De la Fuente wins coach of the Year Award after Spain’s World Cup triumph. De la Fuente beats coaching heavyweights The Spanish tactician emerged ahead of an impressive shortlist featuring Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta, Paris Saint-Germain’s Luis Enrique, Aston Villa boss Unai Emery and Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany.
Lamine Yamal Wins Young Talent Award. Spain and Barcelona winger, Lamine Yamal, has won the Men’s Young Talent of the Year at the 2026 Ballon d’Or ceremony in London.
Lamine Yamal makes history with third straight Kopa Trophy win. The 19-year-old Spain international received the honour at the 2026 Ballon d’Or ceremony in London on Monday, October 26, following another impressive season in which he helped Barcelona win La Liga and the Spanish Super Cup before playing a key role in Spain’s 2026 FIFA World Cup triumph.
Spain’s Luis de la Fuente wins men’s Coach of the Year award. Spain national team manager Luis de la Fuente has won the Men’s Coach of the Year award at the 2026 Ballon d’Or ceremony after leading Spain to victory at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
It looked like goodnight Vienna for Alex de Minaur as he trailed Tomas Machac by a set, a break and 0-30 on his own misfiring serve.
Sam Walker's future at the Sydney Roosters is uncertain after the club pulled a contract extension offer to the premiership-winning halfback.
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Harry Kane has been tipped as favourite to become England’s first Ballon d’Or winner in 25 years when the award is presented, but he faces stiff competition from La Liga pair Lamine Yamal and Kylian Mbappé. Top 10 Finalists (Men) Ousmane Dembélé — Paris Saint-Germain/France Erling Haaland — Manchester City/Norway Harry Kane — Bayern Munich/England Khvicha Kvaratskhelia — Paris Saint-Germain/Georgia Kylian Mbappé — Real Madrid/France Lionel Messi — Inter Miami/Argentina Michael Olise — Bayern Munich/France Fabián Ruiz — Paris Saint-Germain/Spain Rodri — Manchester City, Barcelona/Spain Lamine…
Australia are set to favour Marnus Labuschagne's ability to soak up pressure against the new ball and help the batters around him, and to give him one more chance for the third Test in South Africa.
Malawian forward Temwa Chawinga has made history by becoming the first African woman to finish in the top 10 of the women’s Ballon d’Or. She was joined in the Ballon d’Or top 10 by Haiti’s Melchie Dumornay, Norway’s Caroline Graham Hansen, Spain’s Patri Guijarro, Denmark’s Pernille Harder, Poland’s Ewa Pajor, Spain’s Clàudia Pina and Alexia Putellas, England’s Alessia Russo, and Jamaica’s Khadija Shaw.
Match in new Fifa competition abandoned England players refuse to resume match England abandoned their Under-15 World Cup match against the Republic of Ireland on Monday after a player reported being subjected to a racist slur. Fifa confirmed it was investigating what happened in the final minute of the Group C fixture in Baku, Azerbaijan, when Ireland were leading 4-1.
The office reported making electronic transfers totalling N33.75 billion to 3.2 million households and beneficiaries across 35 states in 2023. However, the payment vouchers did not contain complete details of the beneficiaries.
The Wheelaroos will have prime-time exposure this Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup, and they are hoping to use it to take their rough-and-tumble, uniquely inclusive sport mainstream.
⚽️ Ballon d’Or updates from 8pm GMT ⚽️ Ceremony returns to England in nod to Stanley Matthews ⚽️ Women’s power rankings: will a new winner be crowned? The Ballon d’Or, though, is a different state of affairs.
Paris Saint-Germain captain Marquinhos, Bayern Munich defender Dayot Upamecano, Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes, Al-Qadsiah forward Julian Quiñones and Arsenal defender William Saliba are among the players whose positions have been announced so far. Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint-Germain/Portugal) 24th: Luis Díaz (Bayern Munich/Colombia) 25th: Marquinhos (Paris Saint-Germain/Brazil) 26th: Dayot Upamecano (Bayern Munich/France) 27th: Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United/Portugal) 28th: Julian Quiñones (Al-Qadsiah/Mexico) 29th (joint): William Saliba (Arsenal/France)
Head coach arrives to watch under-21s play Bruno Fernandes likes Instagram post about loyalty Michael Carrick was at Manchester United’s training ground on Monday afternoon as elsewhere at the Carrington base Jason Wilcox, the sporting director, and Omar Berrada, the chief executive, deliberated whether to sack the head coach. Carrick arrived at about 1.50pm to watch the under-21s play a behind-closed-doors game.
It was just like old times as José Mourinho ended a night at the Camp Nou with a knee slide and three points José Mourinho had already done the por qué?, the printout and the press conference no-show in under 100 days. When Kylian Mbappé scored the first in the clásico on Sunday night, Real Madrid’s manager hardly moved, sitting in the shadow of the bench, but when the striker got the second to win it with time running out, that was different.
MK Gallery, Milton Keynes With his heaps of mud, decaying sheds and chimney-filled skies, Lowry depicts northern England as a spirit-crushing dystopia While people queue at the British Museum to see the Battle of Hastings, this excellent survey of LS Lowry at the MK Gallery in Milton Keynes takes you back to another, maybe more decisive part of our past – the age when Britain was the most industrialised society on Earth. Laurence Lowry was born in 1887 and worked for 41 years as a rent collector, a job that took him all over his native Greater Manchester observing its people and places.
Plans to slash games by half and prize money criticised ‘Hard for players to build and sustain a doubles career’ More than 150 doubles players on the men’s ATP tour have signed an open letter addressed to the ATP board and management imploring the men’s tennis governing bodies to reconsider its controversial doubles reforms and “protect” the doubles format in professional tennis. Under these proposals, ATP Masters 1000 events would host only 16 doubles teams and the main draws at ATP 500 and 250 events would accommodate only eight teams.
Sports and Recreation Minister Kofi Adams met his Belarusian counterpart, Sergey Kovalchuk, on the sidelines of the 14th International Sports Forum “Russia: Country of Sports” in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Mr Adams said improving coaching standards was a priority for Ghana and expressed interest in learning from Belarus’s experience.
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Three African countries, Nigeria, Ghana and Morocco, have qualified for the Round of 16 at the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Morocco. Japan China Spain United States Brazil Nigeria Poland Argentina Ghana France Morocco Mexico Venezuela Kenya Vanguard News
Former boxing champion Peter Oboh has urged Governor Sanwo-Olu to clean up human waste on the Oshodi-Apapa highway, warning of public health risks like Ebo
The National U-15 Boys team ended their Group W campaign with a perfect record after edging Kazakhstan 2-1 in their final group match at the FIFA U-15 World Cup and Festival in Azerbaijan. The win completes a flawless group stage for the young lads: Group W Results: Ghana 4-1 Uzbekistan Ghana 7-1 Myanmar Ghana 7-0 Guam Ghana 7-0 Bahamas Ghana 2-1 Kazakhstan Ghana finishes top of Group W with five wins from five, scoring 27 goals in the process, and will now await their opponents in the next phase of the FIFA U-15 Tournament and Festival.
For Finidi, the decisive moment was a reminder that matches at this level can turn on individual decisions, particularly when a team loses possession in a dangerous area and fails to respond quickly enough to the opposition’s counterattack
By Adegboyega Adeleye Manchester United are considering Eddie Howe, Julian Nagelsmann and Antonio Conte as potential replacements for head coach Michael Carrick, whose future is in serious doubt following the club’s 3-0 home defeat to Bournemouth, sources have told ESPN. Carrick dropped captain Bruno Fernandes for the Bournemouth game after the midfielder’s criticism of the team’s approach against Como, but United delivered another disappointing performance at Old Trafford.