Wales beat Japan 28-21 in Cardiff in the Nations Championship, earning a bonus point and their second win in four matches. Captain Dewi Lake and coach Steve Tandy said Wales had fallen short in parts of the performance, with tougher fixtures against New Zealand and Australia ahead.
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Josh Adams scored two tries for Wales.
Archie Griffin and Louis Rees-Zammit also scored for Wales.
The match drew a crowd of 52,425 in Cardiff.
The victory was Wales' fourth in 13 Tests under head coach Steve Tandy.
Lake said Wales needed to improve before facing New Zealand the following Saturday.
Australia are scheduled to play Wales at the Principality Stadium on 21 November.
Japan coach Eddie Jones called the result a missed opportunity and said his side had not taken its chances.
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New Zealand beat Scotland 43-21 at Murrayfield, pulling away after a competitive first half. Scotland scored no points after halftime as the All Blacks scored 19, extending Scotland’s winless run against New Zealand to 121 years.
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Scotland’s Ewan Ashman scored a first-half hat-trick.
Scotland led an attacking first half, but New Zealand took control after the break.
New Zealand outscored Scotland 19-0 in the second half.
Beauden Barrett scored twice, including a try in the 51st minute.
Barrett reached 50 Test tries and 148 Test appearances.
Scotland coach Gregor Townsend said his team struggled with field position, breakdowns, discipline and ball retention.
New Zealand head coach Dave Rennie returned to Scotland, where he previously coached Glasgow Warriors.
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Manchester City lost 3-1 to Nottingham Forest, extending their Premier League losing streak to three games. The defeat leaves City six points behind Arsenal after 10 matches, while manager Enzo Maresca said the team lacked intensity and needed to analyze its performance.
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Forest’s Jair Cunha scored in the sixth minute after Josko Gvardiol gave the ball away.
Former City striker Liam Delap scored twice for Forest.
City’s only goal came after they had fallen 2-0 behind; Forest scored again in transition.
Arsenal beat Hull earlier that day and kept a clean sheet.
City started the season with seven straight wins but have since lost to Aston Villa, Brighton and Forest.
If Brighton fail to beat Brentford, Arsenal would be six points clear after 10 games.
City have appealed a finding that they breached Premier League financial rules; the appeal is ongoing, and possible sanctions are unknown.
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Lando Norris took pole for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix after rain delayed qualifying by 86 minutes at Interlagos. Grid penalties for George Russell and Charles Leclerc moved Kimi Antonelli to second and Liam Lawson to third; several other drivers also gained places.
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Norris set the fastest time, 1:27.470, and beat Russell by 0.204 seconds.
Russell qualified second but has a five-place penalty for exceeding his permitted engine-part allowance.
Antonelli, described in the article as the new world champion, will start second.
Leclerc qualified fourth but has a 10-place penalty, promoting Lawson to third.
Audi’s Nico Hulkenberg qualified sixth and will start fourth; Haas driver Oliver Bearman qualified eighth and will start sixth.
Max Verstappen did not take part in the second qualifying session because he will start from the back after an engine-related penalty.
Lewis Hamilton also faces a back-of-grid start and qualified 11th after failing to reach the top 10.
The race is scheduled to start at 17:00 GMT on 8 November.
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Martin Odegaard scored in the 72nd minute to give Arsenal a 1-0 win over Hull and keep the team at the top of the Premier League before the international break. A first-half VAR review denied Arsenal a penalty after the referee ruled Kai Havertz was offside before Nobel Mendy pulled his shirt.
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Odegaard's close-range goal secured Arsenal's fourth straight Premier League win.
The result gave Arsenal 27 points after 10 games, matching the club's best start under Mikel Arteta.
Arsenal recorded their 34th 1-0 win since Arteta became manager in 2019, the most by any team in that period.
Arsenal have won their past 10 home games in all competitions and kept eight clean sheets in those matches.
Referee Farai Hallam reviewed Mendy's shirt pull on Havertz at the pitchside monitor.
Hallam ruled that Havertz had been offside, so Arsenal did not receive a penalty and Hull restarted with a free-kick.
The article says the rules treat a foul as occurring before an offside offence if a player is fouled while running toward the ball, before trying to play it or challenge an opponent.
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Wales beat Japan 28-21 at the Principality Stadium to earn a bonus point in their Nations Championship campaign. Josh Adams scored twice, and Japan’s late try set up a tense finish before Wales held on.
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Wales led 21-14 at half-time.
Archie Griffin, Josh Adams and Louis Rees-Zammit scored Wales’ first-half tries.
Adams scored again in the second half, while Japan’s Kenta Fukuda scored late.
Japan earned a losing bonus point, leaving the final score 28-21.
Wales remained fifth in the northern hemisphere table.
Wales will host New Zealand next Saturday and later play Australia.
The match drew 52,425 supporters at the Principality Stadium.
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New Zealand beat Scotland 43-21 at Murrayfield after Scotland led a close contest at half-time but failed to score in the second half. Scotland captain Sione Tuipulotu said he took full responsibility for his yellow card and the team's poor discipline, and Scotland will regroup before playing Australia next week.
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Scotland trailed New Zealand by three points at half-time.
New Zealand scored 43 points to Scotland's 21 and scored seven tries.
Scotland did not score in the second half.
Tuipulotu received a yellow card in the 50th minute after Scotland conceded a succession of penalties.
Scotland conceded 13 penalties, while New Zealand conceded eight.
Beauden Barrett scored two tries for New Zealand.
Scotland coach Gregor Townsend said his team gave New Zealand too many opportunities through poor discipline.
Scotland are due to play Australia next week.
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Manchester City moved two points clear at the top of the Women's Super League after beating West Ham 5-0, while Chelsea drew 1-1 with Everton. Khadija Shaw scored a hat-trick for City, setting up next week's meeting between the two title contenders.
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City's win put them two points ahead of Chelsea in the WSL table.
Khadija Shaw scored three goals in City's 5-0 victory over West Ham.
Shaw has scored 12 goals in nine league appearances this season, accounting for 44% of City's WSL goals.
Chelsea drew 1-1 at home against Everton, with Lucy Bronze scoring an own goal.
Chelsea had 20 shots and an expected goals total of 2.14 but could not turn their chances into a win.
Chelsea play Manchester City next week in a match that could affect the title race.
Lauren James is expected to miss at least five games after sustaining a hamstring injury.
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Leeds United beat Tottenham Hotspur 1-0, ending Tottenham’s run without a Premier League defeat since September. Tottenham manager Roberto De Zerbi said his team deserved to lose after a poor second half, while a disputed decision not to send off Leeds defender Jayden Bogle for a first-half challenge on Mathys Tel drew attention.
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Leeds won the match 1-0 at Elland Road.
The defeat was Tottenham’s first Premier League loss since September.
A video assistant referee (VAR) review of Bogle’s challenge on Tel lasted more than four minutes and resulted in no red card or other punishment.
Tel left the match with a bruising injury to his left foot and could not continue.
Former Premier League assistant referee Darren McCann said Bogle was fortunate not to be sent off.
De Zerbi said Tottenham did not show the right character or physicality in the second half.
De Zerbi said he had confidence in the referee and that the team should focus on improving its performance.
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New Zealand beat Scotland 43-21 at Murrayfield in a Nations Championship match, scoring seven tries to Scotland’s three. Scotland hooker Ewan Ashman scored a first-half hat-trick, but New Zealand pulled away after halftime with three more tries.
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Scotland led 21-24 at halftime, with New Zealand three points ahead.
Ewan Ashman scored all three of Scotland’s tries, completing his hat-trick in the first half.
New Zealand’s tries came from Wallace Sititi, Ethan de Groot, Codie Taylor, Beauden Barrett (two), Josh Moorby and Asafo Aumua.
Damian McKenzie kicked four conversions for New Zealand; Finn Russell converted all three of Scotland’s tries.
New Zealand scored three tries after halftime and held Scotland scoreless in the second half.
New Zealand received two yellow cards in the first half, to Peter Lakai and Wallace Sititi.
The result extended New Zealand’s record against Scotland to 32 wins and two draws in 34 Tests.
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Max Verstappen will start from the back of the grid at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix after Red Bull fitted a new engine. Ferrari drivers Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc will each drop 10 places, while George Russell will drop five; Interlagos has also extended its F1 hosting contract through 2035.
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Red Bull found problems with Verstappen’s engine after Friday practice and fitted an all-new engine.
Hamilton, Leclerc and Russell each fitted a new internal combustion engine.
Verstappen will start from the back of the grid, and Hamilton and Leclerc will each serve a 10-place penalty.
Russell will serve a five-place penalty for exceeding the season limit on engine parts.
Hamilton and Leclerc received larger penalties because this was their first time exceeding the four-engine-per-season limit; Russell had exceeded it before.
Rain was forecast overnight from Saturday into Sunday, with possible rain during race day.
Interlagos extended its contract to host the Sao Paulo Grand Prix until 2035.
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Kalyn Ponga returned from surgery for a broken forearm just 23 days after his injury and helped New Zealand beat Tonga 34-10 in the men’s Rugby League World Cup semi-final. He contributed to four of New Zealand’s six tries as the team reached its first final in 13 years.
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Ponga broke his left forearm during New Zealand’s World Cup opener against Australia on October 15.
Ponga scored two tries against Australia before leaving the match with the injury; New Zealand lost 24-22.
Ponga made a surprise return to the starting lineup against Tonga, wearing protective bandaging on his forearm.
He helped set up tries for Briton Nikora, Casey McLean and Xavier Willison, and played a part in Dane Gagai’s try.
New Zealand scored twice in five minutes in the second half to extend its lead over Tonga.
Jamayne Isaako kicked five of six conversions and had made 36 of 38 attempts in the tournament.
New Zealand last won the men’s Rugby League World Cup in 2008.
Tonga coach Kristian Woolf said his team did not handle the wind and rain as well as New Zealand did.
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France coach Zinedine Zidane named his squad for upcoming Nations League matches against Italy and Turkey. Pablo Pagis received his first call-up, while Kylian Mbappé and other players returned after injuries.
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France will face Italy and Turkey in the Nations League.
Pablo Pagis earned his first call-up to the France squad.
Kylian Mbappé and several other key players returned from injury.
England coach Thomas Tuchel selected Jobe and Jude Bellingham but left out Cole Palmer.
Cristiano Ronaldo has retired from international football but is still pursuing 1,000 career goals.
Toulouse beat Strasbourg 3-1 in Ligue 1.
Carlos Alcaraz saved two match points against Taylor Fritz to reach the Paris Masters semifinals.
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Al Jazeera reporter Nic Haque tried wushu, a martial art featured at the 2026 Youth Olympics in Senegal. Belgian competitor Robbe Asselem helped him learn about the sport.
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The 2026 Youth Olympics are being held in Senegal.
The event is described as the first Olympic event held in Africa.
Wushu is among the sports featured at the Youth Olympics.
Al Jazeera reporter Nic Haque tried wushu.
Belgian competitor Robbe Asselem helped Haque learn about wushu.
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Atletico Madrid host La Liga leaders Barcelona on Sunday, November 8, in a match between teams separated by two points. Barcelona have scored 46 goals in 11 league games, while Atletico striker Julian Alvarez has scored in each of his last two league appearances.
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The match is scheduled for 9 p.m. local time at Riyadh Air Metropolitano in Madrid.
Barcelona top the table with 30 points from 11 games, having won 10 and lost one.
Atletico are second with 28 points from 11 games, with nine wins, one draw and one loss.
Barcelona’s 46 goals in their first 11 league games are the most in the league this season.
Raphinha has scored 15 league goals in 10 games, according to the article.
Raphinha has 19 goals in 13 appearances across all competitions this season.
Barcelona were fined about 600 euros by the Spanish football federation over their approach for Alvarez.
Raphinha signed a new Barcelona contract through 2030 on Thursday.
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Manchester United forward JJ Gabriel, 16, says his dream is to win the Ballon d’Or as he moves closer to joining Real Madrid. He and his representatives have verbally agreed terms with the Spanish club, but no deal has been signed and the clubs have not held talks.
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Gabriel remains registered with Manchester United and has been training on his own in Spain after moving there with his family.
Real Madrid has verbally agreed a deal with Gabriel and his representatives, according to sources cited by BBC Sport.
Manchester United could receive compensation if Gabriel leaves, though the amount would be lower if he joins a club outside the Premier League.
Gabriel has a European Union passport through his mother, whose family is of Cypriot origin.
Gabriel scored a hat-trick for United against Sabah in September, in what the article describes as his final appearance for the club.
Uefa Youth League rules do not allow a player to appear for more than one club in the same season.
Gabriel was named Premier League Under-18 player of the season last term, when he was 14 at the start of the season.
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Retired French tennis player Gaël Monfils has been appointed captain of France’s Davis Cup team, the French Tennis Federation announced on November 7, 2026. He succeeds Paul-Henri Mathieu, and France is scheduled to return to Davis Cup action in February 2027.
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Monfils retired after a 22-year professional playing career.
The French Tennis Federation said Monfils will bring his top-level experience to the team.
Paul-Henri Mathieu held the captain role for three years.
France did not qualify for the 2026 Davis Cup finals in Bologna.
Former Davis Cup teammates Richard Gasquet and Gilles Simon will support Monfils.
Monfils reached Davis Cup finals with France in 2010 and 2014 but did not win the title.
Monfils won 13 ATP titles and reached the semifinals at Roland Garros in 2008 and the US Open in 2016.
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New Zealand beat Tonga 34-10 to reach the men’s Rugby League World Cup final, their first appearance in the final since 2013. Kalyn Ponga returned from a broken arm 23 days earlier and helped set up New Zealand’s early tries and defend against Tonga’s attacks.
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New Zealand defeated Tonga 34-10 in New South Wales.
Kalyn Ponga started at full-back after breaking his arm 23 days earlier.
Ponga helped set up New Zealand’s opening try, scored by Briton Nikora.
Jojo Fifita scored both of Tonga’s tries.
New Zealand led 12-10 before scoring two tries within five minutes after halftime.
Casey McLean, Jahrome Hughes, Xavier Willison and Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad also scored for New Zealand.
New Zealand will play in the men’s Rugby League World Cup final for the first time since 2013.
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India beat New Zealand by four runs under the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method in a rain-shortened second ODI in Wellington, taking a 2-0 lead in the five-match series. India were 113-7 after 26 overs when rain stopped play, four runs above the target par score of 109.
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Rain reduced the match to a maximum of 47 overs per side.
New Zealand were bowled out for 134 in 41 overs.
Daryl Mitchell top-scored for New Zealand with 55, while captain Mitchell Santner made 31.
India bowler Gurnoor Brar took four wickets for 30 runs.
Auqib Nabi took his first two international wickets and finished with figures of 2-31.
New Zealand’s Jacob Duffy and Kyle Jamieson each took three wickets for 35 runs.
India need one more win to secure the series; the third ODI is scheduled for Tuesday in Hamilton.
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New York Knicks players Tyler Kolek and Miles McBride questioned Taylor Swift’s support for the team during a livestream, with Kolek calling her appearances “performative.” A Knicks spokesperson said Swift had supported the team for many years and that the organization appreciated her support.
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Kolek and McBride discussed celebrity Knicks fans during an NBA 2K livestream on Thursday.
Kolek said Swift might be the least genuine celebrity fan because he had seen her at only a few games.
Swift attended Knicks games during the Eastern Conference Finals and NBA Finals in May and June 2026, according to the article.
The Knicks spokesperson said Swift had been a fan for many years and had a long history with Madison Square Garden.
McBride named Ben Stiller and Tracy Morgan as celebrity fans he considered genuine.
Swift attended Knicks games in 2014 and performed at Madison Square Garden during her Fearless and Speak Now tours.
The Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs 94-90 in Game Five of the NBA Finals to win their first championship in more than 50 years.
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