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Josh Kerr wins the 1500m at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship (© Getty Images)Back at the scene of his first global title, Britain’s Josh Kerr again delivered a masterclass in middle-distance running – the 28-year-old producing a foot-perfect performance to win the men’s 1500m title at the World Ultimate Championship in Budapest on Sunday (13).Kerr […]

Aaliyah Butler anchors USA to victory in the mixed 4x400m at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship Budapest 26 (© Getty Images)It seemed fitting that USA, the world champions and world record-holders, won the mixed 4x400m at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship Budapest 26.Although they had been beaten to the Olympic title in 2024, the USA […]

Rumesh Pathirage at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship Budapest 26 (© Getty Images)Rumesh Pathirage capped a stunning breakthrough season to win the men’s javelin at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship Budapest 26 on Sunday (13).The Sri Lankan has been the dominant force in the discipline this year, winning 11 of his 12 competitions before heading […]

It's been a little over 18 months since Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said his country's relationship with the United States, based on over a century of tight economic and military cooperation, was "over".Trade talks collapsing, tit-for-tat tariffs, and Donald Trump's talk of making Canada a "51st state" have all fuelled this bitter feud between […]

Captain Breanna Stewart had a message for her U.S. women’s basketball teammates before the FIBA World Cup final.“We are the standard,” she said.Stewart led the way in reinforcing that as the Americans won a fifth consecutive World Cup by beating France 97-79, overcoming an early 14-point deficit.France, which lost the Paris Olympic final to the […]