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The Billie Jean King Cup is an international tennis tournament for women's national teams. The current draw is taking place in Shenzhen, China.
Tennis players of the Czech national team beat the British team in the quarterfinals of the Billie Jean King Cup, which takes place in Shenzhen, China.
The match ended with a score of 2-0. Maria Bouzkova defeated Sonay Kartal with a score of 7:6 (7:2), 4:6, 6:4, and Linda Noskova defeated Katie Boulter with a score of 6:2, 7:6 (7:3).
In other quarterfinals, the Kazakhstan team will play against the Spanish team (September 23), the Ukrainians will meet with the Belgians, and the Italians will compete with representatives of China (both matches will take place on September 24).

Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Veniamin Kondratyev met with the winners of the X All-Russian Summer Universiade, held in Saransk. The KSUFKST team won gold medals in wrestling, boxing and handball, silver - in the women's handball team, bronze - in sambo, table tennis and rugby-7. The governor noted that this is the fifth consecutive confirmed status of the Krasnodar Territory as the leading sports region of the country.

Six-year-old Chinese girl Lian Yunzhi set the women's world record for solving a Rubik's cube with an average time of 4.27 seconds at the GraDUAL 3x3 IV 2026 competition in Guangzhou.

On September 22, hockey, tennis and volleyball matches took place. In hockey, Ak Bars defeated Lada 3:2 in overtime, Amur lost to Severstal 1:4, Admiral lost to CSKA 3:4. In tennis, D. Astakhova lost to M. Linette with a score of 367:616. In volleyball, Belgium beat the Czech Republic 3:1, Slovenia beat Serbia 3:0.

Polina Knoroz, a Russian pole vaulter, sharply criticized the explicit ad featuring American actress Sydney Sweeney, calling it an insult to women's sports and devaluing the achievements of female athletes. Her words are quoted by Match TV. Earlier, Australian swimmer Ariarne Titmus also condemned such advertising by the bookmaker.

The International Skating Union (ISU) has granted neutral status to 13 additional Russian figure skaters, allowing them to compete in international tournaments. This decision follows previous suspensions related to the conflict in Ukraine.

The Real Madrid captain was seriously injured in the La Liga match against Atlético Madrid after a tackle from Lee Kang-in. Head coach Jose Mourinho criticized the refereeing for the lack of a red card.