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The 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow offered two very different reminders of the challenges facing the sports. Nigeria's boxing team entered the competition with six fighters but finished without a medal, while wrestling was absent from the Games altogether after being left out of the final sporting programme.

ESPN's NBA Rank 2026 has produced an unusually tight battle at the top, with just three voting points separating Nikola Jokic, Victor Wembanyama and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the final ranking for the 2026-27 regular season.

The victory handed Spain their second U-20 Women’s World Cup title, four years after winning the tournament in Costa Rica in 2022.

D’Tigress have become Africa’s dominant women’s national team, winning a record fifth consecutive FIBA Women’s AfroBasket title in 2025, while D’Tigers have repeatedly found themselves fighting battles away from the court.

The UEFA Nations League delivered a night of contrasting results as six matches produced goals, comebacks and early statements across the competition.

Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak has insisted the club remains confident of proving its innocence as its long-running financial case with the Premier League moves towards an appeal stage.

Erling Haaland's nine-year Manchester City contract is suddenly attracting almost as much attention as the club's unprecedented financial case.

Rui Pinto is the founder of an online platform that published millions of confidential documents relating to football clubs, players, agents and governing bodies.

Former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has sparked fresh uncertainty over his highly anticipated heavyweight showdown with Anthony Joshua, claiming the fight is in danger of falling apart just days after it was officially confirmed.

Nigeria opened their 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Madagascar, but the narrow result highlighted the pressure surrounding a Group L contest in which only one non-host nation can secure qualification.