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When Nice defender Dante's football career began, the Europa League was not the competition it is now.There was no league phase, no group stages or even that name - with the competition under its previous UEFA Cup moniker when he started out in 2002 at Juventude in his homeland.AdvertisementNow, 23 years later, he continues to play at the highest level with the 41-year-old taking his place in the Nice team which takes on Roma on Thursday night.And in doing so, he has made an impressive piece of history for himself.Age really is just a number.📸 VALERY HACHE - AFP or licensors Source link

Getty Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets continues to put together some of the most astonishing stat lines in history as he makes another MVP case, winning the most recent NBA Player of the Week award. If he’s shown us anything through the first ten seasons of his career, it is that Nikola Jokic is inevitable. Three weeks into the 2025-26 NBA season, that remains the case, and The Joker is once again leading the Denver Nuggets as a true title hopeful in the Western Conference. Helping his team to a 7-2 record, Jokic is currently averaging 25.2 points, 13 rebounds, and 11.9 assists on 64.4% shooting. His scoring is top 15 in the league, while his rebounding is second, assists are first, and shooting percentage is sixth. Tho...

When Dante’s professional career began in 2002, the first iPhone was still a long way from being invented and the Europa League was still called the UEFA Cup.Twenty-three years and seventeen iPhone generations later, that very same Dante is still on the pitch. After many years in the Bundesliga, where the Brazilian won numerous titles in Munich and Wolfsburg, he moved to OGC Nice in France in 2016.AdvertisementThere, the tireless central defender is still playing today—and in the Europa League match against AS Roma, he casually set an ancient record! At 41 years and 341 days old, Dante became the oldest outfield player in the history of the competition.The oldest player of all time remains the English goalkeeper Brad Friedel, who played for Tottenham against Sheriff Tiraspol on November 7,...

Getty Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets continues to put together some of the most astonishing stat lines in history as he makes another MVP case, winning the most recent NBA Player of the Week award. If he’s shown us anything through the first ten seasons of his career, it is that Nikola Jokic is inevitable. Three weeks into the 2025-26 NBA season, that remains the case, and The Joker is once again leading the Denver Nuggets as a true title hopeful in the Western Conference. Helping his team to a 7-2 record, Jokic is currently averaging 25.2 points, 13 rebounds, and 11.9 assists on 64.4% shooting. His scoring is top 15 in the league, while his rebounding is second, assists are first, and shooting percentage is sixth. Tho...

After stunning Wolfsburg with ten players on Saturday, Eintracht Frankfurt traveled to the Netherlands to face PSV in the UEFA Women’s Europa Cup. The brand new tournament is serving as the second-best continental competition for women’s football.PSV knocked out Rosenborg and FC Minsk as Eredivisie Vrouwen’s runners-up entered the competition from the first qualifying round. Frankfurt were relegated from the Champions League following a heavy aggregate defeat to Real Madrid.AdvertisementNiko Arnautis’ side recorded a 5-0 win against Slovácko over the two legs to enter the knockout stage of the UEFA Europa Cup. They also climbed to third in the Frauen-Bundesliga after a stunning 3-2 win in Wolfsburg despite having to play with ten for over 50 minutes.PSV are currently fourth in their league...

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By the time he finally made it all the way back home, the Knicks were already in the early throes of a two-decade death rattle. Lenny Wilkens never complained, because he was always happiest when he had a team to coach, players to teach, basketball wisdom to share. “It’s been a long trip to get back where I started,” Wilkens said in a long interview on Jan. 15, 2004, the day he was hired to coach the Knicks, a day before his new team would beat one of his old teams, the Seattle SuperSonics, 108-88, one of the 1,332 wins he would accumulate as an NBA coach, still the third-highest total in the league’s history. Wilkens’ death was announced by NBA commissioner Adam Silver Sunday, and he was justly celebrated as one of the seminal figures in basketball history. He was runner-up to ...

Midweek cup action continues across Europe, headlined by the first round of league phase fixtures in the UEFA Europa League on Wednesday and Thursday. I'm Pardeep Cattry with the latest in the middle of a busy week.📺 Footy fixAll times U.S./EasternWednesday, Sept. 24🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 EFL Cup: Huddersfield Town vs. Manchester City, 2:45 p.m. ➡️ Paramount+🇪🇺 UEL: Real Betis vs. Nottingham Forest, 3 p.m. ➡️ Paramount+, CBS Sports Network🇺🇸 MLS: New York City FC vs. Inter Miami, 7:30 p.m. ➡️ MLS Season PassThursday, Sept. 25🇪🇺 UEL: Aston Villa vs. Bologna, 3 p.m. ➡️ Paramount+, CBS Sports Network🇪🇸 LaLiga: Real Oviedo vs. Barcelona, 3:30 p.m. ➡️ ESPN+⚽ The Forward Line🇪🇺 The Europa League specialist is back Getty Images ...

SEATTLE — The passing of a sports legend is evoking heartfelt memories of the contributions Lenny Wilkens made both in his basketball career and throughout the community he loved.The talented point guard who became one of basketball's most respected coaches died Sunday. He was 88.PREVIOUS COVERAGE | Seattle icon Lenny Wilkens, Hall of Fame basketball player, coach, dies at 88“Obviously, it's a very difficult time for the family but on the other hand, what an extraordinary life,” said Brad Meyer, a co-founder of the Rise Above program that helps youth through sports. “He served thousands of people."Wilkens played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 15 seasons beginning in 1960, including four with the Seattle SuperSonics. He was a nine-time NBA All-Star as a point guard and lat...