All Sports
Shanghai no longer wants to be just a stopover. It wants to become one of the world’s great cycling centres
From the Tour of Shanghai New City (4–6 September) to the UCI Track World Championships in October, the Chinese megalopolis is using cycling to establish itself as a global centre of the sport, amid expanding suburbs and futuristic infrastructure.
Serie A continues to grow in Italy and abroad, confirming football’s fundamental role in the country’s economy
Audiences are growing in the stands and on digital platforms, while investment is increasing. The next challenge is club infrastructure, starting with the stadiums.
FOOTBALL
Deco is a sporting director who seems to belong to another era, relying very little on Big Data and mostly trusting his intuition, yet he has managed to take Barcelona into the future
In Spain, they say he has built a team in his own image. And given what he has won in his career, that is no small thing.
Barcelona is seriously considering building an amusement park inside the Camp Nou
The company behind the project has already built a similar park on the outskirts of Madrid.
Hugh Jackman has always supported Norwich City. Now he is trying to buy a stake in the club
The Australian actor’s mother was born in Norwich and passed her love of the club on to her son, who had previously been approached about joining the club’s ownership group.
The 2026 AIC Gran Galà del Calcio was a night full of stars, as football became beauty and culture
A night destined to go down in history: at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala, Inter took home several awards, while Serie A as a whole showed the enormous impact it has had on the country.
Deportivo de La Coruña have put together an ambitious transfer window, and have everything it takes to become your next cult team
The arrivals of Aubameyang, Angeliño, Casadó and Adama Traoré have changed the make-up of the Galician side, but not the project that brought them back to La Liga.
TENNIS
The US Open can destroy anyone’s dreams, but it is also a tournament where extraordinary, beautiful stories are born
An excerpt from Francesco Longo’s Tennis Paradise, written by Francesco Longo and published by 66thand2nd.
At the US Open, some players are complaining about too many influencers and content creators
Coco Gauff and Adrian Mannarino have complained about distractions and excessive noise during matches.
The United States are producing top-quality tennis players again, even if the Slam champion is still missing
After years of struggle, the turnaround is the result of a new tournament structure and the growth of the NCAA circuit, which has also opened up to foreign players.
Mark Philippoussis in Hong Kong: the serve, the slower game and Alex de Minaur’s next step
The former Australian champion took part in an event organised by Isola Capital, where he reflected on his tennis, past, present and future.
US Open players, especially Americans, have a major problem: family and friends asking for tickets
The requests can be quite persistent, and sometimes even inappropriate.
FORMULA UNO
During Italian GP week, Charles Leclerc and Chivas Regal celebrate excellence and the spirit of competition
At Villa Trivulzio, in the heart of Brianza, the brand launched its first blend co-created with Charles Leclerc, who also faced a chess grandmaster.
The new Madrid Formula One circuit, the Madring, is proving popular with drivers, less so with local residents
Those who have driven it say the track is great fun, but residents have reported a fair number of problems, starting with the enormous noise generated by the cars.
Verstappen’s new contract with Red Bull is the richest in Formula 1 history, and that is excellent news for the entire paddock
It also averts an unacceptable scenario for the Grand Prix: the premature departure of one of the greatest drivers of all time.
We have never seen a 19-year-old driver as mature as Kimi Antonelli
The way he won at Spa showed why the championship leader will be the man to beat. He has the talent and the speed, but he also manages races like a veteran.
ALL SPORTS
International basketball has become a passport market with, in effect, no rules
North Macedonia is a case in point, having recruited seven American players in the past year alone.
In Hong Kong, sport is played vertically
What happens when a metropolis can no longer expand and starts building upwards? Pickleball, padel, basketball and many other sports are finding space on rooftops.
The owner of Olympique Marseille has invested $300 million in a new show-jumping league
The project aims to bring together the world’s best horses and riders, taking inspiration from Formula One’s business model.
The new world of women’s rugby is taking shape in Hong Kong
This September, Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Youth Sports Ground hosts the WXV Global Series Challenger, with Hong Kong China, Brazil, Fiji, the Netherlands, Samoa and Spain competing in a tournament that provides meaningful international competition, supports team development and forms part of the wider WXV Global Series on the road to the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2029.
LIFESTYLE
Venezia’s new Away shirt brings together past and future, football and contemporary identity
Launched alongside the new Home goalkeeper kit, the shirt reinterprets the architectural symbol of the lagoon city.
Lens unveil their new third kit at the wedding of two supporters
The newlyweds abandoned their traditional wedding clothes to pose in the Sang et Or club’s new playing kit.
The Como Cup showed that Como are a modern club off the pitch, too
Como have long since moved beyond the traditional idea of a football club. Their ties to the world of luxury have become central to this evolution, reinforced by strategic partnerships such as the one with Collecto.