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

Four Brewers relievers retired the last 15 Dodgers in order, and Milwaukee leads the NLCS 2-0

The New York Liberty and the Minnesota Lynx meet at Barclays Center in Game 1 of the 2024 WNBA Finals.

The eighth-seeded Liberty sweep the top-seeded Lynx, a first in WNBA playoff history

Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York, photographed in March 2026. New York swept its Wild Card Series there and now meets Tampa Bay.

Yankees, White Sox and Padres sweep their Wild Card Series, and only Atlanta still has a game to play

Brazil's women's national football team before their match against Japan at the SheBelieves Cup in February 2019.

Women's football

Brazil's new law gives academies 180 days to field women's teams and caps non-professional players at four in the top flight

The San Diego Padres playing at Petco Park in San Diego, in 2019. The ballpark hosted Game 1 against the Cubs on September 29, 2026.

Two shutouts and one upset: the MLB Wild Card Series opens with three home favorites winning

The pitch at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, where Australia hosted Brazil, pictured in 2022.

Brazil national team

Brazil beat Australia 4-2 in Brisbane and close their Oceania trip with a win

Tennessee at Ohio State in the first round of the College Football Playoff, in Columbus, in December 2024.

The Senate passes the Protect College Sports Act 77-22, and the House is away until after the midterms

The Chicago White Sox's ballpark on the city's South Side during a game against the New York Mets in 2019, when it was known as Guaranteed Rate Field.

Major League Baseball

The White Sox close out a historic comeback as the 2026 MLB playoff field fills on the final day

Brazilian judoka Alana Maldonado on the Para judo podium at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games in 2016; ten years later, in Tbilisi, she became a four-time world champion.

Brazil finishes second at the Para Judo World Championships with 12 podiums and takes bronze in the triathlon relay

Minute Maid Park, the Houston Astros' ballpark, in 2012.

The AL West will crown the first division champion in MLB history with a losing record

An aerial view of the Nagyerdei Stadion in Debrecen, Hungary, in 2014. The ground hosts Israel's home fixtures.

Ireland will play Israel in the Nations League after squad vote; goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu steps away

Alana Maldonado in the under-70 kg judo final at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, against Georgia's Ina Kaldani.

Brazil wins three golds in a single day at the World Para Judo Championships, and Alana Maldonado takes a fourth title

Chase Center in San Francisco, home of the Golden State Valkyries, in 2019.

The WNBA playoffs open Sunday, with the Valkyries seeded second in only their second season

George Russell driving for Mercedes in qualifying at the Chinese Grand Prix in March 2026.

Russell holds off Verstappen by a tenth in Baku as Antonelli keeps the title lead

Fenway Park, the Red Sox's home in Boston, in June 2025.

Red Sox lock up the No. 5 seed and get the Yankees again in the Wild Card Series

Queensland Country Bank Stadium in Townsville, Australia, on a non-game day, in 2020.

Brazil national team

Rayan equalises with the last touch as Brazil draw 1-1 with Australia in first match since the World Cup

The White Sox ballpark on Chicago's South Side, then named Guaranteed Rate Field, during a game against the New York Mets in August 2019.

Both Chicago teams clinch on the same afternoon, and the White Sox do something no club has done before

Davante Adams and a returning Aaron Donald carry the Rams past the Giants 28-6

A volleyball match at the Maracanãzinho in Rio in 2010; the arena hosted the South American final.

Men's volleyball

Brazil sweep Argentina 3-0 to win the South American title and book their place at Los Angeles 2028

U.S. Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopters fly over Kyle Field, in College Station, Texas, before a Texas A&M home game on September 12, 2026.

College football

Kentucky walks into Kyle Field and beats No. 9 Texas A&M 31-21