Why is Michael Jordan suing Nascar? The blockbuster antitrust trial, explained

6 décembre 2025 à 14:15

The basketball legend says Nascar gives teams too little power with too much risk. His lawsuit could force historic changes to how one of America’s biggest sports is run

Michael Jordan took the stand on Friday in his landmark antitrust fight against Nascar, a case that could reshape how one of America’s biggest sports is run. Jordan’s team, 23XI Racing, and Front Row Motorsports say Nascar holds so much control over everything, from the tracks to the money to the rulebook, that teams have no real bargaining power. Nascar denies that and says the lawsuit threatens to blow up a system that has held the sport together for decades.

The case has already pulled blunt internal messages into public view and laid bare long-running frustrations between teams and Nascar leadership. Denny Hamlin, Jordan’s co-owner, has said the trial will finally “hear the truth” about how the series “really operates”.

Trump awarded inaugural Fifa peace prize at World Cup draw in Washington

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Par :Bryan Armen Graham and Peter Beaumont

5 décembre 2025 à 18:53

Trump praised by Infantino at DC ceremony
President’s peace claims disputed by critics
Look back at our World Cup draw live blog

Donald Trump has been named the first winner of the newly created Fifa peace prize, claiming “the world is a safer place now” as he received the award at the draw for the 2026 World Cup in Washington DC.

Gianni Infantino, the Fifa president and one of Trump’s closest sporting allies, presented the honour onstage at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, saying Trump had been selected “in recognition of his exceptional and extraordinary actions to promote peace and unity around the world”.

Terence Crawford dethroned over $300k fee, handing Britain’s Sheeraz title shot

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Par :Bryan Armen Graham

3 décembre 2025 à 15:52

Crawford stripped of WBC belt in sanctioning-fee row
Britain’s Hamzah Sheeraz to fight Mbilli for vacant title
Unpaid fees end brief reign as undisputed champion

Terence Crawford has been stripped of his World Boxing Council super-middleweight world title after a dispute over unpaid sanctioning fees, a decision that puts Britain’s Hamzah Sheeraz in line to fight for the vacant belt.

The WBC announced on Wednesday that it had removed the American star as its champion, three months after he shocked Canelo Álvarez in Las Vegas to become undisputed at 168lb. The organization said Crawford had not paid its required fees from that victory or from his previous bout in 2024, despite “multiple” attempts to contact him and his team.

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