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UEFA.com: Benfica bidding to complete Dynamo double

Benfica came out on top at Dynam Kyiv on matchday three, and another success at home to the Ukrainian club would leave the Portuguese side well placed …
UEFA.com

UEFA.com: Europa League – three teams stay perfect

Shakhtar Donetsk – 5-0 victors over Gent – Schalke and Zenit made it three wins from three, while Paul Pogba scored twice as Manchester United beat …
UEFA.com

Sky Sports: Europa League – Shakhtar hit five and Zenit avoid shock Dundalk loss

Shakhtar Donetsk maintained their 100 percent start to Europa League Group H as they thrashed Gent 5-0. Viktor Kovalenko set the Ukrainians on their …
Sky Sports

Associated Press: UEFA open to Champs League final beyond Europe

NYON, Switzerland – The Champions League final could be contested outside Europe from the first time, new UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin said on …
Associated Press

Associated Press: Benfica beats Dynamo Kyiv 2-0 in Champions League

Eduardo Salvio converted a penalty and Franco Servi also scored as Benfica beat Dynamo Kyiv 2-0 on Oct. 19 for a first win in the Champions League …
Associated Press

BBC: Anthony Joshua to defend IBF title regardless of Wladimir Klitschko

Britain’s Anthony Joshua will defend his IBF heavyweight title in Manchester on Dec. 10 whether it is against Wladimir Klitschko or another fighter, …
BBC

Associated Press: Russian sports minister promoted to deputy premier

MOSCOW – Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko, who has come under scrutiny in Russia’s doping scandal and was banned from attending the Rio de Janeiro …
Associated Press

New York Times: Surfing under the Northern Lights

UNSTAD, Norway – This was all new to Tim Matley, a thin and boyishly blond Australian, who found himself above the Arctic Circle for the first time in …
New York Times

CNN: Top rugby coach found dead in Paris hotel room

The world of rugby is in shock after the sudden death of Munster head coach and former Irish international Anthony Foley at the age of 42. Foley, who …
CNN

The Telegraph: Anthony Joshua agrees £30 million showdown with Wladimir Klitschko

Promoter Eddie Hearn revealed on Oct. 16 that the deal between Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko for their world heavyweight title fight “has been …
The Telegraph

BBC: European nations barred from 2026 World Cup bid

European countries will not be able to host the 2026 World Cup because of Fifa’s rotational policy. It means the previous two host confederations – …
BBC

Associated Press: Tyson Fury vacates two heavyweight boxing titles, loses boxing license

MANCHESTER, England – Tyson Fury’s downward spiral since becoming world heavyweight boxing champion escalated on Oct. 13 when the British fighter …
Associated Press

RFE/RL: Daughter of Russian MMA fighter who criticized Kadyrov attacked

The teenage daughter of renowned Russian mixed-martial-arts (MMA) fighter Fyodor Yemelyanenko has been hospitalized after reportedly being assaulted …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

BBC: Romania players ‘burgled’ in Kazakhstan

The Romanian Football Federation says some of its players had money and personal items stolen from their hotel rooms before Oct. 11 World Cup …
BBC

Voice of America: Russian Olympics chief to resign amid doping fallout

Russian Olympic Committee chief Alexander Zhukov said on Oct. 11 he wants to resign from the position to focus on duties as a lawmaker. Russian media …
Voice of America

Associated Press: Russian stripped of 2012 Olympic women’s hammer throw gold

LAUSANNE, Switzerland – Russian hammer thrower Tatyana Lysenko was stripped of her gold medal from the 2012 London Olympics on Oct. 11, the latest …
Associated Press

Ukraine Figure Skating Federation rejects ‘raider seizure’ accusations

Mykhailo Makarov, who was elected the new president of the Figure Skating Federation on August 25, rejects accusations of “raider seizure” by the …
Interfax-Ukraine

The Guardian: Klitschko, Joshua wait in wings as Fury faces board decision on world titles

Tyson Fury faces being stripped of his licence at a meeting of the British Boxing Board of Control on Oct. 12. Fury’s case will be discussed by …
The Guardian
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