Harriet Dart won her first WTA title at the Guangzhou Open, beating Austrian teenager Lilli Tagger in the final. Dart says part-time coaching from former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli has strengthened her belief, and she is projected to rise from world number 115 to 83rd.
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Dart, 30, won the Guangzhou Open in China on Sunday.
She defeated rising Austrian teenager Lilli Tagger in the final.
Dart began working part-time with 2013 Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli at the start of the season.
Dart was ranked outside the top 160 when she started working with Bartoli.
Dart has won 19 of 24 tour-level hard-court matches since Wimbledon.
Her season record is 23 wins from 34 WTA Tour matches, the best winning percentage of her career.
Dart reached a career-high ranking of 70th in 2024 but spent most of the past two seasons outside the top 100.
She is projected to move up to 83rd in the world rankings after winning the title.
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London City Lionesses lost 2-1 to defending champions Manchester City despite taking 24 shots, six of them on target. Their performance suggested they can challenge the Women’s Super League’s leading teams, but consistency and finishing remain concerns as they pursue their ambition of qualifying for the Champions League.
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Khadija Shaw and Lauren Hemp scored for Manchester City.
London City’s only goal came in the 2-1 defeat; the article does not identify the scorer in the provided text.
London City had 24 shots, with six on target.
Manager Eder Maestre said his team’s performances were at the level they wanted but that results had not always reflected them.
Manchester City manager Andree Jeglertz said success requires performing consistently across the league season.
London City is backed by U.S. billionaire Michele Kang and signed Alexia Putellas during the summer.
The article says London City built a training facility in Kent and agreed a Nike shirt deal reportedly worth more than £3 million per year.
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East Carolina defensive back David Coleman Jr fractured his fibula after a referee slipped and collided with him during a game against Temple. East Carolina won 17-9, and Coleman recorded one tackle before leaving the field.
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The incident happened in the first half at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.
Coleman was standing with teammates between plays near the 40-yard line.
A referee slipped while approaching the players and slid into Coleman from behind.
Two teammates helped carry Coleman off the field without putting weight on his injured leg.
East Carolina coach Blake Harrell said a halftime X-ray confirmed a fractured fibula.
Coleman made one tackle before leaving the game.
East Carolina defeated Temple 17-9.
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Broadway’s “The Lost Boys” brings the vampire story to the stage. CBS correspondent Tracy Smith speaks with actors L.J. Benet and Ali Louis Bourgzui, director Michael Arden, and film professor Rebekah McKendry about the musical and vampires in popular media.
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“The Lost Boys” is a Broadway musical about vampires.
Correspondent Tracy Smith interviews actors L.J. Benet and Ali Louis Bourgzui.
Director Michael Arden discusses the production.
Film professor Rebekah McKendry talks about vampire lore in media.
The segment contrasts the musical’s run with the fate of other Broadway vampire musicals.
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England’s men and women both exited the Rugby League World Cup in the group stage, prompting the Rugby Football League to begin a review of the English game. The review will examine player development, domestic competitions and media rights as the RFL seeks to improve England’s future international performance.
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England’s men won two of three group matches and finished with a points difference of +86, but did not reach the knockout stage.
The men’s exit was confirmed after Tonga beat Samoa 20-18.
The RFL announced a plan to assess the future of the English game, building on work launched earlier under its One Game, One England scheme.
Former Great Britain captain Paul Sculthorpe, retiring England women’s captain Jodie Cunningham and Adrian Morley are among those helping develop the plan.
RFL chief executive Ian Nolan said the review will cover player development, media rights, audience growth and the balance between reach and revenue.
Nolan said England’s travel schedule and the tournament format were mitigating factors, but should not be used as excuses for the results.
England’s women compete in a domestic league that is effectively amateur, while their World Cup opponents from Australia play professionally.
Eleven members of England’s young women’s squad came through the Diploma in Sporting Excellence programme; the squad’s average age was 21.
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The 2026 TCS New York City Marathon took place on Sunday, November 1, with tens of thousands of runners racing through all five boroughs. The 26.2-mile course began in Staten Island and finished in Manhattan’s Central Park, with crowds cheering along the route.
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The marathon started at Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island and finished in Central Park.
The course crossed Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx.
The professional wheelchair divisions began at about 8 a.m. ET, followed by other divisions and five waves of runners starting between about 9 and 11:30 a.m.
Hellen Obiri returned as the defending women’s open-division champion.
Benson Kipruto returned as the defending men’s champion.
Swedish runner Andreas Almgren made his full marathon debut at the event.
American Conner Mantz competed after setting the U.S. marathon record at the 2025 Chicago Marathon with a time of 2:04:43.
Race-day street and bridge closures affected traffic across the city.
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Irish middle-distance runner Ciara Mageean has died aged 34 after being treated for advanced bowel cancer, her family announced. She won the 1,500 metres at the 2024 European Athletics Championships and represented Ireland at two Olympic Games.
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Mageean’s family said she died at 6:30 a.m. surrounded by loved ones.
She revealed her bowel cancer diagnosis in July 2025 and later said the disease was at an advanced stage.
Mageean won the European 1,500 metres title in Rome in 2024.
She represented Ireland at the 2016 Rio Olympics and the Tokyo Games held in 2021.
An Achilles tendon injury kept her from competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
She won European 1,500-metre bronze in 2016 and silver in 2022.
Mageean represented Northern Ireland when she finished second in the 1,500 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Her family announced her death weeks after she married her long-term boyfriend in Belfast.
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Qatar unveiled the official countdown clock for the 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Doha. The event is fewer than 300 days away, according to the article.
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The 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup will take place in Qatar.
The official countdown clock was unveiled in Doha.
The tournament is fewer than 300 days away, the article reports.
Al Jazeera journalist David Stokes attended the unveiling.
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The Route du Rhum solo transatlantic sailing race is scheduled to start from Saint-Malo in Brittany, with 115 yachts expected to take part. Skippers will sail alone to Guadeloupe, and both professional and amateur sailors compete in the race, which takes place every four years.
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The Route du Rhum is a solo transatlantic sailing race.
The race is scheduled to depart from Saint-Malo in Brittany.
The fleet includes 115 yachts.
Skippers will sail to Guadeloupe.
Each competitor sails alone.
Professional and amateur sailors compete.
The race is held every four years.
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Yamaha withdrew its team from next weekend’s Qatar MotoGP, saying it could not change its company-wide travel restrictions given the situation in the Middle East. MotoGP said it was disappointed but reported that the other teams planned to compete in the November 6–8 race at Lusail International Circuit.
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Yamaha announced its withdrawal shortly after Sunday's Malaysian MotoGP race.
Yamaha riders Fabio Quartararo and Alex Rins were named as members of the team.
MotoGP said Yamaha’s absence would have sporting implications.
MotoGP said its discussions with Qatar race organisers and safety advisers had not led it to change plans for the event.
The Qatar Grand Prix is scheduled for November 6–8 at Lusail International Circuit, outside Doha.
MotoGP said the rest of the grid had confirmed it would compete in Qatar.
Marc Marquez won the Malaysian race at Sepang and could clinch the championship in Doha.
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Harriet Dart won her first WTA Tour singles title by beating Austria’s Lilli Tagger 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the Guangzhou Open final. The 30-year-old Briton came through qualifying and will return to the world’s top 100, earning direct entry to the Australian Open main draw.
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Dart defeated 18-year-old Tagger in three sets in the Guangzhou Open final.
Dart was ranked 115th before the latest rankings update; Tagger was ranked 53rd.
Dart saved the match after missing two championship points on Tagger’s serve, then won with a service winner on her third championship point.
Dart won four of her seven matches that week after losing the first set.
The Guangzhou Open is a WTA 250 event, a tournament on the WTA Tour.
Dart will rise into the world’s top 100 when the new rankings are released.
The ranking rise will give Dart direct entry to the Australian Open main draw in January.
Dart has won 19 of 24 tour-level hard-court matches since Wimbledon, according to the article.
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The Youth Olympic Games opened in Senegal on Saturday, marking the first Olympic competition held on African soil. The 15-day event features 2,700 athletes aged 14 to 17 competing in 25 sports across Dakar, Saly and Diamniadio.
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The opening ceremony drew 30,000 people.
The Games are taking place across three Senegalese cities: Dakar, Saly and Diamniadio.
The competition brings together 2,700 athletes aged 14 to 17.
The program includes 25 sports and runs for 15 days.
Barcelona beat Alavés 6-1 in La Liga.
Lewis Hamilton took pole position with Ferrari at the Mexico City Grand Prix.
The Golden State Valkyries won the WNBA title; Gabby Williams scored 30 points in the deciding Game 7.
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Irish middle-distance runner Ciara Mageean has died at 34 after being diagnosed with cancer. A two-time Olympian, she won the 1,500-meter European title in 2024 and represented Ireland and Northern Ireland at major competitions.
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Mageean was from Portaferry in Northern Ireland.
She revealed in July 2025 that she had been diagnosed with cancer.
A statement on her social media said she died at 6:30 a.m. surrounded by loved ones.
She represented Ireland at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games.
An Achilles injury forced her to withdraw from the 2024 Paris Olympics.
She won the 1,500-meter gold medal at the 2024 European Championships in Rome.
She won 1,500-meter silver for Northern Ireland at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
She set Irish records in the 1,000-meter and 1,500-meter events.
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Senegal has opened the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, marking the first Olympic event held on the African continent. Senegal’s president opened the Games, with 136 Senegalese athletes competing and 6,000 local volunteers supporting the event.
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The Youth Olympic Games opened in Dakar, Senegal, on November 1, 2026.
The event marks the first Olympic competition held on the African continent.
Senegal’s president opened the Games.
A total of 136 Senegalese athletes are competing.
About 6,000 local volunteers are supporting the event.
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The 2026 Youth Olympic Games opened in Dakar, Senegal, with a ceremony featuring hundreds of drummers and dancers celebrating Senegalese and African culture. Nearly 3,000 teenage athletes from more than 200 countries are competing in around a dozen sports, as Senegal hosts the first Olympic sporting event on the African continent.
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The Games began with an opening ceremony on Saturday in Dakar.
The ceremony featured hundreds of drummers and dancers.
The Games' motto is “Africa welcomes, Dakar celebrates”.
Nearly 3,000 teenagers from more than 200 countries are competing.
The competition includes around a dozen sports, including athletics, beach wrestling and five-a-side baseball.
This is the first Olympic sporting event held on the African continent.
The Games are taking place as Senegal faces an economic crisis and a government crackdown on LGBTQ+ people.
Senegal's president has said he wants sport to become an “economic and social engine”.
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The Route du Rhum is preparing to start from Saint-Malo in Brittany, France. The solo transatlantic race sends skippers from France to Guadeloupe and takes place every four years.
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The article says 115 yachts will take part in the race.
The race starts in Saint-Malo, on France’s northern coast.
Skippers sail alone across the Atlantic.
The finish is on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe.
The race is held every four years.
The article describes the event as a high-speed, high-risk crossing.
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Marc Marquez won the Malaysian Grand Prix, beating his brother Alex by more than four seconds. The Ducati rider leads the championship by 44 points and could clinch his eighth title at next week’s Qatar Grand Prix if he extends that margin to 74 points.
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Marc Marquez took the lead early and won his first race since 2018.
Marc Marquez has 399 championship points, 44 more than Jorge Martin.
Martin missed the Malaysian Grand Prix while recovering from a fractured wrist suffered in a crash at Phillip Island.
Pedro Acosta finished second, and Alex Marquez finished third.
Marc Marquez is a seven-time MotoGP champion.
The Qatar Grand Prix is scheduled for next weekend at Lusail International Circuit.
Martin, the 2024 champion, said his title challenge was essentially over after withdrawing from the Malaysian event.
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Barcelona beat Alaves 6-1 to reclaim the La Liga lead, moving two points ahead of Atletico Madrid. Raphinha and Lamine Yamal scored twice each as Barcelona bounced back from two defeats; Atletico had earlier beaten Levante 2-0 for a seventh straight league win.
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Raphinha scored twice in the first half, and Fermin Lopez also scored before halftime.
Lamine Yamal scored once before halftime and again in the second half.
Anthony Gordon scored Barcelona’s sixth goal, while Mariano Diaz scored Alaves’ only goal.
Barcelona moved two points clear of second-place Atletico Madrid.
Atletico beat Levante 2-0, with goals from Alejandro Grimaldo and Giuliano Simeone.
Atletico’s win was its seventh consecutive league victory.
Alaves had gone seven matches without a win and stood 10th.
Barcelona were scheduled to host Aston Villa in the Champions League on Tuesday and visit Atletico the following Sunday.
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Lewis Hamilton took pole for Ferrari at the Mexico City Grand Prix with a qualifying time of 1:16.514, the 105th pole of his career. Kimi Antonelli qualified fifth and will start fourth after Max Verstappen’s grid penalty; Antonelli can clinch the championship with a ninth-place finish or better, according to the article.
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Hamilton secured his first regular Grand Prix pole for Ferrari.
At 41, Hamilton became the oldest pole-sitter since Mario Andretti in 1982.
George Russell qualified second, 0.009 seconds behind Hamilton, and Charles Leclerc qualified third.
Verstappen qualified fourth but will take a grid drop, moving Antonelli up from fifth to fourth.
Russell is 123 points behind Antonelli, with 100 points available after the Mexico weekend.
Lando Norris qualified sixth, while McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri was eliminated in the second qualifying phase and placed 13th.
Liam Lawson was disqualified from qualifying after a technical breach and will start from the back of the grid.
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Trent Alexander-Arnold has struggled to secure a regular starting role at Real Madrid since joining in June 2025. He has featured in seven of the club’s 13 matches this season, but has not played in three of the past four and is reportedly behind Denzel Dumfries and Fede Valverde at right-back.
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Real Madrid paid 10 million euros to release Alexander-Arnold early from his Liverpool contract in June 2025.
Alexander-Arnold has started four of Real Madrid’s 13 matches this season and has recorded one assist.
His assist came in a 4-0 home win over Malaga.
He did not play against Roma, Sevilla or RB Leipzig and appeared only in stoppage time in the Clasico.
Alexander-Arnold made 21 La Liga appearances in the 2025-26 season, starting 14 of them.
Hamstring, thigh and pre-season muscle problems disrupted his first season in Madrid.
Changes in Real Madrid’s management during his first season included the departures of Xabi Alonso and Alvaro Arbeloa’s appointment.
Alexander-Arnold’s contract with Real Madrid runs until 2031.
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