The race for the ASEAN Cup 2026 Golden Boot is heating up as Indonesia's forward Mitchell Baker leads the pack with four goals. However, Vietnam's Nguyen Dinh Bac remains close behind with three strikes.

The LPL second stage group stage, the first round robin of the Summit Group is already halfway through. On the last match day, EDG was swept again when facing AL, failing to win a single BO3 in five matches. EDG has already secured the last place in advance, unable to even beat TT and LGD. In their next two matches against Top Esports and JDG, EDG has no chance either. Both teams are from the Nirvana Group upper bracket, so why is the strength gap so huge?

Vinicius is an almost impossible dream for Arsenal, but the Gunners have reason to believe in two blockbuster deals: Julian Alvarez and Bruno Guimaraes.

Mamadou Sangaré, the Ligue 1 Lens midfielder highly rated by many Manchester United fans, is now out of reach for the Red Devils. Italian transfer expert Fabrizio Romano announced his move to Premier League side Brentford with "Here we go!" The Malian midfielder will undergo a medical this weekend before completing a £41 million transfer, which will set a new club record for the "Bees."

Chelsea once faced the risk of a 15-point deduction – a penalty sufficient to relegate them from the Premier League, following payments to unregistered agents during the tenure of former owner Roman Abramovich. However, thanks to voluntarily self-reporting the violations and cooperating with the investigation, the West London club avoided the harshest punishment.

On August 1, Beijing time, two years have passed! Victor Wembanyama has not worn the French national team jersey for exactly two years. The last time he played for the national team, the Spurs center faced the United States in the 2024 Olympic final, finishing with 26 points and 7 rebounds in a losing effort.

On August 1st Beijing time, Yang Hansen updated his social media, sharing two training photos. In the photos, he was going one-on-one against former Lakers big man Charles Koloko, who recently signed with the Pelicans. The images were provided by Hansen's summer trainer, Chris Johnson, who even added the caption "Kareem (Abdul-Jabbar)" to one of the photos showing Hansen's hook shot.

Manchester United officially announced the signing of five new players this summer, but in reality, a sixth player has already joined. The 18-year-old Colombian defensive midfielder Cristian Orozco has signed for the club and has even made his debut for the under-21 youth team. However, the club chose not to make his transfer public.

Birmingham caused a major upset by holding Barcelona to a 2-2 draw after 90 minutes before winning 3-2 on penalties. The victory at St. Andrew's Knighthead Park was even more notable as Jude Bellingham was also present in the stands to watch the match.

Straits Times assesses that Singapore was the underdog and played an outstanding match to snatch a point at My Dinh Stadium.