The United States goes into the weekend at Medinah Country Club trailing the International Team 7-3 after Geoff Ogilvy's side swept all five Friday foursomes matches. The Americans had led 3-2 after Thursday's fourballs. Saturday carries eight points, with four fourball matches in the morning and four foursomes in the afternoon, before 12 singles matches on Sunday. The International Team needs eight more points to reach 15 and win the cup for only the second time. The US has won ten straight Presidents Cups and leads the series 13-1-1.
The 2026 Presidents Cup is tight at Medinah Country Club near Chicago, where the United States led 3-2 after Thursday's four-ball matches. Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns won 1-up over Min Woo Lee and Sungjae Im, while rookies Jackson Koivun and Justin Thomas won their match. Friday's foursomes brought Russell Henley and Jacob Bridgeman into the American lineup against Im and Hideki Matsuyama. The US has won ten Presidents Cups in a row and leads the series 13-1-1. Ticket demand has been strong, and the International team is chasing its first win on American soil in the event's history, with four rookies in its lineup.
Tampa Bay has won the American League East for the first time since 2021, holding off the Yankees, who are lined up for a wild-card series against Boston. In the AL West, the Rangers and Astros are still fighting for the division, with the loser taking the last wild-card spot, while the Guardians have edged ahead of the White Sox in the Central. Milwaukee has the National League's best record and a bye, with the Dodgers and Braves in behind. The WNBA regular season ended on 24 September, and the playoffs start on 27 September.
New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart will have season-ending surgery on his left knee after an MRI revealed damage to his meniscus, MCL and PCL. The 23-year-old was hurt on the opening possession of Monday night's 28-6 loss to the Los Angeles Rams. His ACL is intact and doctors expect a full recovery, but the meniscus injury is the most serious of the three. Jameis Winston, who finished the Rams game, takes over at quarterback. The injury adds to a run of quarterback problems in the opening weeks of the NFL season, including Washington's Jayden Daniels.
Paramount Skydance settled the antitrust lawsuit 12 states brought over its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, according to reports on September 21. California Attorney General Rob Bonta led the group, which sued in July to block the $110.9 billion deal, and a trial had been set for March 2027. The settlement removes the last major legal obstacle and avoids a ticking fee of roughly $7 million a day that was due to start on October 1. Concessions include independent editorial boards for CNN and CBS, extra production spending and the sale of cable channels. The merger combines TNT Sports and CBS Sports, two of the largest portfolios of live rights in the United States.
India reached six medals at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games by the end of Monday, September 21, after a day that delivered four podium finishes. Shooting produced three medals, with the men's 10m air rifle team taking silver and Himanshu and Rudrankksh reaching the individual final. Suchika Tariyal won bronze in mixed martial arts, the country's first Games medal in the sport. India beat Indonesia 17-1 in hockey and Japan 49-24 in the kabaddi opener. Thai badminton player Pitchamon Opatniputh became the first athlete suspended after a positive doping test, and organisers kept watching forecasts of a typhoon near the Aichi-Nagoya coast.
South Korea beat host Japan 67-57 in the men's basketball final at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, taking gold in Nagoya on Sunday. The team is coached by Nikolajs Mazurs of Latvia. The tournament ran from September 10 to 20 with 12 teams, and the Philippines, the defending champion, was eliminated after a heavy group-stage loss. Japan's first gold of the Games came in the men's triathlon through Takumi Hojo. In cricket, India's Shafali Verma became the first batter to score a century at an Asian Games, hitting an unbeaten 100 to beat Bangladesh by 114 runs and reach the gold medal match.
Brighton beat Arsenal 3-0 at the Amex Stadium on Saturday, handing the defending Premier League champions their first league defeat of the season and letting Manchester City take over at the top without kicking a ball. Brighton led 2-0 at half time, with both goals coming from outside the penalty area, and added a third after the interval. The win took Brighton to 10 points from five matches and left Arsenal level on 12 points with Manchester City, behind on goal difference. Arsenal had conceded only one league goal in their first four games before Saturday.
Alex Palou lifted his fifth IndyCar championship trophy at the season finale, the Mission Foods Grand Prix of Monterey at Laguna Seca. The Spanish driver has been the benchmark of the series since his first title in 2021, and five Astor Cups put him in a small group of drivers with five or more American open-wheel championships. Scott McLaughlin won the race itself, snapping a 35-start winless run. The New Zealander arrived in IndyCar from Australian Supercars, where he won three championships, and took his first series win in 2021.
The Dodgers clinched their 14th consecutive postseason berth on Monday, beating the Reds 4-1 behind seven scoreless innings from Tarik Skubal and home runs by Kyle Tucker and Teoscar Hernandez. The streak ties Atlanta's major league record set from 1991 to 2005. The Yankees also clinched and activated Aaron Judge from the 60-day injured list, though Judge later left a game with lower leg tightness. Los Angeles and New York still have seeding to settle in the final two weeks. The Dodgers are chasing the first World Series three-peat since the Yankees won three in a row from 1998 to 2000.