Ethiopian Tamirat Tola crushed the competition to win the New York City Marathon in a course record two hours, four minutes and 58 seconds, while Kenyan Hellen Obiri won the women’s race in 2:27:23.

Nottingham Forest snapped a six-match winless run to beat Aston Villa 2-0 in a Premier League Midlands derby, denying the visitors a top-four spot after Ola Aina and Orel Mangala scored goals from outside the box.

The PNG Kumuls delighted their home crowd and turned around their fortunes following a poor performance last week to claim their inaugural Pacific Bowl with a 32-12 win against Fiji.

HLB Mann Judd Suva is the new Extra Supermarket Futsal IDC champion.

Boxer Ratu Rakuro Daunivavana potentially faces repercussions after failing a drug test following his fight with Vanuatu’s Masing Warawara.

15-time national champion Manoj Kumar won the 2023 Vodafone Fiji October Rapid Chess Championship in Suva.

Nikola Jokic had 28 points, 16 rebounds and nine assists, Michael Porter Jr. scored a season-high 27 points, and the host Denver Nuggets beat the Chicago Bulls 123-101 on Saturday night.

World number one Novak Djokovic took a step closer to a record-extending seventh Paris Masters crown when he beat Russian fifth seed Andrey Rublev 5-7 7-6(3) 7-5 to set up a title clash with seasoned Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov.

The Vodafone Fiji Bati Coach Wise Kativerata has made it clear to his players that they’re not in the Pacific Championship to make up the numbers.

It will be a Nadi and HLB Mann Judd Suva final in the Extra Supermarket Futsal IDC.

Jessica Pegula beat U.S. Open champion Coco Gauff 6-2 6-1 to reach the title match at the WTA Finals in Cancun, Mexico, where she will next face either world number one Aryna Sabalenka or Iga Swiatek.

Barcelona’s Ronald Araujo headed a stoppage-time goal to snatch a 1-0 win at Real Sociedad as they kept pace with the leaders in LaLiga after being outplayed by the hosts.