Daily Recap: Sport — 14 October 2026

European football drives the day, with the Champions League serving up emphatic comebacks, free-scoring nights and another reminder of how politics and displacement still shape the competition. Elsewhere, cricket, baseball and Formula One bring pivotal series momentum, a major co...

Barcelona continue their flawless Champions League campaign with a 4-1 comeback win at Galatasaray. After falling behind in the 28th minute in Istanbul, Barcelona hit back before the break and take control in the second half, with Lamine Yamal helping drive the turnaround as they move to ten wins from ten in the competition.

Liverpool beat LASK 6-3 in a chaotic Champions League game, making it two wins from two. Bradley Barcola scores a hat-trick and ends his recent goal drought as Liverpool race into a 4-0 lead, then keep scoring even as the match opens up and they concede three times.

Paris Saint-Germain beat Manchester City 4-2 in a high-scoring Champions League thriller at the Etihad. The match also marks Pep Guardiola’s first return to City’s stadium since his summer departure, with the former manager watching from the stands as his old club lose on a busy European night.

Shakhtar Donetsk are staging their Champions League home matches at Stamford Bridge because they still cannot play in eastern Ukraine. The arrangement underlines the club’s long displacement from Donetsk, where its home stadium has been out of use since 2014, and the wider disruption caused by Russia’s full-scale invasion.

West Indies level their five-match T20 series against India at 2-2 with a 24-run win in Hyderabad. Shai Hope makes an unbeaten 102 from 50 balls in a total of 247 for 3, sharing an unbroken 91-run stand with Sherfane Rutherford, while Keemo Paul’s five wickets help seal the result.

The National League Championship Series shifts to Los Angeles with the Dodgers trailing the Brewers 2-0 and facing a pivotal Game 3. Milwaukee have taken the early edge in the series, leaving the Dodgers under pressure to respond at home and prevent the matchup from slipping out of reach.

Red Bull extend Laurent Mekies’ contract as team principal through the end of the 2031 Formula One season. The long-term deal gives the team continuity after Mekies moved into the role in July 2025, and signals Red Bull’s commitment to its current leadership structure for years to come.

Fulham manager Alvaro Arbeloa is fined £25,000 by the Football Association over comments made after last month’s 1-1 draw with Manchester United. The punishment follows an FA charge of acting in an improper manner after remarks that implied bias from the match official.