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River Plate has signed Argentina international Thiago Almada from Atletico Madrid for 20 million euros (23 million U.S. dollars), securing 50 percent of the attacking midfielder's rights. The 25-year-old, a 2022 World Cup winner, returns to Argentine football after a difficult one-season spell in Spain.

Chinese picture-book artist Cai Gao, 80, received the 2026 Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration at a ceremony in Ottawa on Aug. 7, becoming the first Chinese illustrator to win the international honor.

A reported shortage of air service staff caused widespread flight delays and some cancellations at Sydney Airport on Friday. Qantas reported more than 50 domestic and international flights delayed by up to 90 minutes and four domestic services canceled, while Jetstar reported 25 additional delays and Virgin Australia said 20 flights were delayed.

"Ne Zha 2" won Best Picture at the 38th Hundred Flowers Awards in Beijing on Monday, becoming the first animated film to claim the top prize in the audience-voted ceremony's history, according to Xinhua. Enlight Media chairman Wang Changtian called the win "a collective honor for Chinese animation."

Wildberries logistics facilities in the Voronezh region have been evacuated, the company said.

Egyptian athlete Asil Osama won the women's javelin throw gold at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Oregon, USA, with a throw of 59.82 meters, claiming Egypt's first-ever women's medal at the tournament. Egyptian Minister of Youth and Sports Jawhar Nabil congratulated Osama, the Egyptian Athletics Federation, and the team's technical, medical and administrative staff.

Hall of Fame NBA coach Don Nelson has died at 86. He was a three-time Coach of the Year who won five NBA championships as a Boston Celtics player and finished with 1,335 coaching victories, the second-most in NBA history.

UEFA, CONCACAF and AFC issued a joint letter on Monday declaring that football "belongs to no individual," criticizing FIFA president Gianni Infantino.

Australia's transport minister said on Monday that staff shortages at Airservices Australia caused more than 250 domestic and international flight delays at Sydney Airport on Friday and Saturday, calling the disruptions unacceptable. Catherine King met with the Airservices Australia CEO on Monday and said the agency committed to improved rostering at Sydney from early September, following a Sunday near-collision between a Jetstar Airways plane taxiing for takeoff and a Qatar Airways plane being towed; two ground workers have been stood down pending investigation.

A Chinese maritime court has mediated a shipping collision dispute worth 180 million yuan (about $26.5 million) between two foreign-flagged vessels near the Strait of Hormuz. The Guangzhou Maritime Court resolved claims between the Antigua-and-Barbuda-flagged 'Adalynn' and the Liberia-flagged 'Front Eagle,' which collided in June 2025, with both parties having agreed to Chinese jurisdiction and law.

Nine members of Russia's gymnastics team, including Olympic champions Angelina Melnikova and Victoria Listunova, will miss the European Gymnastics Championship in Zagreb after host Croatia refused to issue them visas. The Zagreb championship serves as a qualifier for the World Championship in Rotterdam and ultimately determines first team quotas for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino 'strongly denies' allegations that UEFA paid a six-figure sum to his alleged former lover. UEFA confirms the departure payment and MBA funding for the woman but not the alleged relationship, while Infantino's spokesperson calls the claims 'categorically untrue'.