After winning the last 3 Ballon d’Or awards and dominating world football with Barça Femení, Aitana Bonmatí looked untouchable. Then, in late November 2025, everything changed. During a training session with Spain, she slipped just as she was about to shoot and suffered a transverse fracture of her left fibula. A brutal injury that kept her away for most of the season.
For months, Barça had to move forward without the player who had become the symbol of this era. The team that won the Champions League in 2023 and 2024 lost the final last year, and many wondered if the cycle had slowed down. But football always finds a way to create perfect stories. Aitana returned just 3 weeks ago, in time for the biggest stage again.
And now Barça are champions of Europe once more. 4-0 against Lyon in the final, a statement performance, and Aitana back where she belongs: helping lead this team at the top of women’s football. From Ballon d’Or dominance, to months of injury struggles, to lifting the Champions League again. What a comeback story.
Just caught up with the new F1 World Champ after a night of celebrating. Says he's received a text from Toto Wolff congratulating him on the season and saying he deserved to win it.
Let’s get one thing shiny sparkling crystal clear. BOTH drivers deserved the title this year. They were both astoundingly good. Anyone claiming tonight that Max didn’t deserve the title, because of how the race went down, is doing him a severe disservice.
Shame we had to wait this long for the decision. No one can deny that Max wasn't a deserving winner though. He was due a lucky break and he got that today #CongratsMax#AbuDabhiGP#F1Finale
Feel for Verstappen and Red Bull right now because this Safety Car restart isn't a situation of their making at all. It's whether race control did the right things, but Verstappen did exactly what he had to do given the chance and now has to wait for confirmation of his title #F1