Football
Roma and Real Madrid were level at 0-0 in ANSA's live coverage at 21:05 Warsaw time, with Roma missing first-choice goalkeeper Mile Svilar and Vinicius Junior starting despite a league sanction.
Football
Liverpool won 6-3 at LASK Linz on Wednesday, 14 October, after leading 3-0 at half time. In the same round, Feyenoord beat Como 3-2 at De Kuip.
Football
The RFEF disciplinary body imposed the suspension on Wednesday, 14 October, after a VAR review led to a disallowed goal and a red card at the Santiago Bernabéu. The ban also rules him out of the Sevilla match on 18 October.
Art & Books
Faber will no longer distribute Sally Rooney's books in the United Kingdom, in any format, the author and publisher said on Wednesday, 14 October 2026. Rooney says her support for the proscribed group Palestine Action makes continued UK sales a legal risk.
Film & Media
HBO has announced a five-episode return of the series nearly a decade after its last episode aired. Lena Dunham and most of the original cast are returning, while Adam Driver has not been announced.
Football
Diao put Como ahead early and then left the pitch injured, but Zechiël and Hadj Moussa turned the game for Feyenoord at De Kuip.
Football
Michael Olise was shown a second yellow card for throwing the ball at Viking captain Zlatko Tripic, and Viking equalised in the 90th minute to make it 3-3 in Stavanger.
Football
Manchester City host Paris Saint-Germain at the Etihad Stadium in the second matchday of the Champions League league phase, with kickoff around 20:30. It is City's first European game since the 114 guilty findings over breaches of Premier League financial rules.
Tennis
Riyadh Season has moved the six-player tennis exhibition from 21-24 October to 27-30 December. The change follows Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia, including a missile attack on Riyadh's airport that the BBC says killed 13 people.
Art & Books
The image, called The Aftermath and shot in Namibia's Huab river valley, shows an elephant carrying a dead calf that was not her own. It tops the Natural History Museum's 2026 contest, which drew more than 65,000 entries from 121 countries and territories.
Music
The 18 performers were chosen from about 900 songs submitted over 115 days. Semifinals follow on 26 and 28 January 2027, with the final on 30 January at the Palau d'Esports L'Illa in Benidorm.
Football
Pablo Barrios scored after 53 seconds and Ademola Lookman added a second after Leny Yoro was sent off, giving Atlético its first Champions League win of the campaign. Afterwards Martínez publicly questioned the club's hierarchy.
Basketball
Olympiacos has left guard Tyler Dorsey out of the squad for the Euroleague game in Barcelona on 16 October and sent him back to Athens. The decision came shortly after he publicly complained about reduced playing time and his contract situation.
Motorsport
Red Bull has tied team principal Laurent Mekies to the team until the end of 2031, a deal announced on Wednesday, 14 October. Financial terms were not disclosed, and the agreement runs a year past Max Verstappen's contract.
Football
Club Brugge beat Inter 4-3 at San Siro on Tuesday, 13 October, leaving the Milan side on zero points in the Champions League. Josep Martinez's error and a second-half collapse decided the game.
Art & Books
Louvre director Christophe Leribault says the Paris museum could eventually have to shut to the public without a renovation, days before the first anniversary of the 2025 jewel heist. Security works are under way, but he calls the wider overhaul the only way to secure its future.
Music
Mattel has released a Barbie Signature doll modelled on Celine Dion, dressed in the look she wore at the 1998 Oscars and wearing a necklace inspired by the Heart of the Ocean. Prices differ across reports.
Basketball
Kosner Baskonia dismissed coach Paolo Galbiati on Wednesday, 14 October, after a poor start in EuroLeague, and named Velimir Perasovic as his successor. Markus Howard also left the club and is joining Zenit Saint Petersburg.
Tennis
Alexander Zverev beat Alexander Bublik 7-6, 4-6, 7-6 in 2 hours and 41 minutes on Tuesday, 13 October, to reach the Shanghai Masters quarter-finals against Alex de Minaur. The win came a day after Carlos Alcaraz's loss to Zizou Bergs left Zverev assured of finishing 2026 as world No. 1.
Individual
French veteran Gaël Monfils, 40, was placed on the ITIA retired-players list with a status dated 5 October, ending his planned farewell at the Paris Masters. The agency could not say whether the retirement notice came from the player, his agent or the ATP.
Film & Media
The Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi film had taken 23,525,643 euros by Sunday 11 October 2026, according to Rentrak. El Confidencial places it eighth among Spanish films by takings, though the figure is provisional.
Art & Books
The 75th Premio Planeta, which drew a record 1,424 manuscripts, will be awarded on Thursday, 15 October, at Fira de Barcelona. Nine finalists are in contention for a prize of one million euros.
Celebrities
The former Bayern Munich goalkeeper said on Instagram that he and Alina decided early in 2026 to part ways, one day after Club Brugge beat Inter Milan. The couple has two daughters and gave no reasons for the split.
Art & Books
A. A. Milne's book was published in London on 14 October 1926, a week before its New York edition. Since then it has been translated into more than 70 languages and spread through Disney films and merchandise.
Food & Fashion
The building housing Rules, which opened as an oyster bar in 1798, has been given to the National Trust by its owner of four decades, J-P Mayhew. The gift also passes on the restaurant's yearly rent, which will fund conservation work.
Cycling
Lorena Wiebes won the women's scratch race in Shanghai on 14 October, while the defending champions in the women's team sprint failed to reach the final. The men's team sprint, known as The Bullet Train, faces Australia in the afternoon.
Film & Media
Georgia Oakley's adaptation, which AP describes as the first Sense and Sensibility directed by a woman, casts Esmé Creed-Miles as Marianne opposite Daisy Edgar-Jones as Elinor. AP says the film opens in theaters on Friday, while El País lists Friday, 23 October for Spanish cinemas.
Individual
The DP World India Championship opens on Thursday, 15 October, with Rory McIlroy third in the Race to Dubai, 307 points behind leader Patrick Reed. Four season-ending events remain.
Football
FIFA will put a $6.35 billion soccer development fund to its members for 2027 to 2030, raising the per-association share to $25 million. The document, dated 14 October, also proposes distributing more than $3.5 billion from FIFA's financial reserves.
Film & Media
Hulu has ordered a full series of the X-Files reboot written and directed by Ryan Coogler. Danielle Deadwyler and Himesh Patel star as new FBI agents, and no release date has been set.
Tennis
Rafa Jódar beat Botic van de Zandschulp 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-2 in two hours and 30 minutes, and will play Casper Ruud next. It is his fourth Masters 1000 quarterfinal this season.
Football
Borussia Dortmund has extended coach Niko Kovac's contract to 30 June 2029, rewarding a turnaround that began when he took over an 11th-placed side in early 2025 and ended with a runner-up finish last season.
Tennis
Ann Li needed ten match points to finish off the win, sending the highest-seeded player out of the Wuhan draw on 14 October. Iga Świątek and Maja Chwalińska both advanced the same day.
Art & Books
The 2,050 square metre extension at 68 Zurbano Street opens to visitors on Thursday, 15 October, while the Sorolla house itself remains under renovation. An exhibition on the building's architecture from 1905 to 2026 opens alongside it.
Film & Media
The ZDF has defended a satire segment in which Jan Böhmermann is run over by a truck on a Simson moped. Critics read the scene as a jab at AfD politician Ulrich Siegmund, who campaigned on a blue Simson Schwalbe.
Football
AEK visit Stamford Bridge on Wednesday, 14 October, for their second Champions League League Phase match against Shakhtar Donetsk. Kickoff is at 22:00 Greek time, and about 10,000 AEK supporters are expected in London.
Music
The 82-year-old Canada-born singer-songwriter posted footage of her naturalization ceremony on Instagram on Tuesday, 13 October. She has not explained why she applied now, and her team did not respond to a request for comment from the New York Times.
Film & Media
RJ Mitte, who played Walter White Jr. in Breaking Bad, died on 12 October 2026 in Brownsville, Texas, aged 34. A spokesperson acknowledged reports that the death was a suicide, and co-stars have paid tribute.
Art & Books
The novel Mi amor no muere, published in Spain by Alfaguara, is based on a real 'Ndrangheta case involving a Florentine student who fell in love with a man from a Calabrian mafia family. Nobody was ever convicted in her case.
Football
Spain led 2-0 at half-time in Chester, Pennsylvania, before Ashley Sanchez and Mallory Swanson turned the friendly into a 2-2 draw for the United States.
