Sport from Thursday, October 1st, 2026

Belgium's Matthis Besard, Finland's Tapio Pulkkanen and Ireland's Liam Nolan will share the halfway lead at the Abu Dhabi Challenge after moving to nine under par at Al Ain Equestrian, Shooting & Golf Club.

The Emirates Jumping Team won silver at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya on Thursday, following a thrilling Team Final at JRA Equestrian Park that saw the battle for gold go down to the very last rider.

The UAE Jiu-Jitsu national team has won three gold medals and two silver at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.

India humiliated a second-string Sri Lanka by 124 runs at the Asian Games on Thursday to book a gold-medal decider against arch-rivals Pakistan in the T20 tournament.

Australia’s bowlers powered the tourists to a 45-run victory over South Africa under the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method on Wednesday, helping them avoid a whitewash in the three-match one-day international series.

Etihad Airways has strongly rejected any findings shared by the Premier League Commission on the disciplinary proceedings involving financial allegations against Manchester City.