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Ronaldinho at the 2011 Taça Guanabara final in Rio de Janeiro.

Ronaldinho returns to play at 46, and his Ravenna debut in Italy's third division is set for 15 November

American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, home of the Brewers, before a game in September 2025.

Brewers edge the Rays 3-2 in World Series Game 1, and Misiorowski opens with a 103.5 mph pitch

American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, host of Games 1 and 2 of the World Series, pictured before a Brewers home game in September 2025.

Brewers and Rays open a World Series that will crown a first-time champion

FIFA's headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, in 2016.

Asian football makes a U-turn and backs Infantino's re-election, two months after accusing him of a "fundamental breach of trust"

Palmeiras' stadium in São Paulo, in a 2015 photograph, when it was called Allianz Parque: this is where the club knocked Fluminense out on penalties on Wednesday.

Estudiantes knock Flamengo out on penalties at the Maracanã and will meet Palmeiras in the Libertadores final

The Parc des Princes, Paris Saint-Germain's stadium, during a French league match in 2018.

Champions League

PSG beat Barcelona 4-2 and Como thrash Manchester United 4-1 on Champions League matchday three

Rebeca Andrade prepares to mount the uneven bars at the 2018 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships.

Artistic gymnastics

China ends US dominance at the Gymnastics World Championships, and Brazil climbs from 8th to 5th in the team final

Rebeca Andrade prepares to mount the uneven bars at the 2018 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships.

Artistic gymnastics

Brazil reaches five finals at the Gymnastics World Championships, with the team final on Wednesday in Rotterdam

American Family Field in Milwaukee, home of the Brewers and site of World Series Game 1, before a game in September 2025.

Rays beat the Guardians 7-3 to take the pennant and set up a World Series that will crown a first-time champion

Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, where the Rays beat the Guardians in Game 4, photographed in 2008.

The Rays beat the Guardians 7-3 to level the ALCS at 2-2, after rain pushed the series back a day

Chiaki Ishii, the first Olympic medallist in Brazilian judo, in a photograph released by the Brazilian Judo Confederation.

Chiaki Ishii, the first Olympic medallist in Brazilian judo, dies at 85

RCD Espanyol's stadium in Cornellà de Llobregat, where Spain and Egypt drew in March 2026, pictured in 2023.

Discrimination in football

FIFA fines Spain's federation US$20,000 over Islamophobic chants and orders 15% of the stadium closed

Rafael Câmara in action in the Formula Regional European Championship at Mugello, Italy, in July 2024, the year he won the title.

Haas signs Rafael Câmara for Formula 1 in 2027, replacing Esteban Ocon

American Family Field, the Brewers' home park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, pictured in September 2025. Milwaukee will host the opening games of the 2026 World Series there.

The Brewers erased a 4-0 deficit to sweep the Dodgers and reach their first World Series since 1982

The Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi, home of Estudiantes, in La Plata, seen from the main stand in 2019.

Estudiantes and Flamengo draw 0-0 in La Plata, leaving the Libertadores final place to be settled at the Maracanã

An aerial view of the Etihad Stadium, home of Manchester City, in Manchester, England, in 2023.

Champions League

The Champions League's second matchday produced 78 goals in 18 games, and PSG beat City 4-2 at the Etihad

Dodger Stadium, with downtown Los Angeles behind it, in 2016.

The Brewers homered three times off Blake Snell and beat the Dodgers 6-2 to take a 3-0 NLCS lead

The Home of FIFA, the organisation's headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, in a 2016 photo.

FIFA to propose $6.35bn fund and $25m per federation, five months before Infantino's election

Diego Maradona in May 2012, when he coached Al Wasl, in Doha. He died on 25 November 2020 at a house in Tigre, in Buenos Aires province.

Maradona death trial

Lawyer for Maradona's youngest son asks 16 years for Luque and Forlini, four more than prosecutors

Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, pictured in 2024. The Rays hosted Game 1 of the 2026 American League Championship Series there on October 12.

Scoreless for five innings, the Guardians scored in the last four and took ALCS Game 1 from the Rays, 7-3