Saudi Arabian football authorities promised to take action and Cristiano Ronaldo called for life bans after rival fans taunted Al-Hilal's Ruben Neves about the death of Diogo Jota, his friend and former Portugal team-mate.

The biggest stars of European football once again took centre stage over the weekend, with Erling Haaland, Lamine Yamal, Kylian Mbappe and Harry Kane among those making headlines.

The victory gave the top seed his second Grand Slam title of 2026 and completed a remarkable turnaround from the heartbreak of his 2020 final defeat at the same venue.

The requests came a day after the BFF released the schedules for the professional league and Federation Cup.

Bangladesh defender Bishwanath Ghosh has been ruled out of the upcoming FIFA ASEAN Cup in Indonesia after sustaining a hamstring injury.

It was the heaviest defeat Bangladesh’s women have ever suffered, surpassing the previous record — a 9-0 loss to Thailand in Dhaka in 2013.

The 30-man shortlist is packed with familiar giants. Harry Kane, Erling Haaland, Lionel Messi, Jude Bellingham, Ousmane Dembele, Kylian Mbappe and Lamine Yamal are all in the conversation. But curiously, two voices have been louder than the rest in recent interviews.

The 199th Manchester derby offered an uncomfortable snapshot of their current predicament.

It means Pakistan lose ground at the bottom of the World Test Championship standings as a result, with the side now sitting in ninth place with a 4.63 points percentage.

Shortly after his victory, Zverev reserved special praise for his mother Irina, a former professional tennis player, and credited her with ensuring type 1 diabetes never limited his ambitions in life.

Cavan Sullivan is making the extraordinary look routine.

The perfect start has also placed Flick's team alongside some of the most successful sides in Barcelona history. Only three previous Barça teams had won their first six competitive matches of a season.

The episode closely mirrored last year’s men’s Asia Cup final at the same venue, when India also declined to accept the trophy from Naqvi.

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Footage filmed from the stands during the match and circulated on social media appeared to show supporters chanting 'Jota'. The shouts attracted the attention of Neves, who pointed to his eye and then up to the sky in response.

Yamal helped Barcelona retain La Liga before becoming a world champion with Spain this summer, strengthening his claim for the game's most prestigious individual award.

The growing interest in coaching education is a sign of a maturing cricket culture, where understanding the game and its nuances is becoming as important as playing it.

Alexander Zverev beat Ben Shelton 6-3, 7-6 (7/2), 5-7, 6-2 to win the US Open on Sunday, expunging the memory of a bitter Flushing Meadows defeat with his second Grand Slam title.

Ferran Torres was on target as champions Paris Saint-Germain finally got their Ligue 1 campaign up and running with a 1-0 win at Brest on Sunday.

Professional Game Referees (Pro Ref) admitted Sunday that the decision to allow Erling Haaland's winner in Manchester City's 1-0 victory over Manchester United was an "error of judgment".