Events and Attractions

The Portland Thorns and Fire staged a “unique women’s sports doubleheader Saturday in the first collaboration between the NWSL and WNBA teams.” The Thorns drew 20,053 fans to Providence Park for their match against the Utah Royals on Saturday afternoon. The Fire then hosted Caitlin Clark and the Fev...

Security zones will be in place around World Cup match venues and those without tickets are being urged to “avoid traveling to match venues” and instead “attend designated fan events if they can’t get tickets to the matches.” The Federal Aviation Administration is also imposing “temporary flight res...

President Trump purchased “between $15,000 and $50,000 worth of stock in TKO Holding Group” weeks ahead of a White House UFC event he has promoted for months. The purchase was disclosed in Trump’s May 8 financial disclosures, which are publicly available through the U.S. Office of Government Ethics....

Paris Saint-Germain won back-to-back Champions League titles after beating Arsenal 4-3 on penalties in a “dramatic final in Budapest” that ended 1-1 after extra time on Saturday. The club is only the second team to retain the trophy in the modern era after Real Madrid. Having waited 22 years to “get...

The NBA Finals matchup is set with Spurs-Knicks, as the Spurs look for their sixth title, while the Knicks look for their first championship in 53 years. Game 1 is Wednesday in San Antonio. Spurs-Knicks is an “appealing matchup for so many reasons -- among them, it’s a rematch” of this season’s NBA ...

NEW YORK -- The first day of SailGP’s New York grand prix featured a condensed field and adjusted scoring system after high winds affected the league’s ability to transport its full allotment of F50 catamarans, via crane, from its Brooklyn-based tech site to the aquatic race track off the shore of G...

The IIHF “reversed its decision” to ban Russian national and club teams from 2026-27 competitions and will “now review the country’s eligibility on an event-by-event basis.” The move comes a day after the IIHF “reinstated Belarus” into three 2026-27 tournaments (REUTERS, 5/29). While the move does n...

The Pentagon is “moving to recruit hundreds of troops to appear as spectators” next month for the White House UFC fight, according to sources cited by the WASHINGTON POST. The sources noted that troops who attend will be required to “pay their own way and meet height and weight requirements.” The De...

Bragging rights and a place in history “might be the most compelling reasons” to host FIFA World Cup matches, but from a financial perspective, it is “hard to see what’s in it for NFL owners,” according to Ben Volin of the BOSTON GLOBE. The experience is “riddled with expensive headaches and hoop-ju...

The UFC Freedom 250 and the IndyCar Freedom 250 GP, both set to be held on National Park Service land in D.C., “stray so far from the park service’s traditional mission and ethos that advocates and career employees are crying foul,” according to a front-page piece by Jack Dolan of the L.A. TIMES. Th...