- 14h ago
Champions League matchday three: PSG beat Barcelona 4-2, Liverpool come back to beat Villarreal 4-3
Liverpool came back from 2-0 down to beat Villarreal 4-3 at Anfield, while Phil Foden scored a hat-trick in Manchester City's 5-1 win over AEK Athens on Tuesday, 20 October.
- 18h ago
Dortmund players skip showers after 2-1 Champions League win in Baku
Serhou Guirassy scored twice as Dortmund beat FK Sabah 2-1 in Baku on Tuesday, 20 October. The squad then left the Olympic Stadium without showering, as they had been told not to use the stadium showers.
- 4d ago
Rui Jorge rejects senior job, criticises FPF president Pedro Proença over his exit
Azerbaijan's under-20 coach Rui Jorge told Lusa he has no wish to take a senior job and says his first experience abroad is going well. He also criticised Portuguese Football Federation president Pedro Proença over how his departure from the under-21 role was handled.
- Oct 14
Azerbaijan defends school dress rules as hijab protests, arrests and Turkey row grow
Officials defend the new rules and tell Turkey to stay out, as the Interior Ministry reports 37 detentions and protesters gather outside Azerbaijan's consulate in Istanbul.
- Oct 13
Sabah beats Slavia Prague 2:0 for first Champions League win in Baku
Joy-Lance Mickels scored in the 88th minute after a Slavia Prague defensive error, and Tymoteusz Puchacz played the full match for the Azerbaijani side. The result gave Sabah its first points in the Champions League.
- Oct 8
Ai Tsunoda wins Spain's first women's judo world title since 1997 in Baku
The 24-year-old from Lleida beat Michaela Polleres, the Austrian who took her Olympic bronze in Paris in 2024. Spain's medal tally at the Baku championships now stands at four.
- Oct 7
Clarisse Agbégnénou misses podium in Baku as French judo struggles at World Championships
Six-time world champion Clarisse Agbégnénou finished seventh in the under-63 kg category in Baku, leaving France with two bronze medals through four days of competition.
- Oct 4
France targets four gold medals at 2026 World Judo Championships in Baku
Seventeen French judokas will compete at the 2026 World Judo Championships in Azerbaijan from 4 to 10 October, aiming to equal national medal records two years before the Los Angeles Olympics.
- Sep 30
Esteban Ocon will leave Haas Formula 1 team at the end of 2026 season
The 30-year-old French driver announced the conclusion of his two-year spell with the American squad after collecting seven points across the 2026 campaign.
- Sep 26
Norris demands race ban for Colapinto after Baku restart crash takes out three cars
Lando Norris was forced to retire from the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after a collision triggered by Alpine driver Franco Colapinto, who received a five-place grid penalty for the next race.
- Sep 26
George Russell wins Azerbaijan Grand Prix as Kimi Antonelli limits title damage from 16th
George Russell held off Max Verstappen by 0.196 seconds to win in Baku on Saturday, while teammate Kimi Antonelli recovered from 16th to fifth to maintain a 66-point championship lead.
- Sep 25
George Russell takes Azerbaijan GP pole as Kimi Antonelli crashes in Q1
George Russell claimed pole position for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix by nearly nine tenths of a second, while Formula 1 championship leader Kimi Antonelli crashed out in Q1 to qualify 16th.
- Sep 24
Red Bull extends Isack Hadjar contract through 2027 alongside Max Verstappen
The 21-year-old French driver signed a one-year contract extension ahead of his return from a wrist injury at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku.
- Sep 22
Albanian court suspends intelligence chief Vlora Hyseni in state secrets leak probe
An anti-corruption court in Tirana has suspended State Intelligence Service director Vlora Hyseni and placed her under house arrest over allegations that she leaked classified files to an IT contractor.
- Sep 22
Isack Hadjar returns to Red Bull for Azerbaijan Grand Prix after wrist injury
Red Bull driver Isack Hadjar will return to racing at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix this weekend after recovering from a left wrist injury that sidelined him for three rounds.
- Aug 22
Turkey and Italy open Women's EuroVolley 2026 with straight-set victories
Defending champions Turkey and world champions Italy secured 3:0 victories on the opening day of the 2026 Women's European Volleyball Championship, which features 24 national teams competing across four host countries.
- Jul 22
Azerbaijan's president confirms secret German-Russian talks in Baku, says territory used without consent
Ilham Aliyev said flight records show former German and Russian officials met in Baku on 12–14 July, but neither Berlin nor Moscow informed his government.
- Jul 21
Germany seeks more Azerbaijani gas and oil as Merz and Aliyev sign strategic pact, while Baku backchannel surfaces
Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev agreed in Berlin to deepen energy ties, with Germany seeking more gas and oil while Aliyev demanded new pipelines and investment. The meeting also surfaced a secret backchannel between former German and Russian officials in Baku.
