World Triathlon has partnered with Hyrox, a competition that combines running and exercise stations, and recognized it as a discipline within the federation. The move could help Hyrox seek Olympic inclusion in the future, but some triathletes say they were not consulted and question whether the partnership will benefit their sport.
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Hyrox launched in 2017 and combines running with exercise stations.
World Triathlon announced the partnership last week.
The agreement recognizes Hyrox as a discipline within World Triathlon, potentially making it eligible for future Olympic and Paralympic inclusion.
Hyrox is not eligible for the Los Angeles 2028 Games under the timeline described in the article.
Triathlete Max Stapley and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Sophie Evans said they were surprised by the announcement and felt blindsided.
European champion Roksana Slupek said she wanted more information about how the partnership would benefit triathlon.
World Triathlon said its executive board approved the agreement and includes elected athlete representatives.
World Triathlon said the partnership aims to engage more athletes and audiences and grow triathlon and multisport.
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Tenerife forward Jesus de Miguel, 30, died after a collision with Andorra goalkeeper Jesus Owono during a Spanish second-division match on Monday. Owono’s teammate Lautaro Spatz said the goalkeeper was deeply affected and would never intentionally hurt anyone; Spanish police opened a routine investigation after De Miguel’s death.
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The collision happened seven minutes into stoppage time with Tenerife and Andorra tied 2-2.
Owono ran toward the centre circle to clear a long ball, and his knee appeared to collide with De Miguel.
De Miguel received treatment on the pitch and was taken by ambulance to hospital; the match was abandoned.
Owono was sent off and has since deactivated his Instagram account.
Spain’s automatic judicial inquiry process applies to deaths deemed non-natural, and police opened an investigation into possible involuntary manslaughter.
Tenerife announced six official days of mourning and suspended club activities.
Tenerife plans to open its home ground on Saturday so supporters can pay their respects.
De Miguel joined Tenerife in 2025 and was a father of one.
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Paris Saint-Germain beat Villarreal 6-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday, November 3. The match was effectively decided after 17 minutes, by which point four goals had been scored.
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Paris Saint-Germain defeated Villarreal 6-0.
The Champions League match took place in Villarreal, Spain, on November 3, 2026.
Four goals had been scored by the 17th minute.
The program also reported that Manchester United came back to earn a result.
Bayern Munich won the night’s featured match, according to the program.
Kenya upset an opponent in women’s rugby sevens at the Youth Olympic Games.
Novak Djokovic is seeking an eighth title at the Rolex Paris Masters.
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Wales recalled Harry Wilson, Joe Rodon and Rubin Colwill for their final Nations League matches against Norway and Portugal. Goalkeeper Joe Duncan received his first senior call-up, while Jordan James is unavailable because of injury.
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Wilson returns after last playing for Wales in March.
Rodon is back in the squad despite not playing since a hamstring injury in August.
Duncan, 20, is on loan at Southend United from Bristol City and has played for Wales Under-21s.
Duncan qualifies for Wales through his maternal grandfather, who is from Cardiff.
Jordan James missed selection after sustaining an injury while playing for Wolves against Cardiff City.
Wales play Norway in Oslo on 14 November and host Portugal on 17 November.
Wales are third in Nations League Group A4, with one win from four matches.
A top-two finish would send Wales to the Nations League quarter-finals in March 2027.
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The NBA told two U.S. senators that Rwanda’s army-funded APR basketball team was removed from the 2026 Basketball Africa League because of U.S. sanctions imposed on Rwanda’s army. The team will remain barred while the sanctions are in place, the NBA said.
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The U.S. imposed sanctions on the Rwandan army in March over its alleged role in the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The U.S. also recently sanctioned Rwanda’s defence ministry over alleged support for the M23 rebel group.
Rwanda denies backing M23.
Democratic Senators Jeffrey Merkley and Republican Marsha Blackburn asked the NBA to explain its partnership with Rwanda in a letter dated October 23.
NBA deputy commissioner Mark Tatum said APR had been withdrawn from the league, according to ESPN.
APR represented Rwanda in the league in 2024 and 2025, finishing third in 2025.
The RSSB Tigers replaced APR in the 2026 season.
Rwanda pays the Basketball Africa League to host its finals at Kigali’s 10,000-seat BK Arena.
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British 17-year-old Mika Stojsavljevic beat Sofia Kenin 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 at the Hong Kong Open for her first WTA Tour main-draw win. Stojsavljevic entered as a lucky loser after losing in qualifying and said she learned about an hour before the match that she would play.
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Stojsavljevic is ranked 411th in the world.
Kenin won the Australian Open in 2020 and is ranked 224 places above Stojsavljevic.
Stojsavljevic hit six winners, while Kenin hit none, according to the article.
Stojsavljevic saved three of the eight break points she faced.
She beat then-world number 56 Talia Gibson in Billie Jean King Cup qualifying in April.
Stojsavljevic won the US Open junior title in 2024 and turned professional in 2025.
She will face world number 67 Zeynep Sonmez in the second round in Hong Kong.
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Prime’s series The Greatest features Jaalen Best as Muhammad Ali early in his career. Best and writer-director Ben Watkins say the family-sanctioned production aims to show Ali as a person with fears and flaws as well as a celebrated boxer.
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Jaalen Best plays Muhammad Ali in Prime’s The Greatest.
The series is described as the first project officially sanctioned by Ali’s family.
The story focuses on Ali as a teenager from Louisville at the start of his career.
Writer-director Ben Watkins said he wanted to portray Ali’s vulnerable moments as well as his achievements.
The article says Ali won an Olympic gold medal in Rome at age 18.
Best said he worked to portray Ali accurately, including his mental and physical qualities.
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West Ham United appointed Scott Parker as head coach on a two-and-a-half-year contract. Parker replaces Nuno Espirito Santo and will take charge for the first time when West Ham visit Cardiff City on Wednesday.
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Parker is 46 and previously played for West Ham.
He has led Fulham, Bournemouth and Burnley to promotion from the Championship.
Parker has been out of work since leaving Burnley in April after the club was relegated from the Premier League.
Nuno Espirito Santo was sacked on Tuesday after West Ham’s poor start to the Championship season.
West Ham are eighth in the Championship, six points behind leaders Middlesbrough.
The club have lost their past two home matches, against Southampton and West Bromwich Albion.
First-team coaches Steve Potts, Gerard Prenderville and Billy Lepine will assist Parker; sporting director Mark Noble will also work closely with him.
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Real Madrid are considered the leading contenders to sign Manchester United forward JJ Gabriel, according to the article. Gabriel has not returned to United since leaving in September and has been training in Spain while seeking senior football elsewhere.
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Gabriel is registered to Manchester United but has not been back at the club since September.
He had been expected to make his senior debut for United in a Carabao Cup match against Brighton.
Barcelona and Paris St-Germain are among the other clubs reported to be interested.
Gabriel scored a hat-trick on his UEFA Youth League debut.
He has obtained an EU passport, which the article says could make signing for a club outside England easier.
Manchester United would be due compensation if Gabriel leaves, with a lower amount expected if he joins a club outside the Premier League.
United head coach Michael Carrick said the club needed to consider the welfare and exposure of its young players.
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Jake Paul says he will retire from boxing if Cedric Doumbe beats him in their scheduled 24 December fight in Dubai. The bout will be an eight-round cruiserweight contest and Paul's first fight since Anthony Joshua stopped him and broke his jaw last December.
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Paul says he will “hang up the gloves” if Doumbe wins.
The fight is scheduled for 24 December in Dubai.
The bout is a professionally sanctioned eight-round cruiserweight fight with 10-ounce gloves.
Paul says he will return after recovering from a broken jaw that required two titanium plates and the removal of some teeth.
Joshua knocked Paul down twice and stopped him in the sixth round.
Paul has won 12 of his 14 professional boxing fights; his losses were to Tommy Fury and Joshua.
Doumbe is a Cameroonian-born French kickboxer and MMA fighter who has one professional boxing win, from 2015.
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Sunderland have made a poor start to the Premier League season after finishing seventh last year and qualifying for Europe. Manager Regis Le Bris is not in immediate danger of losing his job, but the team’s results and players’ public criticism have raised questions about his ability to turn things around.
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Sunderland have one win and six defeats from their first nine Premier League games and sit in the bottom three, two points from safety.
The team finished seventh last season and returned to European competition for the first time in 53 years.
Sunderland play Dinamo Zagreb in the Europa League before hosting Chelsea on Sunday.
Captain Granit Xhaka questioned the team’s courage after a 3-1 defeat at Coventry City.
Defender Nordi Mukiele had earlier said the team had become arrogant.
BBC Sport reports that Le Bris’s job is not in immediate danger and that the club will give him more time.
Le Bris has managed Sunderland since July 2024 and has led them to the Carabao Cup quarter-finals.
Sunderland’s only Premier League win this season was a 1-0 home victory over Fulham on 30 August.
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Canada will not allow Russian or Belarusian players to compete in next month’s World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The decision follows a ruling that overturned Russia’s ban from International Ice Hockey Federation events, which the IIHF has criticized.
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The World Junior Championships are scheduled for December 26 to January 5.
Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney said Russian and Belarusian athletes will not compete in the tournament while the war in Ukraine continues.
Russia had been barred from IIHF events since its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned the ban on Russia last week.
The IIHF said it disagreed with the ruling and would monitor its impact on upcoming events.
Ukraine’s ice hockey federation expressed deep outrage over Russia’s return to international competition.
Russia’s ambassador to Canada criticized the decision, saying it brought politics into junior hockey.
Federations in Norway, Denmark, Sweden and the Czech Republic said they would refuse to play Russia at next year’s men’s world championship in Germany.
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Former FIFA governance committee chief Miguel Maduro says Gianni Infantino cannot seek a fourth term in 2027 because FIFA’s statutes limit presidents to three terms. FIFA’s Council ruled in 2022 that Infantino’s 2016–2019 period did not count toward that limit, while advocacy group FairSquare is urging member associations to challenge his eligibility.
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FIFA’s presidential election is scheduled for March 2027, and the candidacy submission deadline is about two weeks away.
Maduro says the three-term limit does not distinguish between full and shortened terms.
Infantino was elected in 2016 after Sepp Blatter resigned, then won elections in 2019 and 2023.
In December 2022, FIFA’s Council unanimously decided that Infantino’s 2016–2019 period would not count as a term.
FairSquare has contacted 52 FIFA member associations and urged them to declare Infantino ineligible.
FairSquare director Nicholas McGeehan said the group planned to meet Norwegian football officials.
Infantino’s prospects improved after the head of Asian football endorsed his bid last month.
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Amanda Serrano plans to retire after defending her WBO and WBA featherweight titles against Australia’s Skye Falzon in San Juan on 9 January 2027. Serrano says she hopes to be remembered as a “game-changer” and wants to enjoy every moment of her final fight.
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Serrano has a 50-4-1 record with 32 knockouts.
The fight will take place at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan.
Falzon, 38, has a 12-2 record with seven knockouts.
Serrano shares the women’s knockout record with American Christy Martin.
Serrano said she returned to 12 three-minute rounds for her final bout.
Serrano became the first and only Puerto Rican boxer to become an undisputed world champion.
Serrano and Ireland’s Katie Taylor became the first female boxers to headline Madison Square Garden in 2022.
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Tonga and Samoa have advanced to the 2026 Rugby League World Cup semi-finals after Tonga beat Samoa 20-18 in their group-stage match. The article says a final between the Pacific teams could challenge Australia and New Zealand’s long-running dominance and draw attention to international rugby league.
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Tonga won all three of its group matches and will play New Zealand in the semi-final.
Samoa will play Australia in a rematch of the 2022 World Cup final.
Tonga beat Samoa 20-18 in their group-stage meeting in Sydney.
Tonga and Samoa have each won 11 of their 23 meetings, with one match ending in a draw.
Samoa finished as runners-up at the 2022 World Cup, its first appearance in a men’s final.
Tonga reached the semi-finals in 2017 and lost 20-18 to England.
Australia has won 10 of the last 11 men’s Rugby League World Cups, including the last three.
The 2026 tournament has 10 teams, down from 16 in earlier editions.
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Gareth Hopkins, 43, walked the final mile of the London Marathon in London on Sunday, six months after suffering a cardiac arrest during the race. After six months in hospital and extensive rehabilitation, he said he wanted to reach the finish line; about 200 people joined him for the walk.
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Hopkins, a paramedic from Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, collapsed at mile 25 of the London Marathon on 26 April.
Doctors linked his cardiac arrest to severe rhabdomyolysis caused by overheating.
He spent six months in intensive care at St Thomas’ Hospital and returned home in September.
Hopkins said he had to relearn how to walk, talk and eat.
He and his brother Chris ran the marathon to raise money for Age UK in memory of their grandmother, who died in January 2025.
Chris said St John Ambulance staff helped save Gareth’s life.
Hopkins is still unable to work, and a fundraising page for his family has raised nearly £36,000.
He said he will not run another marathon.
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CD Tenerife forward Jesus de Miguel died on Tuesday from injuries after colliding with FC Andorra goalkeeper Jesus Owono during a Spanish second-division match. Football clubs and fans paid tribute across Spain and Europe, while Spanish police opened an investigation into possible involuntary manslaughter.
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De Miguel was 30 and went into cardiac arrest after being struck in the chest.
The collision occurred during a match between CD Tenerife and FC Andorra.
Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and Villarreal did not play the Champions League anthem before their Tuesday matches in his honor.
Stadiums across Europe held moments of silence, including Old Trafford during Manchester United's match against Roma.
Spanish police opened an investigation into possible involuntary manslaughter.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife chief prosecutor Jose Luis Sanchez-Jauregui told EFE that criminal charges were unlikely because the collision occurred during play.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and midfielder Mikel Merino paid tribute at a news conference before their match against Slavia Prague.
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Canada and several European hockey federations say they will not play Russian teams while Russia’s war in Ukraine continues. The statements followed a Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling that lifted the International Ice Hockey Federation’s ban on Russian teams; Canada’s prime minister said Russian players would not compete in next month’s world junior championship in Alberta.
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Canada said Russian skaters would not compete in the world junior championship scheduled to start December 26 in Alberta.
Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Latvia and the Czech Republic announced opposition to playing Russian teams.
Norway said its position was based on concerns about the safety and wellbeing of players, staff and their families.
The International Ice Hockey Federation’s ban on Russian teams began after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and was extended annually.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport lifted the ban, saying security concerns were not supported by sufficient evidence.
Ukraine’s foreign minister thanked European countries for refusing to play Russia and urged nations to deny visas to Russian players.
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Manchester United came back from 2-0 down to beat Roma after Bruno Fernandes retook and scored a penalty, then Matheus Cunha scored twice in the final seven minutes. The win was United’s first in 10 games and eased pressure on head coach Michael Carrick, who urged the team to stay positive at half-time.
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Roma led Manchester United 2-0 during the match at Old Trafford.
A video assistant referee advised that Fernandes’s first penalty attempt had to be retaken because a Roma player encroached into the penalty area.
Fernandes scored the retaken penalty.
Matheus Cunha scored twice in the final seven minutes to complete United’s comeback.
Cunha was sent off soon after his second goal, but United held on to win.
The victory was Manchester United’s first in 10 games.
Carrick said he told players at half-time to avoid frustration and keep looking for solutions.
Wayne Rooney praised Carrick for helping the team regain belief after a poor first half.
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Barcelona beat Aston Villa in the Champions League, ending Villa’s perfect start in the competition after three wins. Unai Emery said the match gave his team lessons and information to study, while Villa created first-half chances but did not take them.
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Barcelona scored through Lamine Yamal and Raphinha, whose two second-half goals put the game beyond Villa.
A mistake by Villa’s Joao Gomes led to Yamal’s opening goal in the seventh minute.
Villa had chances in the first half but failed to score.
The defeat ended Villa’s run of three straight Champions League wins.
Emery said Villa made mistakes but that he was not blaming Gomes.
Barcelona were missing Andreas Christensen, Eric García and Xavi Espart.
Emery said the match would give him and the players experience and information to analyze.
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