Manchester City rally to beat Real Madrid 2-1 at Bernabeu

Manchester City’s Nico O’Reilly celebrates scoring their first goal. Nico O’Reilly’s opportunistic strike and Erling Haaland’s penalty helped Manchester City to fight back to beat Real Madrid 2-1 in a tense Champions League contest at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday. Rodrygo opened the scoring with a low shot from a counter in the 28th minute,…

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Broos not happy with FIFA’s treatment of AFCON tournament

Bafana Bafana head coach, Hugo Broos. Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos is not happy with the way football’s world governing body, FIFA, is treating the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament. He says it’s unacceptable and a show of disrespect that overseas-based clubs are only forced to release their AFCON bound players on the 15th…

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Sabalenka says women facing transgender athletes not fair

Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka in action World number one Aryna Sabalenka weighed into the participation of transgender athletes in women’s sport, saying it would be unfair for women to face “biological men” in professional tennis. The WTA Tour Gender Participation Policy currently permits transgender women to participate if they have declared their gender as female for…

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India thump Proteas in first T20

India’s Hardik Pandya The South African cricket team’s preparations for the ICC T20 World Cup in India in February, have gotten off to an unpromising start. India thumped the Proteas by 101 runs in the first of five T20 Internationals in Cuttack on Tuesday evening. The hosts were sent in and scored 175 for the…

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Arsenal make it six out of six with easy win over Club Brugge

Arsenal’s Gabriel Martinelli celebrates scoring their third goal with Arsenal’s Noni Madueke. Noni Madueke scored two goals and Gabriel Martinelli netted another as Arsenal kept up their 100% run in the Champions League to stay top of the standings with a comfortable 3-0 triumph at Belgium’s Club Brugge on Wednesday. Arsenal’s sixth win in as…

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Alonso under pressure but upbeat as Real prepare for City clash

Real Madrid Manager Xabi Alonso during a match. Real Madrid Manager Xabi Alonso faces mounting pressure ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League group-stage meeting against Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, but the Spaniard was confident the team could turn their poor form around. Sunday’s 2-0 loss to Celta Vigo, in which Real were reduced to nine players…

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World Cup matches to have mandatory hydration breaks in each half

Soccer Football – FIFA World Cup – UEFA Qualifiers – Group F – Hungary v Armenia – Puskas Arena, Budapest, Hungary – October 11, 2025 Hungary’s Daniel Lukacs during a water break. World Cup matches at the 2026 tournament will have three-minute hydration breaks midway through each half regardless of the weather conditions, FIFA has…

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Atalanta turn the tide to beat Chelsea in Champions League battle

Atalanta’s Gianluca Scamacca in action with Chelsea’s Trevoh Chalobah. Atalanta sealed an important Champions League comeback victory, overturning Chelsea 2-1 at home on Tuesday through goals from Gianluca Scamacca and Charles De Ketelaere. The win put the Bergamo side near the top of the Champions League table, giving them a major step toward direct qualification…

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The year’s top tennis, golf, motor sports and cycling stories

[FILE IMAGE] McLaren’s Lando Norris in action during a race Starting with tennis, Jannik Sinner wins the Australian men’s singles, Madison Keys the women’s title Jannik Sinner retained his Australian Open title with an emphatic 6-3 7-6(4) 6-3 win over Alexander Zverev, breaking new ground for Italian tennis and leaving his German rival smarting after…

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