43 m. 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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95 m. ago Arsenal receive handy cash boost as Mikel Arteta eyes £32.5million target

Mikel Arteta's Arsenal secured a 2-0 win away to Athletic Club in their opening Champions League fixture as they look to improve on last season's run to the semi-finals

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1 hour ago World Athletics Championships live: Hodgkinson cruises into 800m semis, Asher

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 h. ago Thursday at the English Open snooker 2025: Prize money, round three draw and schedule, how to watch

The world’s best snooker players are doing battle on the baize this week.

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2 h. ago World Athletics Championships 2025: 400m finals, 200m semis and more – live

Latest updates from the track on night six in TokyoKerley joins Enhanced Games soon after ban | Mail DanielBack on the track, Yamamoto leads from Tanaka, with Battocletti of Italy third and Chebet fourth.Oli Goldman reminds me that, when reminiscing about the 1991 worlds, I neglected to mention the GB 4x400m quarter changing up their order and Kriss Akabusi taking out Antonio Pettigrew, the individual champion, in the final few strides. I was actually looking for and failing to find photos of the t-shirts made thereafter, featuring Roger Black’s post-race line, “We kicked their butts”, then got distracted. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago World Athletics Championships live: Hodgkinson begins 800m title bid, Asher

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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3 h. ago British athlete hit with warning after breaking strict World Championship clothing rule

The 24-year-old sprinter has been warned by World Athletics Championships bosses over his personalised apparel

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3 h. ago World Athletics Championships live: Hodgkinson begins 800m title bid with Asher

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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4 h. ago Welsh athlete hit with official warning after World Athletics Championship clothing rule breach

The 24-year-old has been reminded of the competition rules by World Athletics ahead of the final weekend of action in Tokyo

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4 h. ago World Athletics Championships Thursday Timetable, Prize Money and how to watch the 400m finals

It’s day six at the biggest competition of the year for the world’s greatest athletes.

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20 h. ago Photo highlights from Day 5 of the world athletics championships in Tokyo

This photo gallery, curated by AP photo editors, features highlights from Day 5 of the world athletics championships in Tokyo.

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20 h. ago Champions League final 25/26: Where is the final taking place? Venue, tickets, date and prize money

Here’s everything you need to know about the Champions League final 2025/26 - including where the game will take place.

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21 h. ago Why Jake Wightman has no regrets over agonising World Championship silver medal

In a dramatic 1500m final, Wightman was dramatically pipped on the line by Isaac Nader but still brought home GB’s first medal of the Championships in Tokyo

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21 h. ago Josh Kerr limps over finish line after pulling up injured in World Championship 1500m final

Kerr’s hopes of emulating Seb Coe with back-to-back World Championship gold were ended by injury but the Scot battled on to complete the race

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22 h. ago Jake Wightman reveals how he overcame ‘very bleak years’ to land silver medal at World Athletics Championships

The Briton produced an outstanding run to claim 1500m silver to complete a remarkable comeback from injury, with defending champion and Team GB colleague Josh Kerr pulling up injured before finishing last

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22 h. ago World Athletics Championships: Great Britain clinch first medal as Jake Wightman takes silver in 1500m

Reigning world champion Josh Kerr pulled up with an injury midway through the race

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23 h. ago BBC favourite staying in 'seedy' Tokyo hotbed at World Athletics Championships

The World Athletics Championships are currently taking place in Tokyo, Japan, with the likes of Armand Duplantis and Faith Kipyegon already making history

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23 h. ago USA’s Katie Moon rises again to claim third successive world pole vault gold

34-year-old also won Olympic gold in Tokyo in 2021Sandi Morris wins silver at worlds for fourth timeUSA’s Katie Moon leapt to gold in Tokyo on Wednesday in a thrilling final to become the first woman to win three successive pole vault titles at the World Athletics Championships.Moon has fond memories of Japan – she won gold at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. This time she edged out compatriot Sandi Morris with a final successful leap at a season’s best 4.90m. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Jake Wightman pipped on line as Isaac Nader surges to 1500m World Championship gold

Silver medal for GB but injured Josh Kerr finishes lastJust 0.02sec second separates first from secondWe have seen some extraordinary men’s 1500m finals in recent years. Put Tokyo down as another stone-cold classic. Most expected a shootout between Britain’s Josh Kerr and the young Dutch superstar Niels Laros. Instead the Portuguese Isaac Nader swooped from the gods and ripped up the script.For much of the final 200m it looked as though Britain’s Jake Wightman was about to repeat his gold medal victory in Eugene in 2022. That would have been some story, given he has missed much of the past three years since due to succession of injuries, starting with a fractured foot while doing plyometrics.This report will be updated Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Jake Wightman’s ‘perfect fairytale’ denied on the line as Isaac Nader surges to 1500m gold

Silver medal for 31-year-old as injury thwarts Josh KerrJust 0.02sec separates first from second in Tokyo thrillerWhen Jake Wightman sat on the bus to the 1500m heats at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday, he told himself that if he failed to make it through he was done. He was 31. His body was breaking down so often he felt he had post-traumatic stress disorder. And he feared his best days were behind him. Yet, just three days later, what had seemed like a final hurrah became a glorious resurrection.What a fighter. What an athlete. What a 1500m final. Most expected this to be a shootout between Britain’s defending champion, Josh Kerr, and the young Dutch star Niels Laros. Instead the script was flipped on its head and ripped into pieces. Twice. Continue reading...

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