Paris Saint-Germain forward Ousmane Dembele won the 2025 men's Ballon d'Or at the annual awards ceremony in Paris on Monday, claiming the honor for the first time in his career.
The 2025 IFSC Climbing World Championships began in Seoul on Monday with Tokyo 2020 Olympic champions Janja Garnbret of Slovenia and Alberto Gines Lopez of Spain both topping their qualification groups in the Lead discipline.
Alexandre Sybillain, a French amateur triathlete and founder of a triathlon training center in Shanghai, has been a pioneer in promoting the sport in China and has witnessed its expanding opportunities.
FC Barcelona has suffered a double injury setback on Monday with the attacking midfielder Fermin Lopez has suffered a muscle injury, while Spain international Gavi will need exploratory surgery on a knee problem.
The United States overcame a 1-0 deficit to beat Slovenia 3-1 in the last 16 of the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship on Monday, setting up a quarterfinal clash against Bulgaria who eased past Portugal in straight sets.
Multiple marathon events were held across China over the weekend, attracting hundreds of thousands of participants to Tianjin and Liaoning and Shanxi provinces.
Liverpool opened a five-point lead at the top of the Premier League after beating Everton 2-1 in Saturday's Merseyside derby, while Arsenal struck late to hold Manchester City 1-1 on Sunday.
Elisabetta Cocciaretto and Jasmine Paolini delivered straight-set victories as Italy upset the United States 2-0 to defend its Billie Jean King Cup title on Sunday.
Max Verstappen has not ruled out challenging for the championship after dominating the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on a weekend both McLaren drivers struggled.
Brazilian forward Leonardo scored a hat-trick to power Shanghai Port to a 3-2 victory over Beijing Guoan on Sunday night, tightening the Chinese Super League title race.
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden capped a dazzling campaign with her third gold medal on Sunday, guiding the United States to victory in the women's 4x100-meter relay on a rain-soaked final day of the World Athletics Championships.
World No. 2 Italy remained on track to defend their title at the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship after sweeping world No. 8 Argentina 3-0 on Sunday to secure a berth in the top eight.
China's Weng Hongyang claimed the men's singles title, while Jia Yifan and Zhang Shuxian secured the women's doubles victory at the 2025 BWF China Masters on Sunday.
Ice dance veterans Wang Shiyue and Liu Xinyu have secured an Olympic berth for China after finishing fourth at the ISU Figure Skating Qualifier for the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games on Sunday.
Teenager Alysson struck a second-half winner as Gremio twice recovered from a goal down to clinch a 3-2 away win over Porto Alegre rivals Internacional in Brazil's Serie A on Sunday.
Real Madrid made it five wins from five games at the start of the new La Liga season with a relatively routine 2-0 win at home to Espanyol on Saturday afternoon.