Arsenal beat Liverpool 1-0 at Anfield in the Premier League, with Kai Havertz scoring in the first half. Declan Rice assisted the goal and was rated Arsenal’s best player, while Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson’s misplaced pass led to the winner.
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Arsenal won at Anfield in the Premier League for the first time since 2012.
Kai Havertz scored the only goal of the match in the first half.
Declan Rice assisted Havertz’s goal and received a rating of 8.
Alisson received a rating of 4 after his poor pass led to Arsenal’s goal.
Florian Wirtz hit the crossbar with a free kick and received a rating of 6.
Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya received a rating of 7.
Arsenal defenders Ezri Konsa, Gabriel Magalhaes and Riccardo Calafiori each received a rating of 8.
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Week eight’s early NFL slate features several divisional matchups, including the Ravens visiting the Bills and the Browns visiting the Steelers. The unbeaten Vikings face the Lions, whose offense is averaging more than 30 points per game, while Baltimore hopes Lamar Jackson’s return will end a two-game losing streak.
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The Ravens enter at 4-3, while the Bills are 5-1.
Lamar Jackson is set to return after missing three games.
The Bills have beaten the Ravens in their last three home meetings, according to the article.
The Browns and Steelers are both 5-2 and meet in a contest for the top spot in the AFC North.
The Vikings are 6-0 and face the 4-2 Lions.
The Lions are scoring more than 30 points per game, while the article describes Minnesota as having the league’s best defense.
Eight early-window games are listed, with kickoffs scheduled for 1 p.m. Eastern.
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The Route du Rhum began on Sunday, with 115 sailors setting off from Saint-Malo for a solo transatlantic yacht race. In light winds, the boats headed along the Brittany coast toward a required checkpoint near Cap Fréhel.
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The race started at 12:02 GMT on Sunday.
A total of 115 sailors are competing.
Each sailor is making a solo transatlantic crossing.
The fleet set off from Saint-Malo in mild weather.
Boats sailed along the Brittany coast toward a mandatory checkpoint near Cap Fréhel.
Crowds gathered near the checkpoint to watch.
Competitor Nicolas d’Estais said the conditions were ideal before boarding his yacht, Café Joyeux.
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Celtic lost to Falkirk, their sixth defeat in 10 matches across all competitions, despite leading several match statistics. They remain four points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership, while manager Martin O’Neill said the club was in a better position than at the same stage last season.
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Falkirk beat Celtic in the Scottish Premiership on Sunday.
Celtic have lost six of their past 10 matches in all competitions.
Celtic had 24 shots to Falkirk’s six and nine shots on target to Falkirk’s two.
Celtic recorded more than twice Falkirk’s possession and 14 corners; Falkirk had none.
Celtic remain four points clear at the top of the Premiership.
Celtic drew 2-2 with Dundee United in their previous league match.
Celtic’s next match is a home Europa League game against Besiktas; they have lost their first three games in the competition.
Chris Sutton and Ian McCall described Celtic’s performances as signs of regression, while O’Neill said the team was better placed than a year earlier.
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Irish middle-distance runner Ciara Mageean has died at 34, according to a statement posted on her social media. She was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in May 2025 and died on Sunday surrounded by loved ones. Tributes came from sporting organizations, former colleagues and political leaders in Northern Ireland.
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Mageean was from Portaferry, County Down.
She represented Ireland at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games.
She won the 1,500-meter gold medal at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome.
She won a silver medal representing Northern Ireland at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Mageean was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in May 2025.
She married her long-term partner, Thomas Moran, less than three weeks before her death.
Tributes described Mageean as an inspiration to athletes and a proud representative of Ireland.
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Sheila Chepkirui won the New York City Marathon women’s race for the second time, finishing in 2:24:36. Andreas Almgren won the men’s race in his marathon debut, finishing in 2:06:01.
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Almgren pulled away from Italy’s Yemaneberhan Crippa in the final mile.
Crippa finished 13 seconds behind Almgren.
Lesotho’s Kamohelo Mofolo placed third in the men’s race, ahead of defending champion Benson Kipruto.
Chepkirui pulled away from compatriot Hellen Obiri in the final 150 meters.
American Jessica McClain finished second, six seconds behind Chepkirui.
McClain’s result marked the first time a U.S. woman had finished in the women’s top three since 2018.
The race ran through all five New York City boroughs for the 50th time.
About 60,000 runners started the race, and nearly half were women.
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The Golden State Valkyries beat the Atlanta Dream 68-63 in Game 7 to win the WNBA title in their second season. Coach Natalie Nakase built a team around overlooked players, giving them trust and clear roles as they fought back from a 3-2 series deficit.
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Golden State won the best-of-seven finals series 4-3 after Atlanta took a 3-2 lead.
The Valkyries won Game 7 by a score of 68-63 on October 31.
The article says Golden State became the fastest expansion team in major North American professional sports history to win a championship.
Natalie Nakase’s path to coaching included playing as a walk-on at UCLA and later coaching in Japan’s top men’s league.
Point guard Veronica Burton had been waived by Dallas and later became the WNBA’s Most Improved Player with Golden State.
Forward Kaila Charles had been cut five times before joining the Valkyries on a seven-day hardship contract.
Kayla Thornton became a first-time All-Star with Golden State at age 32.
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Harriet Dart won her first WTA title at the Guangzhou Open, beating Austrian teenager Lilli Tagger in the final. Dart says part-time coaching from former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli has strengthened her belief, and she is projected to rise from world number 115 to 83rd.
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Dart, 30, won the Guangzhou Open in China on Sunday.
She defeated rising Austrian teenager Lilli Tagger in the final.
Dart began working part-time with 2013 Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli at the start of the season.
Dart was ranked outside the top 160 when she started working with Bartoli.
Dart has won 19 of 24 tour-level hard-court matches since Wimbledon.
Her season record is 23 wins from 34 WTA Tour matches, the best winning percentage of her career.
Dart reached a career-high ranking of 70th in 2024 but spent most of the past two seasons outside the top 100.
She is projected to move up to 83rd in the world rankings after winning the title.
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London City Lionesses lost 2-1 to defending champions Manchester City despite taking 24 shots, six of them on target. Their performance suggested they can challenge the Women’s Super League’s leading teams, but consistency and finishing remain concerns as they pursue their ambition of qualifying for the Champions League.
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Khadija Shaw and Lauren Hemp scored for Manchester City.
London City’s only goal came in the 2-1 defeat; the article does not identify the scorer in the provided text.
London City had 24 shots, with six on target.
Manager Eder Maestre said his team’s performances were at the level they wanted but that results had not always reflected them.
Manchester City manager Andree Jeglertz said success requires performing consistently across the league season.
London City is backed by U.S. billionaire Michele Kang and signed Alexia Putellas during the summer.
The article says London City built a training facility in Kent and agreed a Nike shirt deal reportedly worth more than £3 million per year.
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East Carolina defensive back David Coleman Jr fractured his fibula after a referee slipped and collided with him during a game against Temple. East Carolina won 17-9, and Coleman recorded one tackle before leaving the field.
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The incident happened in the first half at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.
Coleman was standing with teammates between plays near the 40-yard line.
A referee slipped while approaching the players and slid into Coleman from behind.
Two teammates helped carry Coleman off the field without putting weight on his injured leg.
East Carolina coach Blake Harrell said a halftime X-ray confirmed a fractured fibula.
Coleman made one tackle before leaving the game.
East Carolina defeated Temple 17-9.
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Broadway’s “The Lost Boys” brings the vampire story to the stage. CBS correspondent Tracy Smith speaks with actors L.J. Benet and Ali Louis Bourgzui, director Michael Arden, and film professor Rebekah McKendry about the musical and vampires in popular media.
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“The Lost Boys” is a Broadway musical about vampires.
Correspondent Tracy Smith interviews actors L.J. Benet and Ali Louis Bourgzui.
Director Michael Arden discusses the production.
Film professor Rebekah McKendry talks about vampire lore in media.
The segment contrasts the musical’s run with the fate of other Broadway vampire musicals.
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England’s men and women both exited the Rugby League World Cup in the group stage, prompting the Rugby Football League to begin a review of the English game. The review will examine player development, domestic competitions and media rights as the RFL seeks to improve England’s future international performance.
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England’s men won two of three group matches and finished with a points difference of +86, but did not reach the knockout stage.
The men’s exit was confirmed after Tonga beat Samoa 20-18.
The RFL announced a plan to assess the future of the English game, building on work launched earlier under its One Game, One England scheme.
Former Great Britain captain Paul Sculthorpe, retiring England women’s captain Jodie Cunningham and Adrian Morley are among those helping develop the plan.
RFL chief executive Ian Nolan said the review will cover player development, media rights, audience growth and the balance between reach and revenue.
Nolan said England’s travel schedule and the tournament format were mitigating factors, but should not be used as excuses for the results.
England’s women compete in a domestic league that is effectively amateur, while their World Cup opponents from Australia play professionally.
Eleven members of England’s young women’s squad came through the Diploma in Sporting Excellence programme; the squad’s average age was 21.
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The 2026 TCS New York City Marathon took place on Sunday, November 1, with tens of thousands of runners racing through all five boroughs. The 26.2-mile course began in Staten Island and finished in Manhattan’s Central Park, with crowds cheering along the route.
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The marathon started at Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island and finished in Central Park.
The course crossed Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx.
The professional wheelchair divisions began at about 8 a.m. ET, followed by other divisions and five waves of runners starting between about 9 and 11:30 a.m.
Hellen Obiri returned as the defending women’s open-division champion.
Benson Kipruto returned as the defending men’s champion.
Swedish runner Andreas Almgren made his full marathon debut at the event.
American Conner Mantz competed after setting the U.S. marathon record at the 2025 Chicago Marathon with a time of 2:04:43.
Race-day street and bridge closures affected traffic across the city.
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Irish middle-distance runner Ciara Mageean has died aged 34 after being treated for advanced bowel cancer, her family announced. She won the 1,500 metres at the 2024 European Athletics Championships and represented Ireland at two Olympic Games.
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Mageean’s family said she died at 6:30 a.m. surrounded by loved ones.
She revealed her bowel cancer diagnosis in July 2025 and later said the disease was at an advanced stage.
Mageean won the European 1,500 metres title in Rome in 2024.
She represented Ireland at the 2016 Rio Olympics and the Tokyo Games held in 2021.
An Achilles tendon injury kept her from competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
She won European 1,500-metre bronze in 2016 and silver in 2022.
Mageean represented Northern Ireland when she finished second in the 1,500 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Her family announced her death weeks after she married her long-term boyfriend in Belfast.
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Qatar unveiled the official countdown clock for the 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Doha. The event is fewer than 300 days away, according to the article.
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The 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup will take place in Qatar.
The official countdown clock was unveiled in Doha.
The tournament is fewer than 300 days away, the article reports.
Al Jazeera journalist David Stokes attended the unveiling.
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The Route du Rhum solo transatlantic sailing race is scheduled to start from Saint-Malo in Brittany, with 115 yachts expected to take part. Skippers will sail alone to Guadeloupe, and both professional and amateur sailors compete in the race, which takes place every four years.
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The Route du Rhum is a solo transatlantic sailing race.
The race is scheduled to depart from Saint-Malo in Brittany.
The fleet includes 115 yachts.
Skippers will sail to Guadeloupe.
Each competitor sails alone.
Professional and amateur sailors compete.
The race is held every four years.
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Yamaha withdrew its team from next weekend’s Qatar MotoGP, saying it could not change its company-wide travel restrictions given the situation in the Middle East. MotoGP said it was disappointed but reported that the other teams planned to compete in the November 6–8 race at Lusail International Circuit.
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Yamaha announced its withdrawal shortly after Sunday's Malaysian MotoGP race.
Yamaha riders Fabio Quartararo and Alex Rins were named as members of the team.
MotoGP said Yamaha’s absence would have sporting implications.
MotoGP said its discussions with Qatar race organisers and safety advisers had not led it to change plans for the event.
The Qatar Grand Prix is scheduled for November 6–8 at Lusail International Circuit, outside Doha.
MotoGP said the rest of the grid had confirmed it would compete in Qatar.
Marc Marquez won the Malaysian race at Sepang and could clinch the championship in Doha.
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Harriet Dart won her first WTA Tour singles title by beating Austria’s Lilli Tagger 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the Guangzhou Open final. The 30-year-old Briton came through qualifying and will return to the world’s top 100, earning direct entry to the Australian Open main draw.
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Dart defeated 18-year-old Tagger in three sets in the Guangzhou Open final.
Dart was ranked 115th before the latest rankings update; Tagger was ranked 53rd.
Dart saved the match after missing two championship points on Tagger’s serve, then won with a service winner on her third championship point.
Dart won four of her seven matches that week after losing the first set.
The Guangzhou Open is a WTA 250 event, a tournament on the WTA Tour.
Dart will rise into the world’s top 100 when the new rankings are released.
The ranking rise will give Dart direct entry to the Australian Open main draw in January.
Dart has won 19 of 24 tour-level hard-court matches since Wimbledon, according to the article.
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The Youth Olympic Games opened in Senegal on Saturday, marking the first Olympic competition held on African soil. The 15-day event features 2,700 athletes aged 14 to 17 competing in 25 sports across Dakar, Saly and Diamniadio.
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The opening ceremony drew 30,000 people.
The Games are taking place across three Senegalese cities: Dakar, Saly and Diamniadio.
The competition brings together 2,700 athletes aged 14 to 17.
The program includes 25 sports and runs for 15 days.
Barcelona beat Alavés 6-1 in La Liga.
Lewis Hamilton took pole position with Ferrari at the Mexico City Grand Prix.
The Golden State Valkyries won the WNBA title; Gabby Williams scored 30 points in the deciding Game 7.
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Irish middle-distance runner Ciara Mageean has died at 34 after being diagnosed with cancer. A two-time Olympian, she won the 1,500-meter European title in 2024 and represented Ireland and Northern Ireland at major competitions.
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Mageean was from Portaferry in Northern Ireland.
She revealed in July 2025 that she had been diagnosed with cancer.
A statement on her social media said she died at 6:30 a.m. surrounded by loved ones.
She represented Ireland at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games.
An Achilles injury forced her to withdraw from the 2024 Paris Olympics.
She won the 1,500-meter gold medal at the 2024 European Championships in Rome.
She won 1,500-meter silver for Northern Ireland at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
She set Irish records in the 1,000-meter and 1,500-meter events.
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