days old when she defeated a grand master in 2019, according to the Internatio

NFL great Tom Brady said he felt "deeply grateful" but "kind of old" after the New England Patriots unveiled a 12ft statue of him. The legendary quarterback was honoured with the towering bronze sculpture outside the Patriots' stadium in Massachusetts. Brady guided the Patriots to six Super Bowl titles, before going on to win a seventh with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2020. The ceremony revealed the statue of Brady with one arm aloft in triumph - and it was mounted on a six-sided base in a no