Digital assets and US stocks are moving more in tandem than at almost any time in the past, based on a correlation study, signaling that the macroeconomic variables driving equities are also shaping the crypto market. A 40-day correlation coefficient for a gauge of the largest 100 digital assets and…
Rafael Nadal has been included in Spain’s squad for the Davis Cup Final Eight in November. The former world number one, 38, has been added alongside world number three Carlos Alcaraz, Roberto Bautista Agut, Pablo Carreno Busta and Marcel Granollers. Nadal has not competed since the Paris 2024 Olympics, where…
Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag says there are “too many games” and “too many competitions” in football, with players facing “almost unavoidable” risk of injury.…
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says he is not going to “waste energy” on the EFL Cup even though no manager has been more successful than him in the competition. City edged into the last 16 of this season’s edition thanks to first-half goals from Jeremy Doku and Matheus Nunes,…
Uefa has reopened the bidding for stadiums to host the 2027 Champions League final, after the match was stripped from Milan. The San Siro was to be the venue for the showcase final but, after Milan officials failed to assure Uefa that planned redevelopment work would not hamper the…
Former Manchester United, Real Madrid and France defender Raphael Varane has retired from football at the age of 31. Varane joined Italian side Como on a free transfer in July but suffered a knee injury on his debut against Sampdoria last month. The centre-back says he will stay at the club in…
President Cyril Ramaphosa met with South African-born US billionaire Elon Musk – the co-founder of Tesla Motors, founder of SpaceX, and owner of X (formerly Twitter) – in New York on Monday, trying to woo Musk and United States (US) businesses into investing in the ‘GNU’ South Africa. The…
Gold touched a record high ahead of US data that may offer clues on whether the Federal Reserve’s 50-basis-point rate reduction last week will be the first in a series of aggressive cuts. Bullion rose as much as 0.4% to hit $2,631.13 an ounce, beating the previous all-time high posted…