Sports News from Friday, November 6th, 2026

UAE national badminton team member Riyan Malhan has achieved a historic milestone by winning gold in the boys' singles event at the fourth Youth Olympic Games, Dakar 2026, after beating France's Mady Sow 2–0 in the final.

AC Milan's Europa League hopes suffered a blow after they slumped to a 2-0 home defeat by Ferencvaros on Thursday, while Olympique de Marseille secured their first win of the campaign with a 1-0 victory at Bayer Leverkusen and Juventus beat AZ Alkmaar 2-1.

Rory McIlroy has acknowledged the video of the incident that led to the Northern Irishman being assessed a two-shot penalty during the first round of the Abu Dhabi Championship on Thursday "doesn't look very good".