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The Asian Football Confederation moved the 2027 Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia from 7 January–5 February 2027 to 23 December 2027–21 January 2028, citing exceptional circumstances and logistical complexities. The AFC and Reuters said the new dates require FIFA approval. The announcement did not specify a more detailed cause for the schedule change.
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Kimi Antonelli clinched the 2026 Formula One Drivers’ Championship by finishing third at the Mexico City Grand Prix on 1 November. The FIA said the 20-year-old Mercedes driver became the youngest world champion in the series’ history. Max Verstappen won the race, with Lewis Hamilton second. Sky Sports reports Antonelli was 20 years and 68 days old, three years younger than the prior age record; he was the first Italian champion since Alberto Ascari in 1953.
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Kimi Antonelli clinched the 2026 Formula One drivers' championship by finishing third in the Mexico City Grand Prix on 1 November. Max Verstappen won the race, with Lewis Hamilton second. At 20 years and 68 days, Antonelli became the youngest F1 champion, surpassing Sebastian Vettel's record; four rounds remained in the season.
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Australia defeated Wales 124–6 in a women’s Rugby League World Cup Pool A match in Sydney on 1 November. International Rugby League said the 124 points set a new record for the highest total in women’s internationals, eclipsing the previous 116–0 mark. The 118-point margin is also a Women’s World Cup record, though France’s men still hold the largest international margin with a 120–0 result. Australia led 60–0 at halftime and advanced to a semifinal against Fiji.
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Sweden’s Andreas Almgren won the men’s race in 2:06:01 and Kenya’s defending champion Hellen Obiri Chepkirui won the women’s race in 2:24:36 at the New York City Marathon on 1 November. American Jessica McClain finished third, the first U.S. woman on the podium since 2018. The 50th full five-borough edition drew about 60,000 starters.
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The United States won its sixth men’s freestyle team title at the world championships in Astana after Spencer Lee and Levi Haines won their finals on 1 November. Lee beat Roman Bravo-Young 10–0 in 26 seconds at 57kg; Haines defeated Iran’s Mohammad Nokhodilarimi 4–3 at 79kg.
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Pakistan scored 331 for seven in 48.3 overs to beat Sri Lanka's 325 for eight by three wickets in the 31 October final at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. Pakistan thereby won the three-team Pakistan-England-Sri Lanka ODI tri-series.
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The Golden State Valkyries beat the Atlanta Dream 68–63 at Chase Center in San Francisco on 31 October to win their first WNBA championship. They took the best-of-seven series 4–3 in the franchise’s second season.
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Arturo Coello and Agustín Tapia won the men’s Kuwait Major final on 31 October; Delfi Brea and Gemma Triay won the women’s final. FIP confirmed a fourth consecutive year-end No. 1 for the men and credited Triay with a record 59th career title.
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The Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games opened in Senegal on 31 October, the first Olympic sporting event held in Africa. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye declared the Games open at the ceremony in Diamniadio.
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Benvenuto Cellini won the Breeders’ Cup Turf at Keeneland on 31 October, giving jockey Ryan Moore a record sixth victory in the race.
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South Africa beat Australia by 176 runs at Newlands on 31 October to win the three-Test series 2–1. The ICC said South Africa moved to No. 1 in its men’s Test-team rankings.
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Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez defeated Christian Mbilli by unanimous decision in Riyadh on October 31 to regain the WBC super-middleweight title. The judges scored the bout 115–112, 116–111 and 117–110. It was Mbilli's first professional defeat.
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North Korea's Ri Ryong Hyon won the men's 75kg world weightlifting title in Ningbo on October 31 with a 365kg total. Indonesia's Rahmat Erwin Abdullah took silver at 359kg and Thailand's Weeraphon Wichuma bronze at 355kg.
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Sovereignty won the Breeders' Cup Classic at Keeneland on October 31, ridden by Junior Alvarado and trained by Bill Mott. The Puma finished second and Knightsbridge third. Sovereignty completed the one-and-a-quarter-mile race in 2:00.36.
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New Zealand's Kaipo Olsen-Baker was named World Rugby Women's 15s Player of the Year for 2026, and Elinor-Plum King won the breakthrough award. They received the honours after New Zealand's match against France in Christchurch on October 31 local time.
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Manisha became India’s first senior women’s wrestling world champion at 59kg on 30 October. Everest Leydecker won 55kg gold, and the United States finished first in the women’s team standings in Astana.
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The Court of Arbitration for Sport on 30 October ordered Russian teams admitted to five IIHF championships spanning December 2026 to November 2027. It overturned the exclusion after finding insufficient evidence for the federation's security arguments. Conditions and practical arrangements remain unsettled.
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Jai Moondra took six wickets for 26 runs against Namibia on 30 October, the best bowling figures for Ireland in men’s one-day international cricket. Cricket Ireland confirmed the record after Ireland won the fourth ODI in Windhoek by 130 runs.
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Pak Pyol won the men’s 70kg weightlifting world title in Ningbo on 30 October with a 355kg total, setting world records in the snatch and combined total, the IWF reported. North Korea’s Oh Kwang Ok also won the women’s 57kg title.
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Kate Douglass swam 49.64 seconds in the women’s 100m freestyle on 31 October as the US short-course trials ended. Official results also mark Claire Curzan’s 53.92 in the 100m backstroke and Jack Alexy’s 44.64 in the men’s 100m freestyle on 30 October as world-record performances. The races used a 25-metre pool.
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CAF's executive committee unanimously decided on 29 October to restore the Africa Cup of Nations' two-year plan. Its announced transition calendar includes editions in 2027, 2028, 2031 and 2033, with no tournament in the 2030 World Cup year.
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Australia’s Korey Boddington won the men’s C4 kilometre time trial at the Para-cycling Track World Championships on 29 October. Great Britain’s Jody Cundy took silver, ending his 20-year run as the event’s world champion.
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Elena Rybakina secured the 2026 year-end WTA No. 1 ranking by beating Yulia Putintseva 6–2, 6–3 in Tokyo on 29 October. She is the first player representing Kazakhstan to finish a season at No. 1 in any WTA or ATP singles or doubles ranking.
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Alexander Zverev secured his first ATP world No. 1 ranking by beating Tallon Griekspoor 6–4, 7–5 in Vienna on 29 October. The change takes effect when the weekly rankings are released on Monday, 2 November.
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Japan's Moe Kiyooka and China's Jia Long and Zelu Li won women's freestyle world wrestling titles in Astana on 29 October.
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China's Zhang Haiqin won the women's 53kg weightlifting world title in Ningbo on 29 October with a 221kg total, one kilogram ahead of the United States' Miranda Eleanor Ulrey.
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Adaugo Nwachukwu won the women’s 62kg world final in Astana on 29 October.
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The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks beat the Yokohama DeNA BayStars 4–2 in Game 4 on 28 October, completing a 4–0 Japan Series sweep and winning a second consecutive championship.
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The Milwaukee Brewers won their first World Series title, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 4–1 in Game 5 on 28 October local time and taking the series four games to one. Catcher William Contreras was named World Series MVP.
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Yui Susaki, Hong Kexin, Alina Kasabieva and Anastasiia Alpieieva won the first four women’s freestyle titles awarded at the 2026 World Wrestling Championships in Astana on 28 October.
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North Korea’s Pak Myong Jin won the men’s 65kg title at the World Weightlifting Championships on 28 October with a 331kg total. The IWF reports world-record performances of 187kg in the clean and jerk and 331kg overall.
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Helen Maroulis won her ninth senior World Championships medal on 28 October, tying the United States wrestling record.
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North Korea’s Ri Song Gum won a third consecutive world title and China’s Yang Yang also took gold on the opening day of the World Weightlifting Championships in Ningbo on 27 October.
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Iran’s Fardin Hedayati and Danial Sohrabi and Belarus’s Kiryl Maskevich won world titles in the 26 October Greco-Roman finals in Astana.
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Harry Kane won the men's Ballon d'Or and Alexia Putellas won the women's award at the London Palladium on 26 October. Kane is the first English men's winner in 25 years; Putellas received the women's award for a third time.
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Azerbaijan’s Eldaniz Azizli won his fifth senior Greco-Roman wrestling world title on 25 October, beating Iran’s Payam Ahmadi in the 55 kg final in Astana.
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José Vitor Leme recorded his 95th career ride worth at least90 points on 24 October at PBR Outlaw Days in Kansas City, surpassing Chris Shivers's PBR record. The same ride clinched Leme's third PBR Teams regular-season MVP award.
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Dale Brown, who coached Louisiana State University’s men’s basketball team for 25 years, died on 23 October at 90. LSU announced his death and published a statement from his family.
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Germany’s Manuel Lettenbichler secured the 2026 FIM Hard Enduro World Championship at Hixpania in Spain on 23 October, earning his fifth consecutive championship.