• UFC says Nascimento died in his sleep

• Brazilian flyweight was 34 years old

• Last fought in split-decision loss in June

UFC fighter Allan Nascimento has been found dead at home at the age of 34, the organisation has announced.

The Brazilian flyweight was pronounced dead after suffering an apparent heart attack in his sleep.

• Israeli striker scored, then gestured at CF Montréal fans

• Revolution ‘strongly condemn’ the chants

The New England Revolution have denounced chants they deemed “antisemitic” and “discriminatory” from CF Montréal fans during Saturday’s MLS matchup between the sides in Quebec. The specific chants were directed towards New England’s Israeli striker Dor Turgeman, with broadcast microphones capturing fans chanting “free Palestine” shortly before he scored a goal.

MLS on Monday confirmed it was “aware of reported antisemitic and discriminatory language directed at a New England Revolution player” and that the matter is under investigation.

• Berg is a senior partner at private equity firm 26North

• Commissioner will take over on 1 January 2027

The Major League Soccer board of governors has voted to install Los Angeles FC co-managing owner Larry Berg as the league’s next commissioner.

Berg will succeed Don Garber as the head of the 30-year-old league, with a term starting on 1 January 2027. He will be the third commissioner in MLS history.

• Filipino sensation beats Jessica Pegula 4-6 6-4 6-0

• Fritz beats Jodar in men’s final for first title of season

Alexandra Eala became the first player from the Philippines to win a WTA Tour-level singles title and Taylor Fritz ⁠claimed his first trophy of the season after both rain-delayed DC Open finals were completed on Monday.

Eala stunned top seed Jessica Pegula 4-6 6-4 ⁠6-0 after the weather-hit ⁠women’s final resumed ​with the 21-year-old trailing by a set but leading 2-1 in the second, while third-seeded Fritz beat Spanish teenager Rafael Jodar 7-6 (2) 6-4 ⁠in a tight men’s decider.

• Pair last played doubles at the 2022 US Open

• Serena returned to action at Wimbledon before injury

• US Open begins 31 August in New York

Serena Williams and Venus Williams are ⁠set to make their Cincinnati Open doubles debut this ⁠month after being ⁠awarded ​a wild card on Monday, marking their return ⁠to doubles action for the first time since 2022.

The Williams sisters ⁠have won 14 major doubles ​titles, including six ‌at Wimbledon, ‌plus three Olympic gold medals.

• Irish golfer one of four wildcard picks for Europe

• Rookies Ramirez, Nadaud and Rhodes also selected

Leona Maguire has retained her place in Europe’s Solheim Cup team despite a disappointing 2026, with the Irish golfer one of four wildcard picks named on Monday by Anna Nordqvist.

Maguire joins three rookies – Julia López Ramirez, Nastasia Nadaud and Mimi Rhodes – in completing the Europe side who will attempt to reclaim the trophy in the Netherlands next month.

In giving the head coach another World Cup cycle, US Soccer is tempting fate for negligible benefit

Mauricio Pochettino and US Soccer enjoyed their time together.

Or, rather, they enshoyed it, as Pochettino would pronounce it in his thick Argentinian accent, which charmingly carries over when he speaks English.

Ukraine set a major Russian oil terminal ablaze on the Black Sea coast. Operators of the SBS 413th "Raid" Regiment, in a joint operation with comrades from the 1st Separate SBS Center and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), struck the Taman maritime terminal near the village of Volna in Krasnodar Krai on 30 July, the regiment reported.

The strike destroyed a volume of fuel equal to 1,000 rail tank cars. According to updated data, 12 reservoirs, each holding 5,000 tons, were destroyed at the Taman terminal, and the fire covered more than 17,000 square meters.

The terminal is a key southern export node

Taman is one of the most important fuel facilities in southern Russia. The terminal specializes in the transshipment and export of oil, fuel oil, diesel, and liquefied petroleum gases, operates a large tank farm, and supplies fuel to Russian forces, according to the regiment.

Destroying 12 of its tanks strikes both Russia's fuel exports and its military supply at once, the dual purpose of Ukraine's campaign against Russian oil infrastructure, which targets the refineries, depots, and terminals that turn crude into export revenue and military fuel.

Satellites confirmed the fire

The strike's effect was visible from orbit. The Ukrainian drone strikes caused a large-scale fire on the terminal's territory, recorded by the NASA FIRMS satellite fire-monitoring service.

The reported date corroborates that something large burned there, moving the claim beyond a single belligerent's word.

The unit pioneered Ukraine's long-range drone strikes

The 413th "Raid" Regiment is one of the units that started Ukraine's deep-strike campaign. In 2022, at the start of the full-scale war, a group of special operations fighters first used drone technology to reconnoiter and strike enemy forces at distances up to 500 kilometers, the origin of the regiment.

The Taman strike extends the near-nightly Ukrainian campaign that has idled a large share of Russian refining capacity and now reaches the export terminals on the coast, raising the cost of the oil trade that funds Russia's war.

• Pochettino joined US national team in 2024

• Coach led US to last 16 at 2026 World Cup

US men’s national team head coach Mauricio Pochettino and the US Soccer Federation have agreed to a contract extension that will keep Pochettino attached to the program through 2030, US Soccer announced on Monday.

The two sides had been actively engaged in discussions on a contract extension for several months, long before the USMNT’s disappointing, last-16 exit in this summer’s World Cup, with the federation making it clear it desired Pochettino to stay. Conversations picked up in the weeks following the World Cup, with the Guardian reporting last week that the sides had been in the “final stages” of agreeing to a deal. Financial details of the contract extension were not released, but Pochettino is expected to get a raise on top of the $6m per year he earned under his previous deal with the federation – already the largest outlay for a US head coach.