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• F1 2025: How many penalty points does each F1 driver have heading into the new season?

Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images Max Verstappen begins 2025 as the reigning Drivers’ Champion, but also the driver most at risk for a penalty ban The 2025 Formula 1 season is just a few weeks away. At the end of February all ten teams will be back in action at Bahrain International Circuit for pre-season testing, with the season-opening Australian Grand Prix slated for Marc...2025
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• Max Verstappen will not change his driving style despite facing one-race F1 penalty ban

Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images Red Bull driver Max Verstappen faces a one-race penalty ban, but will not change his driving style Max Verstappen enters the 2025 Formula 1 season hoping to defend his fourth consecutive Drivers’ Championship. He also faces a potential one-race penalty. Verstappen was docked two penalty points on his Super License for an opening-lap incident with Oscar Pi...2025
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• Tommy Fleetwood’s Ryder Cup comments make us believe Europe will win at Bethpage

Tommy Fleetwood celebrates with the Ryder Cup in Rome. | Photo by Elianto/Getty Images A big talking point at this week’s Hero Dubai Desert Classic is the Ryder Cup, which has us believing the underdog Europeans will win again. I believe the Europeans will win at Bethpage, even though they are currently underdogs at +155, according to FanDuel. Here is a long-winded reason as to why I feel ...2025
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• TGL: Tiger Woods set for debut in Match 2 against Collin Morikawa, Los Angeles Golf Club

Tiger Woods looks on during TGL’s opening match. | Photo by Brennan Asplen/Getty Images Tiger Woods will make his highly-anticipated TGL debut against Collin Morikawa and the Los Angeles Golf Club. After a successful launch on Jan. 7, which received tremendous acclaim from golf fans, TGL returns on Tuesday with the biggest name in the game. Tiger Woods, one of the co-founders, will lead h...2025
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• IN PICS: Deion Sanders’ Daughter Deiondra Shows Off Snippets From Exciting Abu Dhabi Trip
Deion Sanders' daughter Deiondra is following in the footsteps of her father as she enjoys an adrenaline-inducing amusement park ride....2025
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• Justin Rose hails ‘relentless’ GB and Ireland side after Team Cup success
Justin Rose hailed his “relentless” Great Britain and Ireland side after they beat Continental Europe 17-8 to win the Team Cup in Abu Dhabi. Rose’s team had won the first two sessions 3.5-1.5 and Saturday afternoon’s foursomes 4-1 to lead 11-4 going into Sunday’s singles, with just a further two required for victory. Matthieu Pavon, whose perfect record partnering fellow Frenchman Romain Langasque...2025
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• F1 2025: How many penalty points does each F1 driver have heading into the new season?
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• TGL: Tiger Woods set for debut in Match 2 against Collin Morikawa, Los Angeles Golf Club
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• What Freaked Swiatek Out Most About Doping Ordeal?
The Pole says that she was extremely worried about how her peers would perceive her when she returned to the locker room. By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Friday January 10, 2025 Integrity matters to Iga Swiatek. So much so that she was in a really dark place during the time that her provisional suspension was handed down to her for having a small trace of the banned substance trimetazidine in h...2025
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• 9 bold predictions for the 2025 F1 season

Photo by Zak Mauger/LAT Images As 2025 begins, let’s make some bold predictions for the upcoming F1 season With a new year come new opportunities. In the Formula 1 world, that means some new faces in new places and hopes for better performance in the season ahead. For those who cover the sport, a new year and a new season mean more chances to get some predictions wrong. But we forge on, a...2025
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• 10 storylines we are excited about as the 2025 F1 season approaches

Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images With a new year comes a new F1 season. Here are ten storylines we are excited for as a new year begins Happy New Year Formula 1 fans! And with the calendar turning to 2025 we can officially say this: A new F1 season is almost upon us. 2024 delivered one of the more fascinating F1 seasons in recent memory, with multiple Grand Prix winners, a Drivers’ Champi...2025
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• Juan Soto’s contract surpasses LeBron and Tom Brady’s combined career earnings, and 6 other wild facts

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Juan Soto’s massive new contract with the Mets, in perspective. Sunday night the news the baseball world was waiting for finally broke. Juan Soto had agreed to a market-shattering ten-year deal with the New York Mets, for $765 million. While the top-line number exceeds what the Los Angeles Dodgers signed Shohei Ohtani for last year (Ohtani’s contract hit t...2024
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• Ferrari nearly pulls off ‘mission impossible’ at F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Photo by ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP via Getty Images McLaren clinched the F1 Constructors’ Championship at Abu Dhabi, but Ferrari made them earn it When the final race week of the 2024 Formula 1 season began, Ferrari faced what Carlos Sainz Jr. called “mission impossible” in their chase of McLaren, and the Constructors’ Championship. With McLaren holding a 21-point lead in that fight — and Lando ...2024
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• Logan Sargeant benched by Williams for remainder of F1 season

Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images Williams Team Principal James Vowles has seen enough Logan Sargeant’s time in Formula 1 seems to have come to an end. The American driver scored a single point in his first F1 season and was retained by Williams Team Principal James Vowles for the 2024 season. This decision came as somewhat of a surprise, given Sargeant’s struggles a year ago and Williams’...2024
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• Max Verstappen hints at the end of his F1 career

Photo by Alessandro Martellotta/Morgese/NurPhoto via Getty Images Ahead of the Dutch Grand Prix Max Verstappen talked about the potential end of his F1 career Max Verstappen has accomplished almost everything there is to achieve in Formula 1. He has won three straight Drivers’ Championships and, while he faces a challenge this year, is en route to his fourth. He has led Red Bull to two Con...2024
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• Juan Soto’s contract surpasses LeBron and Tom Brady’s combined career earnings, and 6 other wild facts
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• Kurt Busch eyes racing in Abu Dhabi after test
Fresh off a successful Formula 3000 test at Abu Dhabi, Kurt Busch may actually race at the Middle East circuit in December.In an exclusive interview with FOXSports.com Friday morning at Sonoma Raceway, Busch said he may enter a sports car endurance race at Abu Dhabi after the current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season wraps up "I wanted to get track time, in case I went back and was limited on my tim...2016
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"The former UFC interim Lightweight Champion suffered his eighth loss in a row via submission against Michael Chiesa at UFC Abu Dhabi last August."

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"With Lewis Hamilton joining Ferrari for 2025, Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix marks the end of his time at Mercedes and F1's most successful partnership."

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"Christian Pulisic became the first American player to lift the tournament trophy as Chelsea defeated Brazilian side Palmeiras 2-1 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on Saturday afternoon."

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"Max Verstappen has been confirmed as Formula One world champion after the FIA stewards rejected a Mercedes protest over the result of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix."

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"The Formula One set to race in Austria this weekend looks quite different to the F1 which left the Abu Dhabi GP last December."

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"He has already joined the team at their preseason training camp in Abu Dhabi."

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"2018 Abu Dhabi Championship: Rory McIlroy's bogey-free day highlights Round 1"

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"F1 set to unveil new logo in Abu Dhabi"

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"Kurt Busch has 'amazing experience' testing F1 car in Abu Dhabi"

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"In fact, Busch said as part of the Monster deal, he could end up doing a sports car race in Abu Dhabi in the NASCAR off-season."

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"com Lewis Hamilton didn’t need to be perfect in Sunday’s Formula One race in Abu Dhabi to be crowned World Champion, but he pretty much was."

• Tommy Fleetwood’s Ryder Cup comments make us believe Europe will win at Bethpage
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• Alpine F1 confirms Franco Colapinto as a reserve driver for 2025 on ‘multi-year’ deal

Photo by Joe Portlock/Getty Images After a strong debut for Williams, Franco Colapinto has joined Alpine as a reserve driver starting this season The driver transfer market in Formula 1 never slows down. After days of speculation, Alpine announced on Thursday that supersub Franco Colapinto will join the team as a reserve driver for the 2025 season. Colapinto earned a mid-season promotion t...2025
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• 9 bold predictions for the 2025 F1 season
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• Juan Soto’s contract surpasses LeBron and Tom Brady’s combined career earnings, and 6 other wild facts
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• Max Verstappen hints at the end of his F1 career
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• NBA’s easiest and hardest schedules, key dates, and more for 2024-2025 season

Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images Here are our biggest takeaways from the 2024-2025 NBA schedule release. The dog days of the NBA offseason are officially here, but there’s a light shining at the end of the proverbial tunnel. The 2024-2025 NBA schedule was released on Thursday afternoon for all 30 teams. The NBA will be back before you know it, and the WNBA has basketball ...2024
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• TKO CFO Andrew Schleimer Says Site Fees Are Key Growth Area For The Company
TKO is going after site fees. During the TKO financials call on February 27, TKO CFO Andrew Schleimer confirmed that there was a site fee associated with Australia hosting WWE Elimination Chamber, and said site fees are a "key growth area" with UFC and WWE. From 10K Filing: We believe TKO is well-positioned to benefit from secular tailwinds in both sports, media and entertainment. Live sports ...2024
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• 9 things we learned during the 2023 F1 season

Photo by Qian Jun/MB Media/Getty Images From Max Verstappen’s dominance, to a Williams resurgence, here are the lessons from the 2023 F1 season The 2023 Formula 1 season is in the books. The final 58 laps of the year, in Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, settled all outstanding business for the 2023 campaign. We saw the battle for P2 in the Constructors’ Championship between Mercedes and Ferr...2023
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• Toto Wolff and Mercedes promise brighter days are ahead

Photo by Edmund So/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images After a vice-championship season, Lewis Hamilton and company are promising bigger things in 2024 It came down to the final lap of the 2023 Formula 1 season — and a post-race penalty on top of that — but in the end, Mercedes was able to edge out Ferrari for second in the tightly-contested battle for P2 in the Constructors’ Championship. T...2023
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• F1 2025: How many penalty points does each F1 driver have heading into the new season?
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• Tommy Fleetwood’s Ryder Cup comments make us believe Europe will win at Bethpage
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• Justin Rose hails ‘relentless’ GB and Ireland side after Team Cup success
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• What Freaked Swiatek Out Most About Doping Ordeal?
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• Alpine F1 confirms Franco Colapinto as a reserve driver for 2025 on ‘multi-year’ deal
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• Williams F1 to unveil 2025 challenger on Valentine’s Day

Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images Alexander Albon and Carlos Sainz Jr. will see the FW47 four days before the special F1 launch event in London You know a new Formula 1 season is right around the corner when the teams start teasing launch dates for their new challengers. The latest team to announce a launch date? Williams. The F1 team announced on Thursday that they will unveil the FW47 at ...2025
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• Ferrari nearly pulls off ‘mission impossible’ at F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
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• TGL: Tiger Woods set for debut in Match 2 against Collin Morikawa, Los Angeles Golf Club
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• IN PICS: Deion Sanders’ Daughter Deiondra Shows Off Snippets From Exciting Abu Dhabi Trip
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• What Freaked Swiatek Out Most About Doping Ordeal?
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• Alpine F1 confirms Franco Colapinto as a reserve driver for 2025 on ‘multi-year’ deal
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• Juan Soto’s contract surpasses LeBron and Tom Brady’s combined career earnings, and 6 other wild facts
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• Ferrari nearly pulls off ‘mission impossible’ at F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
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• Power Slap 9 Results: Da Crazy Hawaiian vs. Dumpling

Get slapped, get knocked out! Power Slap 9 Results Power Slap 9 is live from Abu Dhabi ahead of UFC 308. The main event consists of a highly anticipated Super Heavyweight Championship matchup between Da Crazy Hawaiian and Dumpling. Plus, Paige VanZant returns to take on Chelsea Dodson, the wife of legendary MMA fighter John […] The post Power Slap 9 Results: Da Crazy Hawaiian vs. Dumpling ap...2024
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• Christian Pulisic, Chelsea win FIFA Club World Cup
Chelsea continued Europe’s dominance at the FIFA Club World Cup on Saturday, claiming a first-ever trophy at the annual competition. Christian Pulisic became the first American player to lift the tournament trophy as Chelsea defeated Brazilian side Palmeiras 2-1 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on Saturday afternoon. It was the ninth-consecutive time that a ... Read more...2022
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• Verstappen confirmed champion as Mercedes protest dismissed

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• Mercedes protest Verstappen win in Abu Dhabi GP

There was immediate controversy in Formula One's title decider as Max Verstappen seemed to be denied the lead of the race by a stewards' decision....2021
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• Kurt Busch: No plans to try Indy 500/Coca-Cola 600 double again
Kurt Busch has no plans to try the Indy 500/Coke 600 double again anytime soon. Jared C. Tilton/Stewart-Haas Racing via Getty ImagesLast year, Kurt Busch completed one of the most impressive feats in recent auto racing history when he finished sixth in the Indianapolis 500. Not only was it Busch's first Indy 500, it was his first open-wheel race of any kind and he won Rookie of the Year honors af...2015
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• Kurt Busch has 'amazing experience' testing F1 car in Abu Dhabi
Kurt Busch got behind the wheel of a Formula One car and it seems like he had a good time....2016
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• Kurt Busch eyes racing in Abu Dhabi after test
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After a Formula 3000 test in Abu Dhabi, Kurt Busch could make racing at the Middle East circuit a reality....2016
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• Hamilton's long, sometimes uncomfortable farewell to Mercedes
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• F1 2025: How many penalty points does each F1 driver have heading into the new season?
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• What Freaked Swiatek Out Most About Doping Ordeal?
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• Alpine F1 confirms Franco Colapinto as a reserve driver for 2025 on ‘multi-year’ deal
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• Williams F1 to unveil 2025 challenger on Valentine’s Day
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• Ryō Hirakawa joins Alpine F1 as a reserve driver ahead of 2025 season

Photo by Song Haiyuan/MB Media/Getty Images Alpine adds Ryō Hirakawa as a reserve driver as rumors swirl regarding their 2025 driver lineup The 2025 Formula 1 season is just around the corner, but Alpine is not done adding to their driver roster. The team announced on Thursday that Ryō Hirakawa was joining Alpine as a test and reserve driver for the 2025 season. As part of his duties, Hira...2025
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• 9 bold predictions for the 2025 F1 season
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• Lewis Hamilton denies shocking Christian Horner claim

Photo by Peter Fox/Getty Images Seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton addressed rumors of a shocking move to Red Bull Earlier this week, Christian Horner send shockwaves through the Formula 1 world when he told the Daily Mail that Lewis Hamilton’s representatives reached out to Red Bull earlier in the season regarding a potential move to the team, which would pair the seven-time World Champio...2023
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• Red Bull makes more history at Las Vegas Grand Prix

Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images Recapping the winners and losers from the inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix In their storied Formula 1 history — six Constructors’ Championships and counting, along with seven Drivers’ Championships — one accomplishment had still eluded Red Bull. That changed under the neon lights in Las Vegas. A third-place finish from Sergio Pérez locked up P2 in the Driv...2023
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• LIV CEO Greg Norman bests Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus at World Golf Awards, has fans raising eyebrows

Greg Norman presents the trophy following the LIV Golf Team Championship at Trump National Doral Miami. | Photo by Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images LIV Golf and its CEO, Greg Norman, won big at the World Golf Awards, which led many fans to speculate its legitimacy. The 10th annual World Golf Awards ceremony took place in Abu Dhabi on Monday evening, and LIV Golf emerged as the big winner. The S...2023
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• Oscar Piastri signs a long-term extension with McLaren

Photo by Edmund So/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images McLaren F1 locks down their driver lineup for the next few seasons by giving Oscar Piastri a long-term deal Driver movement is one of the most fascinating aspects of Formula 1. But expect things to be quiet on that front for McLaren for a few more years. The team announced a contract extension for rookie driver Oscar Piastri on Wednesday...2023
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• Meet Team USA’s FIBA Basketball World Cup roster, featuring one of its youngest groups ever

Photo by Joe Amati/NBAE via Getty Images USA Basketball’s World Cup roster has tons of young talent, but no international experience. The United States is supposed to be the preeminent international power in men’s basketball, but the last FIBA World Cup issued a harsh reminder that rest of the globe is catching up. The Americans finished in seventh place in the 2019 FIBA World Cup, and sna...2023
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• Daniel Ricciardo facing a critical Silverstone test that could decide his F1 future
Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images Following the British GP, Ricciardo will get in the RB19 with a chance to earn a spot back on the grid Silverstone is set to hose the present of Formula 1, as the grid descends on the legendary circuit for this weekend’s British Grand Prix. However, later next week it may play host to F1’s potential future. Red Bull reserve driver Daniel Ricciardo is set to...2023
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