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Sep 23, 2026 - Sports

Skipper Aaron Boone’s contract ends after the 2027 season, and the New York Yankees have not won a World Series since he took over. They have not won one since 2009, long before Boone joined. Captain Aaron Judge actively spoke about “unfinished business” but has himself landed on the IL. The playoffs are less than […] The post “Job is on the Line”: Yankees’ Manager Told to Make ‘Ruthless’ Decisions as Playoffs Loom appeared first on EssentiallySports.

Sep 23, 2026 - Sports

Arsenal match was interrupted during the second halfBreak understood to be have been unintendedDisney+ has been criticised by viewers after an advert break interrupted the second half of Tuesday’s live television coverage of Arsenal’s opening Women’s Champions League fixture.Fans were unable to see the action for about three minutes, with some 15 minutes remaining, during Arsenal’s 1-0 victory over the Danish side HB Køge. Continue reading...

Sep 23, 2026 - Sports

Club coach also allegedly grabbed female official’s handReferees’ union criticises MLS’s two-match banMajor League Soccer club Columbus Crew have sacked their reserve team coach after he allegedly grabbed a female referee’s hand and told her “don’t forget this is a man’s game”. Federico Higuaín was sent off for the incident, which occurred during a MLS Next Pro league match, and was later given a two-match ban.Columbus Crew’s general manager, Issa Tall, said in a statement: “We determined it’s in the best interest of our club, players and support staff to dismiss Federico Higuaín from his responsibilities. After conversations this week and further assessing the past month, our club’s standards of what’s expected from a leader for one of our teams have not been met.” Continue reading...

Sep 23, 2026 - Sports

Heimir Hallgrímsson accused of ‘stupidity’ by Israel’s FAMicheál Martin says IFA’s response is ‘unacceptable’Ireland’s prime minister, Micheál Martin, backed his country’s football manager, Heimir Hallgrímsson, after Israel’s football federation accused Hallgrimsson of “stupidity, ignorance and hypocrisy” over comments about the war in Gaza.“I think those are unacceptable remarks; they should be withdrawn,” Martin told reporters in New York, where he is attending the UN general assembly. “Israel can’t keep denying what the world knows, and what the world understands.” Continue reading...

Sep 23, 2026 - Sports

On 23 September 1926, two of the best heavyweights in American history met in front of 120,000 fans in Philadelphia. The fight drew in a nationThe two fights between Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney rank with boxing’s most-storied championship bouts and are among the greatest sports spectacles ever seen in America. Wednesday marks the one hundredth anniversary of their first encounter.Dempsey bridged boxing’s old and modern eras and was one of the most charismatic fighters in history. When Dempsey was young, biographer Randy Roberts recounts, “he lived in mining camps and hobo jungles, rode the rods, and more than once begged for food. What separated him was his willingness, even eagerness, to work. He accepted any type of employment from washing dishes, cutting lawns, and scrubbing floors to the harder work of coal-mining, digging ditches, and picking fruit.” Continue reading...