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Formula 1 heads to Barcelona for the renamed Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix this weekend and round seven of the 2026 F1 season.
Life could not be better for Kimi Antonelli right now. In Monaco, he claimed his fifth consecutive victory with a dominant lights-to-flag performance after claiming a stunning pole position. His lead in the world championship is now 66 points.
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Lewis Hamilton is now Antonelli’s closest contender after finishing second in Monte-Carlo, a fortnight after finishing second in Canada.

CAMDEN, N.J. — The Philadelphia 76ers are in good hands for the future as they lean on Tyrese Maxey and VJ Edgecombe to lead them on the floor. While Maxey is preparing to enter year No. 7 in his career and has established himself, Edgecombe is making a name for himself after a productive rookie season.
Edgecombe, the No. 3 overall pick in the 2025 NBA draft, averaged 16.0 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 4.2 assists while shooting 43.8% from the floor and 35.4% from deep. His production allowed him to be named to the All-Rookie First Team and gives him a foundation to build on for his career.

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Ghana’s government has criticized Canada’s “extremely unfair” decision to deny midfielder Thomas Partey a visa for his team’s World Cup opener while he awaits trial on rape charges, and it threatened legal action in a bid to overturn the refusal.
The 32-year-old Partey, who is scheduled to stand trial in London later this year, returned to Ghana’s base camp in Rhode Island after Canada denied his visa application to enter the country for Wednesday’s match against Panama in Toronto.

Neymar ruled out of Brazil’s World Cup opener against Morocco
Brazilian icon Neymar has been ruled out of their World Cup opener with Morocco on Saturday evening.
The 34-year-old was confirmed by manager Carlo Ancelotti to not be participating in Brazil’s biggest game in Group C against the reigning African Cup of Nations champions, with expecting him to return to training next week.
Neymar scored two goals and assisted three during Brazil’s 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign and was also not present for their final warm-up friendly match against Egypt.

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1997 Formula 1 champion Jacques Villeneuve believes George Russell’s “smoother” driving style gives him an upper hand over his Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. 
As the grid prepares for the seventh round of the 2026 season, the intra-team dynamic at Mercedes continues to be under scrutiny from fans and the media. While Russell was a clear favourite heading into the season, Antonelli has surprised many with five consecutive wins in China, Japan, Miami, Canada and Monaco.

Fiorentina revive interest in Spurs’ Dragusin and Atletico’s Ruggeri as Paratici eyes double raid
Fiorentina are reviving their pursuit of two players with Serie A pedigree currently playing abroad, with sporting director Fabio Paratici targeting both Radu Dragusin and Matteo Ruggeri as he looks to strengthen the defence this summer.
According to Gazzetta, both players are of interest to the Viola as they look to recover from an overall disappointing 25/26 campaign.

Brock Purdy may shock the NFL in 2026 after his league-best clutch year originally appeared on The Sporting News.
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Brock Purdy never reached the heights of his finest individual campaign in 2025, sitting out close to half of San Francisco’s schedule, yet the quarterback still delivered elite production in the moments that carried the most weight.

The FSU softball program has dipped into the transfer portal this offseason, and they made quite a splash. Nicole Edmiaston, the ASUN Player of the Year, committed to the Seminoles on Friday after a sensational season at Stetson.
The first baseman is coming off a career year and adds some needed power to FSU’s lineup. She hit 23 home runs last season and finished with a .900 slugging percentage to go with a .453 batting average and 70 RBI.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 08: Jannik Sinner of Italy celebrates with the winners trophy after defeating Taylor Fritz of the United States to win the Men’s Singles Final on Day Fourteen of the 2024 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 08, 2024 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)
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World No. 1 Jannik Sinner, the 2024 U.S. Open champion, is among the tennis stars considering boycotting the U.S.

Barcelona has never been shy about separating the wheat form the chaff, and right now it’s doing exactly that to Williams. James Vowles conceded ahead of the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix that the FW48’s weight problem – something the Grove squad has been managing since before the season even started – hurts significantly more at a hot, high-demand circuit than it did at Monaco or Montreal.