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Carlos Alcaraz Defeats Arthur Fils to Win Qatar Open

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Carlos Alcaraz is celebrating a swift title-clinching win…

The 22-year-old Spanish tennis star raced to a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Arthur Fils to win the final of the Qatar Open in just 50 minutes on Saturday.

Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz extended his winning streak to 12 matches in 2026, 20 days after he won the Australian Open and became the youngest player to complete a career Grand Slam.

“It’s been a really strong start to the year,” Alcaraz said.

Winning the title in Doha brought his tally to 26 tour-level titles.

Ryan Garcia Cruises to Unanimous Decision to Capture WBC Welterweight Championship

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Ryan Garcia is officially a WBC champion.

The 27-year-old Mexican American professional boxer’s first two punches in Saturday night’s fight knocked down Mario Barrios, and he cruised to a unanimous decision to capture the WBC welterweight championship.

Ryan GarciaGarcia put together arguably the most complete performance of his career as the judges scored the bout 119-108, 120-107 and 118-109.

Garcia (25-2, 20 KOs) relied heavily on his right hand instead of his vaunted left hook to bludgeon Barrios around the ring for the duration of the fight. He surprised Barrios from the opening bell, pummeling him with a pair of right hands that sent him to the canvas.

From there, Barrios couldn’t handle the constant pressure, as Garcia landed a variety of punches to the head and body. When Barrios thought a left hook was coming, Garcia would slam an overhand right, fire the jab or sink a left hook to the body. Garcia’s variety and blistering speed forced Barrios into a shell for most of the fight, and he was unable to put together his usual high volume of punches.

“It was one of the fights where I wanted to show you my whole arsenal,” Garcia said. “I believe it was like a master class, but I should have got the knockout, to be honest. It wasn’t just a left hook. Y’all were saying watch out for my left hook the whole time, but you saw my right hand working tonight.”

During his stellar performance, Garcia injured his right hand, which probably saved Barrios from being stopped. Still, it was one of Garcia’s finest moments in his pro career, and he finally reached the lofty expectations placed on him when he turned pro a decade ago.

In the past couple of years, Garcia had gone 1-2 with a no-contest. He lost to Gervonta Davis and Rolly Romero, and suffered a significant blow to his career when his majority decision win over Devin Haney in 2024 was overturned due to a failed drug test that resulted in a yearlong suspension.

Though his star power remained intact, Garcia’s tactics in and out of the ring have been mired in controversy. He was arrested in June 2024 for allegedly causing an estimated $15,000 of damage to a Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills hotel room. He was expelled from the WBC a month later after repeatedly using racial slurs and disparaging Muslims on a social media livestream.

Still, Garcia was in position to challenge for a world title once the WBC reinstated him, and he took advantage of the opportunity by dissecting Barrios with ease. Although he entered the fight as the champion, Barrios (29-3-2, 18 KOs) had gone 0-0-2 in his two previous fights, earning draws against Manny Pacquiao and Abel Ramos.

Though those fights were competitive, the fight with Garcia was not. Barrios couldn’t match Garcia’s speed, and failed to put together anything that would make Garcia reconsider his approach.

Although Garcia let up in the final rounds, the outcome was never in doubt. Afterward, he said he wanted to face WBO 140-pound champion Shakur Stevenson, a bout that would be one of the biggest fights of the year.

“You know who I want? He’s right there. So, Shakur Stevenson, let’s go,” Garcia said. “Hey, I want to be a great champion, and I’m not scared of s—. I fought Devin Haney. I’ll fight Shakur Stevenson. I’ll fight anybody.”

The future is bright for Garcia, who will have plenty of options for his first title defense.

Tommy Castellanos Declares for the NFL Draft

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Thomas (Tommy) Castellanos is ready for the big leagues…

The 22-year-old Afro-Cuban American college football quarterback for Florida State University has declared for the National Football League (NFL) draft after dropping his appeal for another year of college eligibility.

Tommy Castellanos

Castellanos thanked family, friends, coaches and teammates and “everyone who has supported me along this journey” in a statement posted on social media.

Just Win Management Group, which represented Castellanos during his legal fight, said it supported his decision.

“While the unique facts and circumstances surrounding the petition for an additional year of eligibility did create a path of viability, after careful review and consideration, we fully support Mr. Castellanos’ decision to forego that continued pursuit and focus his attention on preparing for the 2026 NFL Draft,” the agency said in a statement.

The NCAA initially denied Castellanos’ waiver request for a fifth season.

Castellanos, who transferred to Florida State last December after one year at Central Florida and two at Boston College, argued that college football’s sanctioning body should grant him another season because he played in only five games with the Knights in 2022.

Castellanos played against Tulane in the American Athletic Conference title game after starter John Rhys Plumlee aggravated a hamstring injury. Backup Mikey Keene opted out of the game because he wanted to preserve a year of eligibility before entering the transfer portal.

It’s moot now, with the 5-foot-11 Castellanos turning his attention toward preparing for the draft.

Castellanos completed 58.3% of his passes for 2,760 yards this season, with 15 touchdowns and nine interceptions. He also led the Seminoles (5-7) with 557 yards rushing and nine scores.

Anderson Silva Defeats Tyron Woodley in Cruiserweight Contest

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Anderson Silva is celebrating a high-profile win…

In a battle of former UFC champions, the 50-year-old Brazilian mixed martial artist and professional boxer scored a second-round stoppage win over Tyron Woodley on Friday night in a cruiserweight contest scheduled for six rounds on the undercard of Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua at the Kaseya Center.

Anderson Silva

Silva blasted Woodley with an uppercut in Round 2 and put him down with a series of punches.

Woodley made it back to his feet, but his body language suggested he’d had enough, leading his corner to throw in the towel at the 1:33 mark.

“I just tried to take my time and use my distance,” Silva said. “I’m lucky.”

This was far from luck for Silva.

The longest reigning champion in UFC history at 2,457 days, Silva (4-2, 3 KOs) transitioned to boxing full time in 2021 when he was released from his UFC contract after winning only one of his last nine MMA fights. He defeated former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and knocked out Tito Ortiz in 2021 but dropped a unanimous decision to Paul in 2022.

In his first fight in over three years, Silva was originally slated to face Chris Weidman, who ended his legendary championship reign in the UFC. But an arm injury forced Weidman out of the fight, and he was replaced on short notice by Woodley.

Woodley (0-3) was the UFC welterweight champion from 2016 to 2019 but left the promotion when his contract ended in 2021. He ended up facing Paul twice, losing a narrow split decision in August 2021 before being violently knocked out in the rematch four months later.

Woodley was no match for Silva on Friday night and struggled with his opponent’s 5-inch height advantage. Silva patiently waited for Woodley to attack in the first round as boos began to fill the arena due to the lack of action. That all changed in Round 2 when Silva closed the distance, cut an angle and fired the uppercut that rocked Woodley. With Woodley in trouble, Silva bounced combinations off his opponent until he went down to the canvas.

Afterward, Silva said he wants to become a police officer in Beverly Hills, California, where he now resides, but that he’s not finished with his boxing career. He said he wants to revisit a fight with a foe he calls the “Venom” to his “Spiderman.”

“Chris Weidman,” Silva responded when asked who he wanted to fight next. “Chris, I know you hurt your arm, and I’m waiting. I’m waiting for you to get better. Let’s go show how the ex-UFC fighters can do a good job in boxing and respect the boxing community. I’m waiting for you.”

Fernando Mendoza Becomes First Heisman Trophy Winner of Cuban Descent

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Fernando Mendoza is celebrating a historic win…

The 22-year-old Cuban American college football player, the quarterback for the Indiana Hoosiers was announced as the 91st winner of the Heisman Memorial Trophy during ABC’s 2025 Heisman Trophy on Saturday, December 13,

Fernando Mendoza

Mendoza, who received 2,362 points, including 643 first-place votes, becomes the first college football player of Cuban descent to claim the Heisman and only the third Latino winner in the award’s history.

Vanderbilt Commodores quarterback Diego Pavia, who is of Spanish and Mexican descent, finished second with 1,435 points and 189 first-place votes.

Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love was third with 719 points and 46 first-place votes and Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin was fourth with 432 points and eight first-place votes.

Mendoza, a redshirt junior, is Indiana’s first Heisman winner. Indiana’s previous highest finisher was 1989 runner-up Anthony Thompson.

The 6-foot-5, 225-pounder from Miami, Fla., is the 2025 Big Ten Offensive Player and Quarterback of the Year and an All-Big Ten first-team quarterback who led Indiana to a 2025 Big Ten Championship victory over Ohio State and a No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff.

Mendoza, in his first year at Indiana after transferring from California, led the Hoosiers to a 13-0 record and the program’s first-ever No. 1 ranking.

He completed 226-of-316 passes for 2,980 yards and a nation-leading 33 TD passes while rushing for 240 yards and another six scores.

He is second nationally in total touchdowns accounted for (39) and in quarterback rating (181.39) and is sixth in completion percentage (71.5). Mendoza’s 33 TD passes are a school season record as are his five games this season with four or more scoring passes.

He threw for a season-high 332 yards and four scores in a win over Michigan State. He completed better than 85% of his passes four times this year and threw at least one TD pass in each game outside of the season-opener.

Mendoza was named the AP Player of the Year earlier this week and also won the Maxwell, Walter Camp and Davey O’Brien Awards.

Mendoza, whose passer rating of 181.39 is 10th-best among Heisman winners, is the seventh player in the last nine years to win the award after transferring and the fourth in a row. He is the sixth Heisman winner to hail from Florida and the second in a row. He is the first winner from a current Big Ten team since USC’s Caleb Williams in 2022.

Mendoza, who earned his undergraduate business degree in Berkeley last year and is pursuing a Master’s at Indiana, is the 39th quarterback to win the award. He is only the second Heisman winner to wear No. 15, following Tim Tebow (2007).

Pavia is Vanderbilt’s highest finisher ever. The next highest came in the third year of the award when Commodore All-American center Carl Hinkle finished seventh in 1937.

Love is Notre Dame’s highest finisher in the Heisman voting since Manti Te’o was the 2012 runner-up. Sayin is Ohio State’s highest finisher since 2023 when Marvin Harrison Jr. was fourth.

The 2025 Heisman Trophy ballots went out to 930 electors, which includes 870 members of the media, 59 living Heisman winners and one overall fan vote. All ballots were submitted electronically to the independent accountants at Deloitte.

Rounding out the top 10 finishers were fifth-place Texas Tech senior linebacker Jacob Rodriguez, sixth-place Ohio State sophomore wide receiver Jeremiah Smith, seventh-place Georgia junior quarterback Gunner Stockton, eighth-place Mississippi senior quarterback Trinidad Chambliss, ninth-place Ohio State junior safety Caleb Downs and 10th-place Georgia Tech senior quarterback Haynes King.

Alex de Minaur Advances to Semifinals at ATP Finals

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Alex de Minaur is moving on…

The 26-year-old Uruguayan-Spanish Australian tennis player beat Taylor Fritz 7-6 (3), 6-3 at the ATP Finals for his first victory in six matches at the tournament, following his debut last year.

Alex de MinaurThe victory sends de Minaur through to the semifinals after he earlier claimed his first ATP Finals victory.

“I finally won here in Torino,” said De Minaur, who needed a straight-set win to stay in contention for a semifinal spot.

De Minaur never looked back after dominating the tiebreaker and had a chance to seal victory on Fritz’s serve when he moved to match point, but the American held.

De Minaur kept his nerve on serve to triumph.

The seventh seed will face Jannik Sinner in the final four.

Carlos Alcaraz Clinches Year-End No. 1 Ranking with ATP Finals Win Over Lorenzo Musetti

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Carlos Alcaraz is ended the year on top…

The 22-year-old Spanish tennis star needed less than 90 minutes to secure the year-ending No. 1 ranking in men’s tennis during his latest match at the ATP Finals..

Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz needed one more win to beat Jannik Sinner to the No. 1 spot, and he eased to a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Italian Lorenzo Musetti on Thursday to sweep his group at the season-ending event for the top eight players.

“It means the world to me, to be honest,” Alcaraz said in his on-court interview. “The year No. 1 is always a goal. To be honest, at the beginning of the year, I saw that the No. 1 [was] really, really far away, with Jannik there, winning almost every tournament he plays.

“From the middle of the season till now, I put the goal for the No. 1 because I thought it was there … and finally, I got it. For me, it means everything, the work that we put every day during the whole season, up and downs … so I’m really proud about my team and myself.”

It’s the second time in his career that Alcaraz has ended the year at the top of the rankings.

Alcaraz became the youngest player to finish a year at No. 1 in 2022, when he achieved the feat as a 19-year-old.

Alcaraz had to win three of his matches at the ATP Finals to finish No. 1, while Sinner had to go undefeated to defend his title to have a chance.

Alcaraz – who admitted he was feeling nervous at the beginning of the match –

didn’t give Sinner that chance as he swept aside Musetti despite a partisan home crowd, sealing the result on his third match point.

That was his third win in the Jimmy Connors group, and Alcaraz will face the winner of Friday’s match between Alexander Zverev and Felix Auger-Aliassime in Saturday’s semifinal.

Alex de Minaur Defeats Nuno Borges at Shanghai Masters for his 50th ATP Tour-Level Victory This Season

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Alex de Minaur is celebrating a milestone victory…

The 26-year-old Spanish-Uruguayan Australian professional tennis player became the third player this season to win 50 ATP Tour-level games by defeating Nuno Borges 7-5, 6-2 at the Shanghai Masters on Wednesday.

Alex de Minaurde Minaur, the tournament’s seventh seed, hit 19 winners on the way to reach his seventh Masters 1000 quarterfinal in one hour and 47 minutes.

Only top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz with 67 wins and Taylor Fritz with 50 have already reached the 50-win mark in 2025.

In his previous best season, de Minaur had 47 wins in 2024, and two titles.

He will next face 16th-seeded Daniil Medvedev who defeated Learner Tien 7-6 (6), 6-7 (1), 6-4.

Jamie Delgado Named to Jack Draper’s Coaching Team

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Jamie Delgado has a new client…

The 48-year-old Spanish-British tennis coach and former professional player, Andy Murray’s former coach, will work with Jack Draper as part of a major change to the British player’s team.

Jamie Delgado, Andy MurrayDraper, The British number one, had previously had a long-standing partnership with James Trotman and, while he’ll continue to be heavily involved, Delgado takes over as lead coach and will travel with Draper to the majority of tournaments.

A former British Davis Cup player who holds the men’s record for consecutive Wimbledon appearances with 23, Delgado began working with Murray in 2016, initially alongside Ivan Lendl, when the Scot enjoyed the most successful period of his career.

Delgado remained in Murray’s team until the end of the 2021 season and has since coached Denis Shapovalov and Grigor Dimitrov.

Both players praised the impact of Delgado, and, with Trotman keen to spend more time at home, Draper has moved to secure his services after his long-time partnership with Dimitrov ended last month.

The arrangement will begin in preseason, with Draper currently battling to recover from the left arm problem that has restricted him to only one match since Wimbledon.

Following his second-round exit at the All England Club, Draper was diagnosed with bone bruising, and an attempt to return at the US Open ended with him pulling out ahead of the second round before calling an early end to his season.

That ended the 23-year-old’s hopes of appearing at the ATP Finals for the first time, with Draper slipping to eighth in the rankings during his absence.

He is set to make his return to the court in December’s Ultimate Tennis Showdown Grand Final in London.

New England Patriots Kicker Andrés “Andy” Borregales Hits Game-Winning Field Goal Against Buffalo Bills

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Andrés “Andy” Borregales is celebrating a stellar, game-winning kick.

The 22-year-old Venezuelan professional American football kicker for the National Football League’s New England Patriots kicked a 52-yard game-winning field goal with 15 seconds remaining in the game on Sunday, October 5, to give the Patriots a 23-20 win over the previously undefeated Buffalo Bills.

Andrés “Andy” BorregalesThe Patriots were tied with the reigning AFC East champion Bills. Drake Maye and Stefon Diggs had taken the offense as far as it would go. Mike Vrabel ran the clock down to 20 seconds and trusted Borregales, who is in his rookie season with the Patriots.

“Just treated it like any other kick,” Borregales said. “Went out there, trusted that the snap was going to get there, hold was going to be great, everyone’s going to block in front, and the ball goes in.”

In the process, Borregales overcame a rough start to the season. He had missed a field goal in the NFL season opener and a pair of extra points the following week against the Miami Dolphins.

He didn’t get any attempts against the Pittsburgh Steelers or Carolina Panthers, but he was a perfect 3-for-3 against Buffalo, including 30-yard and 19-yard field goals.

He’s now 7-for-8 on field-goal attempts this season.

“You can see when he’s building some confidence in his swing, it just looks good,” Vrabel said. “I don’t know much about kicking other that it just looks like a good drive, when those pros hit it right down the middle, and there’s some balance to it and some calmness.

“He’s been working hard, [assistant special teams coach] Tom [Quinn] and [special teams coordinator] Jeremy [Springer] have been working hard with him as well to maintain that consistency, that consistent swing. I’m excited. I’m happy for him.”

“It meant a lot,” Borregales said. “Obviously I’m a rookie, had my struggles in the beginning, but just having them come tap me on the shoulder, like, ‘Hey, don’t worry about it, on to the next one’ helped me remind myself that one kick doesn’t define me. Just keep moving on, because life doesn’t stop.”

It was one of those moments, as a road underdog with the game on the line in prime time, that can strike fear into the hearts of certain people.

“Some people can’t watch, some people can watch,” Borregales said. “I watched it halfway and saw it down the middle and got excited, started celebrating a little bit. Because at that point, I knew it was going in.”

After the game, in the locker room, Borregales’s teammates chanted his name. He smiled when asked about it at the podium.

“That was awesome. We take pride in building a brotherhood, a family,” Borregales said. “I treat every one of those guys in there as my brother, and I’ll die for them.”

Borregales, played college football for the University of Miami Hurricanes and was selected by the Patriots in the sixth round of the 2025 NFL Draft.