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Kylian Mbappe's two goals gave Real Madrid a 2-1 win at Barcelona in the season's first Clasico, and Jose Mourinho a result at Camp Nou thirteen years after his last.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 26, 2026
300The reigning world women's marathon champion has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit after a sample tested positive for EPO — another blow to East African distance running's credibility.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 23, 2026
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The Turkish Football Federation handed 45-day bans to 147 club officials for breaching betting rules, among them the president of Trabzonspor, Ertugrul Dogan.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 21, 2026
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The Portuguese Football Federation has suspended Cristiano Ronaldo for 30 days after he left the national team camp last month. The fine attached to it is £215.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 20, 2026
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Spain will play their next international friendly with a partial stadium closure after supporters repeatedly sang a discriminatory chant about Muslims during a match against Egypt on 31 March. The sanction arrived nearly seven months after the game.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 16, 2026
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The International Olympic Committee has confirmed South Africa has expressed interest in hosting a summer Olympic Games. No African country has ever staged one.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 6, 2026
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Elfyn Evans won his first World Rally Championship title after title rival Oliver Solberg crashed late at Rally Italia Sardegna. Evans had finished runner-up five times.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 6, 2026
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The club has confirmed an appeal against its Premier League guilty verdict, saying the ruling contains clear material errors of law, principle and fact. The Treasury Committee has asked HMRC to look at the tax implications.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 2, 2026
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The national team beat Seychelles 16-0 on Wednesday, with a second meeting to follow on Saturday. The 2028 Olympic qualifying tie is against Rwanda.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 1, 2026
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The Premier League found Manchester City guilty of all charges relating to breaches of its financial rules between 2009-10 and 2017-18. BBC Sport's analysis puts £830m of inflated income in the accounts against £1.2bn of transfer spending. No sanction has been set.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 1, 2026
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Ethiopia hosted Senegal at Bahir Dar Stadium on Tuesday in 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying, the national team's first competitive home match in front of its own supporters in years. Tickets were priced at 500, 200 and 100 birr.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 30, 2026
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The Internationals led going into the last day and lost it. The United States have now won eleven Presidents Cups in a row, a streak that has outlasted most of the players in it.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 28, 2026
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Tigst Assefa won the women's race in 2:11:04, missing the world record narrowly while running injured, and Guye Adola took the men's title in a personal-best 2:02:50. It is an Ethiopian double at a World Marathon Major.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 28, 2026
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A late Mohamed Mamoun free kick beat Ethiopia in their opening Africa Cup of Nations qualifier. The second group game brings Senegal to Bahir Dar Stadium on Tuesday, with Ethiopia already needing a result.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 26, 2026
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BBC Sport reports, citing sources, that Manchester City have been found guilty of the majority of 115 financial rule breaches; its own radio coverage and Fana Television put the figure at 114. No sanction has been announced and the Premier League has said nothing officially.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 26, 2026
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The Premier League has added its name to a call by three of its top European counterparts for fundamental reform of how world football's governing body is run. Four of the richest leagues in the sport are now aligned against Fifa's structure.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 25, 2026
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United's overall debt remains above 1 billion pounds despite years of cost-cutting, with 63.5 million pounds spent buying land for a new stadium. On the same day, the club put cubes of the Old Trafford turf on sale at 125 pounds each.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 24, 2026
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Mikel Arteta has agreed an improved new contract with Arsenal, ending months of negotiation over a deal that was due to expire at the end of this season. The Premier League champions keep the manager who ended their title drought.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 22, 2026
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City beat Sunderland 5-3 to lead the Premier League by three points going into the international break. Manchester United needed an 89th-minute goal to draw at Fulham, and Rangers beat Celtic again.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 21, 2026
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Ethiopia placed second overall at the second World Road Running Championships in Copenhagen, which closed on Sunday after drawing more than 450 athletes from 86 countries.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 20, 2026
300The weekend in sport: Brighton 3-0 Arsenal, Villa's first league win at Spurs, England sweep Sri Lanka 3-0 to top the T20 rankings, and Kenya races to be ready for Afcon 2027.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 20, 2026
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The day in sport: an all-time record in Dubai, a Monaco podium taken back four months later, Kyrgios cleared to return after a one-month ban, and Kretinsky taking 46% of West Ham.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 4, 2026
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Football's two most powerful bodies traded public accusations, 23 wickets fell in a single day at the Oval, and England took the series against Ireland.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 3, 2026
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From the national broadcaster on 3 September: a record Arsenal player sale, a new civil and family registration system in Amhara, Wolaita's Gifata festival tourism figures, and the Koisha dam.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 3, 2026
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