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Germany and Brazil triumph at FISU World University Championship Triathlon

  • Universiade

Germany took the share of the spoils at the International University Sports Federation (FISU) World University Championship Triathlon in Maceió as they secured two out of three gold medals.

registered a time of 1:00:05.Bravo Neto sealed home glory in the men's race in a photo finish as he and the United

States' Darr Smith crossed the line after 53:35.The Brazilian was in front by centimetres on the line


Turkey dominate gold medals at Paris Para Taekwondo Grand Prix

  • Para-Taekwondo News

Tokyo 2020 Paralympic medallists Meryem Çavdar and Mahmut Bozteke were among the Turkish athletes to claim golds at the Paris Para Taekwondo Grand Prix where the K44 class dominated the proceedings.

Asadbek Toshtemirov bettered Kazakhstan's Nurlan Dombayev to claim the men’s under-80kg title while the United

States' Evan Medell beat Croatia's Ivan Mikulić to win the men's over-80kg group.



Italy top table after winning seven medals at home Skyrunning World Championships

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Italy topped the medals table after winning seven medals on home soil at the International Skyrunning Federation's Skyrunning World Championships, a total which included three golds.

Vertical - 3.8km long with 1,063 metres of vertical climbing.In the men’s race Joseph DeMoor of the United

States triumphed in 37min 07.83sec, with Italian skyrunners completing the podium.Marcello Ugazio won


Americans remain bitter about basketball defeat 50 years ago

  • The Big Read

On a grassy bank outside the Olympic Stadium in Munich, a series of plaques record the name of every gold medallist at the 1972 Games.

basketball are inscribed the names of the Soviet Union's basketball squad which won gold after defeating the United

States by a single point, 51-50, in a dramatic and disputed finale.The simplicity of the official roll


Mexico top medals table as Pan American Sambo Championships end

  • Sambo

Mexico has ended the Pan American Sambo Championships with eight gold medals to top the table, finishing in front of the hosts Costa Rica in Alajuela.

Gomez of Mexico.The other golds came in women's combat disciplines, with Reina Cordoba beating the United

States' Karaline Figard in the under-59kg final as Michelle Zavala of Mexico claimed bronze.View this

by Edgar Jaquez in the men's combat under-88kg, with a victory over Everton Bespalez of Brazil.The United

States added three golds from yesterday's one as well - the first of these going to Taylor Weber in



Wheelchair doubles victors crowned at US Open

  • Wheelchair Tennis

The Netherlands enjoyed a stellar day in the wheelchair tennis finals at the US Open as Dutch athletes secured victory in two of three contests in New York.

2020 gold medallists Sam Schröder and Niels Vink took just 1:09 to beat Robert Shaw of Canada and the United

States' David Wagner in the wheelchair quad doubles final.The Dutch pair's serving prowess was crucial


Host athletes shine at World Wrestling Championships in Serbia

  • Wrestling

The first finalists of the World Wrestling Championships were decided in four Greco-Roman divisions at the Štark Arena in Belgrade.

#WrestleBelgrade // #TheHomeOfWrestling pic.twitter.com/MZmBNYkBkR— United World Wrestling (@wrestling

reclaim his under-55kg crown as he is set to meet Georgia's Nugzari Tsurtsumia.Azizli dominated the United

States' Max Emiliano Nowry in the semi-final with a victory by superiority following a 9-0 demolition.Tsurtsumia


Elite paddlers target titles on final day of ICF SUP World Championships

  • ICF SUP World Championships

Elite athletes are geared to challenge for titles on the final day of the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Stand Up Paddling (SUP) World Championships in Poland.

Booth and American Connor Baxter set to go head-to-head in the men's event.April Zilg, also of the United

States, and Spain's Esperanza Barreras are due to face-off in the women's competition.All four paddlers



Infantino meets Greek FA leader as country explores FIFA World Cup bid with Egypt and Saudi Arabia

  • Football

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has again met the head of the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) Panagiotis Baltakos in Paris to discuss what the global governing body described as "continued cooperation between the two organisations".

EPO Presidential election ©Getty ImagesThe 2026 edition is due to be held in Canada, Mexico and the United

States, while a South American bid incorporating Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay has already


WCF set to elect new President as four vie to follow Caithness

  • Curling

The World Curling Federation (WCF) is due to undergo a change of Presidency at its Congress tomorrow in Lausanne, with four candidates vying to replace Kate Caithness.

of 12 years.Australian Hugh Millikin, Bent Ånund Ramsfjell of Norway, Canada's Graham Prouse and the United

States' Beau Welling are all standing, with the election set for the last day of a Congress which started

vice-president, representing the Americas.Welling, from South Carolina, became a Board member of the United

States Curling Association in 2007 and served as the country's representative to the WCF from 2010 to



Vimal Sankar: TikTok on the clock with role to play in IOC youth drive

  • Inside the Blogs

Horniness inside the Olympic Village has been an open secret for many years. From the hundreds of right-swipes on Tinder at the infamous Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics to the record-breaking 450,000 condoms distributed at the Rio 2016 Summer Games, there have been plenty of stories to support the rumours of debauchery.

speaking up on more serious issues.At the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, ski jumper Anna Hoffmann of the United

States hit out at organisers for making female athletes use a different-sized hill compared to men,