Sport in brief: October 5 2026

Snippets of news from the sporting world with JAMIE J

Women's Football / 4 October 2026 Chelsea ease to London derby victory over West Ham 4 October 2026 Men's tennis / 4 October 2026 Star of the show Djokovic keeps Beijing streak alive with Zverev win at China Open 4 October 2026 Men’s Football / 4 October 2026 Robertson enjoying ‘unbelievable’ moment after securing 100th Scotland cap 4 October 2026 Tennis: China Open / 4 October 2026 Sabalenka knocked out of China Open in straight sets by Bartunkova 4 October 2026 MEN’S CYCLING: Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel won the road race at the European Championships on Sunday afternoon in Slovenia, but it took a photo-finish to separate him from Italy’s Giulio Ciccone after 196km of racing. 

Italian Christian Scaroni was almost a minute behind in third. 

Evenepoel adds the European title to his four World Championship time trial victories, Olympic gold medals and 2022 World road race success. 

HORSE RACING: French-trained Daryz won a second successive Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe when he led home 38/1 outsider Bay City Dreamer by a length and a quarter at Longchamp on Sunday. 

Diamond Necklace was a neck further back in third. 

Ridden by jockey Mickael Barzalona on every occasion, four-year-old colt Daryz has won nine of his 12 races and picked up over $7 million (£5.29m) in prize money but is now unlikely to remain active. 

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Nina Krisper top-scored with 23 points as defending Super League champions Sheffield Hatters began the new campaign with a thumping 103-64 win at Cardiff Met. 

Last year’s runners-up Caledonia Gladiators brushed aside Essex Rebels 86-57. 

Amaris Baker scored 29 points in defeat as London went down 100-73 in Manchester, Oakland eased past Nottingham 94-50 and Leicester lost 70-91 to Newcastle on Sunday evening.

DARTS: Former world champion Luke Humphries came from 3-0 down to beat Gerwyn Price 6-4 and win the World Grand Prix title in Leicester on Sunday night. 

Price has now lost in five consecutive major tournament finals. 

Current world number one Luke Littler, 2025 Grand Prix winner, crashed out in the first round of this year’s event after losing 2-1 to Luke Woodhouse, who is ranked 17 places below him. 

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