Travis Kelce and brother Jason buy a sports team

BREAKING NEWS Travis Kelce and brother Jason buy a sports team
Travis and Jason Kelce have announced that they are now the owners of a professional football team in Missouri.
The two NFL legends co-own 'Garage Beer' and on Thursday the brand announced that they had taken over the St Joseph Goats.
The Goats are a professional indoor football team from St Joseph, Missouri. They compete in the Arena League.
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• Daily Mail​

LeBron James speaks out on when he will retire from the NBA

LeBron James admitted his days in the NBA are running out as the 40-year-old addressed possible retirement on Saturday. The Lakers legend appeared on stage alongside Tom Brady and Victor Wembanyama at Fanatics Fest in New York City. When asked how much longer he had in the league, James chuckled and pointed at Brady. 'He played until he was 58! 'I don't know, man... I can't play that much further.' LeBron then gestured to Wembanyama and suggested the 7ft 3ins Frenchman might push him into retirement. 'The more and more time I play as long as he keeps smacking my f***ing shots into the stands, it's going to make me retire,' he said. The NBA legend was egged on by former quarterback Brady, who shouted: 'You're still young!' Brady, who played in the NFL until he was 45, told James: 'You look so good out there!' WARNING - EXPLICIT CONTENT LeBron James says he won't play 'that much further' and jokes that Wemby might push him into retirement — Ryan Garcia (@RyanGarciaESM) June 21, 2025 The NBA legend will turn 41 in December and he is already teammates with his son, Bronny (L) LeBron's future has been the subject of renewed speculation since the Lakers were beaten in the first round of the playoffs by the Minnesota Timberwolves. James is a four-time NBA champion and the league's all-time leading points scorer. But he will turn 41 in December and is already teammates with his son, Bronny. The 40-year-old is under contract with the Lakers through the end of the 2026 season, when he would become an unrestricted free agent. Earlier this week, the NBA legend hinted he could move into acting after the end of his basketball career. James has previously hosted ' Saturday Night Live ' and was the star in the movie 'Space Jam: A New Legacy'. 'If the scripts start to roll in and there's an opportunity for me to do some acting and I have the time... I don't mind looking at it and seeing if I can make it happen,' James said to the Hollywood Reporter.

The Guardian

40 minutes ago

• The Guardian

Wales women head for Euro 2025 wanting to scale heights and leave legacy

The rain cascading down on the Vale of Glamorgan is so heavy, so incessant, that the hotel's reception has run out of umbrellas for guests to borrow and frustrated golfers crowd the lobby. Only two sets of residents seem oblivious to the weather; those heading to the spa and the Wales Women squad. It is late May and with Rhian Wilkinson's players flying to Switzerland for Euro 2025 at the end of June far too much is at stake for anyone wearing a national tracksuit to be at a loose end. Charlie Estcourt has travelled to the sprawling Vale Resort from the United States where she plays for Washington's DC Power, but the midfielder is not about to succumb to jet lag. Instead, she is focused on impressing Wilkinson as the team trains at the Welsh's FA's centre of excellence within the hotel's verdant grounds. 'We have a no-excuses culture now,' says Estcourt. 'It's something Rhian's brought in and it's really helped us get to the next level.' That change enabled Wales to qualify for their first major tournament while opening a window to social change. 'A really big thing for us as a collective is that we want to leave a legacy for Welsh women,' says Estcourt. 'To create the sort of opportunities for girls growing up in Wales today that we never had.' The squad's Euro 2025 slogan is 'For us. For them. For her'. They are entering a formidable group containing England, France and the Netherlands motivated by a desire to reach the knockout phase for not just themselves and their families but every aspiring female footballer in Wales. 'We're want to show how empowering women's football can be,' says Estcourt, speaking with the assured fluency of having completed a sports broadcasting degree. 'One of the most amazing things about the game is all the people you meet, the places you visit, the connections you make. So we're trying to do our bit to grow women's football here. We go out to schools and when you talk to the young girls in their replica kits they're so excited. We don't want them to lose that feeling.' To place this in context, it is only recently that Wales Women acquired parity with the men's team in terms of not merely equal pay but training facilities and support staff. The squad did not acquire their first full-time manager until 2010 and wore shirts with numbers but no names on the back until 2019. Dave Adams, the Football Association of Wales's technical director, says 'We're doing a lot of catch up. You'd hope your daughter would be afforded the same opportunities as your son.' In Wilkinson's case, the personal and the political are inseparable. Although the Wales head coach was born and brought up in Quebec her mother is Welsh and her late father was English. Between 1989 and 1991, the family relocated from Montreal to their beloved south Wales. Y Bont Faen primary school in Cowbridge is six miles from the Vale Resort, but it is where the move soured when it barred Wilkinson and her sister from playing football, a sport they had enjoyed in Canada. Although her parents, in Wilkinson's words, 'went into battle for us and took on the governors' only minimal changes were made and the family, reluctantly, returned to Quebec because the girls 'weren't going to get the same opportunities here'. For Wilkinson, that parental sacrifice paid dividends in the form of 183 caps for Canada, two Olympic bronze medals and the foundation of a coaching career that peaked in 2022 when Portland Thorns won the US's National Women's Soccer League title. It also dictates that she views the Wales job as more akin to a crusade than a mere entry on a CV that briefly became clouded when she and a senior Portland player informed the club they shared a mutual attraction but had done nothing inappropriate. Although an investigation cleared the manager of any wrongdoing while exonerating her conduct, Wilkinson resigned during a sanctimonious social media storm. 'I was completely vindicated, but I was very hurt. I was made an example of,' she said when becoming Wales coach in February 2024. 'It was very public and very painful. Safeguarding is critical but when anyone's investigated people assume they've done something wrong because there's so much wrongdoing in sport.' Returning to Wales has proved restorative. 'This is a special team,' she says. 'They're strong and don't quit on each other. I've never been prouder. But my arrival maybe came just at the right time to ask these players to do things that in the past they weren't ready for.' After a morning on the training pitches, her squad return to the Vale Resort for lunch before disappearing into a series of conference suites repurposed as video analysis studios and media rooms. When Jess Fishlock emerges from one meeting and walks down a staircase into a public lounge a couple of guests sitting in the lobby quietly nudge each other. Fishlock remains the team's most recognisable face and her enduring presence is at the centre of preparations for Switzerland where she is convinced Wales will escape their group of death. Sign up to Moving the Goalposts No topic is too small or too big for us to cover as we deliver a twice-weekly roundup of the wonderful world of women's football after newsletter promotion At 38, the Seattle Reign midfielder remains world-class, with her on-field partnerships alongside the Wales captain, Angharad James, a Reign teammate, and the former Chelsea enforcer Sophie Ingle key to shocking Europe's elite. 'Jess is so important,' says Estcourt. 'She's so experienced, so knowledgable. On the pitch she's invaluable; she controls the tempo, she brings goals, she brings assists. She also brings that calm head when things get a bit chaotic.' Wales arrive in Switzerland as the lowest-ranked team but they rarely lose games by more than a single goal and are awkward opponents. 'We're used to being underdogs, but we're not going to the Euros to make up numbers,' says Estcourt. 'We've shown we can compete. Rhian's made us very adaptable; we can change our style depending on who we're playing and we understand all the different systems so well. We're such a tight-knit group. We chat all the time; that closeness definitely pushes us on.' Fast forward one month to 9am last Thursday and it seemed fitting that Wilkinson named her final 23-strong squad on the summit of Yr Wyddfa, or Snowdon. While her staff and media ascended by a tourist mini railway the Wales coach marched up in 90 minutes. Significantly, the squad's meeting and dining rooms at the Vale Resort are routinely studded with pictures of the Welsh mountain superimposed with the team badge and a fixture list. The former Real Betis defender Rhiannon Roberts explains that as Euro 25 qualifying games were ticked off the badge was regularly re-pinned on its climb towards the summit. If some of the squad were sceptical when Wilkinson introduced the Yr Wyddfa metaphor after taking charge, they are now looking forward to images of a Himalayan peak at the training camp on Portugal's Algarve and, then, their Swiss tournament base near Lake Constance. 'The mountain was used as a theme because qualifying was always going to be an uphill battle, with setbacks,' says Wilkinson who has also introduced a mental performance coach and invited the Wales men's manager, Craig Bellamy, to address her players. In recognition of the scale of the challenge ahead, the squad's Swiss base is every bit as high end as any occupied by Bellamy's players. A luxury hotel has been block-booked by the FAW and a purpose-built training ground media centre constructed along with a new gym and freshly laid pitches. As Estcourt reiterates, there are no excuses for underachievement. 'We're so inspired by what Wales men did in reaching the semi finals of Euro 2016,' she says. 'They also went as underdogs and I think we might surprise a few people too.'

The Sun

43 minutes ago

• The Sun

Real Madrid vs CF Pachuca predictions, odds and betting tips

AFTER a disappointing draw in their opening match against Al-Hilal, Real Madrid will be looking to bounce back with a win when they face Pachuca in North Carolina on Sunday. For Pachuca, the situation is worse. They lost their opening match 2-1 to RB Salzburg and know another defeat here means they can start packing their bags for the journey home. Waiting for the match to start? 📺 Keep up the live action with bet365 live casino! 👇 Real Madrid vs Pachuca odds Find the latest football betting odds for Real Madrid vs Pachuca here. Our odds are provided by our recommended football betting sites and are subject to change. Real Madrid face Pachuca in a pivotal Group H clash at the FIFA Club World Cup, with both sides in need of a result after disappointing starts to their respective campaigns. Madrid opened with a 1-1 draw against Al-Hilal in what was a flat performance by their standards. Under new manager Xabi Alonso, Los Blancos struggled to assert themselves. Much like they did under Carlo Ancelotti over the last few months, they lacked a clear attacking rhythm and were ultimately punished for their wastefulness. Federico Valverde had the chance to snatch a win in stoppage time but saw his penalty saved, leaving Madrid with just a point - and plenty to prove. Despite the setback, Real remain favourites to win Group H, though their odds have drifted slightly to 2/5. They're also no longer the frontrunners to lift the trophy outright - thanks largely to PSG's emphatic demolition of Atletico Madrid on the opening weekend. Having started the tournament as 3/1 favourites, Madrid are now priced at 6/1. Meanwhile, Pachuca fell to a 2-1 defeat against Red Bull Salzburg in their opener. The Mexican side matched the Austrians in terms of possession and shots, but lacked a clinical edge and were outmanoeuvred in the key moments by their sharper European opponents. It wasn't all bad news for Jaime Lozano's men. After falling behind to an Oscar Gloukh strike just before half-time, they responded well and drew level through Bryan González in the 56th minute. Both sides pushed for a late winner, but it was Salzburg substitute Karim Onisiwo who found the breakthrough, leaving Pachuca bottom of the group and now facing a must-win match against Madrid to keep their hopes of progression alive. Real Madrid vs Pachuca betting tips This won't be the first time these two sides have met this season. Real Madrid comfortably dispatched Pachuca 3-0 in the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup final, a performance that highlighted the gulf in quality between the two squads. Our match betting tips on the rematch are below: Real Madrid -1 to win on handicap When these sides met in the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup final, Real Madrid cruised to a comfortable 3-0 victory. Pachuca had their moments, but lacked the composure and quality in front of goal to capitalise. Real dominated with 66% possession and controlled the tempo throughout, never really looking troubled. If Sunday's encounter follows a similar pattern, Madrid should have more than enough to cover the -1 handicap and win by at least two clear goals. ➡️ Back Real Madrid to win on the European handicap from -1 goals at 7/10 with Betfred Gonzalo Garcia to score anytime No Mbappé? No problem. Real Madrid's conveyor belt of young talent shows no signs of slowing, and when their superstar Frenchman was ruled out of the opener against Al-Hilal, it was 21-year-old Gonzalo García who stepped up to fill the void. Many youngsters might have been overawed by the occasion, but not García. The young forward looked completely at ease on the big stage and capped his full debut with a well-taken goal to give Madrid a first-half lead. Including his cameo appearances in La Liga and the Copa del Rey, García now has two goals and one assist from just 151 minutes of first-team football - an impressive return for any striker. Tournaments like this often serve as the perfect platform for emerging talent. Perhaps it's Real Madrid who are about to unveil the next superstar. Real Madrid to score over 2.5 goals Real Madrid ran out 3–0 winners when these two sides met in the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup final back in December. On that occasion, their formidable front three - Kylian Mbappé, Rodrygo and Vinícius Jr. - all got on the scoresheet in a dominant display. However, Mbappé is a major doubt for this clash after being admitted to hospital on Thursday for tests related to gastroenteritis. Unless the France captain makes a remarkable recovery, he's unlikely to feature for Xabi Alonso's side against the Mexicans. That said, as we saw at times under Carlo Ancelotti, Madrid's attack can often look more balanced when one of the usual front three is absent. While Mbappé's absence is undoubtedly a blow, Real still have the firepower to score three or more once again. 📺 How to watch Real Madrid vs Pachuca About the author Craig Mahood Craig Mahood is an expert in sports betting and online casinos and has worked with the company since 2020. He joined the Betting & Gaming team at The Sun in June 2022 and works closely with the leading bookmakers and online gaming companies to provide content on all areas of sports betting and gaming. He previously worked as a Digital Sports Reporter at the Scottish Sun, covering Scottish football with particular focus on Celtic and Rangers, As well as football, he has covered horse racing, boxing, darts, the Olympics and tennis for the Sun. 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