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2 Israeli Clubs Return to Action in UEFA Competitions

Denys Antyukh (L) and Oleg Danchenko (R) of Zorya Luhansk in action against Gavriel Kanichowsky (C) of Maccabi Tel Aviv during the UEFA Europa Conference Leauge group stage soccer match between Zorya Luhansk and Maccabi Tel Aviv, in Lublin, Poland, 09 November 2023. EPA/Wojtek Jargilo
Denys Antyukh (L) and Oleg Danchenko (R) of Zorya Luhansk in action against Gavriel Kanichowsky (C) of Maccabi Tel Aviv during the UEFA Europa Conference Leauge group stage soccer match between Zorya Luhansk and Maccabi Tel Aviv, in Lublin, Poland, 09 November 2023. EPA/Wojtek Jargilo
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2 Israeli Clubs Return to Action in UEFA Competitions

Denys Antyukh (L) and Oleg Danchenko (R) of Zorya Luhansk in action against Gavriel Kanichowsky (C) of Maccabi Tel Aviv during the UEFA Europa Conference Leauge group stage soccer match between Zorya Luhansk and Maccabi Tel Aviv, in Lublin, Poland, 09 November 2023. EPA/Wojtek Jargilo
Denys Antyukh (L) and Oleg Danchenko (R) of Zorya Luhansk in action against Gavriel Kanichowsky (C) of Maccabi Tel Aviv during the UEFA Europa Conference Leauge group stage soccer match between Zorya Luhansk and Maccabi Tel Aviv, in Lublin, Poland, 09 November 2023. EPA/Wojtek Jargilo

Two Israeli clubs have returned to action in UEFA competitions after being unable to play two weeks ago because of the country’s war with Hamas.
Villarreal rallied in the second half to defeat Maccabi Haifa 2-1 in a Europa League game played in Cyprus.
The teams could not play in Spain on Oct. 26 and that game has been rescheduled for Dec. 6.
Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Zorya Luhansk of Ukraine 3-1 in a Europa Conference League game staged in the Polish city if Lublin between two teams displaced by war.
Ukrainian teams have played international games in other countries since the Russian military invasion started in February 2022.

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Bagnaia Wins Japanese Grand Prix Sprint after Leader Acosta Crashes

Ducati Lenovo Team rider Francesco Bagnaia of Italy (R) leads his teammate Enea Bastianini of Italy (L) during Tissot Sprint of the MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix at the Mobility Resort Motegi in Motegi, Tochigi prefecture on October 5, 2024. (AFP)
Ducati Lenovo Team rider Francesco Bagnaia of Italy (R) leads his teammate Enea Bastianini of Italy (L) during Tissot Sprint of the MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix at the Mobility Resort Motegi in Motegi, Tochigi prefecture on October 5, 2024. (AFP)
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Bagnaia Wins Japanese Grand Prix Sprint after Leader Acosta Crashes

Ducati Lenovo Team rider Francesco Bagnaia of Italy (R) leads his teammate Enea Bastianini of Italy (L) during Tissot Sprint of the MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix at the Mobility Resort Motegi in Motegi, Tochigi prefecture on October 5, 2024. (AFP)
Ducati Lenovo Team rider Francesco Bagnaia of Italy (R) leads his teammate Enea Bastianini of Italy (L) during Tissot Sprint of the MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix at the Mobility Resort Motegi in Motegi, Tochigi prefecture on October 5, 2024. (AFP)

Reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia won MotoGP's Japanese Grand Prix sprint on Saturday after leader Pedro Acosta crashed out with four laps to go, reducing his gap with championship leader Jorge Martin, who finished fourth, to 15 points.

Rookie Acosta, who took pole earlier in the day, had overtaken Bagnaia on the third lap to take the lead, but lost control near turn seven, losing the opportunity to win his first MotoGP sprint.

Ducati's Bagnaia, who moved to 357 points ahead of Sunday's race, fought off second-placed Enea Bastianini by 0.181 seconds amid occasional rains in Motegi to win his 16th sprint of the season.

"We had to sacrifice a bit of performance during the race to understand the conditions better... I'm very happy because with this condition it's not very easy to win," Bagnaia said in his post-sprint interview.

Pramac Racing's Martin, who started from the 11th position on the grid after crashing during the qualifying session, started well to take the fifth position in the first lap, facing pressure from Marc Marquez, who eventually overtook him.

Marquez momentarily took second place from Bastianini but the Ducati rider recovered to leave him third.

LCR Honda's Takaaki Nakagami crashed out of his home grand prix sprint after a collision with teammate Johann Zarco, while Red Bull KTM's Brad Binder, sixth in the championship, quit due to an issue with his bike.

"We´re investigating what happened to cause Brad Binder's sprint to come to a premature end," the team wrote on X. "For now, all we can do is apologize to Brad."