Berlin – September 09, 2026 -- Germany's women's basketball team defeated Japan 74:58 in a sold-out Max-Schmeling-Halle, securing its first win of the World Cup after an opening loss to Spain. The victory sets up a decisive final group match against Mali on Monday at 5:20 p.m., broadcast live on MagentaSport.

Forward Nyara Sabally, who grew up in Berlin and trained in the same arena, scored 18 points. "It was really cool, the arena is loud," she said, adding that the team was "logged in" from the start of the game.

Berlin – September 09, 2026 -- Germany's women's basketball team opened the home FIBA Women's World Cup 2026 with a 53-83 defeat to Spain in Berlin, despite a packed and enthusiastic home crowd. The game aired live on MagentaSport and MagentaTV, which will broadcast 23 matches of the tournament overall.

Liverpool – September 07, 2026 -- Liverpool Basketball has named Roy Rogers as its first-ever head coach ahead of the club's inaugural season in Super League Basketball (SLB), owner Jason Dolan announced.

Las Vegas – September 07, 2026 -- MGM Resorts International has unveiled the culinary lineup for Bellagio Fountain Club during the Formula 1 Heineken Las Vegas Grand Prix 2026, running Nov. 19-21, with tickets available through Ticketmaster.

Clayton, N.Y. – September 03, 2026 -- Georgia pro Caleb Hudson has won the 2026 Pro-Guide Batteries Elite Series Rookie of the Year title, finishing the season with 621 points and a $10,000 bonus.

The 24-year-old edged Alabama's Fisher Anaya by just two points, with Pake South of Texas finishing third at 569 points. Hudson took the points lead after the circuit's second stop and held it through the rest of the season, but the race stayed tight until the final day on the St. Lawrence River.

Clayton, N.Y. – September 03, 2026 -- Trey McKinney, a 21-year-old pro from Carbondale, Ill., has become the youngest angler ever to win the Progressive Bassmaster Angler of the Year title, finishing the nine-event season with 735 points.

McKinney clinched the title with a second-place finish at the Lowrance Bassmaster Elite on the St. Lawrence River, edging Canadian pro Cory Johnston by four points, 735 to 731. The previous record for youngest AOY winner belonged to Kevin VanDam, who was 24 when he first won in 1992.

PHILADELPHIA -- September 01, 2026 -- David Lozano, a Spanish rider with type 1 diabetes, won the King of the Mountains classification at the Philadelphia Cycling Classic on Saturday, claiming the climber's jersey as America's most prestigious one-day race returned after a decade away. Lozano, who races for Team Novo Nordisk, the world's first all-diabetes professional cycling team, led the day's decisive breakaway over the Manayunk Wall and Lemon Hill. Teammate Filippo Ridolfo finished 12th, the team's top overall result on the day.

CLAYTON, N.Y. -- September 01, 2026 -- Evan Kung, a Canadian pro fighting to keep his roster spot on the Bassmaster Elite Series, won the 2026 Lowrance Bassmaster Elite at St. Lawrence River on Aug. 30 with a four-day total of 109 pounds, 9 ounces. The catch set a new Bassmaster record for the heaviest winning weight made up entirely of smallmouth bass. The win also locked in Kung's berth at the 2027 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Classic presented by Under Armour, set for next March.

Munich -- August 30, 2026 -- Third-division club Viktoria Köln dismantled relegated Preußen Münster 4-1 on Sunday, August 30, as forward David Otto scored twice and set up two more goals in a blistering start at home. Newly promoted TSV Havelse stunned SV Waldhof Mannheim 3-2 after trailing 0-2, handing the promotion favorite its first loss of the season. In the Frauen-Bundesliga, VfL Wolfsburg beat Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 in Leverkusen to keep its unbeaten start alive following an 8-2 win over Nürnberg and a Champions League qualifying victory over Inter.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- August 28, 2026 -- Fortuna Düsseldorf beat VfB Stuttgart II 1-0 on Friday night in the third matchday of Germany's 3. Liga, picking up its first win of the season after opening the campaign with two straight losses. Andreas Müller scored the only goal. Both clubs' coaches described the match as scrappy and low on quality, with Stuttgart II head coach Nico Willig calling the winning goal a classic bad-luck own-side error.