The world tennis rankings were released with a one-day delay due to the tournaments in China concluding yesterday. Spain's Carlos Alcaraz remains top of the rankings. Kamil Majchrzak, who has been the highest-ranked Pole for two weeks, has fallen from 61st to 65th place. Hubert Hurkacz is 69th.more

Real Madrid secured their sixth victory in six matches of the Spanish top-flight season, defeating Levante 4-1 away yesterday.more

Manchester City's Norwegian striker Erling Haaland scored his 91st goal in the English Premier League in the match against Arsenal London (1:1), equalling the Scandinavian record set by his compatriot Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who played for Manchester United between 1996 and 2007.more

The replacement of players in FC Porto's defence and the reliance on Polish defender Jan Bednarek was the key to the Dragons' success in the early stages of the Portuguese league, according to journalists from the Porto-based sports daily 'O Jogo'.more

Ousmane Dembele of Paris Saint-Germain and Aitana Bonmati of Barcelona won the Ballon d'Or poll, which takes into account the achievements of footballers in the 2024/25 season. Ewa Pajor took the highest place in her career, eighth, and Robert Lewandowski was 17th.more

No team has ever started a Bundesliga season as well as Bayern Munich. Harry Kane has been particularly impressive, scoring two hat-tricks already, and experts agree that the €100 million spent on him two years ago has long since paid off.more

After winning the WTA tournament in Seoul, Iga Świątek strengthened her hold on second place in the world tennis rankings and narrowed the gap on Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka. Magda LInette saw a slight drop, and Magdalena Fręch moved up one spot.more

Barcelona beat Getafe 3-0 at home in the fifth round of the Spanish top flight to remain in second place, two points behind Real Madrid, who defeated Espanyol 2-0 on Saturday.more

In a match between teams considered contenders for the top spots in the English Premier League, Arsenal drew 1-1 (0-1) at home with Manchester City. Norwegian Erling Haaland scored for the visitors, taking his tally to six after five matches.more

Iga Swiatek defeated Russia's Ekaterina Alexandrova 1–6, 7–6 (7–3), 7–5 in the final to win the WTA 500 tennis tournament in Seoul. This is her third title of the season and 25th of her career.more

Real Madrid beat Espanyol Barcelona 2–0 at home in the fifth round of the Spanish top flight and remain unbeaten. The visitors, who had made an excellent start to the season, suffered their first defeat but retained third place in the table.more

Seven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton surprised fans with unexpected news. The Briton has sold his entire collection of luxury cars. He is becoming seriously interested in works of art.more

Polish volleyball players defeated Canada 3:1 (25:18, 23:25, 25:20, 25:14) in the round of 16 at the World Championships in the Philippines. In Wednesday's quarter-finals, coach Nikola Grbic's team will face Turkey, who earlier defeated the Netherlands 3:1.more

Iga Swiatek defeated Australia's Maya Joint 6-0, 6-2 to advance to the final of the WTA 500 tournament on hard courts in Seoul. The Polish player will compete for the trophy against the winner of the match between Czech Katerina Siniakova (77th in the WTA rankings) and second-seeded Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova.more

Yesterday, the International Olympic Committee allowed Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina under a neutral flag, as was the case during last year's Summer Olympics in Paris.more

The Polish national team moved up from 37th to 36th place in the latest International Football Federation (FIFA) rankings. September brought a change in the leaderboard, with Spain taking the top spot, France in second place, and Argentina, which had been in the lead until now, in third.more

Barcelona, with Robert Lewandowski in the line-up, won 2-1 away at Newcastle United in the Champions League. After the first round, Eintracht Frankfurt is the leader of the competition, having defeated Galatasaray Istanbul 5-1 at their home stadium.more

Mourinho was sacked last month by Fenerbahce after just over a year in charge; The former Manchester United boss returns to Benfica, where he was briefly in charge between September and December 2000.more

Iga Świątek defeated Romanian tennis player Sorana Cirstea 6-3, 6-2 in the second round and advanced to the quarterfinals of the WTA 500 tournament on hard courts in Seoul.more

Italian teams featuring Polish players had mixed fortunes in the first round of the Champions League. Piotr Zieliński's Inter Milan defeated Ajax 2-0 in Amsterdam, while Atalanta Bergamo – with Nicola Zalewski as a reserve – lost 4-0 to the previous season's champions, Paris Saint-Germain.more

After earning the equivalent of at least PLN 220 million over the past 12 months, Manchester City footballer Erling Haaland jumped from 194th to 114th place in the annual ranking of the Norwegian magazine Kapital. During this time, his fortune is said to have almost doubled.more

Polish volleyball players defeated the Dutch national team 3:1 (22:25, 25:23, 25:19, 25:22) in their last group match of the World Championships in the Philippines. The white-and-reds took first place in Group B and will play Canada in the round of 16. The Netherlands will face Turkey.more

The new edition of the 2025/26 Champions League kicked off with a bang. Among the favourites, Real Madrid, Arsenal London and Tottenham did not disappoint, but the biggest sensation was caused by Karabakh Agdam with Mateusz Kochalski in goal, who unexpectedly defeated Benfica in Lisbon. There was also plenty of excitement in Turin, where Juventus drew 4-4 with Borussia Dortmund.more

FIFA will distribute a record $355 million to clubs in compensation for players' participation in next year's World Cup, the football headquarters announced. For the first time, the money will also go to clubs whose players participated in the qualifying rounds.more

Rain has prevented the scheduled matches at the WTA 500 tennis tournament in Seoul from taking place. The match between Romanian Sorana Cirstea and Russian Anastasia Zakharova, which will determine Iga Świątek's second-round opponent, has been postponed until Wednesday.more