Sporting have opened talks to end Rui Borges's contract, 18 months after he won the league and cup double, following home defeats to LASK and Académico de Viseu. B-team coach Tiago Fernandes takes the Champions League game with Shakhtar. Lyon's Paulo Fonseca is the club's pick.

By Vasco Almada

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Benfica closed Matchday 10 with a 1-0 win at the Luz. Half-time substitute Claudio Echeverri was brought down by Sergi Gómez and Vangelis Pavlidis converted on 51 minutes. Alverca had a goal ruled out for offside. Benfica go second on 25 points, five behind FC Porto.

Benfica beat Alverca 1-0 on Monday night in the game that closed Matchday 10 of the Liga. Vangelis Pavlidis scored the only goal from the penalty spot on 51 minutes. It's a sixth win in a row for Benfica, who move up to second on 25 points, five behind leaders FC Porto, still perfect after ten games. Marco Silva took off Schjelderup at half-time and sent on Claudio Echeverri. Soon after the restart the Argentine went down in the box under a challenge from…

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Marc Márquez beat Pedro Acosta and brother Álex at Sepang to move to 399 points, 44 clear of Jorge Martín, who sat out with his injured wrist. Three rounds remain. Leave Qatar more than 74 points ahead and he is champion before the Algarve.

Marc Márquez won the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday and took a big stride towards an eighth premier-class title. The Ducati rider crossed the line at Sepang 4.172 seconds clear of KTM's Pedro Acosta, with his brother Álex third, according to the official race classification. It was his 80th MotoGP win and his first in Malaysia since 2018. On Saturday he had finished second in the sprint, which Acosta won.

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The Portaferry middle-distance runner died on the morning of 1 November, 16 months after revealing stage four bowel cancer. She won European gold in Rome in 2024, ran at two Olympics and holds four Irish records.

Ciara Mageean has died aged 34. Her family announced it on Sunday morning, 1 November, in a brief statement on her social media, saying she passed away at 6.30am surrounded by her loved ones. Within hours Athletics Ireland said it was deeply saddened, describing her as a much-loved and inspirational figure whose courage and warmth would leave a lasting legacy.

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Kimi Antonelli sealed the 2026 Formula 1 title with third place at the Mexico City Grand Prix, becoming the youngest world champion in the sport's history at 20. Max Verstappen won the race ahead of polesitter Lewis Hamilton.

Andrea Kimi Antonelli is the Formula 1 world champion. The 20-year-old Mercedes driver finished third at the Mexico City Grand Prix, well clear of the ninth place he needed, and wrapped up the title with four rounds still to run. Max Verstappen won the race, holding off Lewis Hamilton to the flag. Ferrari undid itself on lap one: Hamilton and Charles Leclerc clashed at Turn 4, both went off, and Leclerc was handed a five-second penalty before recovering…

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At the Dragão, Froholdt (4'), Borja Sainz (64'), André Silva (70') and Gabri Veiga (73') scored against the bottom side. Porto have 30 points from a possible 30, eight clear of Benfica (who have a game in hand) and nine clear of Sporting.

Porto beat Estoril 4-0 at the Dragão on Saturday night, which leaves them with a perfect record after ten rounds of the Liga: ten games, ten wins, 30 points. Benfica are on 22 with a game in hand. Sporting have 21. Francesco Farioli rotated his side 72 hours after reaching the League Cup final four, and it barely mattered. Four minutes in, Borja Sainz's shot was deflected, Pepê picked up the loose ball and squared it for Victor Froholdt to tap in.

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Pedro Lima scored on 13 minutes and Geny Catamo in the 94th as Sporting won 2-0 away to Casa Pia in Rio Maior, opening round 10. It ends a winless week in the league and lifts Sporting to 21 points for now, one behind Benfica and six behind FC Porto, who both still have to play.

Sporting beat Casa Pia 2-0 on Friday night in Rio Maior, the small Ribatejo town where Casa Pia are playing their home games this season. It was the opening match of Primeira Liga round 10 and Sporting's first league win since their home defeat by Académico de Viseu. Pedro Lima put Sporting ahead after 13 minutes, and for most of the night that single goal was all that separated the sides. The nerves only eased right at the end, when Geny Catamo made it…

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Zverev beat Tallon Griekspoor 6-4, 7-5 in Vienna to lock up top spot when the ATP rankings update on Monday 2 November. At 29 he becomes the 30th No. 1 in history and only the second German, after Boris Becker in 1991.

Alexander Zverev will be world No. 1 on Monday. The German beat Tallon Griekspoor 6-4, 7-5 in the second round in Vienna on Thursday, and reaching the quarter-finals was enough to guarantee that he replaces Jannik Sinner when the rankings update on 2 November, the ATP has confirmed. It has been a long time coming. Zverev spent years among the very best in the men's game without ever reaching the summit. At 29 years and six months, he is the second-oldest…

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In the Taça da Liga quarter-final at the Luz, Benfica scored through Lukébakio (36' and 54'), Sudakov (40') and Jhon Durán (81'), with Andreas Lausen replying for Gil Vicente. The final four is in Leiria in early January: Benfica v Porto and Sporting v Famalicão.

Benfica beat Gil Vicente 4-1 at the Estádio da Luz on Thursday night to complete the four-team line-up for the Taça da Liga, Portugal's League Cup. Their semi-final opponent is Porto. Dodi Lukébakio did most of the damage. He opened the scoring on 36 minutes and Sudakov made it 2-0 four minutes later. The Belgian struck again on 54, Andreas Lausen pulled one back for Gil Vicente almost straight away, and Jhon Durán wrapped it up on 81.

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Milwaukee won Game 5 4-1 at Tropicana Field to take the series 4-1. It is the first title in the franchise’s 57 seasons in Milwaukee and the city’s first since the 1957 Braves.

The Milwaukee Brewers are baseball champions for the first time. On Wednesday night they beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 in Game 5 of the World Series at Tropicana Field, closing out the series four games to one. It has been a long wait. The franchise began in 1969 as the Seattle Pilots, moved to Milwaukee a year later and had reached exactly one World Series before this, losing it in 1982. The last time the city celebrated a baseball title was with the 1957…

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Fleetwood Town, 18th in League Two, drew 1-1 with Arsenal at Highbury Stadium and won the shoot-out 5-3. Loupalo-Bi scored, Gyökeres equalised, Dowman was sent off and goalkeeper Jay Lynch saved Bruno Guimarães's penalty.

Fleetwood Town, 18th in League Two, have knocked Arsenal out of the Carabao Cup. The fourth-round tie at the little Highbury Stadium on the Lancashire coast finished 1-1 on Tuesday night, and Fleetwood won the shoot-out 5-3. It takes the Cods into the League Cup quarter-finals for the first time in the club's history. It started oddly. A drone hovering over the ground stopped play and both teams were taken off. Once they came back, Fleetwood grew into it,…

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The Bayern Munich and England striker beat Kylian Mbappé and Lamine Yamal at London's Palladium. He is the first English winner since Michael Owen in 2001. Vitinha, third last year, was the best Portuguese in 14th.

Harry Kane has won the Ballon d'Or. The 33-year-old Bayern Munich striker and England captain collected the award at the Palladium in London on Monday night, ahead of Kylian Mbappé and Lamine Yamal. The Bundesliga confirmed the win with a stat that puts it in context. He is the first player from a German club to take it since Matthias Sammer in 1996. He is also the first Englishman since Michael Owen in 2001.

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Barcelona 1-2 Real Madrid on LaLiga matchday 10: Mbappé on 41 and 88 minutes, Raphinha in between. Barcelona lost for the first time this league season and the top three now sit within three points.

Barcelona went into the Clásico with nine wins from nine. They came out of it with their first league defeat of the season. José Mourinho's Real Madrid won 2-1 at Camp Nou on Sunday night, and both goals were Kylian Mbappé's, the second two minutes from time. The opener had luck in it. On 41 minutes a Gerard Martín clearance struck Mbappé and went in off his thigh. Barcelona pushed after the break and Raphinha equalised just past the hour, at a point when…

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João Guilherme scored on 24 and 74 minutes, Luis Suárez equalised on 62. It was Sporting's first league defeat, days after losing at home to LASK in the Champions League, and Académico's fifth league win in a row.

Académico de Viseu only came back up to the top flight this season. On matchday nine they went to Alvalade and won. Sporting lost 2-1 on Sunday night, their first league defeat of the campaign, and now trail FC Porto by nine points. The night belonged to João Guilherme. He scored on 24 minutes and, after Luis Suárez levelled on 62, scored again on 74. Sporting had more than a quarter of an hour to answer and could not find one. At the final whistle there…

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Four days after Bruno Fernandes questioned the tactics in a 4-1 loss at Como, Michael Carrick left him out of the XI and never brought him on. Rayan, Tavernier and Evanilson scored, and United sit 16th with one win in eight league games.

Manchester United lost 3-0 to Bournemouth at Old Trafford on Sunday, in the game Michael Carrick chose to start without his captain. Bruno Fernandes sat on the bench for the full 90 minutes. The call had been the talk of the morning. After Wednesday's 4-1 Champions League defeat at Como, Fernandes told TV that the decision not to press man-to-man had handed the hosts too much space, and that the blame sat with the manager and his staff rather than the…

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