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In less than 100 days, athletes from all over the world will be competing in different events in three sliding disciplines – bobsleigh, skeleton and luge – at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in China. Though they vary in the speed athletes can reach during competitions – luge can surpass 140 kilometers/hour, the fastest – all of them seem more breathtaking than the crazie...

It has been almost a month since the 2021-22 NBA regular season started and this year's rookies are finding their positions in their teams. Some are doing well like Evan Mobley of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Scottie Barnes of the Toronto Raptors and Chris Duarte of the Indiana Pacers. Some are taking more time like Cade Cunningham of the Detroit Pistons, Jalen Green of the Houston Rockets and Jalen S...

In less than 100 days, athletes from all over the world will be competing in different events in three disciplines – speed skating, short track speed skating and figure skating – at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in China. Though they sound and look similar, speed skating and short track speed skating vary a lot in almost everything. Though figure skating seems like nothing but dancin...

Scoring used to be easy in the NBA until the 2021-2022 season. The arrival of shooting foul calling changes and the new Wilson basketball took many star scorers by surprise at the free throw and 3-point line. Suddenly their old tricks cease to work, and defenders are emboldened to go aggressive trying to stop them. The league has made changes from time to time since its birth 75 years ago. Most of...

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, manager of Manchester United, again saw his job hang by a thread after the 2-0 loss to Manchester City at Old Trafford on Saturday. As one of the category of former club legend tuning manager, Solskjaer has had a very disappointing managing record at United so far despite the unreasonable tolerance the Red Devils have for him. Former Barcelona icon Xavi Hernandez will soon be...

In less than 100 days, athletes from all over the world will be competing in different events in four disciplines – cross-country skiing, biathlon, ski jumping and Nordic combined – at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in China. There are 12 events in cross-country skiing, the longest one is basically a marathon on snow. Adding shooting to cross-country skiing creates a new discipline, b...

The Miami Heat have been the most dominant team so far in the 2021-22 NBA season. Not only did they lead the Eastern Conference with the 6-1 record, they also have top two offensive and defensive ratings of the league. If stats are not convincing enough, they process of the Heat's victories plus the opponents they beat are all sending one message to the rest of the teams: A new king is here.

Who could have imagined that the Chicago Bulls and the Golden State Warriors could start the 2021-22 NBA regular season both with four straight wins and lead the Eastern and Western Conferences? Meanwhile, perhaps even fewer saw the struggle the Brooklyn Nets and the Los Angeles Lakers currently face coming; they both have Big 3.It has been only four, five games since the season began, so it's sti...

In 100 days, athletes from all over the world will be competing in different events in alpine skiing, freestyle skiing and snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in China. They will attend 11 events in alpine skiing to conquer different trails, going through a number of twists at high speed. They will have 13 freestyle skiing golds to compete for while showing the world how many tricks they...

Though Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are already in the late stages of their careers, they are still capable of leading their teams to victory. On October 19, Messi scored two goals in Paris Saint-Germain's victory over Red Bull Leipzig. The following night, Ronaldo saved Old Trafford by scoring on a header for Manchester United against Atalanta. Meanwhile, Barcelona, which have been struggli...

The Denver Nuggets opened their 2021-22 regular season defeating the Phoenix Suns, thanks to unexpected performances by multiple role players. They should continue that momentum as Jamal Murray awaits his return from injury. LaMelo Ball again surprised the league by dropping 31 points, nine rebounds, seven assists and six triples in the first game of his second season with the Charlotte Hornets. E...

As the new round of the UEFA Champions League games are coming: AC Milan and Inter Milan are looking for the win, Liverpool will meet their biggest opponent in the group, Atletico Madrid; Ajax and Borussia Dortmund are likely to produce an exciting contest of speed and energy. Meanwhile, multiple teams are looking forward to upsetting their seemingly strong opponents. Real Madrid, Barcelona and Ma...

The Brooklyn Nets made an aggressive but very fair move to solve their Kyrie Irving problem, banning him from games and training sessions. They will still pay him for the 39 road games that he won't play but he will still lose some $17 million of his salary. In response, Irving spoke via the media and his own social media account about his decision and hinted there will be no compromise from his s...

Premier League team Newcastle United were acquired by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) in a deal worth over 300 million pounds ($408.4 million), becoming the third major European club funded by Middle East capital in recent years. The rise of Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain already showed the world the magic of unlimited funding. Now that Newcastle join the game and have someone...

The Phoenix Sun, which retained 36-year-old Chris Paul with a four-year, $120 million contract during the offseason, are unwilling to offer a maximum contract extension to Deandre Ayton, according to ESPN.Ayton, 23 and in the last year of his rookie deal, was one of the major contributors to the Suns' surprising trip to the NBA Finals last season. His defensive presence helped the team knock out A...

The UEFA Champions League witnessed enough highlights this week:Lionel Messi scored his first goal for Paris Saint-Germain since he joined the French heavyweight. More importantly, his goal helped the team beat Manchester City, coached by Pep Guardiola. Cristiano Ronaldo scored a last-second goal for Manchester United against Villarreal at Old Trafford, making sure that the Red Devils didn't have...

The NBA wanted a mandate for players to get vaccinated against COVID-19 but the players' association rejected it. However, the league can still make other moves. For example, it has announced that any player "who elects not to comply with local vaccination mandates will not be paid for games that he misses."That policy plus the fact that both San Francisco and New York City banned players who were...

Three games from the coming second round of the UEFA Champions League group stage draw the most of our attention:Paris Saint-Germain vs. Manchester City. Both PSG and Lionel Messi need a win against a truly strong opponent to prove that they made the right decision joining hands. AC Milan vs. Atletico Madrid. AC Milan want their first Champions League win in eight years. Juventus vs. Chelsea. A po...

The Charlotte Hornets have been quite a surprise in the 2020-21 season. Their rookie point guard LaMelo Ball averaged 15.7 points, 5.9 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 1.8 triples at 35.2 percent. He joined hands with Terry Rozier, Gordon Heyward, Miles Bridges and P.J. Washington to make a fast-paced, modern small-ball squad and produced an excellent performance in many games. It may still be too early...

The idea of having a European Super League has long gone but the irony is, the UEFA Champions League has grown more and more like a "Super League" itself in the last decade. The same teams continue to meet each other in the group stage while the old faces kept appearing in the knockout stage. It's getting harder and harder for surprises to be born in the Champions League and that is not a healthy...

John Wall and Ben Simmons parted ways from their teams in very different fashions during the NBA offseason. Wall and the Houston Rockets agreed with each other that it's time to move on. By contract, Simmons made himself look like an ungrateful, spoiled kid while the Philadelphia 76ers seemed like a greedy organization that wanted to squeeze every last drop of value trading their franchise player....

The UEFA Champions League is coming back on September 14 and 15 for the 2021-22 season. There are déjà vu games like Barcelona vs. Bayern Munich as well as Manchester City vs. Red Bull Leipzig. There is the nostalgic rivalry between Liverpool and AC Milan. Of course, if you like fierce but probably goalless competitions, the one between Real Madrid and Inter Milan should be your game.

The new NFL season kicks off on Thursday as the reigning Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers, led by Tom Brady, face "America's Team," the Dallas Cowboys, led by Dak Prescott. This season, Brady and the Bucs may face challenges on the road to a repeat: – Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs, who lost to Brady in Super Bowl LV – Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers, who...

American gymnast Simone Biles shocked the world at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics recently when she withdrew from the Tokyo Olympics competition, citing mental health concerns. In June, tennis player Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open, also citing mental health issues. With two prominent elite athletes going on the record on the international stage saying they are pulling out of an event for their...

Unlike other top football clubs in Europe, Bayern Munich did not spend on the transfer market like it's Black Friday – landing Marcel Sabitzer from Red Bull Leipzig was already their most eye-catching move. Instead, the Bundesliga giants extended contracts with their key players like Joshua Kimmich and Jamal Musiala, maintaining almost the same squad for the new season under new manager Jul...