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Serena Williams turns heads in Kim Kardashian’s NikeSKIMS sportswear debut

Serena Williams is one of 50 athletes stepping in to help Kim Kardashian launch her Skims collaboration with Nike.

After several months of anticipation, the “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” star is set to release the NikeSKIMS line on Friday, September 26.

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The new line will include 10,000 unique mix-and-match activewear looks in four collections, Matte, Shine, Airy, and Vintage Seamless. The gym-ready designs were created with varying levels of support and flow using Nike’s Dri-FIT technology and SKIMS’ sculpting ability.

On Monday afternoon, Williams, 43, shared a marketing plug on Instagram showing off Kardashian’s new line, which includes trendy leggings, form-fitting sports bras, and bike shorts.

She captioned the post, “I feel unstoppable when I’m training in NikeSKIMS. NikeSKIMS arrives September 26th.”

The 23-time Grand Slam winner included a carousel of photos in the post, showing off herself modeling the new designs.

In one IG snap, the tennis star’s sporting a brown crop top and matching leggings with the Nike swoosh and “SKIMS” monogrammed on the back. In another photo, she’s sitting on the floor wearing a one-piece form-fitting piece of activewear.

Williams is also featured on the NikeSKIMS website where she raves about the brand, saying the fabric on the clothing, “feels like butter on your skin.”

Kardashian and NikeSkims has recruited several other female pro athletes to star in the campaign, including Jordan Chiles, Sha’Carri Richardson, Madisen Skinner, Chloe Kim, Nelly Korda, and Romane Dicko.

It’s not surprising that Kardashian is entering the sportswear market, as she’s frequently spotted working on her own fitness journey.

In an interview with “Vogue” over the weekend, she admitted that, “I love to workout. It’s my therapy.”

“To me it just made sense,” she said. “Skims is very body-oriented—we do swimwear, loungewear, shapewear—so our next evolution was that we really wanted to do activewear. Our dream was to work with Nike: Their legacy, innovation, and athlete insights—it was the perfect thing to mix with Skims, and our dedication to the female form.”

Kardashian describes her new line as “versatile” and says it was important to offer pieces that can fit into a woman’s busy lifestyle.

“You can wear some of the pieces out at night and look really great, or there’s super casual pieces strictly for working out,” she said. “I wanted people to feel like there was something for everyone.”

The NikeSKIMS line will be available in sizes XXS to 4X, with prices ranging from $38 to $148.

Vanessa Trump and Tiger Woods’ relationship timeline amid rumors she dated Secret Service agent.

Vanessa Trump, the ex-wife of Donald Trump Jr. , has moved on from her 13-year marriage with a number of unanswered questions about an alleged affair she had during their union.

She’s found new love with golf legend Tiger Woods, and rumors are swirling about them moving in together and possibly even getting hitched.

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Since they made their relationship public at the beginning of the year, Trump and Woods have tried to keep their private lives under wraps. However, there’s been plenty of chatter about their past relationships, including Trump’s dating history. The news follows Tiger Woods and Vanessa Trump’s ‘wedding plans’ slammed as ‘publicity stunt’.

Woods isn’t the only big name that’s been linked to the 47 year old socialite. She’s reportedly dated everyone from Leonardo DiCaprio to a Saudi prince.

But it’s the speculation about potential infidelity during her marriage to Don Jr. that’s raised eyebrows, especially since these rumors surfaced years after their split in 2021, reports the Irish Star.

In her book “Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service,” published in May 2021, journalist Carol Leonnig claims that “Secret Service agents reported that Vanessa Trump had begun dating one of the agents who had been assigned to her family.”

The timeline of this alleged affair is unclear, but it’s worth noting that Don Jr. asked to terminate his family’s Secret Service protection in September 2017, against the agency’s advice.

According to Leonnig, the Secret Service agent involved faced no repercussions because the affair only came to light after the agency had stopped working for the family.

Last month, it was revealed that Trump had promised her children she wouldn’t start a new relationship until they were grown, following her split from their father.

“When her youngest Chloe turned 10, that’s when she opened her heart to find someone new,” an insider told the Daily Mail. “None of them objected to her dating, and in fact, they all love Tiger. That’s why it got so serious, so fast – her kids love him, his kids love her.”

Around the same time, another source told RadarOnline.com that Woods and Trump are eyeing the White House as the ideal place to get hitched.

While the PGA Tour star has a famously close relationship with President Trump, who at age 79 revealed in late March that Woods had reached out to him about his relationship with his ex-daughter-in-law and received his blessing, many have raised eyebrows.

Not only do some find it odd for President Trump to invite his son’s ex-wife into the White House to marry another man, but many are puzzled as to why Woods would choose such a location to wed his new flame.

Gervonta Davis Makes It Perfectly Clear Whether He Still Wants To Face Shakur Stevenson

Gervonta Davis and Shakur Stevenson remain on a collision course for a potential ‘super fight’ in the future.

‘Tank’ Davis currently holds the WBA lightweight title, making the most recent defence of his crown back in March when he fought to a majority decision draw against countryman Lamont Roach Jr, although many fans and analysts believe the challenger had done enough to be declared the winner.

Gervonta Davis Makes It Perfectly Clear Whether He Still Wants To Face Shakur Stevenson

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As for Stevenson, the 28-year-old Newark-native reigns as the WBC world champion at 135lbs with his latest defence coming against William Zepeda on July 12, defeating the previously unbeaten Mexican via unanimous decision at the Louis Armstrong Stadium in New York City.

Despite fans calling for a showdown between the American duo for a number of years now, the fight is yet to come to fruition with both fighters seemingly on different paths as it stands.

Speaking on Sway’s Universe, former Showtime and current PBC executive Stephen Espinoza revealed to Stevenson that ‘Tank’ has expressed his desire to face the unbeaten WBC lightweight champion on multiple occasions in the past, sparking rumours that a showdown between the duo could take place sooner than expected.

“I’ll tell you this. Tank has definitely said repeatedly ‘I want to fight Shakur, I want to fight Shakur.”

Davis is set to make his return to the ring later this year as he gears up to face Youtuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida.

Stevenson is expected to return to the ring for the 25th time as a professional in the early stages of 2026, with rumours circulating that the 28-year-old will move up to super-lightweight to challenge WBO world champion Teofimo Lopez next.

Terence Crawford loses WBA title just one week after upset win over Canelo Alvarez

Terence Crawford turned the boxing world upside down with his stunning, unanimous decision victory over Mexican phenom Saul Alvarez, capturing the IBF, WBA, WBC, and WBO super middleweight titles on Sept. 13 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. “Bud” moved up in weight to secure his “Canelo” fight on Netflix and following his commanding performance in “Sin City,” has no immediate plans to move back down.

The decision cost Crawford the WBA super welterweight title.

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That means current interim champion Abass Baraou (17-1, 9 KOs), who thumped Yoenis Tellez to score the substitute strap last August in Orlando, will now carry the undisputed title, not unlike this heavyweight situation that recently played out for UFC fans.

WBA officials are expected to name Baraou’s first title defense in the coming weeks, with names like Conor Benn and Josh Kelly at (or near) the top of the list. As for Crawford (42-0, 31 KOs), he’s taking some time off before shuffling through his list of available opponents.

Which may not include David Benavidez or “Boots” Ennis.

“This is the top of the top,” Crawford said during the post-fight press conference. “Canelo is an all-time great, like I said before. He’s the last one. There’s no more Canelos, there’s no more. So when you look around, you say that I’m Canelo. I’m the face of boxing now. I’m the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, like I’ve always been.”

Gervonta Davis Doesn’t Care If Fans Are Mad He’s Fighting Jake Paul, Not Lamont Roach

Gervonta Davis doesn’t care if boxing fans are bothered by him fighting Jake Paul rather than taking a rematch with Lamont Roach.

 

The unbeaten WBA lightweight champion stated exactly that during a press conference Monday night in New York to promote his November 14 bout with Paul at Kaseya Center in Miami.

 

“Why should I care? Why should I care what they think, when y’all switch?,” Davis asked. “Y’all switch. Somebody can have a bad day and y’all switching on who y’all favorite fighter is or who this person is supposed to fight. Like y’all need to sit back and be fans and just enjoy the sport. Like y’all even talk about people personal lives. Like when it come to that?”
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A frustrated Davis is obviously bothered by the public’s reaction to his 12-round majority draw with Roach on March 1 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The powerful southpaw from Baltimore entered the ring as a 16-1 favorite, yet Roach gave Davis the most difficult fight of his career.

 

If referee Steve Willis correctly called a knockdown when Davis took a knee early in the ninth round, the three-division champion would’ve lost on the scorecards.

 

Davis (30-0-1, 28 KOs), seemingly intent to redeem himself, exercised his contractual right to an immediate rematch with Roach (25-1-2, 10 KOs). It was pushed back twice, however, before Baltimore’s Davis ultimately decided to oppose Paul (12-1, 7 KOs) in a higher-profile event Netflix will stream worldwide.
Paul, a cruiserweight, most recently weighed in 65 pounds higher than Davis did for his fight with Roach. The rules regarding their fight haven’t been specified.
The prevailing opinion among boxing fans is Davis didn’t want to fight Roach again. The 30-year-old Davis argued Monday that he is held to a different standard than some of his contemporaries.
“And y’all keep on talking about fighting somebody?,” Davis said before alluding to Paul. “Didn’t he just have a fight? Didn’t he just have a fight? And what happened? What happened? What happened? He won, right? But how he look in it? Exactly. But y’all say some different [expletive] when it’s me, right? Because y’all want me to lose.
“When y’all see people in that limelight too long, they want somebody else, you know, to come take that spot. That’s why it’s always like, c’mon, bro. That’s what happened with Floyd. Y’all seen him too much and once y’all seen him so much, y’all started hatin’ on him. Like it turned from love to hate. You know?”

Iga Swiatek’s ‘shocked’ admission as she’s asked about Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova reunion

Iga Swiatek admits she was both “shocked” and “happy” to see Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova together, following a reunion that left the tennis world stunned.

Many were left in disbelief when Williams made a surprise appearance at Sharapova’s Hall of Fame induction last weekend, with the American introducing the Russian ahead of her acceptance speech.

Pictured: Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, and Iga Swiatek.

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Arguably the two biggest WTA stars of their generation, and maybe the biggest stars in women’s tennis history, Williams and Sharapova were known to have a tense and frosty relationship.

Despite Williams dominating their head-to-head, winning 20 of their 22 clashes, the pair’s matches always attracted huge attention and hype, meeting in four Grand Slam finals.

Signs of the two’s improving relationship have emerged in recent years, with the pair pictured together at the Met Gala previously.

However, few would have predicted Williams to describe Sharapova, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame five years on from her retirement, as her “forever friend” on such a big stage.

And, it wasn’t just tennis fans who were surprised, with six-time Grand Slam champion Swiatek also left in shock by the two’s reconciliation.

Speaking after her comfortable opening-round win at the US Open, the world No 2 opened up on why it was so “great” to see the two form a strong bond.

“Honestly, it’s great,” said Swiatek.

“It’s a shame, obviously, that it didn’t happen before when they were on tour together.

“I just thought that their relationship was so tense that I’m just shocked that they managed to work through it.

“I guess if you have good intentions, you can work through everything, you know. So for sure I’m happy to see that.

“I think having that appreciation from your biggest rival, it must be a great feeling. So Maria also deserves that, and Serena, she’s great. So they’re both great.

“I was just happy to see them together, because I feel like we all should be kind of united and going towards one goal as players, even though we’re competing against each other, and that’s one of the examples of that.”

Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam champion, will be eligible for induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2024, five years on from her 2022 retirement.

Considered by many to be the greatest female player of all time, the 43-year-old is a shoo-in to be inducted, though Swiatek herself is all but guaranteed the honour once her playing career is over.

Aged 24, the Pole will likely still have many more years left on tour, though she is already a six-time Grand Slam champion with 125 weeks as the world No 1.

Swiatek is searching for her seventh Grand Slam title, and second straight major, at the US Open this fortnight, and is many people’s favourite to win what would be her second title in New York.

Champion at this tournament back in 2022, second seed Swiatek will face Suzan Lamens in second-round action on Thursday.

Canelo Alvarez’s Boxing Future in Jeopardy Despite WBC’s Backing, Ex-World Champ Fears

A quick glance at boxing rankings, and the landscape depicts a different picture than it did a week ago. In the super middleweight division, the champion’s row has only one name: Terence Crawford. The WBA and WBC’s format lists Jose Armando Resendiz and Christian M’billi as interim title holders. What stands out is the number one name in the contender’s list. Right after M’billi, WBC’s first-ranked contender is Canelo Alvarez. Until a week ago his name was embossed at the top.

The loss to Terence Crawford at Allegiant Stadium may have put a brake on Canelo’s career. Since defeating Rocky Fielding back in 2018, he has ruled the division. He still has two fights left under the Riyadh Season deal, and remains a big name in the division and in boxing in general. But there is no denying it: A narrative that a prime Canelo Alvarez may be a thing of the past now seems to linger. One only needs to review former champion Paulie Malignaggi‘s pointed observations to gauge the undercurrents.

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Has time finally run out on Canelo Alvarez?

Boxing Scene‘s podcast had barely started when the host asked Malignaggi, “What is, to you, the biggest movement at 168? Is it Canelo being number one, ranked number one by WBC? Is it the M’billi rematch with Lester Martinez? What do you think will happen? Is Crawford staying at 68? What’s the X factor to you?” The former junior welterweight champion responded, “I like the Martinez rematch because it pushes more for the future, and it keeps pushing continuity.

He explained. Crawford had a great victory, but he is getting old. It remains uncertain how long he will stay at 168 pounds. “Canelo, you know, he’s a big name, so he’s going to be in the conversation all the time. But again, there’s not much continuity there because how much longer is he really going to be around, you know?” Paulie Malignaggi asked.

That is where Christian M’billi and Lester Martinez’s rematch comes into play. The outcome provides the division with a way forward. The host pressed. Canelo still remains one of boxing’s biggest money spinners. So, Paulie Malignaggi highlighted one stark reality.

The truth and the path forward

Even if WBC placed him at the top of their contender’s list, it may not necessarily bring him rewards. “The good thing about WBC is even if you’re the number one contender, it doesn’t necessarily mean you have to fight for the title. You can be the number one contender for, like, five years and never fight for the title,” Malignaggi said.

In Canelo’s case there might be exceptions, he believed. Despite the loss, he is still one of the biggest names in boxing.

It is hard to imagine how a loss could end up for the proverbial face of the sport. But that seems to be the case. There has been clamor for a rematch. If open about it, neither Crawford nor Canelo has expressed any commitment to a second fight either.

Perhaps the best recourse for Canelo could be a face-off against a rising star like Hamzah Sheeraz, who defeated Edgar Berlanga recently. A win over Sheeraz and a face-off against the winner of the M’billi-Martinez rematch should help him regain lost ground and maybe claim a rematch with Crawford.

Novak Djokovic was pinned against a locker by American rival after beating ‘the pants off’ him at US Open

Novak Djokovic has been involved in some brilliant US Open battles over the years, but only one has spilled over into the locker room.

Djokovic withdrew from both the Canadian Open and the Cincinnati Open but will return to the court in pursuit of his 25th Grand Slam.

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The Serbian will find himself up against it in New York due to the form of Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz.

Yet ironically, that is a position Djokovic found himself in a different sense in mere months after winning his first-ever Slam.

The former world number one faced Andy Roddick, who won the US Open in 2003, in the quarter-finals of the 2008 tournament.

Things between the two were already tense in the build-up, with fans eagerly anticipating fireworks once they stepped onto the court.

Roddick accused Djokovic of faking an injury and joked his opponent might have ‘a back and a hip (injury)? And a cramp, bird flu or SARS?’

Djokovic won 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5) against the home favourite and called out the American in his post-match interview, which drew boos from the crowd.

“I am really happy playing against Roddick on his court and in his city in his favourite tournament, so to win against him is a huge effort,” Djokovic said.

“That’s not nice, anyhow, to say in front of this crowd that I have 16 injuries and I am faking it.

“I have nothing against anybody. Andy was saying that I have 16 injuries in the last match, so obviously I don’t, right? Like it or not, it’s like that.

“They (the crowd) are already against me because they think I am faking everything, so sorry.”

Roddick later revealed the situation escalated behind the scenes, and he ended up pinning Djokovic up against a locker.

However, the 42-year-old admitted the size of his rival’s trainer meant he soon backed off.

“I got in an in-the-locker-room, after-a-match confrontation with this tennis player one time,” Roddick told Fox Sports Live in 2013.

“I won’t say his name, I’ll just say it rhymes with ‘Schmovak Schmokovic’… and we got into IT at the US Open one time.

“I was kind of talking trash, and he came out and beat the pants off of me as he would.

“But (he) then kind of chirped afterward, and he came straight in, I went right up to him and had him up against the locker.

“But then I realised his trainer was about a little bit bigger than Donovan (McNabb, a former NFL quarterback, who appeared on the Fox show with Roddick) here, and I kind of checked myself.

“My trainer is about 5-foot-8, 130 (pounds), and can dodge raindrops. I kind of backed off real quick.

“I was about to get railroaded from the side.”

Djokovic went on to lose in the last-four to eventual winner Roger Federer, who beat Andy Murray in the final.

Phil Mickelson ruthlessly criticized his own Ryder Cup captain while sitting next to him at a press conference

The Ryder Cup can bring out both the best and worst in professional golfers.

Just ask Phil Mickelson.

It is a dramatic, high-pressure event that pits the world’s best players against one another, as Team USA faces off against Team Europe.

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The 45th Ryder Cup tees off at the end of the month on the Black Course at Bethpage State Park in New York, with America, led by captain Keegan Bradley, seeking redemption against their European rivals, captained again by Luke Donald.

In 2023, Europe defeated USA by a score of 1612 to 1112.

The high-stakes event can lead to a lot of turmoil, both externally and internally. Look no further than what Mickelson had to say 11 years ago.

At the 40th Ryder Cup in 2014, tempers flared within the US camp as Mickelson very publicly – and not so subtly – called out captain Tom Watson.

Mickelson openly disagreed with Watson’s pairing choices and lineup management. He did so sitting just a few chairs down from Watson during a press conference.

“There were two things that allowed us to play our best, I think, that Paul Azinger [the previous captain] did, and one was he got everybody invested in the process,” Mickelson said.

“He got everybody invested in who they were going to play with, who the picks were going to be, who was going to be in their pod, who — when they would play, and they had a great leader for each pod.

“In my case, we had Ray Floyd, and we hung out together and we were all invested in each other’s play…

“And the other thing that Paul did really well was he had a great game plan for us, you know, how we were going to go about doing this.

“How we were going to go about playing together; golf ball, format, what we were going to do, if so-and-so is playing well, if so-and-so is not playing well, we had a real game plan.

“Those two things helped us bring out our best golf. And I think that, you know, we all do the best that we can and we’re all trying our hardest, and I’m just looking back at what gave us the most success.

“Because we use that same process in The Presidents Cup and we do really well. Unfortunately, we have strayed from a winning formula in 2008 for the last three Ryder Cups, and we need to consider maybe getting back to that formula that helped us play our best.”

Watson calmly responded and politely disagreed.

“I had a different philosophy as far as being a captain of this team,” Watson said.

“You know, it takes 12 players to win. It’s not pods. It’s 12 players. And I felt — I based my decisions on — yes, I did talk to the players, but my vice captains were very instrumental in making decisions as to whom to pair with.

“I had a different philosophy than Paul. I decided not to go that way. But I did have most of them play in the practice rounds together who played most of the time in the matches. I think that was the proper thing to do…

“Yes, I did mix-and-match a little bit from there, but again, you have to go with the evolution of the playing of the match and see who is playing the best and who to play with whom, and that’s what I did.”

Europe would defeat the United States with ease at Gleneagles.

In the last 10 Ryder Cups going back to 2004, Europe has won seven of them. However, the last four have been split 2-2.

Bradley and Team USA consist of world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler plus recent major winners J.J. Spaun and Xander Schauffele.

Russell Henley, Harris English, Bryson DeChambeau, Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa, Ben Griffin, Cameron Young, Patrick Cantlay and Sam Burns complete the side.

Donald has kept his Team Europe side consistent from Rome with Rory McIlroy, Robert MacIntyre and Tommy Fleetwood the main men.

Justin Rose, Rasmus Hojgaard, Tyrrell Hatton, Ludvig Aberg, Matt Fitzpatrick, Viktor Hovland, Shane Lowry, Jon Rahm and Sepp Straka are also on the roster.

Ranking Terence Crawford above Floyd Mayweather ‘can be self-serving’

The aftermath of Terence Crawford-Saul “Canelo” Alvarez left us with one enduring quote. Everybody knew Crawford’s victory was significant, but just how much did it enhance his legacy? Could the audacity and mastery he showed even elevate him above Floyd Mayweather Jnr – who had also defeated Alvarez – historically?

Asked to compare his fights with the two men, Alvarez was blunt. “I think Crawford is way better than Floyd Mayweather,” he said.

Coming from the only man to have fought both Crawford and Mayweather, those words can go a long way and have ignited debates in the week since Crawford defeated Canelo. On the other hand, while the physical fights end with the final bell, psychological wars are waged well before and afterwards. Alvarez may have been caught up in Crawford’s mastery, but maybe he also wanted to take a shot at Mayweather.

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“It’s probably too close to the fight [to read into Canelo’s comment],” Stephen “Breadman” Edwards told BoxingScene. “Fighters are emotional, and sometimes they say self-serving things. Maybe Canelo’s trying to get Floyd back for saying certain things about him. You never know.

“Sometimes you just have to be careful with anything that a fighter says, because sometimes it can be self-serving. Sometimes it can be emotions after the fight. [Canelo] may, deep down inside, not think as highly of Floyd as a person.

“It’s a lot of things with fighters. Sometimes I’ll hear fighters say the best fighter that they’ve ever faced, and they’ll come up with somebody, and you know that person’s not the best fighter that they’ve faced, but you’ve gotta kind of respect it. ‘Okay, whatever.’ You hear it all the time. Most fighters say off-the-wall stuff.”

One such instance: during the build-up to Crawford-Canelo, Alvarez took shots at Crawford’s resume. “If you look at his career, mention one elite fighter,” Alvarez said during a bizarre discussion including Crawford, Tom Brady, and Shaquille O’ Neal.

“So [Viktor] Postol wasn’t elite?” Crawford retorted, referring to the Ukrainian against whom Crawford unified two 140lbs titles in 2016. “Ricky Burns wasn’t elite?”

Crawford could have named Errol Spence or Shawn Porter, both far better-known and respected fighters he knocked out at welterweight. Why he did not is anybody’s guess.

“You can’t challenge their opinion because it’s opinion, it’s subjective,” Edwards said. “It is what it is. I think Spence is better than Postol, but if that’s what Crawford says, how we gonna argue with him? He’s the one that been in the ring, he beat both guys! If anybody has the most credibility, it would be him.”

Breadman, for this reason, doesn’t put much stock into Alvarez’s comment.

“I don’t know how Canelo feels about Floyd deep down inside,” he said. “He might be taking a jab at Floyd. You never know how that works.”