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Injury forces 2021 Olympic champ Damian Warner to withdraw from decathlon at World Athletics Championships
Damian Warner's attempt to win his first world championship title won't be happening in Tokyo.
'Valueless spectacle': World champion Evan Dunfee speaks out against Enhanced Games
Evan Dunfee's historic gold medal at the World Athletics Championships in Japan is proving meaningful in ways he never imagined.
Disappointment in Tokyo as Kitaguchi fails to reach javelin final
TOKYO : Japan's Olympic and world champion Haruka Kitaguchi disappointed a bumper crowd at the World Athletics Championships on Friday when she failed to qualify for the women's javelin final.
FIFA Rankings: Spain Over France, Argentina at No. 1; USA at No. 16
Spain and Lamine Yamal took top spot from Argentina and Lionel Messi in the FIFA men’s rankings published on Thursday, and lead for the first time since being dethroned as world champion in June 2014.
Spain overtake Messi’s Argentina to lead FIFA rankings for first time since 2014
ZURICH: Spain and Lamine Yamal took top spot from Argentina and Lionel Messi in the FIFA men’s rankings published on Thursday, and lead for the first time since being dethroned as world champion in June 2014. Spain’s two-win start to a 2026 World Cup qualifying group this month — against Turkiye and Bulgaria — lifted the European champion up from second place behind 2022 World Cup winner Argentina, which fell to third. Argentina’s loss in a World Cup qualifier in Ecuador also let France rise one place to No. 2. England stayed at No. 4, and Portugal climbed one place to No.
Naoya Inoue to headline Riyadh’s ‘Night of the Samurai’
RIYADH: Turki Alalshikh, chairman of the General Entertainment Authority, has announced that Japanese superstar Naoya Inoue (31-0, 27 KOs) will defend his WBC super-bantamweight title against Mexico’s Alan Picasso Romero (32-0-1, 17 KOs) on Dec. 27.
Dodgers considering Shohei Ohtani helping as reliever - ESPN
LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani has proved to be a viable starting pitcher as the postseason approaches, but Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts acknowledged Wednesday that the organization has considered whether he might be more valuable helping a weary bullpen — perhaps especially in a shorter series like the three-game wild-card round.