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Oct 19, 2026 - Sports

Giants QB Jameis Winston continued his dedication to breast cancer awareness on Sunday by bringing 10 survivors to a game and sending on to Super Bowl LXI.

Oct 19, 2026 - Sports

The 19-year-old scored a cracker in Seville, days after his ‘almost rabona’ at Galatasaray, as La Liga leaders beat Real BetisWhen at last it was time for Lamine Yamal to leave, the 19-year-old’s number going up before the 90th minute for only the second time since the opening day, Real Betis fans whistled him all the way to the touchline where Barcelona’s coach was waiting. His work here was done, Hansi Flick invited him to take the weight off his feet and his shoulders, not that he wanted to. First, though, he took Lamine Yamal’s head in his hands and, leaning in away from the amateur lip readers, tried to make himself heard over the noise. “I told him I was proud of him because he played a fantastic game,” he said.At least he could think of something. When Lamine Yamal had opened the scoring just nine minutes into the match that was supposed to find out how good Barcelona really were, it hadn’t been easy. Nothing erudite, anyway. On the morning that Barcelona went to Betis – first v third, a proper opponent at last – Jorge Valdano had lamented that sometimes he doesn’t have the words, and he always has the words. Valdano had just watched Lamine do that, whatever that was, in Istanbul – an “almost rabona”, the kid called it – and now he had a problem. “If he keeps doing strange things, we’re not going to be able to explain it,” he wrote. Continue reading...

Oct 19, 2026 - Sports

Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse crimes came to light 10 years agoSurvivors gather at world championships to call for reformThe judge who sentenced the former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar to up to 175 years in jail in 2018 for the sexual abuse of more than 250 women and girls has condemned the lack of meaningful change in the decade since Nassar’s crimes were exposed.With the World Gymnastics Championships taking place here this week, Judge Rosemarie Aquilina said human rights must be prioritised over the desire for sporting success. Continue reading...

Oct 19, 2026 - Sports

Wide receiver Davante Adams left the game with an apparent non-contact injury in the final minute of Sunday’s game at SoFi Stadium and did not return.

Oct 19, 2026 - Sports

Florida State coach Mike Norvell expressed frustration Monday with the ACC officiating crew that oversaw his team’s 43-35 loss at the Miami Hurricanes.