“This is it! After 21 years I'm stepping away from basketball,” Paul wrote on Instagram. Paul, 40, is a 12-time All-Star, an 11-time member of All-NBA teams, a nine-time All-Defensive teams member, the 2006 Rookie of the Year and a member of the NBA's 75th Anniversary Team.
To be honest... no. Moratti paid me a lot of compliments, but I've always dreamed of playing in the Premier League and for Real Madrid, and luckily, I achieved that. "And then I'll let you in on a secret: as a kid, I supported Milan, and a few hours ago [at the event] I met Galliani. He said he saw me as a good fit for Berlusconi's Milan, but they never came forward either..."
The Baseball Writers' Association of America elected former Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Andruw Jones to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday. Jones, who spent just one year of his 17-season tenure in MLB with the Dodgers, received 78.4 percent of the votes to join baseball's elite in Cooperstown. He had spent eight years on the ballot before the 2026 vote, and received votes on 66.2% of ballots last year.
Since making his senior debut in 2008, Pedro has made more than 750 appearances for club and country and won just about everything there is to win. A world and European champion with Spain, he was also part of Barcelona's golden era, claiming five La Liga titles and three Champions League, before adding a Premier League, FA Cup and Europa League to his medal collection following his 2015 move to Chelsea.
Ronaldo turned 40 this year but is still playing for Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia and the Portugal national team, for whom he has scored 143 times in 225 appearances an all-time record in the men's game. But with the forward, ranked at no.4 in FourFourTwo's list of the greatest players of all time, now in the twilight of his career, he has revealed that he doesn't have much longer left at the top level.
Mata moved Down Under last September after making just a single appearance for J1 League club Vissel Kobe in 2023-24. He appeared 23 times as the Wanderers finished fourth in the 2024-25 regular season and fell at the first hurdle in the finals, scoring once and supplying three assists. Despite leaving upon the expiration of his contract, Mata will spend another year in Australia with the team that lost last season's grand final, going down 1-0 to rivals Melbourne City.
"I hate not knowing what's about to happen next, but at the same time, it creates this inner peace in me where I can only control what I can control and I can be present. It just puts more emphasis on the now, to be great right now."
