
잉글랜드 축구대표팀 미드필더 주드 벨링엄이 2025-2026시즌 잉글랜드 올해의 남자 축구 선수로 팬 투표를 통해 선정됐으며, 이는 2년 연속 수상이자 북중미 월드컵에서 7골을 기록한 공로를 인정받은 것이다.
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주드 벨링엄은 2024-2025시즌에도 잉글랜드 올해의 남자 축구 선수로 선정된 바 있으며, 2025-2026시즌 북중미 월드컵에서 7골을 기록해 잉글랜드 남자 선수 단일 메이저대회 최다 득점을 달성했다.
미드필더 주드 벨링엄(23·레알 마드리드)이 2년 연속 잉글랜드 올해의 남자 축구 선수로 뽑혔다.
잉글랜드축구협회(FA)는 25일(현지시간) 2026 북중미 월드컵에서 7골을 넣는 등 뛰어난 활약을 펼친 벨링엄이 팬 투표로 선정한 2025-2026시즌 잉글랜드 올해의 남자 선수가 됐다고 밝혔다.
이로써 벨링엄은 2024-2025시즌에 이어 2시즌 연속으로 이 상을 받았다.
벨링엄은 2025-2026시즌 잉글랜드 대표팀에서 12경기에 출전해 7골 1도움을 기록했다.
7골은 모두 북중미 월드컵에서 터트렸다.
이는 잉글랜드 남자 선수가 단일 메이저대회에서 기록한 최다 득점이다.
벨링엄은 잉글랜드가 1966년 자국에서 열린 월드컵 우승 이후 가장 좋은 성적인 3위에 오르는 데 큰 힘을 보탰다.
아울러 벨링엄은 크로아티아와의 대회 조별리그 첫 경기(4-2 승)에 선발로 나서면서 22세 353일의 나이로 메이저대회에 4회(월드컵 2회, 유럽선수권대회 2회) 출전한 최연소 유럽 선수가 됐다.
그리고 불과 엿새 뒤에는 가나와의 조별리그 2차전에 출전해 잉글랜드 대표팀 역사상 최연소 50경기 출전 선수로도 이름을 올렸다.

The International team's Kim Si-woo and Kim Joo-hyung won a four-hole victory over the U.S. team's Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schoffley in foursome match play on the second day of the Presidents Cup, earning two points. The two players announced that they would continue the good momentum by emphasizing their trust in each other and natural chemistry.

Korean women's swimming star Ahn Se-hyun returned to the Asian Games after eight years and won two bronze medals in the women's 400m medley relay and the 400m mixed medley relay. He converted his disappointment from falling short of his goal into 'anger' and pledged to challenge for the 2028 LA Olympics through next year's national team selection competition and the National Sports Festival two weeks later. During the tournament, she gained emotional support through her friendships with Chinese rival Zhang Yufei and Japanese player Rikako Ikee and encouragement from former coach Michael Ball, and showed a sense of responsibility and affection for her juniors.

Kang Dong-shin (24), who won the silver medal after losing 2-10 to Japanese elementary school student Yuki Kurihara, said he did not feel any pressure playing against elementary school students, and praised Kurihara, saying he was a talented player who beat Japanese players. When asked if his expression did not change after winning the gold medal, Kurihara made everyone laugh by saying, "I was a little embarrassed." With this win, he became the youngest medalist in Asian Games history.

Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games by defeating Viktoria Grafeeva of Kazakhstan with a 3-2 decision in the women's 60kg boxing round of 16. Lin Yuting is a gold medalist at the Paris Olympics and is attempting to win her second consecutive title by moving up a weight class in this competition.

At the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, national canoeing team member Cho Kwang-hee won gold medals in the K4 and K2 events, becoming the first Korean team to win two gold medals, but expressed his disappointment due to the lack of a training environment. Choo Chu-eun, a member of the national shooting team, announced that she won a gold medal in revenge for her poor performance at the Tokyo Olympics.

Namadi Joel Jin was unable to complete the race due to leg muscle cramps in the men's 200m track and field preliminaries at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, and it is presumed that the cause was fatigue caused by a doping test after the 100m finals the day before. He is currently undergoing treatment and is focusing on preparing to compete in the relay event.