Highlights
England played cricket for nine days in 1939, scored 654 runs chasing 696 and abandoned the longest Test in history to catch a ship home
Peru built a football stadium 4,378 meters above sea level, Bolivia moved World Cup qualifiers even higher and the Andes dominate the world’s highest grounds
Arizona sold its basketball arena naming rights for $27.7 million, New Mexico followed with a $17.4 million deal and college sports found a new source of revenue
Messi joined Inter Miami in 2023, tripled its revenue in two years and helped turn it into MLS’s first $1.35 billion club
Brazil sold stakes in its football clubs to billionaire investors, five years after the SAF law Vasco and Botafogo are fighting for control