Evan Dunfee of Canada and Spanish defending champion Maria Perez prevailed in suffocating Tokyo humidity to win the first gold medals of the 20th World Athletics Championships in the 35-km walks on Saturday. Dunfee, the pain of the gruelling effort in tough conditions etched on his face, crossed the line at the National Stadium in…
The 2025 edition of the World Athletics Championships is set to begin in Tokyo on Saturday. The opening day will feature five medal events. In the morning session, titles in men’s 35km race walk and women’s 35km race walk will be up for grabs. In the evening session, men’s shot put, women’s 10,000m and mixed…
Gout Gout will try to catch up again with world champion Noah Lyles, deal with those inevitable comparisons with Usain Bolt, and then race back to school in Australia. The track and field world championships will be a short, sharp learning curve for the 17-year-old high school senior who has taken track and field by…
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe on Tuesday admitted that the world championships starting in Tokyo this weekend face “heat challenges”, after Japan sweltered through its hottest summer on record. Japan’s average temperature between June and August was 2.36C above “the standard value”, making it the hottest since records began in 1898, the Japan Meteorological Agency…
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone will be making a bold shift at this month’s World Athletics Championships by trading her signature 400 metres hurdles event for the flat 400 in a move reflecting her competitive spirit and insatiable hunger for growth. The 26-year-old American has already rewritten the hurdles record books, with six world records in her primary…
Gabby Thomas is set to miss this month’s World Athletics Championships due to an Achilles injury, the sprinter confirmed on Tuesday. The Olympic gold medallist in 200m, 4x100m and 4x400m at the Paris 2024 Olympics has been struggling with the injury since May and suffered a setback in July. “I understand that it will be…
PRO KABADDI LEAGUE August 29 – October 23 WORLD PARA ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS September 27 – October 5: New Delhi CRICKET Duleep Trophy – Bengaluru August 28 – September 15 Men’s Asia Cup T20I – UAE September 9-28 Australia Women’s tour of India September 14: 1st ODI – Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur September…