Saudi PIF Ends LIV Golf Funding After 2026 and Yasir Al-Rumayyan Steps Down
The Saudi sovereign fund will fund LIV Golf only through the 2026 season; the governor steps down as chairman and a new board hunts new investors.
Sports
Iran Football Federation President Turned Around at Toronto Pearson Six Weeks Before the World Cup
Mehdi Taj was issued a Canadian permit, then had it revoked at Pearson; Foreign Minister Anita Anand called it unintentional and the entire Iranian delegation flew home.
Houston Stays Alive Ninety Nine to Ninety Three Without Durant as Game Five Becomes a Payroll Arbitrage Test
Houston won Game 5 with Kevin Durant in street clothes, forcing a Game 6 and turning a marquee playoff series into a salary-versus-availability question.
The WNBA Seven Million Cap Day One Operating Test as the Twenty Twenty Six Season Opens
The new $7 million salary cap takes effect with sixteen days until tipoff and a supermax tier of $1.4 million already negotiated by three free agents.
Kenyan Runner Bedan Karoki Back on the Road After a Tendon Rupture
He won the New York City Half in fifty-nine and ten in 2018, then the Achilles took five seasons; he is back in a Kenyan training camp for the autumn marathons.
LA28 Master Agreement Is Six Months Overdue and the Council Has Asked Twice
The October 1 deadline came and went, the city is delivering Olympic services without a contract, and the security number has crossed a billion.