Author: Shekari Philemon

Serena Williams will compete in singles at Wimbledon after accepting the eighth and final women’s wild-card invitation from the All England Club, the tournament announced Sunday, setting up one of the most anticipated returns in the history of the sport. The decision means Williams, 44, will play both singles and doubles at Wimbledon, having already accepted a wild-card invitation to compete in doubles alongside her sister Venus. Her last singles match at a professional level came in the third round of the 2022 US Open, where she said afterward that she was not retiring but evolving away from the game.…

CJ McCollum has agreed to a one-year, $21 million contract extension with the Atlanta Hawks, keeping the veteran guard in place for another season after a stretch of play that arguably saved the franchise’s postseason and made him one of the most impactful midseason acquisitions of the year. The deal includes a trade kicker and was finalized before the June 30 deadline, after which McCollum would have entered unrestricted free agency. The agreement ensures continuity for a Hawks team that is actively building around a young core while retaining experienced contributors capable of winning games in April. A season that…

The Atlanta Hawks are finalizing a deal to acquire guard Aaron Wiggins from the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for two future second-round draft picks, adding a proven role player and championship contributor to a roster the franchise has been actively reshaping this offseason. Atlanta will send its own second-round selection in 2030 and the less favorable of its or the Los Angeles Lakers’ second-round pick in 2032 to Oklahoma City in the deal. The trade serves a meaningful financial purpose for the Thunder as well, reducing their projected luxury tax bill from approximately $213 million to $152 million, a…

Kylian Mbappe is two goals away from equaling the all-time men’s World Cup scoring record, and both he and the player he would need to catch are still very much in the tournament. Mbappe scored twice for France in a 3-1 victory over Senegal, pushing his World Cup career total to 14 goals. Lionel Messi sits at 16 after his hat trick against Algeria in Argentina’s opening match, a performance that drew Messi level with the previous all-time record holder. With both players healthy, in form, and with multiple matches remaining, the scoring race between two of the game’s most…

Egypt claimed their first ever victory at a FIFA World Cup on Wednesday, coming from behind to defeat New Zealand 3-1 in a result that will be remembered in Egyptian football history for generations. Mohamed Salah contributed a goal and an assist in the second half, helping his country overturn a halftime deficit to reach the top of their group and move within reach of the knockout stage for the first time in the nation’s World Cup history. The result caps a remarkable opening stretch for Egypt at the 2026 tournament. Having drawn with Belgium in their first group stage…

Mercedes confirmed Friday that it would not pursue its right of review application relating to the penalties received by George Russell at the Monaco Grand Prix, ending the team’s formal challenge after concluding that the sport’s governing bodies had demonstrated sufficient commitment to addressing the underlying problems. The decision came after extended consultation between the team and officials from both Formula 1 and the FIA, following the successful appeal by Alpine that restored Pierre Gasly’s third-place finish at Monaco. That appeal revealed that the measurement used to calculate pit lane speeds at the circuit had been inaccurate, creating a situation…

French tennis player Corentin Moutet has been handed a $40,000 fine for unsportsmanlike conduct after using profane language seven times during a post-match interview at the Queen’s Club tournament in London, the ATP announced Friday. The incident occurred following Moutet’s first-round victory on Tuesday at the ATP 500 grass-court event, which serves as one of the final tuneup tournaments before Wimbledon begins on June 29. After winning his match, Moutet used an expletive during the on-court interview and was immediately asked by the interviewer to refrain from using bad language. He repeated the same word three more times before using…

Sauce Gardner would like everyone to know he is 24 years old. Not 25. Not nearly 26. Twenty-four. And he has been saying so for long enough that the repetition alone has become a small source of exasperation. The Indianapolis Colts cornerback raised the subject again last week as the team wrapped up its final offseason practice, pointing out to reporters who were discussing his veteran status that he is actually considerably younger than his reputation might suggest. The clarification was delivered with the tone of someone who has made this correction before and fully expects to make it again.…

An investigation found evidence that NFL veteran Michael Pennel Jr. had an ongoing relationship with a young woman whose body was discovered buried on a property he formerly owned in the Dominican Republic, directly contradicting his repeated denials that he knew her. The woman was reported missing by her family in September 2021. Her body was not found until January 2026, when new owners of the Puerto Plata resort property began excavation work on the land. Dominican prosecutors have opened a homicide investigation and have identified Pennel as a person of interest in the case. As of late May 2026,…

Jalen Brunson stayed quiet about his critics throughout the Knicks’ championship run. On Thursday, surrounded by more than a million people lining lower Manhattan’s Canyon of Heroes, he said what he had been holding back. Speaking at the City Hall ceremony that closed the parade, the NBA Finals MVP addressed the doubters directly. He told the crowd that he had listened to the opinions, absorbed the skepticism, and chosen not to respond. Now that the championship was real and the trophy was in his hands, he said there was nothing left to say to those who doubted him, and that…