20 h. ago Wallabies look to end Rugby Championship on high with turbulent times ahead | Jack Snape

Australia’s focus may be on beating the All Blacks on Saturday but R360 upheaval is looming and a change of coach just months awayThe Wallabies’ hopes for an unlikely Rugby Championship triumph are hanging by a thread ahead of their final match against the All Blacks in Perth on Saturday, and despite looming international upheaval the Australians are trying not to look further ahead.The final home Test for 2025 is followed by a trip to Japan and then Europe – a spring tour that will demonstrate the level of improvement under coach Joe Schmidt, who will hand over the reins to Les Kiss next year. The rugby calendar changes next year due to the anticipated start of a nations cup, and the hibernation of the Rugby Championship due to alternative plans made by the Springboks and All Blacks. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Charles Leclerc dismisses reverse grids proposal: ‘It’s not part of F1’s DNA’

F1 boss Stefano Domenicali has raised the prospect of more sprint races, and potentially even reverse grids, in the future

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8 d. ago From NYC to Hong Kong: AFL grand final goes global with watch parties around the world | Jack Snape

While the growth of football outside Australia remains a work in progress, that won’t stop international fans getting together for one day in SeptemberAll your questions answered in our ultimate guide to the AFL grand finalSaturday’s AFL grand final at the MCG will attract a crowd more than 30,000 fans larger than that of the next Super Bowl. It will be preceded by a public holiday for the prematch parade – one of the few days off around the world dedicated to sport. And it will be headlined by Snoop Dogg, one of earth’s pre-eminent musical performers.By these measures, the grand final can stand alongside any event in world sport. But while there may be more than 50 watch parties for this weekend’s match scheduled across the globe, including five in China and six in Germany, the sport’s international growth remains a work in progress. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Noah Lyles: ‘The future of sprinting is hazy right now. Nobody knows which direction to go in’ | Jack Snape

The American sprint king on young emerging rivals including Gout Gout, his advancing years and uncertainty surrounding the sportSprint king Noah Lyles sits smiling and calm after the storm that returned him to the throne in Tokyo, reflective even. He has expressed a desire, having now won four successive 200m world titles, to surpass Usain Bolt’s record with a fifth at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing in 2027.But the American’s mind has wandered even further. “I have a strong blueprint of what I want my last year in the sport to look like,” he says. “I’ve looked pretty far into the future.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Noah Lyles pledges to surpass Usain Bolt’s medal haul after fourth 200m gold

American takes world 200m title in 19.52sec‘I can’t wait to be the only man to win five 200m titles’First Noah Lyles equalled Usain Bolt’s record of four straight 200m gold medals at a World Athletics Championships. Then he promised the greatest sprinter that has ever lived that he would surpass him in two years’ time.“I can’t wait for 2027 to become the only man to win five 200m titles,” said Lyles, who powered home in the second half of the race to win in 19.52sec, with his American compatriot Kenny Bednarek claiming silver in 19.58. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Noah Lyles pledges to surpass Usain Bolt’s record after his fourth 200m gold

American takes world 200m title in 19.52sec‘I can’t wait to be the only man to win five 200m titles’First Noah Lyles equalled Usain Bolt’s record of four straight 200m gold medals at a World Athletics Championships. Then he promised the greatest sprinter that has ever lived that he would surpass him in two years’ time.“I can’t wait for 2027 to become the only man to win five 200m titles,” said Lyles, who powered home in the second half of the race to win in 19.52sec, with his American compatriot Kenny Bednarek claiming silver in 19.58. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Gout Gout, 17, shows true colours with his behaviour at World Athletics Championship

Gout Gout missed out on a place in the 200m final at the World Championship despite a storming finish to his semi-final before Noah Lyles matched a Usain Bolt milestone

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2 w. ago World Athletics Championships live: GB’s Amy Hunt wins 200m silver, Noah Lyles seals fourth 200m title

Both men’s and women’s 200m crowns are up for grabs while Keely Hodgkinson continues her bid for 800m glory in the semi-finals

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2 w. ago World Athletics Championships 2025: Noah Lyles takes men’s 200m gold, Benjamin and Bol win 400m hurdles – live

Updates from night seven of the worlds in TokyoMcLaughlin-Levrone storms to 400m gold | Mail YaraWomen’s heptathlon – high jump: Johnson-Thompson’s second attempt at the 1.80m better run-up and a good clearance! O’Dowda’s third and final chance to get 1.80m now and she manages it as well!Brooks though cannot match the GB pair and she groans as she fails in her final attempt. That is her out of the high jump. Disappointing given her personal best is 1.84m. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Noah Lyles makes bold Gout Gout statement after Australian exits World Athletics Championships

Gout just missed out on a place in the men’s 200m final in Tokyo

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2 w. ago World Athletics Championships live: Keely Hodgkinson returns and Noah Lyles goes for 200m gold

Both men’s and women’s 200m crowns are up for grabs while Keely Hodgkinson continues her bid for 800m glory in the semi-finals

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2 w. ago World Athletics Championships live: Keely Hodgkinson cruises into 800m semis, Noah Lyles returns

Plenty of Brits are in action on day six of the World Championships while the men’s and women’s 400m medals will be contested

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2 w. ago Oblique Seville backs current sprint crop to get down to 9.6sec but says Bolt will always be best

World champion says ‘only matter of time’ to reach 9.6secSeville dismisses effect of Noah Lyles’ mind gamesOn Sunday night, Oblique Seville became the first Jamaican to win the men’s 100m world title since Usain Bolt. But it turns out the 24-year-old’s mind is just as quick as his blistering leg speed.In an interview to celebrate his victory, Seville is asked if he were to design a sprinter what would he look like? The questioner expects a long answer. Perhaps Justin Gatlin’s start, Michael Johnson’s mentality, and Bolt’s leg speed? Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Noah Lyles showed exactly what he thinks about Gout Gout with three

Reigning 100-metre Olympic champion Noah Lyles has a future threat to his crown in teenager Gout Gout, and the American has made his opinion of the Australian sensation clear

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2 w. ago Jamaica’s Oblique Seville powers to world 100m glory in front of Usain Bolt

Bolt, the last Jamaican to win this title a decade ago, was in attendance at the Japan National Stadium and was treated to a Jamaican one-two.

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2 w. ago World Athletics Championships: Oblique Seville and Melissa Jefferson

Kishane Thompson makes it a memorable men’s one-two for Jamaica on night two in Tokyo, with Olympic champion Noah Lyles taking bronze

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2 w. ago World Athletics Championships live: 100m finals results and reaction as Jefferson

Defending champions Sha’Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles missed out on gold in a brilliant night session in Tokyo

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2 w. ago World Athletics Championship: Jamaica’s Oblique Seville wins men’s 100m gold

Seville led home a Jamaican one-two as Olympic champion Noah Lyles had to settle for bronze.

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2 w. ago World Athletics Championships live: 100m finals latest as Jefferson

Lyles and Letsile Tebogo are set to go head to head in the blockbuster 100m finals in Tokyo

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2 w. ago World Athletics Championships live: 100m finals latest as Noah Lyles defends crown

Lyles and Letsile Tebogo are set to go head to head in the blockbuster 100m finals in Tokyo

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