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Vasco Vilaça becomes triathlon world champion
The Portuguese series leader finished second to Matt Hauser by 0.08 seconds in Pontevedra and secured his first elite world title.
Source: World Triathlon · official championship report2026-09-28 · Para triathlon · TeamUnited States win a third straight Para triathlon mixed relay world title
Kendall Gretsch, Carson Clough, Grace Norman and Owen Cravens, guided by Kevin McDowell, won in Pontevedra ahead of Australia and Brazil.
Source: World Triathlon · official Para mixed relay report2026-09-27 · Beach wrestling · EventKaterini decides the 2026 beach wrestling world titles
Final-stop winners and season champions were not always the same athletes.
Source: United World Wrestling2026-09-27 · Tennis · AthleteBerfu Cengiz wins the Ankara Open WTA 125 title
The Turkish player recovered from a set down to beat Teodora Kostovic 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 in the singles final.
Source: WTA · official Ankara Open draw2026-09-27 · Superbike · AthleteBulega seals the WorldSBK title as Lecuona sweeps Cremona
Nicolò Bulega secured the 2026 riders’ championship with second place in Race 2, while Iker Lecuona completed a three-win Italian Round.
Source: WorldSBK · official Race 2 and championship report2026-09-27 · Superbike · AthleteIker Lecuona doubles up in the Cremona Superpole Race
Lecuona resisted Nicolò Bulega to win for the second time in the Italian Round, while Alberto Surra claimed his first WorldSBK podium.
Source: WorldSBK2026-09-27 · Hot air ballooning · AthleteDominic Bareford wins his second hot air balloon world title
The British pilot topped a 101-pilot field in Krosno to become the fifth competitor to win the championship more than once.
Source: Fédération Aéronautique Internationale2026-09-27 · Formula 1 · AthleteGeorge Russell wins the Azerbaijan Grand Prix by 0.196 seconds
The Mercedes driver converted pole position into his third victory of 2026 after a final-lap sprint against Max Verstappen in Baku.
Source: FIA2026-09-27 · Road running · AthleteAssefa and Adola win the Berlin Marathon
Tigst Assefa clocked 2:11:04 and Guye Adola 2:02:50 as Ethiopia won both elite running races on 27 September.
Source: Berlin Marathon · official results2026-09-27 · Para athletics · AthleteHug and Debrunner take Berlin wheelchair titles
Switzerland's Marcel Hug and Catherine Debrunner won the men's and women's racing-wheelchair events in Berlin.
Source: Berlin Marathon · official wheelchair results2026-09-27 · Race walking · AthleteKatsuki and Toxanbayeva win the first Asian Games marathon race walks
Hayato Katsuki and Yasmina Toxanbayeva became the inaugural champions as marathon race walking entered the Asian Games programme in Nagoya.
Source: Olympic Council of Asia · men's result2026-09-27 · Esports · AthleteYuki Kurihara becomes the youngest Asian Games gold medallist at 11
Japan's Yuki Kurihara defeated Korea's Kang Dongshin 10-2 in the Puyo Puyo Champions final in Aichi to set an Asian Games age record.
Source: Olympic Council of Asia2026-09-27 · Endurance racing · EventToyota's No. 8 wins the 2026 6 Hours of Fuji
Ryo Hirakawa, Sébastien Buemi and Brendon Hartley converted a late fuel-only stop into Toyota's first home FIA WEC victory since 2023.
Source: FIA2026-09-27 · Field archery · EventSix champions crowned in dramatic World Field individual finals
Ella Gibson, Mathias Fullerton and Casey Kaufhold earned maiden world titles as the individual finals concluded in Yankton.
Source: World Archery2026-09-27 · Rugby league · ClubWakefield stun Wigan to reach their first Super League Grand Final
Trinity beat the league leaders 33-6 in Wigan and will face Warrington at Old Trafford on 3 October.
Source: Betfred Super League2026-09-27 · Archery · National federationColombia sweep the individual archery titles at the South American Games
Jorge Enriquez, Ana Maria Rendon, Pablo Gomez Zuluaga and Sara Lopez won all four individual gold medals in Argentina.
Source: World Archery2026-09-27 · Road cycling · AthleteDemi Vollering wins her first elite road world title
The Dutch rider beat Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney in a two-rider sprint after 180.4 kilometres at the UCI Road World Championships in Montréal.
Source: UCI · Tissot Timing2026-09-26 · Tennis · AthleteBerfu Cengiz reaches her first WTA 125 singles final
The Turkish player beat Deniz Dilek 6-1, 6-1 in Ankara and earned a final against fifth seed Teodora Kostovic.
Source: WTA2026-09-26 · Padel · National federationGermany, the Netherlands and Great Britain qualify for the FIP Padel World Cup
Germany secured places in both draws in Madrid, joined by the Netherlands in the men's event and Great Britain in the women's event.
Source: International Padel Federation2026-09-26 · Superbike · AthleteIker Lecuona wins WorldSBK Race 1 at Cremona
The Spaniard beat Nicolò Bulega by 5.591 seconds as the championship decision moved to Sunday.
Source: WorldSBK2026-09-26 · Triathlon · AthleteCassandre Beaugrand wins elite women's world at the World Triathlon Finals
Cassandre Beaugrand claimed the elite women's world title for France at the 2026 World Triathlon Championship Finals. The victory delivered her second world championship title.
Source: World Triathlon2026-09-25 · Road cycling · AthleteAshlin Barry wins the men’s under-23 road world title
Barry turned a 30-kilometre solo attack into the United States’ first title in the event on his 19th birthday.
Source: USA Cycling2026-09-25 · Road cycling · AthleteAlejandra Neira wins the junior women’s road world title
The Spaniard timed the final sprint from a five-rider group to take gold in Montréal.
Source: UCI results2026-09-25 · Triathlon · AthleteNils Serre Gehri wins men's under-23 world at the World U23 Triathlon Championships
Nils Serre Gehri claimed the men's under-23 world title for France at the 2026 World Triathlon U23 Championships.
Source: World Triathlon