The Green Bay Packers beat the Carolina Panthers 27-19 on Thursday night, led by three touchdown passes from Jordan Love and two scores by Josh Jacobs. Receiver Christian Watson returned to the game after doctors examined him at a hospital for a chest injury, and finished with 113 receiving yards.
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Jordan Love completed 30 of 41 passes for 288 yards, three touchdowns and one interception.
Josh Jacobs scored on a one-yard run and a four-yard reception.
Christian Watson caught eight passes for 113 yards after returning late in the third quarter from a hospital visit.
The Panthers cut the score to 27-19 in the fourth quarter but did not score again.
Bryce Young threw for 209 yards, one touchdown and one interception for Carolina.
Chuba Hubbard ran for 81 yards and a touchdown and caught seven passes for 38 yards.
The Packers improved to 5-3, while the Panthers fell to 3-4.
Members of the Milwaukee Brewers, including Christian Yelich and Jacob Misiorowski, received an ovation at Lambeau Field after the article says they won the franchise’s first World Series title.
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The Atlanta Dream won Game 6 of the WNBA Finals on a Thursday in front of a sold-out crowd. The game’s lunchtime start in Atlanta drew criticism over the scheduling.
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Atlanta hosted Game 6 of the WNBA Finals.
The Atlanta Dream won the game.
The game took place on a Thursday.
The game was played at lunchtime.
The crowd was sold out.
The lunchtime schedule drew criticism.
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MLB’s labor agreement expires Dec. 1, and the league may lock out players when it ends. The dispute centers on owners’ proposed salary cap and players’ demands for changes to pay and free agency, putting the scheduled March 24, 2027 season at risk.
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The five-year labor agreement was reached in March 2022 after a 99-day management lockout.
The agreement expires on Dec. 1, 2026, and MLB is likely to lock out players after it expires.
The 2027 season is scheduled to begin on March 24.
Owners want a salary cap, a payroll floor and a limit on how much of a team’s payroll can go to one player.
Players want broader free agency and salary arbitration rights, a higher major league minimum salary, more revenue sharing and a tax on teams with low payrolls.
The league and players’ union have negotiated since May but have not found common ground on the main economic issues.
The article says the sides waited until late February to negotiate economic proposals before reaching the 2022 agreement, and the season start was delayed by one week.
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Australian Hyrox athlete Joanna Wietrzyk said she was wrong to continue racing in Beijing after becoming ill and putting others at risk. She apologized, forfeited her win and said the incident and online backlash were traumatic; she plans to return to competition in Hamburg.
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Wietrzyk, 24, said a bacterial infection from food poisoning caused sudden diarrhoea during the Beijing race in September.
She said her focus on competing clouded her judgment and acknowledged that continuing put other people at risk.
Wietrzyk apologized after the race and withdrew her result, forfeiting the win.
Hyrox co-founder Moritz Fürste apologized for not intervening during the race.
Hyrox has introduced rules allowing race directors to remove athletes when bodily fluids risk contamination or threaten anyone’s welfare.
Hyrox China reportedly refunded entry fees to some competitors.
Wietrzyk said she considered leaving the sport but planned to compete in Hamburg and did not want the incident to define her.
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Manchester City drew 1-1 with Paris Saint-Germain in the Women’s Champions League after conceding a late goal. The result extended City’s wait for a win in this season’s competition.
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Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain drew 1-1.
PSG scored late to earn the draw.
Manchester City has yet to win in this season’s Women’s Champions League.
The match was a Women’s Champions League fixture.
The article was published in the European Football section.
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The Milwaukee Brewers won the World Series, bringing a title to the major leagues’ smallest market. They dominated the regular season and advanced through the playoffs with what the article describes as ruthless efficiency.
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The Milwaukee Brewers won the World Series.
Milwaukee is the smallest market in Major League Baseball, according to the article.
The Brewers dominated the regular season.
The team advanced through the playoffs with ruthless efficiency.
Stephanie Sy discussed the Brewers’ season with Wall Street Journal sports columnist Jason Gay.
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Real Madrid and FC Barcelona held a minute’s silence for victims of a train collision in Spain. The crash, which happened south of Madrid on Wednesday, killed at least 69 people.
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Real Madrid held a minute’s silence for the crash victims.
FC Barcelona held a minute’s silence for the crash victims.
Other Spanish football clubs also observed a minute’s silence.
The collision happened on Wednesday.
The collision occurred south of Madrid.
At least 69 people died in the crash.
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Alexander Zverev will become the ATP men’s world number one on Monday after beating Tallon Griekspoor 6-4, 7-5 to reach the Vienna quarter-finals. The 29-year-old German is set to finish 2026 at the top of the rankings, after winning two Grand Slam titles and 64 of 80 matches this season.
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Zverev will replace Jannik Sinner as world number one on 2 November, his earliest opportunity to take the top spot.
He is the second German man to reach number one, after Boris Becker in 1991.
Zverev secured the year-end number one ranking after Carlos Alcaraz lost in Shanghai on 12 October.
Zverev said he might not be the world’s best player if Sinner and Alcaraz were healthy and playing at their best.
British player Arthur Fery beat Lorenzo Musetti 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in Vienna and is due to face Zverev in the quarter-finals.
Daniil Medvedev saved a match point to beat Cameron Norrie in their last-16 match.
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BBC Sport’s Chris Sutton and actor John Hannah make predictions for the eighth week of the Premier League season. The article highlights Arsenal’s reported Carabao Cup defeat to Fleetwood Town and previews the weekend’s fixtures, including Chelsea against Manchester United.
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Sutton is making predictions for all 380 Premier League games this season against AI, BBC Sport readers and guest predictors.
John Hannah is an Arsenal fan and is the guest predictor for week eight.
The article says Arsenal, the Premier League champions, were knocked out of the Carabao Cup by League Two side Fleetwood Town.
Hannah said he played as a fast right winger when he was young and dreamed of becoming a footballer.
Hannah said a torn ACL has ended his ability to play football and that he now cycles and runs.
The article says Chelsea were knocked out of the Carabao Cup by Liverpool after losing to Tottenham.
The Saturday, 31 October preview features Chelsea hosting Manchester United at Stamford Bridge.
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Everton left Jack Grealish out of Thursday’s Carabao Cup tie against Newcastle United, citing a breach of club discipline. The club gave no further details; the article reports that the breach was believed to involve a missed training session.
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Grealish is on loan at Everton from Manchester City.
The 31-year-old England winger has appeared five times for Everton in the Premier League this season, according to the article.
He also played in Everton’s Carabao Cup third-round win over Wolves.
Grealish spent part of last season on loan at Everton, scoring twice and providing six assists in 20 appearances.
A foot injury ended his previous Everton spell in January.
Manchester City paid £100 million for Grealish in 2021, according to the article.
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Atlanta beat Golden State 80-69 in Game 6 of the WNBA Finals on Thursday, forcing a winner-take-all Game 7. Allisha Gray scored 23 points and Rhyne Howard added 21 as Atlanta built a 25-point first-half lead and held off a late rally.
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Atlanta scored 32 points in the first quarter and shot 73.3% from the floor in that period.
Allisha Gray made five three-pointers and led Atlanta with 23 points.
Rhyne Howard scored 21 points for Atlanta.
Angel Reese recorded 15 points, 14 rebounds and six assists.
Gabby Williams scored 26 points for Golden State, which shot 31.4% from the field.
The series is tied 3-3 after Golden State won Games 4 and 5.
Game 7 is scheduled for Saturday, October 31, in San Francisco; both teams are seeking their first championship.
Atlanta announced a sellout crowd of 17,099 for the 12:30 p.m. game.
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Major League Soccer’s one-off 2027 sprint season will run from 19 February to late May, before the league shifts to a calendar aligned with many top leagues worldwide in 2027-28. The 14-game regular season will be followed by a single-elimination playoff, with MLS Cup scheduled for Memorial Day weekend.
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Inter Miami will host FC Cincinnati in the opening match on 19 February at Nu Stadium.
Each team will play 14 regular-season games, all against opponents in its conference, with seven home and seven away matches.
Decision Day is scheduled for 8 May, with each conference playing its full slate in consecutive time slots.
The top eight teams in each conference will advance to a single-elimination postseason.
MLS Cup is planned for 28–31 May.
MLS says every match, from the season opener through the championship, will stream on Apple TV without local blackouts.
Minnesota United will begin its season on 28 February, hosting Seattle at 2 p.m. local time.
Thomas Müller has said he will remain with the Vancouver Whitecaps for the sprint season.
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The Scottish Professional Football League is inviting broadcasters to propose coverage for the 2029-30 season onward, including the option to show every match live. That could open the way to end Scotland’s Saturday 3pm blackout, but the clubs must approve any deal, and a change in Scotland would not automatically apply elsewhere in the UK.
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The SPFL says it is flexible about how many games a broadcaster may show under its next deal, which begins in 2029-30.
The tender allows broadcasters to propose live coverage of all matches, including Saturday afternoon games.
Uefa Article 48 lets leagues ban live broadcasts at specific times if at least half of matches in a country’s top two divisions are played simultaneously.
The current UK blackout runs from 2:45pm to 5:15pm on Saturdays.
Under the current deal, Sky Sports can show up to 60 Scottish Premiership matches a season and Premier Sports up to 22 of the league’s 228 games.
The Cymru Premier removed its blackout in the summer and adopted a streaming model for all matches.
The Scottish Premiership’s 12 clubs would decide whether to accept a deal; at least eight votes are needed for approval.
The Premier League, EFL and SPFL broadcast deals all end after the 2028-29 season, creating an opportunity for the leagues to discuss the blackout together.
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Kimi Antonelli will miss Thursday’s Mexico City Grand Prix media day because of a viral illness. Mercedes expects him to return Friday, ahead of practice, as he approaches a chance to clinch the Formula 1 drivers’ title this weekend.
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Mercedes said Antonelli was excused from Thursday’s media duties as a precaution so he could rest.
Antonelli will clinch the title if he loses no more than two points to George Russell and one point to Lewis Hamilton in Sunday’s race.
A win by Russell or Hamilton is the only way to prevent Antonelli from securing the title this weekend, according to the article.
Cadillac driver Valtteri Bottas will also miss media day because he is unwell; the team said this does not currently affect his participation in the rest of the weekend.
Cadillac said it will monitor Bottas’s condition and provide updates if needed.
Cadillac announced that Sergio Perez has signed a new contract through at least 2029.
Colton Herta will drive in Friday practice as he seeks the mileage needed for an F1 super licence.
Cadillac has not decided whether Bottas or Herta will partner Perez in 2027.
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Arsenal midfielder Max Dowman will miss three matches after the appeal against his red card in Tuesday’s Carabao Cup defeat at Fleetwood was rejected. The 16-year-old was sent off for violent conduct after making contact with Fleetwood’s Harrison Neal following a challenge.
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Dowman received a straight red card in the 85th minute of the match.
Arsenal appealed the dismissal on Wednesday, but the appeal was rejected.
The match ended 1-1 before Fleetwood won 5-3 on penalties.
Dowman’s ban is his second red-card punishment this month; he was also sent off while playing for England Under-19s.
Arsenal were without injured wingers Bukayo Saka, Christos Tzolis and Noni Madueke.
Arsenal are scheduled to play Liverpool away in the Premier League on Sunday.
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Borussia Dortmund offered rewards to fans who used its app’s “fan mode” to track how often they unlocked their phones during a match against Eintracht Frankfurt. The club says it wants supporters to focus on the game and shared atmosphere, while the initiative raises questions about how far teams should go in shaping fans’ behavior.
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Dortmund’s home match against Eintracht Frankfurt drew 81,365 fans.
Max Beier scored the only goal in Dortmund’s win over Frankfurt.
Before the match, Dortmund offered the chance to win signed jerseys and earn merchandise gift cards to fans who limited phone use.
The club’s app feature tracked how often participating fans unlocked their phones and awarded points for time spent off them.
Dortmund chief executive Carsten Cramer said the club wanted to highlight the shared, in-person experience of attending a match.
Vodafone Germany chief executive Marcel de Groot also urged fans to use their phones less and focus on the action.
Hertha Berlin and Dynamo Dresden have banned commercial influencer-style videos in their stadiums, citing concerns about media rights and the fan experience.
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D.C. United’s 2-1 loss to Toronto confirmed the club will miss the MLS playoffs for a seventh straight season. The article also describes poor seasons for Sporting Kansas City and Atlanta United, noting Kansas City set a league record for goals conceded with two games left.
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D.C. United has missed the playoffs for seven consecutive seasons.
United lost 2-1 to Toronto on Wednesday night.
The club hired René Weiler as coach and Dr. Erkut Sogut to lead its sporting department.
D.C. United is asking the city government for hundreds of millions of dollars to renovate Audi Field, which opened eight years ago.
Sporting Kansas City lost 3-0 to USL side Colorado Springs Switchbacks in the U.S. Open Cup.
Kansas City lost 3-1 to Minnesota United and had conceded 80 goals with two games left, setting an MLS record.
Kansas City began preseason with 17 players under contract.
Atlanta United was close to missing the playoffs for a second consecutive season, which would be the first such run in club history.
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Australia dismissed South Africa for 329 and reached 429 in the first innings of the third Test in Cape Town. South Africa ended day three at 140-4, leading by 40 runs after several batters lost their wickets to attacking shots, leaving Australia in position to pursue a series win.
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Josh Inglis scored 102 as Australia made 429 in reply to South Africa’s first-innings 329.
South Africa began its second innings 100 runs behind Australia.
Marques Ackerman scored 65, and Matthew Breetzke partnered with captain Temba Bavuma.
Aiden Markram was caught at mid-off for one after driving a Mitchell Starc delivery.
David Bedingham scored 11 and was dismissed pulling a short delivery for the second time in the Test.
Bavuma made 35 from 115 balls before falling late in the day after Australia adjusted its field for spinner Nathan Lyon.
South Africa closed day three at 140-4, 40 runs ahead.
The winner of the third Test will finish top of the International Cricket Council’s Test rankings.
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French Football Federation chief Philippe Diallo said Kylian Mbappe should be allowed to move on after apologising for a remark about Mao Zedong. The controversy has led to commercial consequences in China, where Real Madrid and La Liga have also apologised and league president Javier Tebas has met China’s ambassador to Spain.
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Mbappe referred to Mao Zedong as a dictator while discussing a meme in a video on a French podcast that has since been taken down.
Diallo said Mbappe had explained the context and apologised, and urged people to let him continue his season.
Real Madrid and La Liga have apologised over the remarks.
Tebas set up a crisis unit and met Chinese ambassador to Spain Yao Jing.
Chinese broadcaster Migu is not showing Real Madrid’s Sunday game against Racing Santander.
Chinese brands Mengniu, Shanghai Milkground Food Tech and Eastroc Beverage have ended their cooperation with Mbappe.
A spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the government was taking Mbappe’s apology seriously.
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Ben Duckett scored 167 as England made 386-5 and beat Sri Lanka by 55 runs in Lahore, earning a consolation win in their final match of the one-day international tri-series. Sri Lanka reached 331, led by Pavan Rathnayake’s 118, before Liam Dawson took four wickets and England dismissed them in 45.1 overs.
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Duckett made 167 from 132 balls, his second consecutive ODI century.
Tom Banton scored 74 and shared a 163-run opening stand with Duckett.
England finished with 386-5 after 50 overs.
Rathnayake scored 118 from 77 balls, while Kusal Mendis made 89 for Sri Lanka.
Dawson took 4-49 as Sri Lanka lost their final five wickets for 16 runs.
Sri Lanka were all out for 331 in 45.1 overs, losing by 55 runs.
England will travel to Australia for three ODIs and five T20s in November.
Sri Lanka will face Pakistan in the tri-series final on Sunday.
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