World No. 1 Jannik Sinner will not compete in the 2026 U.S. Open due to ongoing issues with his right knee. The Italian tennis player announced his withdrawal from the season’s final Grand Slam tournament on August 21.
From August 23 to September 13, 2026, New York will host this year’s final Grand Slam tournament for professional tennis players—the U.S. Open.
The Ministry of Education and Research has identified violations in the management of public funds and infrastructure at the Specialized Tennis Sports School in Chisinau.
The Ministry of Education and Research has provided details on a new funding mechanism for national sports federations. The published draft specifies exactly how the funds will be allocated.
The city of Nisporeni, which has been designated the 2026 Sports Capital, will receive 2 million lei to support the development of sporting events. However, according to Prime Minister Vasile Tofan, the government’s ambitions for developing sports infrastructure are much greater.
Cristiano Ronaldo, the famous Portuguese soccer player and five-time winner of the Ballon d’Or as the world’s best soccer player, has stated that the current season will likely be his last as a professional. The 41-year-old Portuguese player’s contract with the Saudi club Al-Nassr runs through the summer of 2027, so the end of this season could mark the end of his long career.
It is proposed that funding for sports federations from the state budget be calculated using a new formula. When allocating funds, consideration will be given not only to athletes’ results in international competitions, but also to the number of registered athletes, the complexity of a particular sport, and the actual costs of training and participating in competitions.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino retained the support of the organization’s leadership after abandoning a controversial plan to bring in private investors for the World Cup’s commercial rights. Following a meeting in Rabat, FIFA Secretary General Mattias Grafström and the Executive Committee members in attendance reaffirmed their full support for the incumbent president, according to an official statement from the organization.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino will hold an emergency meeting with the organization’s leadership in Morocco on Wednesday following the collapse of a multibillion-dollar deal to sell commercial rights, which sparked an open conflict within world soccer and has become one of the most serious challenges for the FIFA president during his tenure.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup set a record not only for soccer but also for the short-term rental market. Over the 39 days of the tournament, owners of apartments and homes in the 16 host cities earned $1.33 billion in revenue—$276.7 million, or 26%, more than during the same period last year. This is according to data from the analytics company AirDNA.
