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Sport WorldBriefFootball Checked story Published 5 November 2026 · Updated 5 Nov, 20:16 UTC

Sparta Prague 1–3 Bournemouth: three substitutes complete the comeback in Prague and keep Bournemouth perfect

Bournemouth beat Sparta Prague 3–1 at epet ARENA in Prague on Thursday 5 November 2026 in the Europa League league phase, coming from behind with three second-half goals — all scored by substitutes. Lewis Cook's penalty hit a post on 30 minutes before Ebrima Singhateh's solo run put Sparta ahead, but Tobias Guddal's second yellow card left the hosts with ten men, and Tyler Adams (57'), Evanilson (81') and Rayan (90') turned the match around. Bournemouth have won all four of their league-phase matches in their debut European season.

epet ARENA (Stadion Letná) in Prague, Sparta Prague's home ground, where Bournemouth won 3–1 (file photo)
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Verified Bournemouth beat Sparta Prague 3–1 at epet ARENA in Prague on Thursday 5 November 2026 in the UEFA Europa League league phase, Matchday 4. Sparta led 1–0 at half-time; the full-time whistle went at 90+6'.

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  • Final: Sparta Prague 1, Bournemouth 3 — epet ARENA, Prague, Thursday 5 November 2026 (1–0 at half-time).
  • Cook's penalty hit a post at 30'; Singhateh's solo goal put Sparta ahead; Guddal was sent off on a second yellow soon after.
  • All three Bournemouth goals came from substitutes: Adams 57', Evanilson 81', Rayan 90'.
  • Bournemouth are four wins from four in the league phase — a perfect record in their debut European season.
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What happened

For half an hour in Prague, Bournemouth's perfect European start looked finished: a penalty rattled off the inside of the post, and from the next breath Singhateh carried the ball from his own half, danced past two defenders and scored the first goal the Cherries had conceded on their winning run. Then Guddal's second yellow handed Marco Rose's side a man advantage, and the bench did the rest — Adams on at half-time, Evanilson and Rayan after him, three substitutes scoring three goals to turn 1–0 into 1–3.

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AC Milan 0–2 Ferencváros: Joseph's brace beats Milan at San Siro and keeps Ferencváros perfect

Ferencváros beat AC Milan 2–0 at San Siro on Thursday 5 November 2026 in the Europa League league phase, after a goalless first half. Lenny Joseph scored both goals (52' and 66'), each set up by Kristoffer Zachariassen, the first after a Milan defensive error. Milan had 69% of the ball but managed only two shots on target, and Ferencváros finished with ten men after substitute Bamidele Yusuf was sent off in the 77th minute. Ferencváros have won all four of their league-phase matches; Milan have lost three of four.

  • VerifiedFerencváros beat AC Milan 2–0 at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro) in Milan on Thursday 5 November 2026 in the UEFA Europa League league phase, Matchday 4, after a goalless first half. The full-time whistle went at 90+5'.
  • VerifiedThe goals: Lenny Joseph scored in the 52nd and 66th minutes, both goals assisted by Kristoffer Zachariassen. The opener came from a Milan defensive error — a back-pass inside the box was intercepted and Joseph tapped in. Ferencváros substitute Bamidele Yusuf, who had come on for Joseph in the 67th minute, was sent off in the 77th after a VAR on-field review spotted an off-the-ball elbow on Mario Gila, so the visitors played the closing stages with ten men.
  • VerifiedThe numbers behind the upset: Milan held 69% possession to Ferencváros's 31% but produced only 2 shots on target to the visitors' 8. The win makes it four wins from four league-phase matches for Ferencváros, who went into the night top of the table with a perfect record; Milan, who had already lost to Benfica and Bournemouth, have one win and three defeats from four.
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Japan's Kozo Tashima will challenge Gianni Infantino for the FIFA presidency in March

Kozo Tashima, the Japan Football Association's honorary president and a FIFA Council member since 2015, announced on Thursday 5 November 2026 that he will run against Gianni Infantino in FIFA's presidential election next March — the first serious challenge to Infantino since the row over his failed plan to sell a stake in FIFA's commercial rights to private investors. Tashima, 68, said he was announcing "with the full support of the JFA", whose board the Asahi reported had backed him unanimously. He still needs nominations from five of FIFA's 211 member associations by 18 November to reach the ballot in Rabat, and Infantino — publicly endorsed by the Asian confederation's president in October — remains the favourite.

  • VerifiedThe announcement: Kozo Tashima told reporters after a Japan Football Association board meeting in Tokyo on Thursday that he intends to run for the FIFA presidency in next March's election — the first Japanese candidate for world football's top job. Tashima, 68, is a former Japan forward who has sat on the FIFA Council since 2015; he was JFA president from 2016 until Tsuneyasu Miyamoto succeeded him in 2024, and is now the association's honorary president.
  • VerifiedHis own words: "I am grateful that I can make this announcement with the full support of the JFA," Tashima told Sports Nippon, saying Japanese football has built an honest, sound and upright attitude and adding: "I have decided to run in order to make this appeal to the world." As quoted by Nikkan Sports: "We must convey to the world that we are honest, healthy and virtuous."
  • VerifiedThe road to the ballot: a candidate needs the formal support of at least five of FIFA's 211 member associations, and nominations close on 18 November; the election is on 18 March in Rabat, Morocco, where 106 votes win. Tashima is the second challenger to declare, after former Tottenham defender Ramon Vega announced last month — though it remains unclear whether Vega has the five backers required. The JFA's own board backed Tashima unanimously, the Asahi reported.
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Cristiano Ronaldo announces his retirement from Portugal duty, saying the day has come to hand back the number seven shirt

Cristiano Ronaldo, 41, announced on Thursday 5 November 2026, in a video posted on his own social accounts, that he is retiring from international football: “To the Portuguese people, the day has come for me to hand back the number seven shirt of our national team.” Reuters reports he said he would hand back the shirt after the November international break. He leaves the national team with 234 caps and 146 goals — both world records — after a Portugal career that began in August 2003. The announcement comes weeks after he walked out of the Portugal camp in a dispute over his role; he has not said that dispute is the reason for retiring. It covers Portugal only: he has not announced the end of his club career.

  • VerifiedThe announcement, in Ronaldo's own words: in a video posted on his own social accounts on Thursday 5 November 2026, Cristiano Ronaldo said: “To the Portuguese people, the day has come for me to hand back the number seven shirt of our national team.” He added: “Today, the time has come to pass it on to the future. It was not an easy decision,” and thanked supporters for 23 years, saying Portugal will always be part of him. Reuters, reporting the same post, says he said he would hand back the number seven shirt after the November international break.
  • VerifiedThe record he leaves: Ronaldo, 41, played 234 times for Portugal and scored 146 international goals — both all-time world records — after making his debut in August 2003, a 23-year international career.
  • Not yet verifiedThe background the announcement follows is not yet fully settled in the reporting: the BBC says Ronaldo walked out of the Portugal camp last month after being told he would not start a Nations League match; The Guardian's report notes he had been suspended by the national team; wider reporting names head coach Jorge Jesus and a benching in the Norway match as the flashpoint. Ronaldo has not, in the reporting read, said the dispute is why he is retiring.
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