The NWSL has positioned itself as the most competitive women’s soccer league in the world, pointing to its unpredictable results on a weekly basis. This has been the league’s chief value proposition since its inception in late 2012: chaos is entertaining. Commissioner Jessica Berman even refers to this parity as one of the league’s “superpowers.” […]
Constantin Eckner Alex Kirkland May 4, 2025, 08:49 PM ET With a raft of European semifinal second legs on the horizon, there was a note of caution in the air across the leagues this weekend. Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur all named varying degrees of weakened teams. Arsenal, however, played a full-strength […]
Cole Palmer hit back at “social media idiots” after ending his goal drought in Chelsea’s 3-1 win over Liverpool on Sunday. The Blues sit fifth in the Premier League after beating the champions at Stamford Bridge, taking a 2-0 lead through goals from Enzo Fernández and Jarell Quansah’s 56th-minute own goal. Virgil van Dijk halved […]
Under President Trump’s proposed budget, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration would largely become the National Moon and Mars Administration, with an almost singular focus on getting astronauts to those two destinations. The Trump administration proposes a budget of $18.8 billion for NASA, down 24 percent from $24.8 billion in the current budget year. The […]
Sybil Shainwald, a lawyer who for nearly half a century represented women whose health had been irreparably and often catastrophically harmed by poorly tested drugs and medical devices, died on April 9 at her home in Manhattan. She was 96. Her daughter Laurie Shainwald Kleeger announced the death, which was not widely reported. Ms. Shainwald […]
It’s over. It’s finally over! Bayern Munich have secured the 2024-25 Bundesliga title — courtesy of Bayer Leverkusen’s 2-2 draw at SC Freiburg on Sunday — and with it Harry Kane’s agonizing, career-long curse has at long last been broken. The England captain left boyhood club Tottenham Hotspur for Bayern in 2023 in a marquee […]
President Donald Trump has said he is unsure whether people in the United States are entitled to due process rights guaranteed by the US Constitution as his administration pushes aggressively to deport immigrants who entered the country illegally and other non-citizens, including some detained for pro-Palestinian activism and other political speech. Trump made his comments […]
Former Manchester United head coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has criticised the club’s decision to transfer Scott McTominay to Napoli last summer, saying “how you can sell Scott is beyond me.” Solskjaer, who now manages Turkish Super Lig club Besiktas, succeeded José Mourinho as United head coach in December 2018 and was given the job on […]
A See’s Candies worker restocks the display next to a cutout of Warren Buffett at the Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting exhibit hall Friday, May 2, 2025 in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Josh Funk) (AP Photo/Josh Funk) hide caption toggle caption (AP Photo/Josh Funk) OMAHA, Neb.–Warren Buffett wants the United States to knock off its trade war. […]
The pay stubs tell the story. Hefty deductions to help cover the cost of Kenya’s new funds for affordable housing and health insurance. More money subtracted for jacked-up contributions to the National Social Security Fund and an increase in the tax rate. In a matter of months, Kenyans with a 45,000-shilling-a-month salary — roughly $350 […]