Canada forward Olivia Smith became the most expensive player in women’s soccer history at a reported one million pounds (US$1.34 million) when Arsenal signed her from Liverpool on Thursday. The new benchmark in women’s soccer would surpass the 900,000 pounds ($1.1 million) Chelsea paid when signing Naomi Girma from the San Diego Wave in January. … Read more
Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. was arrested by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on Wednesday, just days after fighting influencer-turned-boxer Jake Paul in a high-profile match in Anaheim, Calif. Chávez was arrested for overstaying his visa and lying on a green card application and will be deported to Mexico, where he … Read more
Liverpool soccer player Diogo Jota was killed in a car crash in Spain when the Lamborghini he was in veered off a road and burst into flames, police said Thursday. He was 28. The Portuguese soccer star’s 25-year-old brother, André Silva, also died in the car crash near the northwestern city of Zamora, authorities said. … Read more
Suspended Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was convicted of sexually abusing a child and handed a two-year suspended sentence Thursday. Franco was arrested last year after being accused of having a four-month relationship with a girl who was 14 at the time, and of transferring thousands of dollars to her mother to consent to … Read more