On 27 August Nottingham Forest signed Liam Delap from Chelsea in a club-record deal worth at least £45m, rising to £50m with add-ons. La Liga tonight: Celta–Osasuna and Barcelona–Athletic.
On 25 August 34-year-old Kevin Hayes signed a one-year deal with Ak Bars Kazan. He leaves the NHL with 805 games and 445 points. Victor Hedman separately said he is ready for an 18th season in Tampa.
On 25 August Angel Reese set a WNBA record with 26 rebounds, eight offensive, in Atlanta’s 78-71 win at the Sparks. All eight playoff spots are locked; the regular season runs to 24 September.
On 27 August Nottingham Forest signed Liam Delap from Chelsea in a club-record deal worth at least £45m, rising to £50m with add-ons. La Liga tonight: Celta–Osasuna and Barcelona–Athletic.
On 25 August 34-year-old Kevin Hayes signed a one-year deal with Ak Bars Kazan. He leaves the NHL with 805 games and 445 points. Victor Hedman separately said he is ready for an 18th season in Tampa.
On 25 August Angel Reese set a WNBA record with 26 rebounds, eight offensive, in Atlanta’s 78-71 win at the Sparks. All eight playoff spots are locked; the regular season runs to 24 September.
At a friendly tournament in Ufa, Konstantin Bryanskiy’s Russia beat Iran, Belarus and Cuba and dropped one set across three matches — the first sustained international block since FIVB restrictions lifted, with VNL 2027 next.
The 2026 US Open singles draw is Thursday at 12:00 ET. Jannik Sinner withdrew with a knee injury; Alexander Zverev is men’s No.1. Serena Williams and Carlos Alcaraz lost their mixed quarter-final to Cobolli and Bencic.
At the first Challenger of 2026/27 in Norwood, Aleksandr Selevko scored 246.15 and Kim Yu-seong 202.70. The series moves to Tokyo for the Kinoshita Group Cup on 4–6 September.
On 19 August Julia Simon and Corentin Jacob won the shooting contest at Bessans. By 27 August the French summer camp in Savoie is winding down; next up are autumn snow camps before the World Cup.
Nashville beat Inter Miami 4-1 on Aug 15 in Leagues Cup. Najar, Segovia, Mukhtar (2) and Surridge scored; Joe Schwake saved Messi’s penalty on 23 minutes. Nashville sit on 43 points, five clear in the Shield.
Paul Shaheen reported Aug 17 that Trevor Gauthier rejected Anaheim’s four-year, $52M deal ($13M AAV). The 41-goal, 69-point winger leaves the Ducks with about $9.07M in cap space.
Atlanta Dream beat Las Vegas 97-82 on Aug 18. Howard 23, Reese 21-10 (24th double-double), Gray 21; Becky Hammon was ejected after two techs at 5:06 of Q2. Wilson had 27-14.
USA U17 swept Turkey 3-0 (25-23, 25-11, 25-23) in the Santiago final on Aug 16. Knotts scored 23, Ogbogu 18. China took bronze 3-1 over Taipei.
Iga Swiatek defeated Diane Parry 6-3, 6-4 in the Cincinnati quarter-finals on Aug 19. Aryna Sabalenka beat Wang 6-1, 6-3. The Williams sisters lost doubles to Kostyuk/Stearns. Zverev reached the last 16.