Author: hysport blog

It’s that time of the year when football fans are filled with expectation and excitement as their club prepares for what many hope will be an extremely busy and constructive transfer window. This time last year Coventry City supporters were filled more with dread and resignation to the loss of their two best players and worrying how the recruitment department would navigate a way around that particular bump in the road of progress towards the Premier League. Twelve months on and the Sky Blues have shown that there is life after Viktor Gyokeres and Gustavo Hamer as the team continues to evolve…

The Denver Nuggets’ hopes of a back-to-back championship run were dashed as they lost a hard-fought 4-3 series at home against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Having built their team to counter the Nuggets, the Timberwolves managed to secure their spot in the Western Conference Finals against the Mavericks. This unexpected early exit for Denver signals that changes might be on the horizon to enhance their competitiveness. Throughout the series, several Nuggets players struggled to replicate their previous season’s form. While Nikola Jokić experienced ups and downs, Jamal Murray was hampered by persistent injuries that prevented him from hitting his stride. However, the most glaring issue was the…

There were many reasons the New England Patriots finished with a 4-13 record last season. Poor quarterback play was one of the biggest. To avoid a similar problem this in 2024, New England overhauled their QB this offseason. That was headline day drafting North Carolina’s Drake Maye with the No. 3 overall pick, while the team also signed veteran Jacoby Brissett in free agency and traded Mac Jones. Still in the room from last season is Bailey Zappe, who started the final six games for New England last year. But with the new room put together, they likely were his last with…

Max Emilian Verstappen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɑks vɛrˈstɑ.pə(n)]; born 30 September 1997) is a Belgian and Dutch[3] racing driver competing in Formula One under the Dutch flag for Red Bull Racing. Verstappen has won three Formula One World Drivers’ Championship titles, which he won consecutively from 2021 to 2023 with Red Bull. Verstappen is the son of former Formula One driver Jos Verstappen, and former go-kart racer Sophie Kumpen. He had a successful run in karting and single-seater categories – including FIA European Formula 3 – breaking several records. At the 2015 Australian Grand Prix, when he was aged 17 years, 166 days, he became the youngest driver to compete in Formula One. After spending the 2015 season with Scuderia Toro Rosso, Verstappen started his 2016 campaign with the Italian team before…

Pierre Sage took over the manager job late last year and has turned Lyon’s fortunes around, going from a possible relegation to the top half of the table. Since Sage became OL’s manager, no other team in Ligue 1 has secured more victories than Les Gones’ 11 wins.15 Apr 2024 Pierre Sage is a French football coach. He is currently the head coach of French Ligue 1 club Lyon

ووفقًا لصحيفة “لو باريزيان” فإن سيدة برازيلية تبلغ 35 عاما قدمت شكوى أمام محكمة العمل في باريس ضد نيمار دا سيلفا، لعدم حصولها على راتبها. وتؤكد السيدة الفرنسية أنها كانت تعمل بشكل غير معلن في منزل نيمار بين يناير 2021 وأكتوبر 2022، وتطالب اللاعب بالحصول على 368 ألف يورو. وقالت وفقًا للتقرير الفرنسي إنها كانت تعمل 7 أيام في الأسبوع لدى نيمار، وبمعدل يصل إلى 60 ساعة أسبوعيا، بالإضافة إلى إجبارها على العمل قبل أسبوعين من ولادة طفلها. وشددت السيدة الفرنسية إلى أنها سبق أن هددت اللاعب البرازيلي بإحالة القضية إلى محكمة جنائية، خصوصا أنها لم تعد إلى عملها بعد…

When Atlanta Braves top prospect AJ Smith-Shawver was placed on the 15-day IL on Friday afternoon, Braves fans thought it would be a quick trip to the injured list. After all, the pitcher had pitched fantastically on Thursday afternoon against the Chicago Cubs and hadn’t been removed for an injury. Some fans even thought it was a phantom IL trip to get Friday’s starter, Ray Kerr, on the active roster. Unfortunately, that isn’t the case. A day after his scoreless outing in his first big league start in the 2024 season, AJ Smith-Shawver was diagnosed with a Grade 2 oblique strain. Justin Toscano of…

While Max Verstappen is under contract with Red Bull until the end of 2028, the reigning World Champion has been at the centre of driver market rumours as Mercedes has been openly courting him to try tempting him away from the Milton Keynes-based squad. Rumours suggest Verstappen has been offered a huge financial deal to leave Red Bull for Mercedes, perhaps as high as €150 million per year, with driver salaries not falling under the budget cap. But, if that figure is accurate, Verstappen still says he’s not interested in making a team switch for those reasons. “At the end…

Après avoir acquis une légitimité dans le monde amateur, le technicien est sorti de l’ombre à l’OL, qu’il a mené de la dernière place de Ligue 1 à une qualification européenne. Samedi, son équipe défie le PSG, en finale de la Coupe de France. Fin novembre 2023, Pierre Sage n’était « personne » dans le football professionnel. Du moins s’est-il présenté ainsi devant une assemblée circonspecte, le jour où il a pris en charge l’équipe fanion de l’Olympique lyonnais (OL), alors à la dérive et dernier de Ligue 1. A peine six mois plus tard, le club rhodanien défie le Paris Saint-Germain en finale de la Coupe de France, samedi…

SINCE THE DAY he was hired to run the Milwaukee Brewers at the age of 30 in 2015, David Stearns has always been young for his job. And yet he never seemed out of place as the Brewers general manager back then — or now, seven months into his tenure as the president of baseball operations of the New York Mets.22 Apr 2024