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ATHLETICS

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (center) in action alongside Rani Rosius of Belgium (right) and Gladymar Torres of Puerto Rico during the 100m heats at the 2024 Olympic games in Paris on Aug 2, 2024.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 1, 2025
Jamaican sprint great Fraser-Pryce to retire after Tokyo worlds
Fraser-Pryce shattered negative notions around pregnancy in sport by winning the 100m at the 2019 worlds and retaining the title in 2022.
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe stands on the track at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Aug 29, 2025
Sebastian Coe confident gene testing will be completed for Tokyo worlds
Athletes who arrive at the global event without being tested can complete the process in the Japanese capital.
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.
Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi celebrates after winning the Diamond League men's 800m final at the London Stadium on July 19.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
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.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
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.
Athletes compete in the final of the women's 100 meter hurdles at the Paris Olympics in August last year.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
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.
Sweden's Armand Duplantis celebrates after setting a new pole vault record of 6.29 meters during the Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix in Budapest on Aug. 12.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 15, 2025
Record-setting Armand Duplantis expects 'super-sick' worlds in Tokyo
The U.S.-born Swede has been in electric form, setting a 13th world record, of 6.29 meters, in Budapest on Tuesday.
Athletics designated hitter Nick Kurtz celebrates after hitting his fourth home run of the game on Friday in Houston.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 26, 2025
Nick Kurtz ties MLB record with four homers as A's pound Astros
Kurtz, who was 6-for-6 in the game, tallied 19 total bases, also equaling an MLB record.
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.
President of World Athletics Sebastian Coe speaks in Oslo on June 12.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
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."
Fireworks explode over the Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony of the London Games in July 2012.
OLYMPICS
Apr 29, 2025
London mayor Sadiq Khan targets Olympic history for city
Khan wants the city to become the "sporting capital of the world," and is backing a bid for 2040 Games.
Australian sprinter Gout Gout reacts after competing in an event in Stawell, Australia, on Monday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
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.
Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki runs the bases after hitting a three-run home run against the Athletics during the second inning in Sacramento, California, on Wednesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 3, 2025
Seiya Suzuki hits two homers to help Cubs complete rout of A's
Suzuki hit three of Chicago's homers in the series.
Abdul Hakim Sani Brown (center) runs during a 100-meter heat at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 3, 2024.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
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.
Athletes compete in the men's 1,500-meter heats in front of empty stands at the National Stadium in Tokyo during the Tokyo Games in August 2021.
OLYMPICS / Athletics
Feb 7, 2025
Tokyo world athletics party can make up for Olympic lockout, says CEO
Organizing committee head Takashi Takeichi is confident that all nine days of the World Athletics Championships will be sold out.
Sebastian Coe speaks during a news conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Thursday.
OLYMPICS
Jan 31, 2025
Sebastian Coe admits mistakes in handling of prize money issue at Olympics
World Athletics announced its prize money decision unilaterally ahead of last year's Paris Games without consulting the IOC.
MLB Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson after throwing out the ceremonial first pitch before a game between the Mariners and the Athletics in Seattle on Sept. 29.
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 22, 2024
Rickey Henderson, baseball’s flamboyant ‘Man of Steal,’ dies at 65
Henderson holds the MLB career record for stolen bases with 1,406 — a mark unlikely to be swiped from him anytime soon, or perhaps ever.
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe says athlete welfare is at the top of the organization's priority list.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Dec 19, 2024
World Athletics uses AI to protect 25 athletes targeted by cyberbullies
World Athletics recently unveiled findings of a four-year report analyzing online abuse in the sport.
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe is one of seven people running to become the next president of the International Olympic Committee.
OLYMPICS
Nov 14, 2024
Presidential hopeful Sebastian Coe says IOC needs clear stance on gender
Coe believes the IOC is a movement that needs modernizing.
A fan holds a sign with a message about missing the Oakland Coliseum during an Athletics game at the stadium on Sept. 8.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 27, 2024
Athletics pay emotional farewell to Oakland in last home game before move
The Athletics are following the path of the Raiders and moving to Las Vegas, where they are expected to play their first home games in 2028.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japan dispatches five language education 'partners' to India
Five members of the Japan Foundation's Nihongo Partners program (front) gather at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Monday.
End of U.S. de minimis exemption causes headaches for some businesses in Japan
Proxy-shopping services — companies that ship Japanese products ranging from cosmetics and snacks to limited-edition stationery on behalf of customers abroad — are already feeling the impact of the U.S. suspending de minimis exemptions.
Over 90% of low-income families in Japan struggling to feed children
Save the Children Japan domestic program chief Sonoko Kawakami speaks at a news conference in Tokyo in July. A survey conducted by the group in June has found that over 90% of low-income households with children face food insecurity.
Struggling train firm in Chiba Prefecture turns to self-deprecating humor
"Laughter is important when you're in a difficult situation," said Katsunori Takemoto, president of Choshi Electric Railway, on Aug. 5 in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture.
Japan’s front-line researchers see bright path ahead for dementia treatment
A scientist looks at scans of grains at the Memory Centre at the Department of Readaptation and Geriatrics of the University Hospital (HUG) in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 6, 2023.
Still plenty to fight for, says Japan’s team leader at worlds
Race walker Hayato Katsuki earned bronze for Japan on the opening day of the World Athletics Championships on Saturday.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japanese athletes inspired by raucous home fans at World Athletics Championships
Fans cheer on the home favorites during the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.

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