Athletics
Record participation, performances mark EAP Malta International 2026
Athletes from 37 countries across all continents took part in the competition, making it the most internationally diverse edition to date.
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Athletics
/ 9 months agoCoach Powell barred from athletics under ‘safeguarding order’
Long jump world record holder Mike Powell was suspended from sport on Friday by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) under a...
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Athletics
/ 9 months agoJapan athletics chief fights back tears over memory of Covid-hit Olympics
The head of Japanese athletics fought back tears Friday as she described how the world championships in Tokyo can “wipe away”...
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Athletics
/ 9 months agoQatar’s Barshim out of Tokyo worlds with foot injury
Three-time former world high jump champion Mutaz Barshim announced his withdrawal on Friday’s eve of the world championships in Tokyo because...
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Athletics
/ 9 months ago‘No pressure’ for teen Lutkenhaus, Team USA’s youngest worlds athlete
US teen Cooper Lutkenhaus insists he feels “no pressure” about the coming world championships in Tokyo, where he will rub shoulders...
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Athletics
/ 9 months agoUS sprinter Knighton banned after losing doping appeal
US sprinter Erriyon Knighton, a double world 200 metres medallist, must serve a four-year ban, the Court of Arbitration for Sport...
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Athletics
/ 9 months agoDuPlantis excited to be back in Tokyo after ‘apocalyptic’ Olympics
Pole vault world record holder Armand ‘Mondo’ DuPlantis said Thursday that he hoped the world championships in Tokyo would be more...
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Athletics
/ 9 months agoLyles will deliver sprint show – but not everyone will like it
Noah Lyles revels in being a showman but the Olympic 100 metres champion’s antics do on occasion upset rivals and officials....
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Athletics
/ 9 months agoHeat risks force world marathons and race walks to start earlier
The marathons and 35km race walks at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo will start half an hour earlier because of...
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Athletics
/ 9 months agoAthletics chief Coe admits ‘heat challenges’ at Tokyo worlds
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe on Tuesday admitted that the world championships starting in Tokyo this weekend face “heat challenges”, after...
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Athletics
/ 9 months agoQuiet Tebogo’s legs to ‘do the talking’ in Lyles 200m worlds battle
Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo said Tuesday he would let his “legs do the talking” in his battle with brash American...
