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Formula 1 has officially announced the Las Vegas Prix for 2023. The race makes its return to Sin City for the first time since 1982, featuring a new night circuit held along the bright lights of the Las Vegas strip. The track layout reveals just 14 turns and three main straights with a 2km stretch running down the central Vegas strip. “Average speeds around the track are set to be comparable to Formula 1’s original Temple of Speed – Italy’s Autodromo Nazionale Monza,” Formula wrote in an announcement. Drivers will make their way past the city’s landmarks including Caesars Palace, the Bellagio, and the Venetian, as they battle for position around the 12-15m wide streets. The end of the main stretch will see the best overtaking opportunity, as drivers brake hard into a left-hander, while a 1...

The NFL has announced that all 32 leagues in the team will be officially required to hire a minority offensive assistant coach for the upcoming 2022 season. The latest policy is the league’s effort to improve its diversity. ESPN reports that the policy requires the coach to be “a female or a member of an ethnic or racial minority.” All NFL owners have agreed that the hires will be paid from a league-wide fund and it is up to the coach, head coach and the rest of the offensive staff to work towards the NFL’s goal to increase participation from minority groups. Chairman of the NFL’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee and Pittsburgh Steelers owner AR Rooney II said, “It’s a recognition that at the moment, when you look at stepping stones for a head coach, they are the coordinator posit...

For its latest fighter collaboration, Sanabul has tapped former UFC Featherweight Champion Max Holloway to release the “Holloway 1” gloves. A collaboration between the Holloway brand and Sanabul, the gloves are inspired by the Air Jordan 11 to celebrate Max Holloway’s love of sneakers. According to Holloway, he wanted to create something sneakerheads could appreciate and want to collect, even if they don’t train in combat sports. The Holloway x Sanabul Holloway 1 gloves are constructed of premium synthetic leather with a matte finish accented by synthetic patent leather trim. The set of striking fight gear is marked with Holloway’s signature point-down gesture, made famous during his UFC 199 bout against Ricardo Lamas in 2016. For secure wear, the gloves are outfitted with sneaker-inspired...

The UFC has officially announced that UFC 275 will take place in Singapore this June, marking the first-ever pay-per-view event hosted in Southeast Asia. Two title fights will be held, with the main featuring reigning light-heavyweight champion and UFC veteran Glover Teixeira facing off against rising star and former RIZIN champion Jiri Prochazka. The 42-year-old Teixeira previously claimed the title over Blachowicz at UFC 267 and Prochazka comes off two sensational finishes over Volkan Oezdemir and Dominick Reyes. The co-main features a bout between flyweight champ and ESPN’s top pound-for-pound female fighter Valentina Shevchenko and Brazilian fighter Talia Santos, who’s coming off four straight wins. Also on the card are two middleweight bouts between Robert Whittaker and Marvin Vettori...

With qualifying for the 2022 World Cup almost complete, adidas has now revealed the official match ball that will be used at the tournament. Titled “Al Rihla,” the ball takes its name from the Arabic word for “the journey” and is inspired by the architecture, boats, and flag of host nation Qatar. The ball itself has been created following a series of tests in labs, wind tunnels and on pitches, with a focus on accuracy and reliability. This has led to a new panel shape and surface textures, as well as the addition of CTR-CORE — a new core that supports fast and precise play — and the SPEEDSHELL design for accuracy, flight stability and swerve. Continuing the journey theme, the ball will now visit 10 cities across the world, with adidas launching a series of initiatives in each city, all of ...

Kygo and Myles Shear, founders of the Palm Tree Crew, reveal a follow-up collaboration with Puma Golf. PTC is a lifestyle brand that launched from a business and companionship with PGA Tour player Rickie Fowler who is also a long-time member. The Palm Tree Crew x Puma Golf collaboration utilizes a navy and white tint throughout the collection with each product hallmarking the PTC gold palm tree stamp. Notable pieces from the PTC x PUMA Golf collection are the lightweight athletic performance tops, headwear, Cobra Golf LTDx driver, and an Agera putter. The CLOUDSPUN Golf tee and polo both have 4-way stretch and are also moisture-wicking. Each garment carries the Puma and PTC collab embroidery on the top left. In addition, the snapback features a panel mesh and eyelets with a 2D embellishmen...

No matter how they’re performing in the league, whenever Barcelona and Real Madrid play, you can always expect the unexpected. This past El Clásico was no different. Held at the Santiago Bernabéu, which is currently undergoing massive renovations that will see, amongst other things, a retractable pitch and roof, the match was expected to be a coronation — the cherry on top of a season in which Real were LaLiga’s perennial force. Add in a couple of celebrations, such as 120 years since the club’s founding and a truly special black Y-3 kit by adidas to mark the sub-brand’s 20th anniversary, and this was a legendary night in the making. It was, but not as it was billed to be. Despite struggling for most of the season, a relatively young Barcelona squad hammered Madrid 4-0 — sending a clear re...

After 25 years of wrestling for the WWE, professional wrestling icon Triple H has officially announced his retirement from the ring. During a recent appearance on Stephen A. Smith‘s “Stephen A’s World” for ESPN‘s First Take, Paul Michael Levesque, better known as Hunter Hearst Helmsley “Triple H,” revealed that he will never wrestle again. The 52-year-old WWE Hall of Famer noted that he experienced health issues back in September. Receiving a procedure for what has been discovered to be a genetic heart issue that caused heart failure, Triple H now has a defibrillator in his chest. “I had viral pneumonia. My lungs were inflamed, and as the next couple of days went on and I got home, it got increasingly worse. My wife [WWE executive Stephanie McMahon] saw some blood and stuff that I was coug...

LeBron James continues to cement himself as the “GOAT” in NBA history. As he inches closer to former Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who finished his Hall of Fame career with 38,387 points in the span of 20 seasons, King James has found himself scoring 37,000 career points. The record was recorded in Sunday’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans. The four-time champion has officially become the second and the youngest player to score 37,000 points, as he drained a deep three-pointer in the second quarter of the game. James, who is 37, has averaged 30 points per game since the 2007-08 season. Entering into Sunday’s game, he averaged 30 points, 8.2 rebounds and 6.3 assists across 54 games. As he continues to dominate as one of the NBA’s best shooters, his peers have crowne...

Following the lifting of vaccinations restrictions, giving way to his first home game at the Barclays Center since June 7, 2021, Kyrie Irving has announced that he intends to re-sign with the Brooklyn Nets for years to come. According to the NBA, Irving currently holds a $36.5 million USD player option for next season, and assuming the Nets are on board, he could opt out and sign up to a five-year contract worth up to $246 million USD this summer. “I love it here,” Irving said in an interview. “Once summertime hits, I know that we’ll have some conversations but there’s no way I can leave my man 7 anywhere,” referring to his teammate Kevin Durant. “To be honest, I signed up for this for the long run,” Irving continued. “I love this year. I’m grateful. It has not been the prototypical year. ...

Jake Paul has been throwing jabs at former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion Conor Mcgregor for more than a year now and after a potential boxing bout was ruled out, Paul has now expressed his desire to fight Mcgregor in the UFC. Paul has been increasingly vocal about his opinion on fighter pay in the UFC, accusing Dana White of under compensating his fighters and even dropping a diss track. “If I win, then Dana has to increase the minimum of fighter pay,” Paul said in an interview with TMZ Sports. “If I lose, then they can take all of the money and whatever and so be it. But, I know I can beat Conor.” “Conor is on a downhill spiral,” Jake continued. “His limbs are all broken. So, stand-up game, I’m coming out and knocking him out, first round.” Paul further reveals that he has no...