Todays Sporting News – 29 September 2025

• South Africa will be aiming to break their World Cup trophy duck when the Women’s Cricket World Cup gets under way on Tuesday, 30 September, in India and Sri Lanka.
• Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu scored a record-breaking 37 points to propel the Springboks to a much-needed 67-30 victory against Argentina in the Rugby Championship.
• Arsenal came from a goal down to edge Newcastle United 2-1 during a breathtaking English Premier League clash on Sunday.
• IND won the Asia Cup, the ultimate Women’s WC primer.
• Women’s World Cup Warmups: ENG beat AUS by 4 wickets, & SA beat PAK by 4 wickets.
• Golf – Europe fought off a thrilling United States rally to win an emotional Ryder Cup, with Shane Lowry securing the trophy on a dramatic six-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole. Europe’s triumph was their 11th in the past 15 Cup showdowns and their fourth on the road in that period.
• Rugby – The euphoria and unbridled joy that has been a hallmark of the women’s Rugby World Cup shone through the rain on Sunday as thousands of England fans gathered to celebrate the Red Roses’ victory. A peak audience of 5.8 million viewers watched Saturday’s final, making it the most watched rugby game of the year.
• Premier League – An injury time header from Gabriel Magalhães secured a 2-1 victory for Arsenal over Newcastle. In the day’s other game, Ollie Watkins ended his drought as Aston Villa beat Fulham 3-1.
• Puerto Rican trap and reggaeton musician Bad Bunny will take centre stage at Levi’s Stadium in California on 8 February, bringing Latin music to the NFL’s biggest spotlight. Last year, Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show featuring SZA was viewed by a record 133.5 million people. With three Grammys and 12 Latin Grammys, Bad Bunny is one of the world’s most-streamed artists.
• The NRLW’s Sydney Roosters have won 17 consecutive games. In Saturday’s preliminary final, the reigning premiers just edged out the Cronulla Sharks 17-16, courtesy of a field goal from Jocelyn Kelleher. The result sees them advance to the 2025 NRLW Grand Final.
• Irish golfer Shane Lowry delivered the decisive putt to help Europe retain the Ryder Cup on Sunday at Bethpage Black in New York. The Ryder Cup pits the 12 best golfers from the U.S. and Europe against each other every two years.
• Australia lost their final warm-up match ahead of the women’s cricket World Cup warm-up to England in the Indian city of Bengaluru, losing by four wickets.
• The Brisbane Broncos have ended the Penrith Panthers’ NRL dynasty with a stunning second-half comeback to reach the NRL Grand Final.
• The All Blacks have retained the Bledisloe Cup with a 33-24 win over the Wallabies at Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday. New Zealand scrum-half Cam Roigard was the star, on return from injury, scoring twice and setting up another. The All Blacks win extends their unbeaten run at Eden Park to 52 games.
• England are rugby union world champions again after beating Canada 33-13 in front of a record crowd in London to claim their third Women’s Rugby World Cup. Alex Matthews scored twice as England produced their best performance of the tournament, extending their remarkable winning streak to 33 matches. It was England’s first World Cup title since 2014, ending a run of five defeats in six finals to New Zealand.
• Slovenian cycling star Tadej Pogačar has defended his world championship road race title in Rwanda with a devastating solo attack. The 27-year-old broke clear of his competitors with more than 100km still to go and finished nearly 90 seconds ahead of Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel. Pogačar is just the second rider ever to win the Tour de France and world championship road race in back-to-back years.
• Spain’s Marc Marquez won his seventh MotoGP world championship, drawing level with Italian motorcycle racing legend Valentino Rossi. He sealed the season title with a second-place finish in Japan behind Italy’s Francesco Bagnaia.
• The Brisbane Lions have cemented their place as the AFL’s newest dynasty, becoming back-to-back premiers after beating the Geelong Cats by 47 points in Saturday afternoon’s Grand Final.
• The Paralympics has lifted its suspension on Russia and Belarus: Russian and Belarusian para-athletes will be eligible to compete under their home country’s flag at the next Paralympic Games. A partial ban was imposed in 2023 over Russia’s war in Ukraine. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has now voted to lift it.
• Major League Baseball’s postseason picture is now set, following a thrilling conclusion that saw two division titles and the remaining playoff berth decided on the final day. The Cleveland Guardians and Toronto Blue Jays both won their divisions, while the Cincinnati Reds clinched the final wild-card spot over the New York Mets.
• The All Blacks may have sealed the Bledisloe Cup for another year, but a former Test star believes the Rugby Championship is South Africa’s to lose after their demolition of Argentina. The Stormers and Vodacom Bulls made strong starts, but it was early stumbles for the Sharks and Lions in the 2025-26 Vodacom URC. In Cape Town, the STORMERS sent out a loud, reverberating warning shot to the rest of the field when they thumped defending champions Leinster. The Cape franchise also had two tries disallowed, which would’ve made the 35-0 blowout even more embarrassing for the Irish giants.
• Former Springbok coach Nick Mallett says Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu delivered a rare, all-round flyhalf performance in Durban. The 23-year-old married game management with moments of individual brilliance during the Boks’ 67-30 win over Argentina, scoring a record 37 points, including a hat-trick of tries.
• Canan Moodie says the Springboks expect a fired-up Argentina when the teams clash in the Rugby Championship decider at Twickenham on Saturday. The Boks hammered the Pumas 67-30 in Durban to move top of the table on 15 points. They lead the All Blacks (14) and Wallabies (11), with Los Pumas (nine) now out of contention.
• England women’s head coach John Mitchell says he is open to taking charge of the first women’s British and Irish tour to New Zealand in 2027.
• Bristol Bears open their Prem campaign with a 42-24 win as new Leicester Tigers head coach Geoff Parling suffers defeat at Ashton Gate.
• After beating Canada to lift the Women’s World Cup in front of a record crowd, England celebrated at Battersea Power Station as they aim to inspire “future Red Roses”.
• Immanuel Feyi-Waboso scored two tries on his Exeter Chiefs return as his side secure an astonishing comeback draw at Northampton Saints.
• Red Roses captain Zoe Aldcroft says having won the Rugby World Cup, England want to continue the momentum that football’s Lionesses set after winning back-to-back European Championships, and inspire future generations.
• By beating Canada in front of a world record crowd at Twickenham, England put to bed the ghost of the 2022 Women’s World Cup final.
• Los Pumas travel from Durban, South Africa to London, England for the final round of the 2025 Rugby Championship. The Americas no 1 take on the world no 1 Springboks in the neutral territory of Twickenham Stadium to close out the Rugby Championship on Saturday, October 04.
• Former Sharks centre Jeremy Ward dotted down as Stade Francais smashed Champions Cup holders Bordeaux Begles 28-7 at the Stade Jean Bouin in Paris. South African trio Rohan Janse Van Rensburg, Carlu Sadie and Tiaan Jacobs all ran out for Bordeaux.
• The All Blacks may have sealed the Bledisloe Cup for another year, but a former Test star believes the Rugby Championship is South Africa’s to lose after their demolition of Argentina.
• Chile sealed back-to-back World Cup appearances after beating Samoa in Viña del Mar on Saturday. Roared on by a capacity home crowd at Estadio Sausalito, Los Cóndores became the 23rd team to qualify for the expanded 24-team showpiece, a landmark moment in Chilean rugby.
• Argentina coach Felipe Contepomi has hailed Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu as one of the game’s most exciting young talents, admitting that opposition coaches would rather not see the Springbok starlet’s name listed on the team sheet.
• Felipe Contepomi has two lost first-choice players. Scrum-half Gonzalo García and fly half Tomás Albornoz were unable to finish the match against South Africa in Durban. García was stretchered off while Albornoz limped off with a hamstring injury as Argentina played the final ten minutes with 14 players.
• The word is out that modern politics are attempting to influence the changing sailing’s most crucial emergency communication command, ‘MAN OVERBOARD’. To change the words of this command will not result in additional successful rescues. The opposite is true.
• The gentle majesty of sail was omnipresent in the port of St Tropez this Sunday, where large crowds of visitors had the chance to enjoy a foretaste of the showstopping spectacle that will grace the race zones from tomorrow.
• Allegra achieved her ambition at the Multihull Cup 2025 today, taking the title by a clear margin after consistent sailing and a trio of race wins earlier in the event.
• All Hands Boatworks will be holding its 4th annual Hands-on Benefit on Wednesday November 5, 2025.
• 2025’s inshore racing for the maxi fleet culminates this week. Alongside the IMA Maxi Europeans and the recent Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, the event organised by Société Nautique de Saint-Tropez one of the pinnacles of the maxi racing season.
• With just over a month to go to the 5o5 Open European Championship, there are over 50 boats entered including boats from Australia, Canada, France, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Poland, Switzerland and the USA.
• A record ten competitors assembled at Bough Beech SC for the Start Racing Course Regatta. Now in its fourth edition, it has now become an established fixture on the club’s calendar.
• After four days of uncertain weather, resulting in only three races, the 2025 Melges 24 World Championship delivered its verdict on the final day.
• Brisker wind conditions and two races gave the second day of Multihull Cup 2025 added impetus today with close racing across the board.
• KARACHI: The second Chief of the Naval Staff International Sailing Regatta concluded on Saturday.
• Boston College Sailing earned its first regatta victory of the season at the George Warren Smith Trophy.
• Two sailors suffering from extreme exhaustion were rescued off the coast of NSW after the catamaran they were on went missing this weekend.
• In light wind on Sunday, the Danmark Trophy finished with Tufts Coed Sailing in 12th place out of 20 teams.
• The Valparaiso University tennis team picked up three singles wins and two doubles wins on Sunday’s final day of the Redbird Invitational.
• University of Denver men’s tennis player Theo Coats won the 2025 Bedford Cup in the Mountains singles title in straight sets.
• Four-time national tennis singles winner and pioneer of the sport in New Zealand Judith Tinnock has died in Auckland aged 94.
• Watch Lorenzo Musetti book his spot in the China Open quarter-finals with victory over qualifier Adrian Mannarino.
• North Florida men’s tennis collected 14 singles wins, including a Sunday sweep, and four doubles wins.
• Daichi Kamada was delighted that the quality of Crystal Palace’s overall performance against Liverpool was rewarded with three points – and that the 97th-minute match-winning goal also went to a deserving source in Eddie Nketiah.
• New York native Cameron Young started the US rally with a dramatic win in the day’s first match. Like Justin Thomas, he hit a putt to win on the 18th hole.
• Tyrrell Hatton, playing in match 10, finally got Europe to the magic 14½ points mark as they became the fifth European side to win an away match – and the first since 2012.
• Grace Nweke’s plea to Dame Noeline Taurua to return to the Silver Ferns as head coach has created yet another headache for Netball New Zealand, who are yet to decide on the future of the coaching team.
• Saint John’s golf is in fifth place out of nine teams after the second round of the 2025 MIAC Championships held Sunday, Sept. 28, at Edinburgh G.C. (par 72).
• A win would put Ennis on the doorstep of either a world title shot or a huge fight against interim WBC junior middleweight titleholder Vergil Ortiz early next year on DAZN. “I’m ready to make a big statement in the 154 division,” Ennis said.
• John Mitchell says taking charge of the inaugural British and Irish Lions Women’s tour of New Zealand in 2027 is “definitely something I would consider”. Mitchell appears to be the leading contender for the post after.
• Australia ended the New Zealand Netball U21 team’s hopes of defending their World Youth Cup title when they outclassed the Kiwis 63-48 in the final in Gibraltar on Monday.
• Star Silver Ferns shooter Grace Nweke has made it clear where she stands on the future of embattled coach Dame Noeline Taurua. Nweke was acting captain in the third Test against South Africa in Invercargill on Sunday night.
• Record-breaking Australian prop James Slipper said Sunday that this was his final year in the gold Wallabies shirt and hinted that next week’s Test against New Zealand could be his last.
• Next week, the executive committee of soccer’s European governing body UEFA could vote to suspend Israel from the continental federation.
• The Hofstra field hockey team suffered a 3-1 defeat on the road to Providence Sunday afternoon in non-conference action.
• The Saint Joseph’s field hockey team fell to Villanova by a 2-1 score on Sunday afternoon at The Proving Grounds.
• Rory McIlroy was critical of the US crowds at Bethpage after a series of unsavoury incidents at the Ryder Cup.
• Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry and Justin Rose all experienced the rowdy atmosphere at the Ryder Cup during their singles matches.
• MVP’s new signee and Canadian boxing star Kim Clavel (22-2, 3 KOs) became a two-time world champion with a unanimous decision win (99-91, 98-92 x2) over Argentina’s Sol Cudos (10-1-2, 3 KOs) to become the new IBF mini flyweight world champion at 105lbs in the main event of Most Valuable Prospects 15 Championship Edition at Theatre St-Denis in Montreal, Canada
• Experienced lock Lood de Jager will join the Springboks in London on Monday as cover for Franco Mostert, who remained behind in South Africa on Sunday due to a family bereavement, as the side gear up for their closing Castle Lager Rugby Championship encounter against the Pumas at the Allianz Stadium, Twickenham, on Saturday.
• The Pick n Pay Gold Cup got off to a rousing start on Saturday, with extra-time drama and a number of nail-biting wins on the road headlining the opening round of the ‘FA Cup’ of South African club rugby.
• In a landmark moment for Indian cricket, Mithun Manhas, former Delhi captain and veteran batter, was unanimously elected as the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) during the board’s Annual General Meeting in Mumbai on Sunday, September 28, 2025.
• The ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 is scheduled to kick off on September 30, 2025, running through to the final on October 26, 2025. The tournament will be co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka, with matches played across multiple venues in both nations.
• “There will be more miracles going forward,” Abhishek Sharma says of the India T20I team.
• The joy of clinching the Asia Cup 2025 title was magnified by the chance to playfully mock arch-rivals Pakistan, a task eagerly taken up by India’s young stars. Immediately following the thrilling five-wicket victory in the final, pacer Arshdeep Singh took to social media.
• The Women’s ODI World Cup 2025, co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka, will be held across five venues: Guwahati, Indore, Visakhapatnam and Navi Mumbai in India and Colombo in Sri Lanka, running from September 30 till November 2. Navi Mumbai was chosen as a venue specifically for logistical reasons.
• Nepal and West Indies meet again on September 29 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, with the hosts leading the three-match series 1-0 after a stunning upset in the opener. Nepal’s victory was not just their first over the Caribbean side but also their maiden win against a Full Member nation.
• USC women’s basketball star JuJu Watkins will miss the upcoming college basketball season as she recovers from the serious knee injury she sustained during the NCAA tournament in March.
• On the eve of Clippers training camp, owner Steve Ballmer and the team are facing pressures over an NBA probe into allegations that the team circumvented the league salary cap when a sustainability firm paid star Kawhi Leonard $21 million.
• World Rugby’s Chief Executive Alan Gilpin lauded the “historic, special, incredible” Rugby World Cup 2025 which he says showed “stratospheric” growth in the women’s game. What was earmarked as a watershed moment for the sport a few months ago has exceeded the expectations of even the game’s governing body, thanks to record-breaking crowds and interest that reached its peak as England beat Canada in Saturday’s final at a packed Allianz Stadium in Twickenham.
• Sachin Tendulkar: The upcoming ICC Women’s World Cup will not just be about chasing a trophy; it will be about igniting countless dreams. Somewhere in Moga, a teenage girl might be clutching her bat tighter, hoping to emulate her idol Harmanpreet Kaur. In Sangli, another girl might be practicing her drives, daring to dream like Smriti Mandhana.

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY:

1923 — Gene Sarazen beats Walter Hagen 1-up to capture the PGA championship.

1941 — Joe Louis knocks out Lou Nova in the sixth round at the Polo Grounds in New York to retain the world heavyweight title.

1967 — American boxer Emile Griffith regains his world middleweight crown on points in a brawling re-match with Italian Nino Benvenuti at Shea Stadium, NY; second of famous trilogy of fights.

1974 — Dr. Norbert Sander Jr. wins the New York City Marathon in 2:26:30 and Kathy Switzer capture the women’s division in 3:07:29.

1977 — Muhammad Ali wins a unanimous 15-round decision over Earnie Shavers at Madison Square Garden in New York to retain his world heavyweight title.

1984 — Mike Prindle of Western Michigan sets an NCAA record by kicking seven field goals in a 42-7 rout over Marshall.

1985 — Houston Oilers quarterback Warren Moon is sacked 12 times in a 17-10 loss to the Dallas Cowboys to tie an NFL record.

1988 — American athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee wins her second gold medal of the Seoul Olympics by taking the long jump with an Olympic record leap of 7.40m; previously won the heptathlon.

1988 — American sprinter Florence Griffith-Joyner sets women’s 200m world record 21.34; completes sprint double at the Seoul Olympics.

1988 — U.S. men’s basketball team beats Australia 78-49 to take the bronze medal at the Seoul Olympics; last time U.S. represented by a team that doesn’t feature NBA players.

1988 — U.S. retain women’s basketball title at he Seoul Olympics with a 77-70 win over Yugoslavia; star guard Teresa Edwards top scores for the Americans with 18 points.

1991 — Pat Bradley wins the MBS LPGA Classic by one shot over Michelle Estill for her 30th career victory, qualifying her for the LPGA Hall of Fame.

1995 — The NHL and NHL Players Association strike a deal to allow league players to participate in the 1998 Winter Olympics.

2000 — At the Sydney Olympics, the U.S. men’s basketball team escapes the humiliation of playing for a bronze medal with an 85-83 victory over Lithuania in the semifinals. It’s the closest victory and biggest scare for a U.S. Olympic team since NBA players started competing in 1992.

2002 — After losing to Iowa State, Nebraska drops out of the Associated Press Top 25 football poll after being ranked for 348 consecutive weeks. The last time Nebraska was missing from the poll was Oct. 5, 1981.

2002 — Seattle’s Shaun Alexander scores an NFL-record five touchdowns in the first half of a 48-23 rout of Minnesota. He finishes with 139 yards rushing and 92 receiving and one TD short of the league mark of six in a game.

2012 — Geno Smith throws for 656 yards and ties a Big 12 record with eight touchdown passes to lead No. 9 West Virginia to a 70-63 win over No. 25 Baylor. Smith outduels Baylor’s Nick Florence, who has a standout game of his own with 581 yards and five TDs. Baylor’s Terrance Williams sets a Big 12 record with 314 yards receiving. The old mark was set minutes earlier by West Virginia’s Stedman Bailey, who had 303 yards and five TDs.

2015 — NCAA bans the SMU men’s basketball team from the postseason and suspends coach Larry Brown for nine games, saying he lied to investigators and ignored a case of academic fraud by a player.

2018 — Seventeen-year-old Hailie Deegan uses a bump-and-run on her teammate to become the first female winner of a NASCAR K&N West Series race. Her last-lap shove of Cole Rouse at Meridian Speedway in Idaho gives her the victory.

2020 — Ben Ainslie wins the Olympic gold medal in the Laser class, beating previous Laser Olympic champion Robert Scheidt.

TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY:

1913 — Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators finished the season with 36 victories by virtue of a 1-0 decision over the Philadelphia A’s.

1915 — The Philadelphia Phillies clinched their first NL pennant, beating the Boston Braves, 5-0, behind Grover Alexander’s one-hitter.

1954 — Willie Mays made his famous over-the-shoulder catch of Vic Wertz’s long drive to center field and pinch-hitter Dusty Rhodes homered off Bob Lemon in the 10th inning to lead the New York Giants to a 5-2 victory over the Cleveland Indians in Game 1 of the World Series.

1963 — John Paciorek of the Houston Colt .45s, in his only major league appearance, went 3-for-3 with three RBIs and four runs scored against the New York Mets. A back injury ended his baseball career the next season.

1976 — John Montefusco of the San Francisco Giants pitched a 9-0 no-hitter over the Braves in Atlanta.

1983 — Mike Warren of the Oakland A’s pitched a no-hitter to beat the Chicago White Sox, 3-0.

1986 — Minnesota’s Bert Blyleven broke Robin Roberts’ 1956 record of 46 home runs given up in a season when he gave up a two-out, third-inning homer to Cleveland rookie Jay Bell. It was the first major league pitch Bell had seen. Despite giving up two more homers, Blyleven was the winner when the Twins rallied in the eighth for a 6-5 victory.

1986 — Chicago Cubs rookie Greg Maddux defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 8-3 in the City of Brotherly Love. The losing pitcher was his brother, Mike, also a rookie. It was the first time brothers faced each other as rookie pitchers.

1996 — Brady Anderson of the Baltimore Orioles became the 14th player to reach the 50-homer mark in a 4-1 loss at Toronto. Anderson’s previous season high was 21.

2001 — Seattle’s Ichiro Suzuki set the major league rookie record for hits in a season but the Mariners fell to Oakland 8-4. Suzuki got his 234th hit, breaking the previous rookie mark set by Shoeless Joe Jackson with Cleveland in 1911.

2004 — Major League Baseball announces that the Montreal Expos franchise will move to Washington D.C.

2011 — The Tampa Bay Rays clinched the AL wild-card with a stunning rally, overcoming a late seven-run deficit and then beating the New York Yankees 8-7 on Evan Longoria’s home run in the 12th inning. The Rays’ win came four minutes after Boston blew a one-run lead in the ninth at Baltimore and lost 4-3. The Red Sox held a nine-game lead over the Rays in early September. Boston became the first team to miss the postseason after leading by as many as nine games for a playoff spot entering September.

2011 — Chris Carpenter and St. Louis completed one of the more remarkable comebacks in baseball history, clinching the NL wild card with an 8-0 win over Houston and a later loss by Atlanta. The Cardinals got their playoff spot when the Braves fell to Philadelphia 4-3 in 13 innings. St. Louis trailed Atlanta by 10 1/2 games on Aug. 25. The Cardinals won 23 of their last 31 games.

2013 — On the last day of the season, Miami’s Henderson Alvarez pitched one of baseball’s most bizarre no-hitters. Alvarez celebrated in the on-deck circle when the Marlins score on a two-out wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat the Detroit Tigers 1-0.

2017 — Rockies OF Charlie Blackmon set a new record for RBIs by a leadoff hitter, 101, with a two-run home run in the second inning.

2018 — The Yankees set a new record for home runs in a season with No. 265 hit by Gleyber Torres in the 5th inning against the Red Sox. It eclipses the mark set by the 1997 Seattle Mariners, but will be topped again next season.

2022 — Another day, another incredible performance by Shohei Ohtani. Today, he takes a no-hitter into the 8th inning before giving up a single to Conner Capel with two outs, on his way to winning his 15th of the year, 4 – 2 over the Athletics. The Angels’two-way superstar also shines at the plate, going 2 for 4 with an RBI and extending his hitting streak to 14 games – the longest in the majors at this time.

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