The Winter Olympics will be back in Italy for the first time since Torino 2006
Ng On-yee makes highest-ever break by a professional women's snooker player (137)
Ng On-yee made a record-breaking 137 break against Liam Highfield in the English Open on Thursday, 33 years after Allison Fisher’s 133 against Joe Swail in the 1992 Dubai Classic qualifiers. The Hongkonger took her time as she made history to draw the match level at 1–1.
Algerian Olympic champion Imane Khelif is appealing World Boxing’s ban on her competing unless she undergoes “genetic sex” testing [archived link]. Give ’em hell, Imane!
VFX artist Wren Weichman aka SirWrender put a special camera inside a clear bowling ball and threw it down an alley to show its journey from throw to pins and back into the ball return.
If seeing Roger Federer at Wimbledon this week has made you miss him on grass, here’s an hour of some of his best shots on the surface at Halle and Stuttgart.
Christian Horner has been sacked by Red Bull after 20 years as principal at F1 team. Bye, bye!
Michael Johnson's gold shoes from Atlanta 1996
Gotta gold fast!
In the EA Sports FC 24 multiverse, England won Euro 2024
Football can’t come home if it never leaves.
Here’s a Wikipedia article about “sleep in the NBA“. It feels more like a blog post but it’s cool to have the info. (h/t @juniedreamcast.bsky.social)
Lyon just got relegated to Ligue 2 due to financial problems. The owner and club officials met with the DNGC to try and sort things out (they were provisionally relegated in November 2024) but couldn’t come to an agreement. The seven-time Ligue 1 champions will now play in the second division for the first time since the 1988/89 season.