The Sixers haven’t won the Ring since 1983. By choosing the 76ers, the champion has combined two obsessions: his sixth NBA title and bringing victory back to a city that has waited far too long

The Azzurri di Santa Croce player has won the European Silver medal in the middleweight division. Still unbeaten at the age of 29, he is one of Italy’s finest boxers and has become a leading figure in his city’s historic football scene: “You don’t do it for the money – there isn’t any – but for the neighbourhood.”

Geneva’s toughest challenge is against herself: she never lets herself off the hook: “I compete against myself and if I don’t do what I want, I torment myself. It’s unthinkable not to be at the top; I have to at least come close to my own standards – I berate myself.”

The professional rift between the Russian champion and her fitness coach, Éteri Tutberidze, has sparked outrage. Be careful not to fall into the trap of viewing athletes who move on as ‘ungrateful children’

The ideal candidate for our national team would be Pep Guardiola. However, in light of Maldini’s comments – “we’re waiting for the person we really want” – if the Spanish manager were to turn down the offer, it would then be Pirlo who takes the helm of the Azzurri

With night-time doping tests on Pogacar and Vingegaard, fear is back. Even when the system works, a single shadow is enough to drag cycling back to its darkest years

It’s not just about technique and methodology. It ranges from ‘patios escolares’ to the widespread training of coaches

Tadej Pogačar won at the summit of Alpe d’Huez and is now the rider to have taken the shortest time to climb the 13,800 metres of tarmac with an average gradient of 8.1 per cent leading up to the Alpe: thirty-five minutes and twenty-seven seconds, one minute and thirteen seconds faster than Marco Pantani’s time in 1995

Paolo Maldini and Leonardo approached Carlo Ancelotti and went to court Pep Guardiola. They’ve set their sights on the very best. They could turn to Andrea Pirlo for a project aimed at restoring the national team to its former glory within 8 to 10 years