Botswana 🇧🇼 Botswana's table tennis association has launched an ITTF Level 1 coaching course for 15 participants, including five women, to build grassroots coaching capacity in schools and communities across the country. buff.ly/VynOucW

Global 🌐 Sportanddev's free 'Sport for Sustainable Development' online course has reached 12,000 learners across 205 countries. Offered in four UN languages, it aims to promote equity and inclusion through sport. buff.ly/ZM2R5pE

Spain 🇪🇸 The University of A Coruña has hosted the 7th National Inclusive Sport Seminar, exploring how sport can break down barriers and promote equal participation for people with disabilities. buff.ly/rZpb86q

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The LFC Foundation has supported 239,421 people in 2025–26, a 65% rise, delivering £96m in social value through programmes tackling inequality, including girls' education in Tanzania and literacy for displaced children in Ethiopia. buff.ly/KNcTsn1

France 🇫🇷 Groupe SOS is hosting 'Footballer and Free to Be Oneself' in Nanterre on 28 Oct, centred on former pro Ouissem Belgacem's book about the homophobia he faced in football and the years he spent hiding his sexuality. buff.ly/fQC2dRE

Global 🌐 Valvoline Company has signed as an official supporter of the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup in Brazil, with USWNT midfielder Rose Lavelle as brand ambassador, boosting commercial investment in women's football. buff.ly/6rmzqjF

Bulgaria 🇧🇬 Bulgaria's Football Union has held educational workshops in Plovdiv and Gabrovo for female players aged 14–15, helping them balance football with education, as part of the Erasmus+-funded EDU-DC project coordinated by the Dutch FA (KNVB). buff.ly/wpqNQtU

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nottingham Forest Foundation has hosted a Premier League 'No Room For Racism' workshop at The City Ground, empowering local pupils to recognise, challenge and report racism on and off the pitch, including online. buff.ly/u5LJYs1

Argentina 🇦🇷 Boxer Bárbara Velázquez has launched Bomba Team, a women-only boxing school in Jujuy, Argentina, to empower women, promote inclusion and fight gender inequality in sport. buff.ly/AWSJApg

USA 🇺🇸 An Outsports op-ed has defended trans runner Logan Mihailoff after teammates protested her midseason switch to a girls' cross-country team in Washington, arguing that sporting policies, not transgender athletes, should face scrutiny. buff.ly/eqGXomC

India 🇮🇳 Lxme, a financial platform for women's economic empowerment, has become title sponsor of the Indian Women's League in a long-term deal with Capri Sports, boosting visibility and investment for women's football in India. buff.ly/BSzeBI9

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Birmingham Bulls, an inclusive rugby club in the city's Gay Village, have launched 'Bulls Out Loud', backing Mindline Trans+ and Movember to support LGBTQ+ mental health and trans and non-binary inclusion. buff.ly/Av520l5

USA 🇺🇸 Donald Trump has attacked LeBron James on Truth Social, accusing him of disrespecting the national anthem after a video showed him stretching during it. It continues a pattern of targeting Black athletes who support racial justice. buff.ly/wjt8DLd

Mexico 🇲🇽 Mexican football legend Hugo Sánchez has revealed he nearly rejected the European Golden Boot in protest at Ballon d'Or rules that excluded non-European players until 1994, barring him from contention despite his prolific scoring at Real Madrid. buff.ly/rnifTIu

Brazil 🇧🇷 A fan in Alagoas, Brazil, has been convicted of racially abusing footballer Dinda during an Under-23 match and sentenced to two years and eight months under Brazil's racial injury law, with prison replaced by community service. buff.ly/8UXOaPr

Romania 🇷🇴 Romanian columnist Dan Udrea condemned the Romanian FA’s fine of around €2,100 for xenophobic anti-Hungarian chanting by Dinamo fans at Sepsi, calling it a weak sanction that normalises hatred and lets clubs escape meaningful accountability. buff.ly/ImCJdg6

France 🇫🇷 UEFA has fined Lyon €20,000 and imposed a suspended partial stand closure after homophobic chanting by Lyon fans, aimed at Saint-Étienne, at their Europa League match against Crystal Palace. buff.ly/91PfwHD

Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Celtic FC was founded in 1887 to feed poor children in Glasgow's East End, many of them Irish immigrants. Now a listed company with £143.6m revenue, it faces fan protests against its main shareholder, testing whether those roots can survive. buff.ly/5oo4WQE