🏎️ Red Bull's Max Verstappen outgunned his two title rivals from McLaren to take pole position for the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and strengthen his bid for a fifth successive title.
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⚽ Emiliano Buendia shattered Arsenal's 18-match unbeaten run with the last-gasp strike that sealed Aston Villa's dramatic 2-1 win over the Premier League leaders.
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⛸️🏅 Ilia Malinin showed why he is red-hot favourite for Olympic gold by winning the Grand Prix Final with a world-record free skate score after landing an incredible seven quads.
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🏎️ George Russell threw a spanner into the best-laid plans of the three protagonists for the drivers' title with a scorching lap to top the times in final practice for this weekend's decisive season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
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🏏 Australia are on the brink of grabbing a 2-0 lead in the Ashes series after dominating a demoralised England on the third day of the day-night second Test in Brisbane
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Barmy Army fans cheer on England on day three of the second Ashes cTest match between Australia and England at The Gabba in Brisbane, on December 6, 2025.
🏏 England openers Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett got the visitors off to a rapid start to their second innings in the day-night Ashes Test in Brisbane on Saturday after nemesis Mitchell Starc scored a superb 77 to put Australia firmly on top.
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⚽ Virgil van Dijk says Mohamed Salah's omission from Liverpool's team for a second successive match shows no player at the club has "unlimited credit".
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🏏 Joe Root finally scored his maiden Test century in Australia on his fourth Ashes tour to guide England from a precarious 5-2 to 325-9 at stumps after a pulsating first day of the second Ashes Test in Brisbane.
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🏅 The flame for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics was handed to the host city organisers in an Athens ceremony for a two-month torch relay in Italy before the Games open on February 6.
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Australia’s Josh Inglis (left) and Travis Head walk onto the field during a practice session at The Gabba in Brisbane, on December 3, 2025
🏏 Josh Inglis is expected to come into Australia's batting line-up for the second Ashes Test on Thursday as speculation grows that captain Pat Cummins might make a shock comeback in Brisbane.
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Russian skier Alexander Bolshunov competes in the men's 15km cross-country classic event during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games
⛷️ The Court of Arbitration for Sport has opened the way for Russian and Belarusian skiers to compete in the 2026 Winter Olympics by overturning a ban imposed by the top skiing body.
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🏎️ The three-way F1 title fight will go down to the last race of the season after Max Verstappen took full advantage of a McLaren blunder to win the Qatar Grand Prix.
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🥇 Sebastien Ogier won a ninth world rally title on Saturday to draw level with the record haul of his French compatriot Sebastien Loeb.
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File photo shows Liverpool manager Arne Slot celebrating with the Premier League trophy after his side's match against Crystal Palace at Anfield in Liverpool, northwest England on May 25, 2025
Record spending of £3 billion ($4 billion) in the Premier League summer transfer window further cemented the competition as the "most competitive in world football", according to financial experts Deloitte ➡️ u.afp.com/Sd45 #AFPSports
United States' centre Ilona Maher pictured during her side's Women's Rugby World Cup pool A match against Australia in York, northern England, on August 30, 2025
File photo shows World Rugby CEO Alan Gilpin speaking during a press conference in Tokyo on February 3, 2025
File photo shows United States' centre Ilona Maher (C) during her side's Women's Rugby World Cup pool A match against England in Sunderland, northeast England, on August 22, 2025
Men's rugby must not be afraid to harness the personality power on show at the Women's Rugby World Cup to promote the game, the sport's top administrator said on Tuesday ➡️ u.afp.com/SdZ2 #AFPSports
File photo shows Paris Saint-Germain's Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma during the French L1 match at the Parc des Princes in Paris on April 21, 2024
Manchester City confirmed the signing of Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma from Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday for a reported fee of around 35 million euros ($41 million) ➡️ u.afp.com/SAvy #AFPSports
File photo shows French forward Randal Kolo Muani, then on loan at Juventus from Paris Saint-Germain, during a FIFA Club World Cup 2025 group match at the Lincoln Financial Field stadium in Philadelphia on June 22, 2025
France striker Randal Kolo Muani is on the brink of completing a loan move to Tottenham Hotspur from Paris Saint-Germain, a source close to the deal told AFP on Monday ➡️ u.afp.com/SA9F #AFPSports
File photo shows Newcastle striker Alexander Isak after scoring during his side's Premier League match against Arsenal at St James' Park in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, northeast England on November 2, 2024
Alexander Isak is on the brink of a British-record £125 million ($169 million) move to Liverpool from Newcastle on a frantic final day of the Premier League transfer window ➡️ u.afp.com/SA9R #AFPSports #DeadlineDay
Bayer Leverkusen coach Erik ten Hag pictured ahead the German first division Bundesliga match against Werder Bremen in Bremen on August 30, 2025
Bayer Leverkusen have sacked former Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag after just two Bundesliga matches in charge, the club announced on Monday ➡️ u.afp.com/SA9f #AFPSports
Premier League champions Liverpool have agreed a deal to sign Alexander Isak from Newcastle United for a British record transfer fee, media reports said Monday.
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Goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma is set to move to Manchester City on transfer deadline day on Monday after the Premier League side reportedly agreed a 35-million-euro ($41 million) deal with Paris Saint-Germain.
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Prize money for the Women's World Cup cricket will outstrip the men's edition by more than a third, boasting an overall purse of $13.88 million, the sport's governing body said Monday.
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Japan's Akane Yamaguchi reacts during the women's singles final match against China's Chen Yu Fei at the Badminton BWF World Championships at the Adidas Arena in Paris, on August 31, 2025
Akane Yamaguchi beat former world number one Chen Yufei of China 21-9, 21-13 on Sunday to win the women's singles badminton world championship final in Paris ➡️ u.afp.com/SADF #AFPSports
File photo shows Romania's Sorana Cirstea hitting a return to Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic during their US Open women's singles second round match on August 28, 2025.
Romania's Sorana Cirstea has called for the return of her trophy from last week's WTA tournament in Cleveland after discovering it had disappeared from her hotel room during the US Open ➡️ u.afp.com/SADa #AFPSports
File photo shows Chelsea striker Nicolas Jackson (L) receiveing the ball ahead of Fluminense defender Ignacio during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 semi-final in East Rutherford, New Jersey on July 8, 2025
Chelsea striker Nicolas Jackson has reportedly stayed in Germany in a bid to revive his aborted loan move to Bayern Munich after the deal was called off at the last minute ➡️ u.afp.com/SAD7 #AFPSports
Germany's Alexander Zverev reacts after a point against Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime during their US Open men's singles third round match on August 30, 2025
Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime celebrates his US Open third round victory against Germany's Alexander Zverev on August 30, 2025
Third seed Alexander Zverev crashed out in the US Open third round against Canadian 25th seed Felix Auger-Aliassime, the first time the German has failed to reach the second week in New York since 2018 ➡️ u.afp.com/SAD3 #AFPSports
Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko (R) argues with American Taylor Townsend after their US Open women's singles second round match on August 27, 2025
Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko has issued an apology for her US Open tirade at Taylor Townsend in which she accused the American of having "no education" and "no class" and which triggered accusations of racism ➡️ u.afp.com/SADJ #AFPSports
Hong Kong's Coleman Wong plays a shot during his US Open men's singles third round match against Russia's Andrey Rublev at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City, on August 30, 2025
Coleman Wong's fairytale US Open campaign came to a halt in the third round on Saturday as the Hong Kong player exited after a five-set thriller against Russian 15th seed Andrey Rublev ➡️ u.afp.com/SARv #AFPSports
Oscar Piastri snatched pole position Saturday for the Dutch Grand Prix, locking up the front of the grid with his teammate Lando Norris as McLaren maintained their dominance of Formula One.
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Chelsea's Enzo Fernandez celebrates scoring their second goal from the penalty spot during the English Premier League football match against Fulham at Stamford Bridge in London, on August 30, 2025
Chelsea took advantage of VAR controversy to beat Fulham 2-0 as the visitors were left to rue a series of costly decisions awarded against them at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
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