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Updated at 16:30 (Italian time) 4 Oct 2026

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Nations League, England thrash Croatia 0-7; braces from Kane and Saka

On matchday three of the Nations League, a heavy English victory and a Spanish win over the Czech Republic; in South America, Santos come from behind to beat Sao Paulo in the Brasileirão.

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Matchday three of the Nations League produced one of the tournament’s most lopsided results: Croatia-England finished 0-7. On target for the English side were Harry Kane and Bukayo Saka, both scoring braces, along with Jude Bellingham, Anthony Gordon and Morgan Rogers. A scoreline that speaks for itself in describing one side’s dominance over the entire course of the match, with five different scorers confirming the breadth of the gap on the pitch.

In the same round, Spain beat the Czech Republic 3-1. The Spanish side’s goals bear the signatures of Lamine Yamal, Rodri and Mikel Merino, while Sláma scored for the Czechs. A result that confirms Spain among the form teams of this stage of the continental competition, able to settle the matter with three separate scorers over the ninety minutes.

Outside Europe, in the Brazilian championship Santos won 2-1 away at Sao Paulo, completing a comeback signed by a single player: Gabriel Barbosa first equalised, in the 36th minute, after Luciano had converted a penalty, then scored the winning goal 9 minutes into the second half. A personal brace that earns the Santos side three points on the road in the Brazilian Serie A, in a championship running in parallel with the European national team competitions.

Three matches, three different championships, one common thread: the ability to settle contests with clear-cut individual performances, from the braces by Kane and Saka in Croatia to that of Gabriel Barbosa in the Brasileirão, by way of Spain’s three-goal win over the Czech Republic. Three results that, in the same round, show three different ways of winning: total dominance, measured efficiency, and a comeback signed by a single forward.

The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Daryz seeks a repeat at ParisLongchamp

The 105th edition of European flat racing's most prestigious event runs today: 16 horses at the start, the defending champion favored to become the ninth to win two editions in a row.

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Immagine d'archivio, non riferita ai fatti descritti. Foto di Bert Christiaens su Pexels

At ParisLongchamp the 105th edition of the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe runs today. Of the 73 horses entered last May, only 16 actually made it to the start: a severe selection, typical of a race that remains among the most coveted events on the international racing calendar.

The race’s total purse is 5 million euros, of which 2.857 million is reserved for the winner alone: a figure that alone places the Arc among the richest races in Europe and explains part of the attention it draws every year from owners and trainers from multiple countries, as well as from fans who follow the race even outside France.

The pre-race favorite is Daryz, tenant du titre, who aims to become the ninth horse in the race’s history to win two consecutive editions. It is a rare record, one that measures the difficulty of repeating in a race where the field changes every year and where the entry selection — from 73 to 16 starters — makes each edition a different contest from the previous one. The entry mechanism itself, with the cut from dozens of proposed horses to a narrow number of admitted starters, is part of the reason why a repeat win remains so rare in the event’s history.

The combination of the prize money and the rarity of a repeat win explains why the Arc de Triomphe remains a different kind of test from an ordinary group race: it is not just about the prize, but about a status that few horses achieve twice. In the race’s history only eight horses have managed it so far. Today at ParisLongchamp it will be known whether Daryz joins that select group or whether the list of double winners remains fixed at eight names.

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