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Kimi Antonelli leads by 102 points and can win the F1 title in Austin on Oct. 25 if he wins and Russell finishes 9th or lower and Hamilton 5th or lower.

Man United have one win in seven Premier League games, their worst start since 1986, after a 1-1 draw at Leeds. Michael Carrick is under growing pressure.

Lionel Messi scored twice in Inter Miami's 3-1 win at Atlanta to reach 25 MLS goals, six clear in the Golden Boot race. He is tied for the assist lead with 15.

The Thunder and Spurs are 2026-27 NBA title co-favorites at +270, and Victor Wembanyama leads MVP odds. ESPN's 15 experts pick OKC 10-5 to win the title.

The 2026-27 NBA season opens Tuesday, Oct. 20, with three games on NBC and Peacock: Celtics-Pistons at 3, 76ers-Knicks at 7 and Thunder-Spurs at 9:30 ET.

The 49ers, Chiefs and Vikings are the NFL's last unbeaten teams after Week 6. The Eagles lost a fourth straight; the Chargers and Dolphins are still winless.

NFL Week 7 opens Thursday with Patriots at Bears on Prime Video, plus Steelers-Saints in Paris, Chiefs at Seahawks on SNF and Cowboys at Eagles on MNF.

UFC 333 is Saturday, Oct. 24, at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi: Volkanovski defends against unbeaten Movsar Evloev, plus Petr Yan vs. Merab Dvalishvili 3.

The 2026 World Series starts Friday, Oct. 23, in Milwaukee on FOX. Brewers vs. the ALCS winner, Rays or Guardians; a Game 7 would be Saturday, Oct. 31.

The 0-5 Los Angeles Chargers visit the 4-0 Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday at 3:25 p.m. CT on CBS. Kansas City, coming off a bye, is a 7.5-point favourite. LA is off to its worst start since 2003, Justin Herbert has thrown seven interceptions, and the team says trading him has 'never even' been discussed. Live score inside.

The Dallas Cowboys (2-3) visit the Green Bay Packers (3-2) at Lambeau Field on Sunday Night Football, 7:20 p.m. CT on NBC and Peacock. Dallas is coming off a home loss to winless Tampa Bay and has not beaten the Packers since 2016; the last meeting, in September 2025, ended in a 40-40 tie. Green Bay is a 1.5-point favourite. Live score inside.

Shohei Ohtani's three-run homer put the two-time defending champions up 4-0 in the second inning at Dodger Stadium. Milwaukee answered with six unanswered runs, a go-ahead homer from Garrett Mitchell and a ninth-inning shot by No. 9 hitter David Hamilton, and won 6-4 to finish a four-game sweep. No team had ever swept the club that swept it the postseason before.

Amorim takes charge of Milan for the first time at Celtic Park, replacing the sacked Massimiliano Allegri. His lineup is a 3-4-2-1 built around young players, with Nkunku and Estupiñán left in Italy. Kick-off 3 p.m. BST.

Boston gets an infielder having a genuine power breakout with four years of control left. Washington gets a 24-year-old starter controlled through 2031 — who is currently on the injured list with elbow inflammation, and who their president of baseball operations drafted himself.

Santos lost their Apertura opener and sit 13th. Atlas won theirs and sit 3rd. The bookmakers can barely separate them — Santos +155, Atlas +170, draw +230 — which is about right for two sides who have played one match each.

Jonquel Jones finished a rebound shy of a triple-double and took MVP at the United Center. For Golden State, the night belonged to Gabby Williams — the first player in Valkyries history to start a WNBA All-Star Game.

With eight World Cup winners still on holiday and Frenkie de Jong injured, Hansi Flick hands a youthful, academy-laden Barcelona team its first run-out of the summer — against a Catalan neighbor the club has not faced in nearly a century.

Chicago (57-45) opens a three-game set at PNC Park against a Pirates team (53-50) that is close enough to the division lead to complicate its own deadline plans. Matthew Boyd faces Jared Jones at 6:40 p.m. ET, with Pittsburgh down another catcher.

Arizona (54-49) holds the last NL wild-card spot by a thread, and Washington (52-51) is two back. Eduardo Rodriguez and his 2.63 ERA face Carson Palmquist, who is carrying an 8.74. First pitch 6:45 p.m. ET at Nationals Park.

Los Angeles arrives at Citi Field 65-38, the best record in the majors. New York is 43-60 and fifth in the NL East. Roki Sasaki faces Sean Manaea in the opener of three, with the trade deadline a week away and the two clubs pointed in opposite directions.

Manager Tony Vitello said McDonald's elbow ligament injury will get a second opinion this weekend and implied the rookie right-hander is unlikely to pitch again in 2026. Bader, out since May 29 with plantar fasciitis, has stopped baseball activity and will see a foot specialist Monday.

Chris Haynes reports Caldwell-Pope and Memphis are negotiating a buyout, and that he plans to sign with the 76ers once he reaches the open market. Nothing is agreed yet — and he would be walking away from a $21.6 million option to do it.

In a stunning free-agency move, the 41-year-old is joining a loaded Sixers roster on a two-year, $8 million deal — taking the veteran minimum to chase a fifth championship as he begins a record-extending 24th NBA season with his fourth franchise.

Baseball's best record hosts baseball's worst. Milwaukee (64-38) opens a three-game set against Colorado (41-63) at American Family Field in a rare Friday afternoon start, with Tomoyuki Sugano facing Shane Drohan. First pitch is 4:10 p.m. ET.

Shea Lacey and Joshua Zirkzee scored either side of half-time and Manchester United pulled clear late to beat Rosenborg 5-0 at Lerkendal Stadion, an emphatic pre-season run-out for Rúben Amorim's much-changed team.

The gymnast posted a photo in surgical attire alongside her husband, Jonathan Owens, with the caption 'His birthday but he takes me to get my procedure.' She has still not said what sent her to the hospital in June, when she wrote that 'almost dying wasn't on my bingo card.'

The former Cowboys quarterback and CBS lead analyst, a Wisconsin native, was stopped on I-43 on Thursday night and arrested on suspicion of operating while intoxicated. It is a first offense — which in Wisconsin is a civil citation, not a crime — and he is due in court in September.

Two division leaders meet at Citizens Bank Park, with Cam Schlittler facing Jesus Luzardo. It is an Apple TV exclusive — and despite what a lot of headlines are promising, Friday Night Baseball is not free in 2026 unless you use a trial.

The Ecuadorian broke clear in the final kilometres at Orcières-Merlette to give EF Education-EasyPost its first stage of this Tour. Tadej Pogacar kept the yellow jersey untroubled — but a sickness sweeping his UAE squad has become the race's new subplot.

Baltimore cut the college star a day before rookies reported, clearing a roster spot to sign veteran center Ethan Pocic. Pavia, the 2025 Heisman runner-up, had been fighting for the No. 3 job in Lamar Jackson's quarterback room.

The Belgian sprinter landed his first win of this Tour out of a huge breakaway, with Mathieu van der Poel firing the lead-out. Behind him, the green-jersey fight tightened and one of Tadej Pogacar's key lieutenants barely survived the day.

Spain's 1-0 extra-time win over Argentina wasn't just a classic on the field — it became the most-watched English-language soccer telecast in U.S. history, part of a combined American audience north of 60 million.

Ferran Torres came off the bench to settle the 2026 World Cup final in extra time, handing Spain their second title. Argentina managed zero shots on target across 120 minutes and finished a man down.