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Chebet delights Tokyo crowd with 10,000m win
AFP, Published on 13/09/2025
» TOKYO - Beatrice Chebet won the 10,000 metres world title while the cream of sprinting delighted a sellout 55,000 crowd at the world championships on Saturday — a stark contrast to the empty stadium at the Covid-affected Tokyo Games in 2021.
Lyles leads US medal charge in Tokyo, Kipyegon eyes fourth title
AFP, Published on 10/09/2025
» TOKYO - Noah Lyles and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone lead the US medal charge at the world championships in Tokyo that get under way on Saturday, while Armand Duplantis is expected to cement his legacy as the greatest pole vaulter in history.
Lassana Diarra seeks €65 million from Fifa, Belgian FA in transfer case
AFP, Published on 19/08/2025
» PARIS - Former France international Lassana Diarra is seeking €65 million (US$76 million) from the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (Fifa) and the Belgian football association as part of a long-running legal battle, the player's lawyer announced on Monday.
Bolt beams as Alfred, Duplantis and Warholm light up Oslo Diamond League
AFP, Published on 13/06/2025
» OSLO - Karsten Warholm, Julien Alfred and Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis lit up Thursday's star-studded Diamond League meet in Oslo where Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt was on hand to lend further glitter to a gripping evening of track and field.
England earn Women's Nations League win over Spain in World Cup final rematch
AFP, Published on 27/02/2025
» LONDON — Jess Park fired England to a 1-0 win against Spain on Wednesday in a Women's Nations League clash that provided a measure of revenge for their World Cup final defeat.
Djokovic joins Alcaraz, Sinner in Melbourne round 2 but Kyrgios out
AFP, Published on 13/01/2025
» MELBOURNE - Novak Djokovic survived a scare in his quest for tennis history before joining Carlos Alcaraz and defending champion Jannik Sinner in the second round of the Australian Open on Monday.
All-Thai showdown in Spain Masters
Sports, Published on 29/03/2024
» Ratchanok Intanon and Pornpawee Chochuwong will square off in the women's singles quarter-finals of the US$210,000 BWF Madrid Spain Masters on Friday.
How five stars fared at the World Athletics Championships
AFP, Published on 28/08/2023
» BUDAPEST - AFP Sport picked out five athletes to watch at the World Athletics Championships which ended in Budapest on Sunday.
Medvedev falls at French Open amid Djokovic fallout
AFP, Published on 31/05/2023
» PARIS: World number two Daniil Medvedev was knocked out of the French Open in the first round on Tuesday, losing in five sets to 172nd-ranked Thiago Seyboth Wild of Brazil as Roland Garros attempted to move on from Novak Djokovic's Kosovo controversy.
Man United push English women's title to wire after derby win
AFP, Published on 22/05/2023
» LONDON - Manchester United's Lucia Garcia took the Women's Super League title race to the last day of the season with a dramatic stoppage-time winner in a 2-1 derby victory over 10-woman Manchester City on Sunday.