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Italy lost 0-2 to Belgium in the first round of the Nations League under Roberto Mancini, who previously captained the national team from 2018 to 2023 and won the European Championship in 2021. Türkiye suffered a second defeat in a row.
The Italian national team defeated the Turkish team in the match of the second round of the group stage of the Nations League.
The meeting of Group 1 of League A in Bursa ended with a score of 4:1 in favor of the guests, in which Alessandro Bastoni (9th minute), Davide Frattesi (22), Michael Kayode (27) and Francesco Pio Esposito (50) scored. The Turkish goal was scored by Barysh Yilmaz (47).
The Italians won their first victory under the leadership of head coach Roberto Mancini; in the opening round they lost at home to the Belgian national team with a score of 0:2. Mancini previously led the Azzurra from 2018 to 2023 and led them to victory at the European Championship in 2021. For the Turks, this defeat was the second in a row.

Russian forward Kirill Marchenko moved from the Columbus Blue Jackets to the Toronto Maple Leafs in a trade, signing a six-year contract worth $75 million. The deal also included forward Miles Wood and goaltender Elvis Merzlikin, and Columbus received Nise, Lorenz, Andre and a second-round draft pick.

The Ukrainian national team defeated Hungary with a score of 1:0 in the Nations League match in Budapest. After Nazarenko was sent off, a brawl broke out, in which Tsygankov, Kerkez, Szoboszlai and Matvienko participated, who received yellow cards. Sebastian Kerkez later posted a photo of the incident on Instagram accompanied by the song Russian Paradise.

Hockey player Andrei Kuzmenko of the Pittsburgh Penguins changed his jersey number from 10 to 62 in memory of his father, who died on September 24 from a bear attack while fishing in Tuva. The bear was later killed by hunters. Kuzmenko has been playing in the NHL since 2022, having previously played for several other clubs.

The Montenegro national team defeated Armenia with a score of 3:2 in the second round of the group stage of the UEFA Nations League. The match took place in Yerevan on September 28. The visitors took the lead thanks to an own goal by Erik Piloyan, but Armenia equalized through the efforts of Artur Serobyan. Nikola Krstovic restored the lead for Montenegro, Eduard Spertsyan restored the balance and Aleksa Latkovic scored the winning goal in the 89th minute.

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Andrei Kuzmenko changed his jersey number from 10 to 62 after the death of his father Alexander Kuzmenko, who died on September 22 as a result of a bear attack in the Todzhinsky district of Tuva. The hockey player's father was 62 years old, and the new number symbolizes his age. The funeral took place on September 28.

Dynamo Minsk defeated Lada Togliatti in a KHL home match with a score of 5:4, scoring its 500th victory in the league. Galiev, Lyle, Enas, Ouellet and Chukhraev scored goals. Chivilev, Grolo, Savchuk and Setdikov scored for the guests. Dynamo is in eighth place in the West, Lada is tenth.