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Oct 14, 2026 - Sports

Linda Noskova has had a season to remember, but a calf problem has interrupted her run at a crucial point. The Czech star has already won Wimbledon and qualified for her first WTA Finals. Now, she’s been forced to pull out of the Wuhan Open, leaving her with limited time to recover before the season-ending […] The post Late-Season Injury Issue Forces Linda Noskova Out of Wuhan as WTA Finals Hopes Hang in Balance appeared first on EssentiallySports.

Oct 14, 2026 - Sports

World Cup sell-off, Balogun and peace prize on agendaOpponents will press home need for independent reviewGianni Infantino will be questioned by Fifa council members over his involvement in the aborted World Cup sell-off plan, the Folarin Balogun affair and the decision to award Donald Trump the inaugural Fifa peace prize at what is expected to be a heated meeting at the world governing body’s headquarters on Thursday.The Fifa president rejected repeated calls for an extraordinary general meeting of council during the summer after the emergence of the Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) proposals, but will meet his critics for the first time since in Zurich with one attender predicting that the talks could be “explosive”. Continue reading...

Oct 14, 2026 - Sports

Black Cats can reboot season against Torreense in Europa League in break from tough start to the Premier LeagueThere is a pleasing symmetry about Sunderland’s Europa League trip to Portugal to face Torreense on Thursday night. The club’s last competitive venture on European soil, 53 years ago, was the second leg of a European Cup Winners’ Cup second-round tie against Sporting in Lisbon for the FA Cup holders, then in the Second Division.In a striking parallel, second-tier Torreense prompted widespread surprise by beating Sporting in the Portuguese Cup final last season. The reward was a place in the Europa League’s initial phase and their chances of reaching next spring’s sudden-death rounds were boosted when they beat Lillestrom 2-1 in Norway last month. Continue reading...

Oct 14, 2026 - Sports

Tweaked hamstring to keep Exeter wing out at ToulouseGenge and Lawes want England restrictions liftedEngland’s game-breaking winger Manny Feyi-Waboso should be fit for international duty next month despite tweaking a hamstring playing for Exeter against Newcastle on Sunday. Initial scans have not revealed any major damage and Rob Baxter, the Chiefs’ director of rugby, is hopeful the 23-year-old will be back in action before too long.Medical staff from Exeter and England have looked at Feyi-Waboso’s scan and the player will be unavailable for his club’s opening Champions Cup pool fixture at Toulouse on Saturday. The early indications are said to be positive, however, and he is on track to feature in England’s opening Nations Championship Test against Australia on 8 November. Continue reading...

Oct 14, 2026 - Sports

In 1977, Richards sued to play in the US Open after transitioning. Now she supports bans on trans athletes in women’s sports. A new biography explores a complex legacyIt was a story that dominated tennis headlines back in 1977: Dr Renée Richards, an ophthalmologist who excelled as a male amateur player before a sex-change operation, was suing for the right to play in the women’s draw of the US Open. Where did Richards go for legal assistance? None other than Roy Cohn.Better known for prosecuting suspected communists during the red scare and mentoring Donald Trump, Cohn turned his attention to fighting for Richards’s inclusion. His firm successfully argued the case – part of the narrative of a new biography, Finding Renée Richards: The Groundbreaking Story of Tennis’s Trans Pioneer by Julie Kliegman. Continue reading...