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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Senegal has opened the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, marking the first Olympic event held on the African continent. Senegal’s president opened the Games, with 136 Senegalese athletes competing and 6,000 local volunteers supporting the event.
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The Youth Olympic Games opened in Dakar, Senegal, on November 1, 2026.
The event marks the first Olympic competition held on the African continent.
Senegal’s president opened the Games.
A total of 136 Senegalese athletes are competing.
About 6,000 local volunteers are supporting the event.
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The 2026 Youth Olympic Games opened in Dakar, Senegal, with a ceremony featuring hundreds of drummers and dancers celebrating Senegalese and African culture. Nearly 3,000 teenage athletes from more than 200 countries are competing in around a dozen sports, as Senegal hosts the first Olympic sporting event on the African continent.
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The Games began with an opening ceremony on Saturday in Dakar.
The ceremony featured hundreds of drummers and dancers.
The Games' motto is “Africa welcomes, Dakar celebrates”.
Nearly 3,000 teenagers from more than 200 countries are competing.
The competition includes around a dozen sports, including athletics, beach wrestling and five-a-side baseball.
This is the first Olympic sporting event held on the African continent.
The Games are taking place as Senegal faces an economic crisis and a government crackdown on LGBTQ+ people.
Senegal's president has said he wants sport to become an “economic and social engine”.
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The Route du Rhum is preparing to start from Saint-Malo in Brittany, France. The solo transatlantic race sends skippers from France to Guadeloupe and takes place every four years.
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The article says 115 yachts will take part in the race.
The race starts in Saint-Malo, on France’s northern coast.
Skippers sail alone across the Atlantic.
The finish is on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe.
The race is held every four years.
The article describes the event as a high-speed, high-risk crossing.
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Marc Marquez won the Malaysian Grand Prix, beating his brother Alex by more than four seconds. The Ducati rider leads the championship by 44 points and could clinch his eighth title at next week’s Qatar Grand Prix if he extends that margin to 74 points.
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Marc Marquez took the lead early and won his first race since 2018.
Marc Marquez has 399 championship points, 44 more than Jorge Martin.
Martin missed the Malaysian Grand Prix while recovering from a fractured wrist suffered in a crash at Phillip Island.
Pedro Acosta finished second, and Alex Marquez finished third.
Marc Marquez is a seven-time MotoGP champion.
The Qatar Grand Prix is scheduled for next weekend at Lusail International Circuit.
Martin, the 2024 champion, said his title challenge was essentially over after withdrawing from the Malaysian event.
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Barcelona beat Alaves 6-1 to reclaim the La Liga lead, moving two points ahead of Atletico Madrid. Raphinha and Lamine Yamal scored twice each as Barcelona bounced back from two defeats; Atletico had earlier beaten Levante 2-0 for a seventh straight league win.
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Raphinha scored twice in the first half, and Fermin Lopez also scored before halftime.
Lamine Yamal scored once before halftime and again in the second half.
Anthony Gordon scored Barcelona’s sixth goal, while Mariano Diaz scored Alaves’ only goal.
Barcelona moved two points clear of second-place Atletico Madrid.
Atletico beat Levante 2-0, with goals from Alejandro Grimaldo and Giuliano Simeone.
Atletico’s win was its seventh consecutive league victory.
Alaves had gone seven matches without a win and stood 10th.
Barcelona were scheduled to host Aston Villa in the Champions League on Tuesday and visit Atletico the following Sunday.
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Lewis Hamilton took pole for Ferrari at the Mexico City Grand Prix with a qualifying time of 1:16.514, the 105th pole of his career. Kimi Antonelli qualified fifth and will start fourth after Max Verstappen’s grid penalty; Antonelli can clinch the championship with a ninth-place finish or better, according to the article.
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Hamilton secured his first regular Grand Prix pole for Ferrari.
At 41, Hamilton became the oldest pole-sitter since Mario Andretti in 1982.
George Russell qualified second, 0.009 seconds behind Hamilton, and Charles Leclerc qualified third.
Verstappen qualified fourth but will take a grid drop, moving Antonelli up from fifth to fourth.
Russell is 123 points behind Antonelli, with 100 points available after the Mexico weekend.
Lando Norris qualified sixth, while McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri was eliminated in the second qualifying phase and placed 13th.
Liam Lawson was disqualified from qualifying after a technical breach and will start from the back of the grid.
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Trent Alexander-Arnold has struggled to secure a regular starting role at Real Madrid since joining in June 2025. He has featured in seven of the club’s 13 matches this season, but has not played in three of the past four and is reportedly behind Denzel Dumfries and Fede Valverde at right-back.
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Real Madrid paid 10 million euros to release Alexander-Arnold early from his Liverpool contract in June 2025.
Alexander-Arnold has started four of Real Madrid’s 13 matches this season and has recorded one assist.
His assist came in a 4-0 home win over Malaga.
He did not play against Roma, Sevilla or RB Leipzig and appeared only in stoppage time in the Clasico.
Alexander-Arnold made 21 La Liga appearances in the 2025-26 season, starting 14 of them.
Hamstring, thigh and pre-season muscle problems disrupted his first season in Madrid.
Changes in Real Madrid’s management during his first season included the departures of Xabi Alonso and Alvaro Arbeloa’s appointment.
Alexander-Arnold’s contract with Real Madrid runs until 2031.
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Liverpool have won nine and drawn three of their 13 matches under manager Andoni Iraola, and they have won their past five games after losing to Manchester City on 11 October. Ahead of Sunday’s match against Arsenal, the article highlights Liverpool’s stronger home atmosphere, Iraola’s frequent squad rotation and a more direct approach in some games.
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Liverpool have won nine and drawn three of their 13 matches in all competitions under Iraola.
Liverpool have won their past five matches across all competitions since their 11 October defeat by Manchester City.
Arsenal’s last win at Anfield came in 2012, according to the article.
A Liverpool win on Sunday would leave the club three points behind Arsenal; a loss would widen the gap to nine points after nine games.
Liverpool have made at least three changes to their starting lineup in nine consecutive matches.
Liverpool had 35.6% possession in their 2-0 Premier League win over Brighton.
Liverpool are averaging 24.9 long balls per Premier League game this season, compared with 21 last season.
Iraola said Liverpool would continue rotating players to manage workloads during weeks with multiple matches.
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Australia defeated Wales 124-6 in the Rugby League World Cup, setting a record for the highest score in an international match. The Jillaroos scored 21 tries, while Wales scored their only try through Paige Travis after falling 100 points behind.
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Australia's 124 points surpassed Denmark's men's international record of 122 points, set against Sweden in 2012.
Australia led 60-0 at halftime, the largest halftime score in any men's or women's Rugby League World Cup match.
The 118-point margin was the largest in a women's international match; France's 120-0 win over Serbia in 2003 remains the men's record margin.
Jaime Chapman scored six tries for Australia, including the final try in the last minute.
Australia had 84% of possession in the first half and completed 21 of 22 sets.
Paige Travis scored Wales' try, making Wales the first team to score against Australia in the tournament.
Wales were competing in the Rugby League World Cup for the first time.
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South Africa beat Australia in their Test series, exposing concerns about Australia’s bowling and giving England points to consider before facing South Africa. Simon Harmer’s 10-wicket match helped secure the final Test, while England’s lack of a frontline spinner could be a weakness on turning pitches.
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Pat Cummins took wickets at an average of 53.66 during the series, his second-worst series average.
Cummins went more than 62 overs without taking a wicket between the second innings of the first Test and South Africa’s second innings in the third Test.
Australia fell from the top of the Test rankings for the first time in two and a half years.
Simon Harmer took 10 wickets for 120 runs in the third Test at Cape Town.
The article says England have not selected a frontline spinner since Joe Root returned as Test captain.
The Cape Town pitch turned an average of 4.35 degrees during the Test, the fourth-highest recorded there.
Temba Bavuma was dismissed by off-spin in four of his five innings against Australia.
Since Harmer returned to Test cricket in 2022, he has had the best average among spinners worldwide, according to the article.
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Saul “Canelo” Alvarez defeated Christian Mbilli by unanimous decision in Riyadh to reclaim the WBC super middleweight title. Alvarez took control in the second half of the 12-round bout, which went ahead despite escalating conflict involving Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthis.
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The judges scored the fight 115-112, 116-111 and 117-110 for Alvarez.
Alvarez, 36, returned to the ring after losing to Terence Crawford in September 2025.
Mbilli, 31, became a titleholder in January.
Alvarez gained an advantage in the seventh round with a right uppercut that rocked Mbilli.
The referee deducted a point from Mbilli in the eighth round for punching behind the head.
Alvarez said the win felt like his first title after about 20 years as a professional boxer.
Other sporting events had been called off after Houthi drone and missile attacks on Saudi Arabia.
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The Golden State Valkyries beat the Atlanta Dream 68-63 in Game 7 of the WNBA Finals to win their first championship, in their second season. Gabby Williams scored 30 points, including 28 in the second half, and was named Finals MVP.
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The Valkyries won the deciding game 68-63 at San Francisco's Chase Center.
The game was the first Game 7 in WNBA Finals history.
Williams scored 28 points in the second half after scoring two in the first half.
Williams made a go-ahead three-pointer with 2:18 left in the game.
Kiah Stokes scored after collecting a Williams miss with 53 seconds remaining.
Veronica Burton scored the game's final points after being fouled with 5.1 seconds left.
The Valkyries' home crowd numbered 18,064, and the team had sold out every game in franchise history.
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Thousands of volunteers help organize the New York City Marathon, supporting the nearly 60,000 runners expected on the course. The article focuses on their work along the sidelines, which helps the race run.
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The article is dated October 31, 2026.
Nearly 60,000 people are expected to run the New York City Marathon.
Thousands of volunteers help support the event.
Volunteers work along the sidelines.
The article focuses on volunteer contributions to organizing the marathon.
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The Golden State Valkyries won the WNBA championship in their second season, beating the Atlanta Dream 68-63 in Game 7 of the Finals in San Francisco. Gabby Williams scored 30 points, including a key late three-pointer, to lead Golden State to the title.
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Williams scored 30 points and the Valkyries’ final 11 points of the third quarter.
The Valkyries beat the Dream 68-63 in the first Game 7 in WNBA Finals history.
Jordin Canada scored 18 points for Atlanta, while Allisha Gray added 16.
Angel Reese had eight points and 12 rebounds for the Dream.
Kiah Stokes recorded 13 rebounds and blocked two shots for Golden State.
Veronica Burton made two free throws with 5.1 seconds remaining.
Golden State coach Natalie Nakase changed the starting lineup after the Valkyries fell behind 2-1 in the series.
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The Golden State Valkyries beat the Atlanta Dream 68-63 in Game 7 to win their first WNBA championship, in their second season as a team. The league said the 2026 season set attendance and viewership records.
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The Valkyries won the deciding game 68-63 on Saturday.
This was the first WNBA Finals series to be decided in a Game 7.
The Atlanta Dream have lost all four of their WNBA Finals appearances.
The Valkyries finished the regular season 32-12.
Golden State signed Gabby Williams in the offseason; she scored 26 points in the team’s Game 1 win.
The Dream reached the Finals without losing a playoff game, sweeping the Washington Mystics and New York Liberty.
The WNBA reported that 3.8 million fans attended 330 regular-season games, with average attendance up 21% from the previous year.
The WNBA said ESPN, ABC and CBS each had their most-watched seasons for league games.
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Lewis Hamilton took pole position for Ferrari at the Mexico City Grand Prix, his first pole since the 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix and his 105th overall. Kimi Antonelli qualified fourth, with the race offering him a chance to secure his first drivers’ title; Hamilton and George Russell are the only drivers who can still prevent that this weekend.
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Hamilton beat former Mercedes teammate George Russell to pole by 0.009 seconds.
The pole was Hamilton’s first for Ferrari in a Grand Prix qualifying session.
Antonelli qualified fifth fastest, then moved up to fourth after Max Verstappen received a one-place penalty.
Antonelli said he felt more tense than usual and lacked confidence during qualifying.
If Russell wins, Antonelli needs to finish at least ninth to secure the title; if Hamilton wins, he needs to finish at least 10th.
Hamilton said his focus was on achieving the best result for Ferrari and defending second place in the constructors’ championship.
Russell said he expected Antonelli to win the championship, most likely that weekend.
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Manchester United sit 17th after nine league games, with seven points and one win, and have gone nine games in all competitions without a victory. The article says relegation remains unlikely but notes that United need to improve and win matches, starting with Aston Villa at Old Trafford on 8 November.
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United have seven points from nine Premier League games.
United are 17th, partly because of results elsewhere on Saturday.
The club has gone nine games in all competitions without a win, its worst run since 1988-89.
United’s only league win this season came against Ipswich in August.
The article says no team has been relegated from a 38-game Premier League season with more than West Ham’s 42 points in 2002-03.
United were 16th late in the 2024-25 season but finished 14 points clear of third-bottom Leicester.
United’s next match is against Aston Villa at Old Trafford on 8 November.
The article says Michael Carrick’s future remains unclear.
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Chelsea beat Manchester United 2-0 at Stamford Bridge in a Premier League match. Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez was sent off, increasing pressure on manager Michael Carrick.
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Chelsea won the match 2-0.
The game took place at Stamford Bridge.
The match was a Premier League fixture.
Manchester United played with 10 men after Lisandro Martinez was sent off.
The defeat added pressure on Manchester United manager Michael Carrick.
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Brighton beat Manchester City 1-0 in the Premier League, earning their first away league victory at City. The loss was City’s second consecutive Premier League defeat.
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Brighton defeated Manchester City 1-0.
The match was a Premier League game.
Brighton recorded their first away league victory at Manchester City.
Manchester City lost their second successive Premier League match.
The article identifies Brighton & Hove Albion and Manchester City as the teams.
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