Sport from Monday, October 12th, 2026

Seven-times Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz suffered a shock 7-5 7-6(4) defeat by unseeded Belgian Zizou Bergs in the Shanghai Masters round of 32 on Monday, a result that also confirmed Alexander Zverev as the ATP's year-end world number one.

Ten people were arrested and a police officer suffered a serious facial injury after crowd trouble at Manchester City’s 3-0 Premier League win at Liverpool on Sunday, Merseyside Police said on Monday.

Australia’s Matt Renshaw played a leading role to leave his side needing six wickets on the last day of the first Test to beat South Africa as the hosts were 102-4 at the close of play at Kingsmead on Monday.

Blades Brown has finished second to Austin Hitt at the Korn Ferry Tour Championship on Sunday in Glen Allen, Virginia, to lock up his PGA Tour card at just 19 years and four months old