Álvarez challenges for Mbilli’s 168lb title in Riyadh Mexican star fights for first time since Crawford loss Reach out to Bryan on Bluesky or by email Bryan will be here shortly. In the meantime here’s a look at Friday’s weigh-in.
A calm head on young shoulders, Arafat Minhas has swiftly earned the reputation of a match-winner for Pakistan.
Taiwo Awoniyi opened his Premier League account for Coventry City in their 3-1 win over Sunderland, while Ola Aina and Semi Ajayi also featured for their respective clubs
Matheus Nunes mistake lets in Yasin Ayari for winner Maresca: ‘We are conceding silly goals that we can avoid’ Enzo Maresca said “silly goals” and individual errors are costing Manchester City after Matheus Nunes’ mistake allowed Yasin Ayari to score Brighton’s winner in Saturday’s 1-0 victory here. Ayari’s strike was made possible after Nunes, City’s right-back, missed Diego Gómez’s cross from the right, so the ball could come back across goal via Maxim De Cuyper.
Mohamed Alameddine may not have played a game for the Eels this year, but tonight he has a final chance to run out for the Cedars at the World Cup.
Manchester United: always crashing in the same Carrick. The obvious question after this 2-0 defeat to Chelsea is how much longer United will continue to lose games under the current manager, as opposed to losing games under the next one.
Brighton’s French midfielder Georginio Rutter is put under pressure by Manchester City’s Portuguese midfielder Matheus Nunes (L) and Manchester City’s English midfielder #05 Elliot Anderson (R) during the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Brighton and Hove Albion at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England, on October 31, 2026. Manchester City’s Norwegian striker Erling Haaland reacts following the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Brighton and Hove Albion at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England, on…
Manchester United one place outside the EPL's bottom three as Coventry City climb with 3-1 win over Sunderland.
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Yasin Ayari goal hands third-placed Brighton 1-0 win at Manchester City, with two points separating top three in EPL.
Brighton inflicted a second straight Premier League defeat on Manchester City with a 1-0 win to close within two points of the leaders on Saturday, while Manchester United slumped to another damaging defeat for Michael Carrick at Chelsea. Players celebrate following the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Brighton and Hove Albion at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England, on October 31, 2026.
Senegal’s Influencer and TikToker Khaby Lame carries the Youth Olympic Flame on the eve of the opening ceremony of the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar on October 30, 2026. “Once the Youth Olympic Games in Senegal begin, Dakar will become the capital of African youth,” Senegal Prime Minister Ahmadou Al Aminou Lo said in an interview with AFP this week.
Senegal makes history by becoming the first African country to host an Olympic event.
Manchester City have lost two consecutive league games but no alarm should be sounded. Enzo Maresca’s fast-passing team were defeated on Saturday because Yasin Ayari took one of Brighton’s rare chances, the 11th-minute winner deriving from what appeared a wrongly awarded free-kick for Elliot Anderson’s “foul” on the same player.
Fakhar Zaman scores 127 from 99 balls in Lahore Kamindu Mendis’s 131 proves in vain for Sri Lanka This mini-tournament has been a welcome change of pace, carrying more meaning than your bog-standard three-match white-ball slog between two teams. This was an apt conclusion under lights in front of a packed-out Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, settled in the penultimate over as Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by three wickets to win the tri-series.
Defeat against Chelsea extends winless run to nine games Carrick clinging on to job after club’s worst run since 1988 Michael Carrick insisted he would still be in charge when Manchester United face Roma in the Champions League on Tuesday, despite the 2-0 defeat at Chelsea on Saturday. Carrick is clinging on to his job after overseeing the club’s first such run since 1988 and tried to focus on the next game as he analysed his side’s defending when Morgan Rogers opened the scoring for Chelsea.
Michael Carrick said he expects to remain in charge of Manchester United for Tuesday’s Champions League visit of Roma despite a 2-0 defeat at Chelsea that stretched the club’s winless run to nine matches. Carrick was given a stay of execution by the United hierarchy after a 3-0 home defeat to Bournemouth last weekend when many expected the axe to fall on the former England midfielder.
Atletico Madrid earned a solid 2-0 win at Levante on Saturday to move provisionally to the top of La Liga before Barcelona host Alaves later on. Atletico Madrid’s Argentine coach Diego Simeone (centre) reacts during the Spanish league football match between Levante UD and Club Atletico de Madrid at Ciutat de Valencia Stadium in Valencia on October 31, 2026.
Atletico Madrid earned a solid 2-0 win at Levante on Saturday to move provisionally top of La Liga before Barcelona host Alaves later on. Atletico host Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Tuesday before welcoming Barca to the Metropolitano stadium next weekend in La Liga.
Chelsea defeated 10-man Manchester United 2-0 in their Premier League clash, with goals from Morgan Rogers and Cole Palmer securing the win at Stamford Bri
With representatives from four continents still in contention, the last-eight fixtures promise a fascinating battle for places in the semi-finals.
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho said Saturday the club’s involvement in the controversy over Kylian Mbappe’s comments about an internet meme about himself and former Chinese leader Mao Zedong was over, after both the player and club apologised. Mbappe has endured a difficult week, after he finished second behind Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane in Monday’s Ballon d’Or ceremony.
Bets predicted exact top-five men’s finishing order Organisers France Football have contacted police A series of suspicious bets that correctly predicted the exact top-five finishing order of this year’s Ballon d’Or and generated almost $200,000 (£149,000) in winnings is being investigated by the event’s organisers, France Football, who have also contacted the police. Harry Kane was crowned the winner at the ceremony at the London Palladium, finishing ahead of Kylian Mbappé, Lamine Yamal, Rodri and Lionel Messi.