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Oct 17, 2026 - Sports

The four Premier League clubs playing in the lesser continental competitions face each other on Sunday – but three are struggling domesticallyThe sun shone. The temperature was in the high 20s. There was a mood of great conviviality. If you were struggling with the official allocation, it turned out you could just email the president of Torreense and he’d sort you out. Were these “Nuno-tickets” real? It turned out they were. Not only that, but you could sit anywhere you wanted in a stadium too big for the game and, if you happened to have gravitated to the comfortable hospitality seating at the back of the lower tier, the beer was inexplicably free.Locals in Leiria seemed bewildered but could hardly have been more accommodating. A beer pump had been installed outside a patisserie on the Praça Francisco Rodrigues Lobo, whose owner soon found fans happy to help stack empty barrels if that facilitated the free flow of Sagres. “There was a meeting at the town hall to explain these are not hooligans,” said the owner of a radical leftist flammkuchen restaurant between the square and the cathedral. “They told us the club comes from the labour movement and I found that very interesting.” And how had she found the fans? “Noisy, but with a quirky sense of humour.” Continue reading...

Oct 17, 2026 - Sports

Michigan head coach Kyle Whittingham benched sophomore Bryce Underwood in favor of true freshman Tommy Carr in the third quarter of Saturday’s Big Ten matchup against Penn State.

Oct 17, 2026 - Sports

FOX Sports' RJ Young offers up four takeaways from Ohio State's thrilling victory over Indiana.

Oct 17, 2026 - Sports

No. 4 Ohio State snapped No. 5 Indiana's 22-game winning streak and 19-game home winning streak.

Oct 17, 2026 - Sports

The Chicago Bears are reportedly expected to activate quarterback Caleb Williams for their Week 6 game against the Atlanta Falcons.