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October 15, 2026

Dave Feldman expects to announce Darren Till’s next opponent by mid-November

BKFC President Dave Feldman is trying to turn Darren Till vs. Tommy Fury into the biggest fight in British bare-knuckle boxing history, but he said a family dispute around Fury and Till remains the main obstacle. Feldman has set a 14-day window to work through the issue and said he spoke with Fury last month.

Feldman wants to revisit the matchup after Till outpointed Yoel Romero at BKFC 94, but he said the fight will not happen if the problem cannot be resolved. He also said money could still change things.

Till has one fight left on his three-fight BKFC deal, and Feldman expects to announce Till’s next opponent before mid-November. If Fury passes on the fight, Feldman said several big-name alternatives are under consideration.
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October 15, 2026

Trackhouse MotoGP secures minority investment from 1936

Trackhouse MotoGP secured a significant minority investment from 1936, a London-based global sports and entertainment investment platform, in a deal designed to bring fresh capital to support the team’s growth on track and commercially. Trackhouse said the partnership reflected a shared belief in MotoGP’s global opportunity, while Charlie Raposo said the series has strong commercial growth potential and that Trackhouse wants to become a top-performing franchise.

Trackhouse plans to spend more on competition, brand building, storytelling and the Trackhouse experience. Marc Lasry’s Avenue Sports Fund remained an investor, and the sale applied only to Trackhouse’s MotoGP operation, not its NASCAR team. The financial terms and ownership split were not disclosed.

Trackhouse bought the MotoGP franchise in 2023 and entered the series in 2024 by taking over RNF grid places. It is currently the only American-owned team at MotoGP’s top level, and has won grands prix this season with Ai Ogura and Raul Fernandez. Liberty Media acquired MotoGP in 2024.
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October 15, 2026

Springfield Mile adds dedicated Aug. 7-8 weekend for Bettenhausen 100 and Allen Crowe Memorial 100

Track Enterprises announced that the Bettenhausen 100 and the Allen Crowe Memorial 100 will move to a dedicated weekend at Springfield Mile on Aug. 7-8, 2027. The USAC Silver Crown Championship will headline Saturday’s Bettenhausen 100, and the ARCA Menards Series will run Sunday’s Allen Crowe Memorial 100. Additional divisions and schedules will be announced later.

Officials said the new format will avoid extra fair admission charges and extra parking charges, improve access to the fairgrounds and bring back infield camping. Tickets will be sold through Track Enterprises, the State Fair box office and Ticketmaster. The Du Quoin Mile weekend will remain on its traditional Labor Day schedule.
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October 15, 2026

Horner says Red Bull blocked Alonso and Leclerc 2025 moves

Christian Horner said Red Bull blocked his attempts to sign Fernando Alonso and Charles Leclerc for the 2025 Formula 1 seat left open by Sergio Perez, and he said the resistance did not come from Max Verstappen. Horner said Alonso told him at the 2024 Japanese Grand Prix that he wanted to drive alongside Verstappen, but Helmut Marko blocked the move. After that plan was rejected, Horner said he turned to Leclerc, his preferred choice because he was fast, consistent and a team player, only for that bid to be rejected as well.

Red Bull promoted Liam Lawson instead, a move Horner said he was never comfortable with and later said should not have happened. He said Lawson was too inexperienced. Lawson was demoted after two races and replaced by Yuki Tsunoda.

Horner also said Carlos Sainz visited him at home to discuss a possible Red Bull move for 2026 shortly before Horner was removed from his post in July 2025.
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October 15, 2026

Oklahoma Wildcatters expected to be without Brock Poulin, Kase Hitt and Cort McFadden

With two regular-season events left before the PBR Teams Championship in Las Vegas, Missouri can clinch the regular-season title and the No. 1 seed this weekend, while Austin, Nashville and Carolina are still in pursuit of the top spot. The 2026 PBR Teams season will continue at Go Bowling Maverick Days at UBS Arena in Belmont Park, New York, from Oct. 16-18, with all 10 teams set to compete.

The New York Mavericks are in eighth place and are trying to catch the Kansas City Outlaws for the No. 7 seed to avoid the play-in game. They will also defend the rivalry belt against the Florida Freedom on Saturday.

The Oklahoma Wildcatters are expected to be without Brock Poulin, Kase Hitt and Cort McFadden. Jose Vitor Leme leads the MVP race and is one 90-point ride away from tying Chris Shivers’ Premier Series record of 94.
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October 15, 2026

Pedro Acosta calls MotoGP tyre-pressure rule nonsense

Pedro Acosta has criticised MotoGP’s front-tyre pressure rule after it affected his Indonesian Grand Prix, calling it “the biggest nonsense in the championship” and proposing a simpler system in which all riders would start with the same standard pressure checked on the grid. The current Michelin-backed rule requires riders to keep front tyre pressure above 1.80 bar for 60% of a grand prix or 30% of a sprint, with a 16-second penalty in a grand prix and an 8-second penalty in a sprint for failing the limit.

The rule again influenced the racing at Mandalika. Maverick Vinales received a 16-second penalty, Jorge Martin was caught out in the Saturday sprint and lost victory, and Acosta and Marc Marquez spent much of Sunday’s race letting each other pass to raise tyre pressure, a tactic that slowed them enough for Ai Ogura to catch them late in the race.

Former MotoGP crew chief Ramon Forcada said Pirelli wanted to remove the controversial tyre-pressure penalties when it becomes the series’ sole tyre supplier in 2027, but has been forced to keep the system for now and would prefer a pre-race check with no post-race penalties. Forcada also said Michelin had planned a tyre for 2026 to reduce the pressure issue before the project was scrapped. MotoGP expects the problem to ease in 2027, and Pirelli has said its tyres should have a wider pressure operating window while the rule remains in place.
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October 15, 2026

Franco Colapinto says online abuse is hurting his racing career

Franco Colapinto used an Instagram video posted late Wednesday to urge fans to stop attacking rival drivers, Alpine staff and race officials on social media, saying the abuse was hurting his career rather than helping it. He said supporters sometimes went over the line by criticizing and abusing his teammates, mechanics, engineers and other colleagues, and added that the attacks were “doing the opposite of helping me” if they wanted him to perform better and score points.

Colapinto said the incidents he was referring to involved Pierre Gasly and Lando Norris, and that some fans also targeted FIA stewards and officials who penalized him. He said he had already stepped away from social media to focus on his racing career and his work with Alpine.

The FIA and Alpine issued statements in the previous two months condemning abuse after the Dutch, Spanish and Azerbaijan Grands Prix, and Alpine first responded to abuse from Colapinto’s supporters earlier in the year after the Chinese Grand Prix. Alpine also condemned the online abuse and denied claims that it was trying to sabotage Colapinto in favor of Gasly. Since his Formula 1 debut in 2024, when he joined Williams as Argentina’s first Formula 1 driver in 23 years, some fans have targeted drivers who clashed with him on track. Alpine confirmed in August that his contract would be extended next season.
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October 14, 2026

Phoenix Cup race will not decide NASCAR championship for first time since 2019

Phoenix Raceway’s fall NASCAR Cup Series race will not decide the championship for the first time since 2019, but Sunday’s Freeway Insurance 500 still arrives with the title picture tight at the top. Kyle Larson will take a 49-point lead over Denny Hamlin into the race, and Larson’s 2.8 average finish through the first six Chase races has made him the championship favorite.

Chase Briscoe has added pressure on the leaders by winning the last two races at Las Vegas and Charlotte and cutting 58 points off Larson over the last two events as the Chase moves toward Talladega, Martinsville and Homestead-Miami. Briscoe also has one Phoenix victory, along with one top-five, four top-10s and an 18.4 average finish in 11 career starts there, though he finished 37th in the spring Phoenix race.

Phoenix history gives several contenders added confidence. Ryan Blaney has won the March 2026 Phoenix race and the 2025 fall Phoenix race, and he has two wins, 11 top-fives and 14 top-10s in 21 career starts there. Larson has one Phoenix win, 12 top-fives and 16 top-10s in 24 starts, while Hamlin has 42 Phoenix starts, two wins, 23 top-10s and a Cup-record 31 straight lead-lap finishes at the track. Christopher Bell also has two Phoenix victories and led 176 laps in the spring race before finishing second.
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October 14, 2026

Dwight Pastrana advances as La Marginal Surfing Pro opens in Puerto Rico

The La Marginal Surfing Pro opened in Puerto Rico as a World Surf League North America Qualifying Series 4,000 event, starting in two-to-four-foot morning surf before winds later disrupted the lineup.

Puerto Rico’s Dwight Pastrana advanced in the men’s Round of 128 with a late 4.93 score. In the women’s competition, Amari Moore earned the event’s first excellent score, an 8.00, in her Round of 48 debut, while Zoey Kaina led the opening round with a 6.67 and a 12.07 heat total.

Milo Faure posted the day’s best men’s wave score, a 6.50 on an air reverse. Event organizers were set to reconvene Thursday, Oct. 14, at 7:00 a.m. AST to decide on a possible start time for the next round.
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