Saturday, 13 June 2026
TR LH2 RACING PROTOTYPE LE MANS DEBUT
As the first-ever liquid hydrogen-fuelled race car at Le Mans, the TR LH2 Racing Prototype has made its debut laps around the La Sarthe.
With its hydrogen combustion engine, fans could enjoy the raw sound and sensation around the track! 🤩
#TOYOTARACING #WEC FIA WEC
2027 FIA WEC CALENDER
2027 FIA WEC calendar locked in! 📅
The FIA World Endurance Championship to nine rounds for 2027, featuring world-class circuits across five regions, including the return of Silverstone for the first time since 2018 🌍
#FIA #WEC
BARCELONA FC LEGENDS RONALDINHO GAUCHO, RIVALDO AND CARLES PUYOL REUNITED FOR THE 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP IN THE USA 🇺🇸
#brazil #brasil #Ronaldinho #FIFAWorldCup #barcelona #Puyol #Rivaldo
FIFA STUCK WITH 180,000 UNSOLD TICKETS
Just days into the Club World Cup, attention is shifting from the action on the pitch to concerns about attendance.
According to reports, roughly 180,000 tickets remain available across upcoming matches, despite FIFA’s efforts to promote the tournament as a major global event. The situation has fueled debate among football fans as the organization looks to build momentum for the competition’s new format.
WHAT TIME IS TOMMY FURY FIGHTING TONIGHT? START TIME AND UNDERCARD FOR TOMMY FURRY VS. EDDIE HALL
Tommy Fury vs Eddie Hall will complete a packed night of influencer boxing
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| Tommy Fury and Eddie Hall are set to go toe to toe(Image: Patrick Khachfe, Getty Images) |
Tommy Fury vs Eddie Hall start time tonight
Fury vs Hall: The Misfits Boxing "Beauty vs The Beast" crossover event is being held at the AO Arena in Manchester on Saturday, June 13. The undercard is scheduled to get under way just after 6pm.
Ringwalks: The main event between Fury and Hall will take place later in the night. The fighters are anticipated to make their ringwalks at approximately 10.30pm.
UK TV channel: The full fight card will be shown live in the UK exclusively on DAZN PPV. Coverage begins at 6pm.
Live stream: Fans can buy the standalone pay-per-view event for a one-off payment of £14.99, or opt for the Ultimate subscription package at £19.99 per month.
Undercard highlights: The event boasts a packed crossover undercard, headlined by a light heavyweight title contest between Anthony Taylor and Matty Floyd. Further standout bouts include Swarmz taking on BDave, Big Stacks facing Armz and a heavyweight encounter between Jordan McCann and the Ibiza Final Boss.
Full undercard: Anthony Taylor vs Matt 'The Jedi' Floyd, Swarmz vs B Dave, Big Stacks vs Armz, Ibiza Final Boss vs Jordan McCann, Jade Jones vs FederiKita, Adam Brooks vs Rahim Pardesi, Lil Bellsy vs The CrAsian, Sheena Bathory vs Tina Snows, Khallas Karim vs Luke Nevin.
Background: Fury goes into this contest aiming to cement his position in the influencer boxing world following his previous triumph over Kenan Hanjalic. Meanwhile, former World's Strongest Man Hall makes his return to the squared circle for the first time since facing Hafthor Bjornsson in 2022.
Records: Fury carries an unblemished boxing record of 11-0-0 into this unusual heavyweight encounter. He confronts a considerable weight and physical size disadvantage against Hall, who defeated Bjornsson in his sole previous fight.
- Mark Whiley
USA MAKES HISTORY IN WORLD CUP WIN VS. PARAGUAY
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| LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 12: Folarin Balogun #20 of the United States celebrates scoring his team's third goal during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group D match between USA and Paraguay at Los Angeles Stadium on June 12, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images) |
The U.S. national team reached multiple milestones in a historic 4-1 victory over Paraguay in the World Cup on Friday night at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.
For the first time ever, the U.S. built a 3–0 first half lead in a World Cup, and the U.S. won its highest-scoring World Cup match ever. Folarin Balogun scored two goals for the U.S. and became the first multi-goal scorer in a U.S. game at the World Cup since Pert Patenaude. The former U.S. standout had a hat trick in 1930. Ironically, the U.S. also beat Paraguay in that match.
Even Weston McKennie’s opening goal for the U.S. had historic overtones. He had the third-earliest goal in an opening match by a host team in World Cup history, according to Opta. France did it in 35 seconds in the 1938 World Cup, and Germany did it in 5:08 in 2006.
With Friday’s win, the U.S. also produced its biggest output ever with four goals, and the U.S. scored three goals in a game for the first time since 2002. For the U.S., it also marked the first World Cup game on home soil since a 1-0 loss to Brazil in 1994 at Stanford, California, which also marked the last time the U.S. hosted the worldwide soccer event.
USA Came Out Strong Against Paraguay
Paraguay threatened first in the Group D match with a strong attack in the first three minutes, but U.S. goalkeeper Matt Freese made the stop in the first save of the match. The U.S. then attacked with Tim Weah’s shot, but the game stayed 0–0 with Paraguay keeper Orlando Gill’s save.
McKennie struck first for the U.S. just seven minutes into the match as he took the feed from Christian Pulisic, an AC Milan star. McKennie kept control against Paraguay defender Damian Bobadilla to punch in the goal.
As the U.S. controlled possession throughout the first half, opportunity arrived again when McKennie nearly scored his second goal in the 29th minute. Officials nixed it due to an offsides call, but the U.S. bounced back two minutes later as Folarin Balogun scored off of Pulisic’s pass. It marked Balogun’s 10th goal for the U.S. in international competition.
Despite that many goals, Friday marked Balogun’s World Cup debut with the U.S. The New York native opted for the U.S. in 2023 after time in the English soccer system.
Chris Richards tried to make it 3-0 for the U.S., but he hit it wide with his shot at the 37th minute. Balogun then made it 3-0 with his second goal, just 12 minutes later.
The U.S. held the 3-0 lead through most of the second half, dominating possession, but Paraguay got on the board at the 73rd minute as Mauricio put a shot past Freese. Julio Enciso set it up for Paraguay with the assist.
Gio Reyna then made it 4–1 for the U.S. after the 90-minute mark. The U.S. walked away with an opening win in front of 70,492, and it paled in comparison to the last World Cup appearance in Qatar for 2022. That year, the U.S. only scored three goals for the entire competition.
USA Still Has Paraguay’s Number
The U.S. won a fourth consecutive match against Paraguay on Friday, and the U.S. improved to 5-2-2 all-time against the country in the process. That includes the nation’s only other World Cup meeting in 1930 when the U.S. won 3-0 behind Patenaude’s hat trick.
The U.S. will take on Australia next in Group D play on June 19 at Lumen Field in Seattle. Australia opens Group Day play on Saturday against Turkey in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Another win helps the U.S. solidify chances to advance to the knockout rounds, which the U.S. has done in three of the past four World Cups. During the last World Cup in the U.S. in 1994, the U.S. made it to the Round of 16 and bowed out against Brazil. The U.S. went 4-1-1 that year.
- Matthew Davis
Friday, 12 June 2026
DAVID COULTHARD DEFENDS KIM KARDASHIAN AFTER MARTIN BRUNDLE MONACO GP GRID WALK BACKLASH
David Coulthard has defended Kim Kardashian after criticism over her Monaco Grand Prix appearance
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| Kim Kardashian on the grid. Photo by: Guido De Bortoli / LAT Images via Getty Images |
Former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard has weighed in on the comments surrounding Kim Kardashian's appearance at the Monaco Grand Prix, defending the reality television star after she didn't speak to Martin Brundle.
Kardashian became a big talking point of the Monaco Grand Prix weekend after she turned down an interview with Brundle during his famous Sky Sports F1 grid walk and was later seen picking up race winner Kimi Antonelli's towel after the race.
The incident led to widespread online criticism, but Coulthard believes the online hate was unwarranted.
Speaking on the Up To Speed podcast, the 13-time grand prix winner revealed that Kardashian had been very polite to him during his own broadcasting duties on the grid.
"Well, I'll go first as the least following of any of that social thing. I do a grid walk with Viaplay, which is I guess like Sky but more in the northern European countries, and she spoke to me," he said.
"So it feels a little bit like it's a set-up because Martin is as famous for people not talking to him as he is for people talking to him. So it actually helps perpetuate that. Taking a towel, that's maybe a bit not correct but does she actually understand that that's for the driver? She might have just thought it was a Monaco freebie."
When pressed on what he spoke to Kardashian about, Coulthard explained: "I said, 'Having a nice time in Monaco? To which she said, 'yes.' I wasn't going to ask, 'Who are you supporting?' because that would be quite clear. It would be funny if she said Kimi."
Coulthard added that the championship could be a new interest for Kardashian, so it would be unfair to assume she knows the ins and outs of the series.
"I think also what we've seen when you've got big American celebrities coming into the sport, I think the worst thing you can do is put them on the spot," he continued.
"Obviously, it would be easy for her to say she was supporting Lewis, but why would we assume just because we're embedded in Formula 1 that this is anything other than just a new interest?"
- Lydia Mee
THIERRY HENRY WAY 🇺🇸
Thierry Henry has a street named after him in New York 🗽
The temporary tribute has been installed in the heart of Manhattan for the World Cup to honour the former France striker, who has previously played and managed in the MLS 🛣️🇺🇸
OVER 80% OF SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS TARGETED BY HACKERS IN THE LAST YEAR
Over 80% of professional sports organizations were targeted by cyber-attacks during the last year and over half of them were hit more than once, researchers have warned.
In a report published on June 11, the day the FIFA World Cup 2026 kicked off, figures from Darktrace revealed that 84% of sports organizations – including teams, venues and event bodies – were targeted by cyber-attacks during the last year.
And for most of them, facing a cyber-attack was not a one-off event: 57% experienced multiple cyder incidents in the 12-month period.
Sports teams and organizations make a tempting target for cybercriminals and other threat actors for a number of reasons. Sports fixtures, especially international events, are highly publicized, meaning that the attackers know exactly when they are happening.
That means that if attackers had the goal of causing maximum disruption, be it via crippling infrastructure with a ransomware attack or disrupting online services with a DDoS attack, they know when to strike.
The importance of keeping operations active is not lost on cybersecurity leaders in the sports industry: a third said that the most important task for cybersecurity teams is to help stadium operations maintain critical functions during live sporting events.
This is crucial, because if a cyber event meant that stadium operations were disrupted, fans may not be able to get through the gates, or the game might not be able to be played, creating multiple issues for the fans, teams, sporting bodies and sponsors.
“Professional sport is a high-pressure environment where timing matters,” said Nathaniel Jones, VP of security and AI strategy at Darktrace.
“A suspicious login, unusual data movement or unexpected AI agent action may look small in isolation, but during a live event it can become operationally significant very quickly.”
Cyber-Attacks Target Fan Data
A further reason why sports organizations are a major target for cyber-attacks is the data they handle. Like any large organization, sports bodies collect and handle information about customers: the fans.
This includes sensitive information like credit card details and personal information, all of which are major targets for cybercriminals, either to steal and use directly themselves or sell to others on underground forums. Either way, if this information is stolen, it puts the fans at risk of theft, fraud and more.
In addition to this, sports organizations carry vast amounts of information about the teams and athletes themselves. This could range from personal data about the athletes to information about contracts and sponsorship deals, or even confidential data around how the organization works, commercial partnerships and relationships with third-party suppliers.
Targeting the Supply Chain
Indeed, it is the supply chain around these third-party suppliers which are commonly targeted by threat actors who view them as weak point to be exploited.
Ticketing providers, broadcasters, cloud services and stadium technology software suppliers are all potential targets for attackers, who could leverage the trusted relationship with the sports organization to help conduct an attack.
Social engineering is a key attack technique deployed against sports organizations. According to Darktrace, sports organizations received 19% more phishing emails than those in other sectors.
Analysis of 116,000 phishing emails which targeted sports organizations found that 21% directly targeted executives and other VIPs, while 37% involved ‘novel’ social engineering techniques which leveraged AI-powered assistance. Meanwhile, 84% of phishing emails detected successfully bypassed DMARC authentication, highlighting the challenge that organizations face.
As sporting organizations face increasing pressures from cyber threats, the report concluded that they must take action to ensure that they don’t become a high-profile victim of cyber-crime: especially at the key moment when the eyes of the world are watching.
“The most effective way to mitigate the risks facing sports organizations both internally and from external actors today is to adapt a behavioral approach to security. That means shifting away from rules and signatures and focusing on understanding both human and AI behavior inside your environment,” said Jones.
- Danny Palmer
MOST LE MANS 24 HOUR STARTS | BY AN INDIVIDUAL DRIVER
Circuit de la Sarthe legend Henri Pescarolo started in an incredible 33 Le Mans 24 Hours - 30 of those being consecutively between 1970 and 1999 😲
The Frenchman won Le Mans four times outright in 1972-4 and 1984, with a further two class wins in 1976. and 1992.
Pescarolo also started 57 F1 world championship grands prix between 1968 and 1976.
#LeMans24 #MotorSport
BREAKING NEWS: PIERRE GASLY REINSTATED TO P3 FOR MONACO
BREAKING: Pierre Gasly has been reinstated into P3 for the Monaco Grand Prix
The Stewards have rescinded the two five-second penalties imposed on Pierre Gasly during the race for speeding in the pit lane.
- F1
EFL MOURNS KENNY JACKETT | DEAD AT AGE 64
The EFL is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Kenny Jackett, who has died at the age of 64.
Kenny managed over 750 games in the EFL, achieving promotions at the helm of Wolves, Millwall and Swansea.
Our thoughts and condolences go out to Kenny’s family and friends at this difficult time.
#EFL
SOUTH KOREA RALLY TO BEAT CZECHIA 2-1 ON WORLD CUP OPENING DAY
Second-half goals by Oh Hyeon-gyu and Hwang In-beom steered South Korea to a come-from-behind win over Czechia in a Group A encounter.
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| Goals from Oh Hyeon-gyu, left, and Hwang In-beom guided South Korea to a 2-1 comeback win over Czechia in the second match of the World Cup 2026 opening day [Matias Delacroix/AP |
Hwang In-beom scored a goal and set up another as South Korea rallied to defeat Czechia 2-1 in the second match of the FIFA World Cup 2026 on Thursday night in Zapopan, Mexico.
After a lacklustre first half in which both teams were jeered as they left the field, Czechia took the lead in the 59th minute on a header by captain Ladislav Krejci after a long throw-in into the penalty area.
Second-half goals by Oh Hyeon-gyu and Hwang In-beom steered South Korea to a come-from-behind win over Czechia in a Group A encounter.
South Korea equalised in the 67th minute, when Hwang scored after faking a shot with a nifty move to clear two Czech players. He then made the cross from the right flank for Oh Hyeon-gyu’s decisive strike in the 80th minute in a match played in front of hundreds of empty seats at Guadalajara Stadium.
Led by star forward Son Heung-min, South Korea controlled possession and outshot the Czechs, who were making their first World Cup appearance since 2006.
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| Oh Hyeon-gyu scored a goal in the 80th minute to seal a late comeback victory for South Korea [Daniel Becerril/Reuters] |
The South Koreans, ranked 25th by FIFA, had most of the significant scoring chances against the 38th-ranked Czechs but failed to capitalise early.
The announced attendance was 44,985 at the 45,664-capacity Guadalajara Stadium. Sections in the middle of the stands had many unoccupied seats, and other empty seats were scattered across the stadium.
Earlier on Thursday, Mexico ignited their World Cup party with a dominant 2-0 victory over nine-man South Africa, as the biggest edition of the global footballing showpiece kicked off at the iconic Estadio Azteca.
With three points each, Mexico sit on top of Group A, with South Korea second on goal difference. Czechia are third, and South Africa sit at the bottom. In the next round of Group A matches on June 18, Mexico face South Korea in Zapopan, while Czechia play South Africa in Atlanta.
The top two teams from each of the 12 groups, along with the eight best third-placed teams, proceed to the knockouts, which begin with the round of 32.
- Al Jazeera Staff and The Associated Press
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