If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. The new season is finally here! The 2026-2027 NCAA season officially kicks off with its first big weekend of games starting on Saturday, Aug. 23. Starting on Saturday, Aug. 29, The first game of
X will really mark the spot for NFL content. The social-media outlet is launching “NFL Gametime,” a new project that offers an NFL feed weaving data, news and creators into the overall user experience. X users can choose to put the new topic-focused stream alongside mainstay feeds like “For You” and “Following.” The stream will
The football with which Diego Maradona scored his famous ‘hand of God’ goal at the 1986 World Cup has sold at auction for £2.5m. Maradona famously punched the ball past goalkeeper Peter Shilton in Argentina’s 2-1 quarter-final win over England. After the game, he told reporters it had been scored “a little with the head
The second edition of the World Humanoid Games kicked off in China on Saturday. The competition will run for five days and has already included a robot running faster than Usain Bolt’s 100m sprint world record. Elsewhere at the event in Beijing, a robot performed Cristiano Ronaldo’s iconic ‘Siuuu’ celebration on the football pitch and
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The Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture of South Africa, Gayton McKenzie, posted on X saying that Infantino had been “very good to African football”. “Africa should be cautious in joining the public lynching of Infantino. He has been very good to African football. “We can debate his ideas but let’s not forget who has
