2 w. ago Jockey says sorry for giving punters ‘a heart attack’ after nearly throwing away victory

Freddie Gordon stopped riding on 3-1 chance Jorebel thinking he was in no danger of being caught at Fontwell but reacted just in time to secure the photo-finish verdict

Events

2 w. ago World Athletics Championships: Odira pips Hunter Bell and Hodgkinson in 800m final, GB women miss 4x100m podium – live

Updates from closing night of the worlds in Tokyo‘What the hell?’: Johnson-Thompson shares bronze Get in touch! Email Daniel with any thoughts“Worth a mention of the Berlin Marathon if you are covering athletics I think,” writes Ben Tuff. “Unless it is London, we seem to so under-appreciate these epic events. No WR today because of the heat but Sawe won it at a canter. Great to see Akasaki in second, albeit four mins back. Wanjiru was a long way off her WR but much closer race for the women. Also, some crazy people have been running around Battersea track in the Self Transcendence 24-hour Track Race for the last 23 hours and 42mins. The leader, Julien Cazorta, has completed 234km so far ”Goodness me, that is absurd. And the men’s marathon final in this competition – judged by photo-finish – was one of most mind-boggling things I’ve seen this year. Continue reading...

Sport

3 w. ago World Athletics Championships 2025: Duplantis soars to pole vault gold and new world record – live

Updates and news on the third day of action from TokyoSimbu wins marathon in historic photo finish | Mail YaraMen’s 400m hurdles: Tyri Donovan speaks after his second-place finish in the first heat.The GB support has been incredible. I tried to be patient and I am glad I finished strong.To come out here and set a PB and get to the semi-finals is amazing. I put in the work though. If I get here anyone can get here. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago World Athletics Championships 2025: Duplantis goes for pole vault gold, Kambundji wins 100m hurdles – live

Updates and news on the third day of action from TokyoSimbu wins marathon in historic photo finish | Mail YaraMen’s 400m hurdles: Tyri Donovan speaks after his second-place finish in the first heat.The GB support has been incredible. I tried to be patient and I am glad I finished strong.To come out here and set a PB and get to the semi-finals is amazing. I put in the work though. If I get here anyone can get here. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago World Athletics Championships 2025: Duplantis goes for pole vault gold, hurdles finals and more – live

Updates and news on the third day of action from TokyoSimbu wins marathon in historic photo finish | Mail YaraMen’s 400m hurdles: Tyri Donovan speaks after his second-place finish in the first heat.The GB support has been incredible. I tried to be patient and I am glad I finished strong.To come out here and set a PB and get to the semi-finals is amazing. I put in the work though. If I get here anyone can get here. Continue reading...

Sport

3 w. ago Marathon settled by historic photo finish at World Athletics Championships

Alphonce Felix Simbu pipped Amanal Petros to the line as the marathon came down to just 0.05 seconds

Culture

3 w. ago Simbu snatches world marathon gold from Petros in historic photo finish

Tanzania’s Alphonce Simbu claims win by 0.03secsFinal sprint ended with tighter result than 100m finalsOne of the most dramatic finales in marathon history ended with one athlete at these Tokyo World Athletics Championships diving for the line, another unsure of the result, and Seiko’s photo-finish machine being called into emergency action.And after 26.2 miles, and more than two hours of sweat and brutal toil, the print confirmed that Tanzania’s Alphonce Simbu had pipped Germany’s Amanal Petros in a sprint finish. Continue reading...

Culture

last month Vuelta a España: Pederson sprints to stage 15 victory as Vingegaard retains lead

Belgian wins in photo finish to keep sprint leader’s jerseyVingegaard retains 48-second lead over AlmeidaThe Belgian cyclist Mads Pedersen sprinted to victory in stage 15 of the Vuelta a España on Sunday as Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard retained the overall lead in the 167.8km ride from Vegadeo.Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), the points classification leader, attacked in the last two kilometres, beating Orluis Aular (Movistar) and Marco Frigo (Israel Premier Tech) in a photo finish at Monforte de Lemos. Continue reading...

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last month Pederson sprints to Vuelta stage 15 victory as Vingegaard retains overall lead

Belgian wins in photo finish to keep sprint leader’s jerseyVingegaard retains 48-second lead over AlmeidaThe Belgian cyclist Mads Pedersen sprinted to victory in stage 15 of the Vuelta a España on Sunday as Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard retained the overall lead in the 167.8km ride from Vegadeo.Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), the points classification leader, attacked in the last two kilometres, beating Orluis Aular (Movistar) and Marco Frigo (Israel Premier Tech) in a photo-finish at Monforte de Lemos. Continue reading...

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last month Pedersen sprints to Vuelta stage 15 victory as Vingegaard retains overall lead

Lidl-Trek rider wins to keep sprint leader’s jerseyVingegaard retains 48-second lead over AlmeidaThe Danish cyclist Mads Pedersen sprinted to victory in stage 15 of the Vuelta a España on Sunday as his compatriot Jonas Vingegaard retained the overall lead in the 167.8km ride from Vegadeo.Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), the points classification leader, attacked in the last two kilometres, beating Orluis Aular (Movistar) and Marco Frigo (Israel Premier Tech) in a photo-finish at Monforte de Lemos.This article was amended on 7 September 2025. An earlier version described Mads Pedersen as Belgian; he is Danish. A misspelling of his surname in the headline was also corrected. Continue reading...

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