Serbia's Vuleta claims world long jump gold with season's best jump
BUDAPEST: Ivana Vuleta of Serbia won the women's long jump at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday, soaring 7.14 metres, the best jump in the world this season.
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American Lyles sprints to gold in the 100m in world-leading time
BUDAPEST: Noah Lyles of the United States raced to victory in the 100 metres at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday, his first world title over the distance.
Paris Olympics swimming test event cancelled over water quality fears
Worries about water quality forced the cancellation of another Paris Olympics test event in the Seine River on Sunday, as organisers called off a triathlon mixed relay.
He came to B.C. as a refugee. Now, this boxing champion is training for an Olympic bid
When Dalis Gures arrived as a teenager in Vancouver with his single mother and four siblings in 2016 — via a refugee camp in Kenya — the Canadian-Ethiopian athlete had played soccer but never considered boxing.
World Athletics Championships: Ireland's Rhasidat Adeleke wins 400m heat
Rhasidat Adeleke won her 400m heat on day two of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
Disaster for SA at World Champs as Akani Simbine sensationally disqualified from 100m sprint
South Africa's Akani Simbine sensationally false started to be disqualified from the semifinals of the 100m World Championships in Budapest on Sunday.
Moment huge 50-man brawl breaks out after Bolton vs Wigan football match
Shocking scenes emerged on the streets of a Greater Manchester town moments after a football game came to an end. Police had already issued a warning ahead of yesterday's clash between Bolton Wanderers and Wigan Athletic.
Johnson-Thompson leads heptathlon with one event left
BUDAPEST : Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson led the heptathlon with only the 800 metres remaining at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday as she continues her comeback from a ruptured Achilles tendon.