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Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce speaks during a news conference in Brussels on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Aug 24, 2025
Fraser-Pryce aiming to end career in 'magnificent way' at Tokyo worlds
While Fraser-Pryce has struggled this season to hit the speeds she once did, she is in a bullish mood about the Sept. 13-21 worlds.
Britain's Keely Hodgkinson after winning the women's 800m final in Lausanne, Switzerland on Wednesday
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Aug 21, 2025
Seville leaves Lyles trailing in Lausanne as Hodgkinson wins again
Seville stormed to victory over Lyles in London last month, and it was almost a carbon copy performance in Switzerland.
Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi celebrates after winning the Diamond League men's 800m final at the London Stadium on July 19.
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Aug 20, 2025
Former cattle herder Wanyonyi ready to eclipse Rudisha
Wanyonyi was crowned Olympic champion at last year's Paris Games at just 20, a year after sealing silver at the world championships in Budapest.
Reigning Olympic and world javelin champion Haruka Kitaguchi poses during a photo session in the Athletics tunnel in Domazlice, Czech Republic, on August 14, 2025.
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Aug 19, 2025
Javelin star Kitaguchi finds new home in small Czech town
The 27-year-old Japanese athlete is getting ready for next month's world championships in Tokyo in the western Czech town of Domazlice.
Kishane Thompson (right) in action against Noah Lyles (left) and Kenneth Bednarek (center) during the Diamond League men's 100m final at Silesian Stadium in Chorzow, Poland on Saturday.
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Aug 19, 2025
Thompson out of sprint showdown with Lyles in Lausanne
Thompson won the much-anticipated rematch with Noah Lyles at Saturday's Diamond League meeting in Silesia.
Jamaica's Kishane Thompson (left) crosses the line to win the men's 100 meter final at the Silesia Diamond League meet in Chorzow, Poland, on Saturday.
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Aug 17, 2025
Thompson beats Lyles in Olympic final rematch in Silesia
Thompson blasted out of the blocks and never looked like being beaten while posting a time of 9.87 seconds, while Lyles ran strongly at the end.
Athletes compete in the final of the women's 100 meter hurdles at the Paris Olympics in August last year.
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Aug 16, 2025
New gene testing system in disarray ahead of world championships in Tokyo
With the world championships in Tokyo looming, athletics federations are struggling to comply with new rules concerning gene tests for female athletes.
Fred Kerley celebrates with his 100m bronze medal at the Stade de France at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
OLYMPICS / Athletics
Aug 13, 2025
Olympic medalist Kerley provisionally suspended for whereabouts failure
Kerley took 100m silver in Tokyo and bronze last year in Paris as well as the 2022 world 100m crown.
Sweden's Armand Duplantis clears the bar as he competes in the men's pole vault event of the Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix in Budapest on Tuesday.
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Aug 13, 2025
Duplantis sets new pole vault world record of 6.29 meters
Sweden's Duplantis broke the world record for the 13th time as he soared over the bar at the second attempt.
Noah Lyles (left) defeats Kenny Bednarek to win the 200-meter final at the U.S. track and field championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Sunday.
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Aug 4, 2025
Noah Lyles' win over rival Kenny Bednarek in 200 ends with staredown and shove
Lyles, the reigning Olympic 100-meter champion, will attempt to defend both his 100 and 200 crowns at the world championships in Japan.
Sha'Carri Richardson after crossing the finish line to win the women's 4x100-meter relay final for the U.S. at the Paris Olympics in August last year.
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Aug 2, 2025
Track star Sha'Carri Richardson arrested for suspected domestic violence in Seattle
Richardson withdrew from the 100-meter semifinals at the U.S. track championships in Eugene, Oregon, after participating in Thursday's heats.
Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya celebrates after winning women's marathon gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games at Sapporo Odori Park in Hokkaido, Japan on Aug. 7, 2021.
OLYMPICS / Athletics
Jul 25, 2025
Tokyo Olympic champion Jepchirchir relishes Japan return
Jepchirchir has been named as one of three Kenyan women in the marathon squad for the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on September 13-21.
Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya finishes first in the women’s race to set a new world record during the Chicago Marathon on Oct. 13, 2024.
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Jul 18, 2025
Marathon world record-holder Chepngetich suspended over banned substance
Women's marathon world record-holder Ruth Chepngetich has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit for the presence and use of the prohibited substance hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ).
President of World Athletics Sebastian Coe speaks in Oslo on June 12.
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Jun 24, 2025
It will be 'big and punchy': Athletics chief Coe looks to future
The World Championships arrive in September in Tokyo, and Coe describes them as "a massive moment."
Sweden's Armand Duplantis celebrates after setting a new world record of 6.28 meters in the men's pole vault at Stockholm Stadium in Sweden on Sunday.
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Jun 16, 2025
'Magical' Duplantis soars to pole vault world record in Stockholm
With victory in the event already guaranteed, Duplantis broke the world record for the 12th time as he sailed over the bar at the first attempt.
Henriette Jaeger crosses the finish line win a women's 400-meter heat at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on March 7.
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Apr 24, 2025
Norwegian athletes advised to avoid meat in China over doping fears
The 2025 World Athletics Relays will take place in early May at the Guangdong Olympic Stadium in Guangzhou, while the Diamond League event in Shanghai is scheduled for May 3.
Australian sprinter Gout Gout reacts after competing in an event in Stawell, Australia, on Monday.
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Apr 23, 2025
Australia's Gout Gout on track for World Championships debut at 17
The Queenslander's rapid rise has raised comparisons with Jamaican great Usain Bolt.
Michael Johnson (center) believes Grand Slam Track will be a landmark moment for track and field.
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Apr 3, 2025
Michael Johnson's ambitious Grand Slam Track series prepares for first event
The circuit gets under way in Kingston on Friday.
Ethiopia's Tadese Takele wins the the Tokyo Marathon on Sunday.
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Mar 2, 2025
Tadese Takele wins Tokyo Marathon
Ethiopia's Deresa Geleta was second in 2:03:51, with Kenya's Vincent Kipkemoi Ngetich third in 2:04.
Abdul Hakim Sani Brown (center) runs during a 100-meter heat at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 3, 2024.
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Feb 20, 2025
Abdul Hakim Sani Brown ready to sprint past Paris disappointment
Despite setting a personal best with a time of 9.96 seconds, Sani Brown finished fourth in his semifinal heat in the 100-meter sprint in Paris.
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Japan Post to stop accepting some parcels for shipment to the U.S.
Japan Post's UGX will still be available for many rejected packages.
Japan aims to tighten rules for business manager visas from October
The number of foreign residents with business management residency status had reached a record 41,615 as of the end of 2024.
Tokyo releases AI-generated video of Mount Fuji erupting
A screenshot from an AI-generated video showing what could happen to Tokyo if Mount Fuji erupted
Character-crazed Japan has little appetite for Labubu
A pop-up advertisement for the newly opened Chiikawa Park in Tokyo's Ikebukuro neighborhood demonstrates how the country is chockful of cute characters — to the detriment of trends like Labubu.
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Philippines quietly deepening ‘unofficial’ defense ties with Taiwan
Filipino soldiers take part in a flag-raising ceremony on Mavulis Island during a visit by the Philippines' Armed Forces chief of staff, in Batanes, the Philippines, in June 2023. Batanes, a group of idyllic islands at the country’s northernmost tip, sits about 160 kilometers from Taiwan.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.
Germany's first sakemaker offers a bold brew of ideas
Reigen, Germany's first sake brewery, makes a diverse, nontraditional range of sake that includes fruit-flavored sips and wine barrel-aged renditions.
Alicia Keys closed Summer Sonic, but J-pop owned it
Summer Sonic’s 2025 lineup demonstrated its strength, showcasing the latest in J-pop, including “new kawaii” act Fruits Zipper.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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