Sport in brief: November 11, 2026

Snippets of news from the sporting world with JAMIE J

Men’s Football / 10 November 2026 Carrick reports for training as Man United future hangs in balance 10 November 2026 Men’s Football / 10 November 2026 England call up Bournemouth defender Hill for Nations League games 10 November 2026 Formula One / 10 November 2026 Imola stood down as back-up option for F1 season finale 10 November 2026 Men’s rugby union / 10 November 2026 Wales face Wainwright injury worry ahead of All Blacks test 10 November 2026 MEN’S GOLF: The season-ending World Tour Championship starts in Jumeirah, Dubai, on Thursday with Rory McIlroy aiming to finish top of the order of merit for the fifth consecutive year and bag a record-equalling eighth title.

McIlroy is currently second, over 500 points behind Spain’s Eugenio Chacarra with America’s Patrick Reed another 181 points back in third.

This week’s winner at Jumeirah picks up 2,000 points.

WOMEN’S FOOTBALL: The Scottish Premier League have handed Partick Thistle a three-point deduction and £6,000 fine after they were found guilty of breaching two competition rules. 

Thistle, who finished sixth in the 10-team competition last season, were found to have made payments to players registered as amateurs and also submitted incorrect information to the League. 

They have now dropped to one place off the bottom of the table.

MEN’S FOOTBALL: African Cup of Nations qualifying returns on Thursday afternoon with four-time champions Ghana still looking for their first point when they host Somalia for a Group C game. 

Two 100 per cent records clash when Cote D’Ivoire meet Gambia, seven-time finalists Cameroon face Namibia in Group F while Senegal, who are still awaiting the result of their appeal to reinstate them as 2025 champions, take on Sudan in Dakar.

AMERICAN FOOTBALL: The Buffalo Bills joined the San Francisco 49ers at the top of the NFL following Tuesday’s comfortable 23-6 win at Minnesota. 

The 49ers had earlier cruised to a 38-17 win over the LA Raiders. At the other end of the table Los Angeles Chargers remain the only team without a win after they went down 22-44 at home to the Houston Texans. 

Defending champions Seattle enjoyed a fifth win in nine games with a 17-3 victory over Arizona.

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