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NASCAR 26 Release Date Confirmed, Features Dynamic Track Surfaces, AI DNFs
iRacing has confirmed that NASCAR 26, its second standalone NASCAR simulation, will launch on 18 September 2026, building on last year’s well-received NASCAR 25. The announcement, detailed in a new developer diary featuring producer Matt Lewis and creative director Mike DeVault, sets out a range of gameplay improvements aimed at addressing player feedback and adding…
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Ruiz and Gavi’s reward for World Cup win… 150kg of tomatoes
Spain midfielders Fabian Ruiz and Gavi returned to their shared hometown of Los Palacios y Villafranca, near Seville, following the national team’s World Cup 2026 triumph in North America, where they were honoured with an unusual local tradition: being given their own body weight in tomatoes. The gesture, presented at an official town hall reception,…
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World Democrats defect on trans-athlete bills, Ozzy Osbourne marked, World Cup ratings soar
A year on from Ozzy Osbourne’s death fans are urged to “turn it up,” House Democrats break ranks on transgender sports bills, and the FIFA World Cup smashes US TV records; also: Melania Trump seeks Wolff sanctions, D4vd’s murder hearing, and Alphabet’s ad boom.
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HNK Rijeka tie ‘a great opportunity’ for Derry
Derry City manager Tiernan Lynch has described Thursday’s Uefa Conference League second qualifying round first leg against Croatian side HNK Rijeka as a “great opportunity” for his team. The Candystripes are returning to European competition after their Europa League qualifying campaign ended in a 5-3 aggregate defeat to CSKA Sofia, a tie also marred by…
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How LNZ Cherkasy become a wartime success story with few modern parallels
LNZ Cherkasy, a Ukrainian club that was playing fourth-tier football as recently as 2021, will make its European debut this week when it faces Belgian side Gent in the second qualifying round of the Conference League. The achievement is remarkable given the wider disruption to Ukrainian football since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February 2022,…
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‘A surprising success’: US, Mexico and Canada fans on hosting the World Cup
The Guardian gathered reactions from football fans across the United States, Mexico and Canada on hosting this summer’s World Cup, with contributors describing an experience marked by warmth and enthusiasm despite steep costs and organisational frustrations. Contributors from Boston to Vancouver described vibrant street scenes, welcoming locals and unforgettable moments, even as many felt shut…
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Weekly sports quiz: Glasgow 2026, The Open and The Hundred
BBC Sport has published its weekly sports quiz, this week focusing on the build-up to the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, The Open golf championship, and the start of The Hundred cricket tournament. The feature is a recurring interactive quiz format rather than a traditional news report, inviting readers to test their knowledge of the past…
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Team Wales go for Commonwealth Games gold in Glasgow
The 23rd Commonwealth Games begin in Glasgow this week, with Team Wales fielding 114 athletes across ten sports in the hope of adding to their medal tally. The Games, scaled back after Victoria in Australia withdrew as host, open officially with Thursday’s ceremony at the Hydro Arena, with competition starting on Friday 24 July following…
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Two waste paper bins, one Olympic dream
Ahead of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, netball’s leadership is pushing for the sport to feature at the 2032 Brisbane Olympics, seeking a bigger and more secure global platform amid uncertainty over the Commonwealth Games’ long-term future. The sport, invented in the 1890s by Swedish-born educator Martina Bergman Osterberg as an adaptation of James Naismith’s…
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Who am I? Guess Premier League star No 3
BBC Sport has published the third instalment of its “Who am I?” daily football quiz series, inviting readers to identify a Premier League player using a set of progressively revealing clues. The game rewards fewer guesses with a higher score, with three correct guesses considered good and four or five deemed exceptional, and it forms…