Overview
- Senegal defeated host Morocco 1–0 after extra time in Rabat, with Gueye scoring the winner to secure the nation’s second Africa Cup of Nations title since 2021.
- Real Sociedad’s Takefusa Kubo left the Barcelona match in the second half with an apparent left hamstring problem and was stretchered off, with further assessment pending.
- Ryoyu Kobayashi placed second in the Sapporo World Cup ski jump on 274.2 points, earning his seventh podium of the season.
- Kodai Sano delivered a stoppage‑time winner for NEC Nijmegen in a 4–3 away victory over NAC Breda in the Dutch first division.
- Hitomi Sato finished runner‑up in women’s singles at the WTT Star Contender event in Doha after advancing with a straight‑sets semifinal win.