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October 11, 2025

Former Israel-Premier Tech cyclist faces €30m damages claim after ending contract over ‘personal belief’

Derek Gee: ‘Decision weighed heavily on conscience’
Team says case will go before arbitral board of UCI

Canadian cyclist Derek Gee says he is facing a damages claim of €30m from his former team Israel-Premier Tech after ending his contract over what he described as “personal beliefs”.

The 28-year-old finished fourth overall at this year’s Giro d’Italia, but left Israel-Premier Tech shortly before September’s Vuelta a España, a race which was subject to pro-Palestinian protests linked to Israel’s offensive in Gaza.

October 9, 2025

Novak Djokovic battles into Shanghai semis as Vacherot’s dream run continues

Serbian made to work in straight-sets win over Bergs
World No 204 takes out Rune to reach the last four

Novak Djokovic battled past a spirited Zizou Bergs 6-3, 7-5 on Thursday to reach the Shanghai Masters semi-finals for a 10th time, setting up a clash with surprise package and the world No 204, Valentin Vacherot.

In challenging conditions, Djokovic was made to work harder than the scoreline suggests by his Belgian opponent, who registered more winners than the four-time champion but was undone by unforced errors.

October 7, 2025

Columbus Crew’s Darlington Nagbe to retire after four MLS Cups in 15 seasons

Nagbe has played the fifth-most MLS matches ever
Won championships with three different teams

Columbus Crew midfielder and four-time MLS Cup champion Darlington Nagbe will retire at the end of the season, the player and club announced Tuesday.

Nagbe, 35, ranks fifth in MLS history with 444 regular-season matches and has tallied 38 goals and 48 assists since being drafted No 2 overall by the Portland Timbers in 2011.

October 4, 2025

European football: Harry Kane sets latest record in Bayern’s Frankfurt win

Kane scores 11th goal in first six Bundesliga games
Vinícius at the double as Real Madrid defeat Villarreal

Harry Kane set a Bundesliga scoring record and Luis Díaz netted twice as Bayern Munich cruised past Eintracht Frankfurt 3-0 to continue a flawless start to the season with their sixth consecutive league win.

Kane, who also hit the woodwork from point-blank range in the second half, rifled in his 11th league goal in the 27th minute and became the first Bundesliga player to reach that mark after six matches. He has 18 goals in 10 matches across all competitions this season.

October 2, 2025

Will Skelton and Jake Gordon to start for Wallabies in second Bledisloe clash in Perth

Coach Joe Schmidt makes five changes to XV for final Rugby Championship Test
James Slipper to play 151st and final game after announcing retirement

Lock Will Skelton and scrumhalf Jake Gordon are among five changes to Australia’s starting 15 for the final Rugby Championship Test against New Zealand in Perth on Saturday.

Skelton replaces the dropped Lukhan Salakaia-Loto after returning from club duty in France, while coach Joe Schmidt’s preferred No 9 Gordon returns for his first test since the British & Irish Lions series after recovering from a hamstring strain.

September 30, 2025

Champions League roundup: Mbappé hat-trick leads Real Madrid rout of Kairat

Harry Kane and Bayern Munich punish Pafos 5-1
Atalanta fight back to defeat Club Brugge 2-1

Kylian Mbappé scored a hat-trick as Real Madrid eased to a 5-0 away win against the Champions League debutants Kairat Almaty on Tuesday.

Xabi Alonso’s side bounced back in style from their humbling 5-2 La Liga defeat by Atlético Madrid on Saturday, with Mbappé taking his Champions League tally to five goals in two European games this season.

September 28, 2025

European football: Koundé and Lewandowski on the mark in Barcelona’s comeback win

Hansi Flick’s side come from behind for nervy win
Milan go top after 2-1 victory against Napoli

Barcelona secured a 2-1 comeback win against Real Sociedad on Sunday that sent them top of the La Liga standings after they turned the match around with goals from Jules Koundé and Robert Lewandowski either side of half-time.

Barcelona’s sixth win in seven matches moved the champions on to 19 points, one point above Real Madrid, as Real Sociedad remained on five points after their fourth defeat of the campaign.

September 28, 2025

Unstoppable Tadej Pogacar defends men’s road race world title in Rwanda

Pogacar reclaims rainbow jersey he won last year
Remco Evenepoel second, Ireland’s Ben Healy third

Tadej Pogacar lit up Kigali’s climbs with a trademark long-range attack to claim a second consecutive men’s road race world title on Sunday.

There was an air of inevitability surrounding the event in Rwanda as the Slovenian cemented his legacy among cycling’s all-time greats. Pogacar triumphed as the world championships were staged in Africa for the first time, with hundreds of thousands cheering from the roadside.

September 28, 2025

Marc Márquez beats brother Álex to emotional MotoGP world championship

Francesco Bagnaia wins Japanese Grand Prix
Márquez takes unassailable lead with five races to go

Ducati’s Marc Márquez clinched his seventh MotoGP world championship at the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday and his first since 2019 after he took an unassailable lead with five rounds to spare.

Márquez needed to outscore his brother, Álex, of Gresini Racing by three or more points by the end of the weekend, and finished second behind his teammate Francesco Bagnaia in Sunday’s race to clinch the title.

September 27, 2025

Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu leads South Africa to nine-try rout of Argentina

South Africa 67-30 Argentina
Feinberg-Mngomezulu bags record 37 points

Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu scored 37 points in a stunning individual fly-half display as South Africa moved to the top of the Rugby Championship table with a 67-30 bonus-point victory over Argentina at Kings Park.

Feinberg-Mngomezulu scored a hat-trick of tries as he beat Percy Montgomery’s Springboks record for most points in a single Test, to go with scores for the hooker Malcolm Marx, the wing Cheslin Kolbe, the scrum-half Morné van den Berg, the flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit (two) and the replacement back Manie Libbok.

September 27, 2025

Magdeleine Vallieres hits heights to win Canada’s first world road race title

Unfancied Vallieres breaks clear on final climb
Fisher-Black and García complete podium

Canada’s Magdeleine Vallieres took a surprise gold in the women’s road race at the Road World Championships after a decisive attack on the final climb on Saturday in Kigali. The 24-year-old was in a lead group with New Zealand’s Niamh Fisher-Black and Spain’s Mavi García near the end of the 164km slog on a hilly circuit in the Rwandan capital when she burst clear.

Powering up the ascent towards the finish line, Vallieres stayed clear of Fisher-Black, who came home second with García third. Vallieres won by 23sec to become Canada’s first road champion. Fisher-Black was second with Garcia, trying to become the oldest road world champion at 41, third, 26sec back. Switzerland’s Elise Chabbey was fourth at 41sec. The favourites trailed home in the chasing group after being caught out and leaving their response too late.

September 25, 2025

James O’Connor starts for Wallabies after dash back from England for Bledisloe Cup Test

Australia’s No 1o named in starting XV after globetrotting week
James Slipper to become first Wallabies player to reach 150 Tests

Australia flyhalf James O’Connor has been rewarded with the No 10 jersey following his globe-trotting journey while prop James Slipper will become the first Wallaby to play 150 Tests in the Rugby Championship clash against New Zealand on Saturday.

O’Connor flew to England last week to join his new club Leicester Tigers only to head back to the Antipodes days later after being named in Joe Schmidt’s Australia squad for the final two Tests against the All Blacks at Eden Park and Perth.

September 22, 2025

European football: Marseille spoil PSG’s party, Napoli wobble in win over Pisa

Nayef Aguerd’s early header settles delayed Ligue 1 tie
Antonio Conte’s side stay perfect in Serie A with 3-2 win

Paris Saint-Germain suffered a 1-0 defeat at Marseille in Monday’s rearranged “Le Classique”, with Nayef Aguerd’s early header proving decisive in his side’s first home league win over their bitter rivals since 2011.

After Sunday’s weather-enforced postponement of the match amid heavy rain and storms, PSG fell to their first league defeat of the season on a night where Ousmane Dembélé was presented with the 2025 Ballon d’Or men’s award in Paris.

September 21, 2025

Marlen Reusser and Remco Evenepoel take world time trial titles in Rwanda

Swiss Reusser beats Kigali field by 51.89sec to take gold
Belgium’s Evenepoel passes Pogacar on way to victory

Switzerland’s Marlen Reusser overcame illness this year to win the women’s individual time trial at the cycling Road World Championships in Kigali on Sunday, while Remco Evenepoel of Belgium won a third successive men’s individual time trial title.

Reusser finished 51.89sec quicker than the rest of the field for a dominant victory, taking the rainbow jersey in a time of 43min 09.34sec around the 31.2km course in Rwanda’s capital on the opening day of the week-long championships, being hosted in Africa for the first time.

September 21, 2025September 21, 2025

India-Pakistan feud continues at Asia Cup as captain Yadav refuses handshake

India skipper snubs Salman Ali Agha in preliminaries
India beat Pakistan by six wickets in Dubai

India’s captain, Suryakumar Yadav, once again chose not to shake hands with Pakistan’s Salman Ali Agha at the toss for their Asia Cup match on Sunday, as animosity between the bitter rivals rumbled on at the eight-team tournament.

The Asia Cup has been dominated by headlines about India and Pakistan’s first meetings on the pitch since the military conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbours in May this year. India have won both matches, winning the second by six wickets on Sunday.