Chengdu Rongcheng maintained its lead in the Chinese Super League after a 1-0 home win over Changchun Yatai in the 24th round, with Wei Shihao scoring the decisive early goal.
Jamaica's Oblique Seville and American Melissa Jefferson-Wooden were crowned the world's fastest man and woman after storming to 100m titles at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday.
Spaniard Maria Perez retained her 35-kilometer race walk title at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo while Canada's Evan Dunfee came from behind to win his first world title in the men's 35km race walk on Saturday.
Denmark's Anders Lind fought a tough seven-game battle against defending champion Lin Shidong of China on Saturday, winning 4-3 to reach the semifinals at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Champions Macao 2025.
Bayern Munich secured its third win in as many matches in the Bundesliga season with a dominant 5-0 home victory over newly-promoted Hamburg on Saturday.
Jonas Vingegaard of Visma-Lease-A-Bike won the penultimate stage of the Vuelta a Espana on Saturday to all but assure he will be crowned as the overall winner on Sunday in Madrid.
Real Madrid played with 10 men for almost an hour but held on for a 2-1 win away to Real Sociedad to maintain a perfect winning start to the La Liga season on Saturday.
World No.1 Poland registered its opening victory in the FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship in Manila on Saturday, as it put down its marker for the title race with a 3-0 victory over Romania.
Bayer Leverkusen celebrated its first Bundesliga victory of the 2025-26 campaign with a 3-1 triumph over Eintracht Frankfurt, handing new coach Kasper Hjulmand a perfect debut to kick off the third round on Friday.
Bolivia will play friendlies against South Korea and Japan in November as part of its preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup playoffs, the Bolivian Football Federation (FBF) said on Friday.
Carlo Ancelotti has suggested he could continue as Brazil manager beyond the 2026 FIFA World Cup, saying his family has settled well in Rio de Janeiro.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Friday imposed a four-year ban on American sprinter Erriyon Knighton after upholding appeals from World Athletics and the World Anti-Doping Agency against a previous decision to clear him.
World No. 1 Sun Yingsha secured a place in the women's singles quarterfinals of the World Table Tennis (WTT) Champions Macao 2025 after beating Bernadette Szocs of Romania 3-1 on Friday.