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Oct 2, 2026 - Sports

Club opt for improvements in hospitality and retailAn increase to 60,704 capacity had been consideredArsenal have shelved plans for a major expansion of the Emirates Stadium, opting for a programme of smaller improvements as the club’s owners review the Premier League champions’ wider operation.Arsenal set up a working group led by the chief executive, Richard Garlick, in 2024 to examine the feasibility of increasing the 60,704 capacity, with some reports they could temporarily hold home matches at Wembley. But the club has decided against major redevelopment and will concentrate on what it described as the “continued evolution” of their home since 2006. Continue reading...

Oct 2, 2026 - Sports

Court rulings in Kentucky and Ohio reversed the eligibility for multiple NCAA athletes, including Texas Tech QB Thomas Castellanos.

Oct 2, 2026 - Sports

Costs partly due to delays caused by previous solicitorsCase still ‘in crisis’, fees need to be settled this monthClaimants in the ongoing legal action over brain injuries in rugby have been left on the hook for £2.8m in legal fees owed to the defendants, the majority of which will have to be settled by the end of October if the case is going to continue in anything like its current form.The costs are a direct consequence of the delays that the court decided were caused by what the judge, Senior Master Cook, described in court on Friday as the “contradictory and misguided approach” of Rylands Garth, the solicitors’ firm who had been representing the players until earlier this year. Continue reading...

Oct 2, 2026 - Sports

Pinto has witness protection status removedHis lawyers will appeal and say his situation is ‘critical’Rui Pinto has revealed he is preparing to leave Portugal because he fears for his safety after being informed that his participation in the country’s witness protection programme has been terminated.The Football Leaks founder claimed he has received “multiple death threats” and is facing “the serious risk of an assassination attempt against me” after being informed of the decision by Portuguese authorities on Wednesday. That came two days after Manchester City were found guilty of 115 charges by an independent commission – an investigation that was prompted by Pinto’s leaks of thousands of private documents. Continue reading...

Oct 2, 2026 - Sports

No Aaron Judge, no problem? That might be the case for the Yankees in the American League Division Series without Aaron Judge.