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Faith Kipyegon of Kenya, following on from her third 1500m world title ©Getty ImagesNoah Lyles of the United

States is another multiple gold medallist in Budapest, anchoring his country to men's 4x100m gold to

Individual world champions Noah Lyles and Sha'Carri Richardson anchored the United States to a 4x100

Holders Spain started the defence of their International Basketball Federation World Cup with a convincing victory over the Ivory Coast in Jakarta in Indonesia.

other match, Brazil also ran out big winners as they overcame Iran 100-59.In Group C, favourites the United

States found themselves ten points behind during the first quarter against New Zealand in Manila in

New Zealand's Lisa Carrington was once again in a class of her own in the women's K1 500 metres on the penultimate day of the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Sprint and Para Canoe World Championships in Duisburg.

VL2 200 with a time of 50.344.Silver went to Igor Tofalini of Italy in 51.229.Steven Haxton of the United

States took bronze in 52.089.In the women's KL2 200m, Britain's Paralympic gold medallist Charlotte

Ethiopia took gold and silver in a women’s marathon run in brutal conditions at the World Athletics Championships here as Amane Shankule won in 2hour 24min 23sec with defending champion Gotytom Gebreslase following her home in Budapest in 2:24:34.

suffer and fade out of medal contention.After 35 minutes of racing early leader Susanna Sullivan of the United

States found herself accompanied with a group of around 20 leaders, with the field moving through 10km

group of 17 through 15km in 52:56 at around 2hr 18min pace before Salpeter and Keira D’Amato of the United

States took over as the Chain Bridge and the cooling tunnel beyond beckoned, with the pack now growing

Olympic champion Peter Wilson has called for shooting to re-introduce open categories where men compete alongside women.

highest place finisher with 13th in the skeet.By the Montreal Olympics of 1976, Margaret Murdock of the United

States was winning silver in the three position small bore rifle,She actually scored 1,162, the same

Hungary’s Istvan Peni has won gold in the individual 300 metres standard rifle open event at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Championships here in Baku.

Lund of Norway who achieved the same score and took silver.Bronze was taken by Timothy Sherry of the United

States on 586.With gold in Baku Istvan Peni of Hungary now has a complete set of World Championship

spectators on day seven of the World Athletics Championships here, where Jamaica's Shericka Jackson and the United

States' Noah Lyles defended their 200 metres titles in dominant fashion.

Spanish racewalker Diego García, American sprinter Jasmine Todd and British sprinter Adam Gemili have been elected to the World Athletics Athletes' Commission here, and three members including chair Renaud Lavillenie were re-elected.

men's 20 kilometres race walk bronze at last year's European Championships in Munich, Todd helped the United

States to women's 4x100m relay at the World Athletics Championships in Doha in 2019, and Gemili has

International University Sports Federation (FISU) Acting President Leonz Eder has travelled to Hungary's capital Budapest during the World Athletics Championships here, describing the city as "an ideal host" for a future FISU World University Games.

Games in Rhine-Ruhr in Germany for 2025, Chungcheong in South Korea for 2027 and North Carolina in the United

States for 2029.

Portugal's Maria Ines Coelho de Barros and Jose Azevedo have won the mixed trap at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Championships in here.

They hit 142 targets and then won a shoot-off with the United States pairing of Rachel Tozier and Derrick

Tom Courtney, who won Olympic gold at 800 metres for the United States at the Melbourne Olympics in 1956

national record of 1min 46.4sec but by the time of the Olympics, he was serving as a private in the United

States Army and was not considered the favourite for the Olympic race.Team-mate Arnie Sowell, who had

Greek Olympic champion Miltiadis Tentoglou pinched the men's long jump gold from Jamaica's Wayne Pinnock at the World Athletics Championships here on another eventful evening.

the winner as Camryn Rogers produced a 77.72m effort on her first attempt.Janee' Kassanavoid of the United

States upgraded bronze to silver with 76.36m, and compatriot and 2019 world champion DeAnna Price finished

Magnus Carlsen has finally won the International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Cup despite a bout of food poisoning.

International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) August 24, 2023In the third place play-off, Fabiano Caruana of the United

States won both tie break games against Azerbaijan's Nijat Abasov to end a run which had captivated

China's three-time Asia Cup champion Yao Ming has been inducted into the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Hall of Fame as part of a group of 12 that make up the class of 2023.

Women's Asia Cup gold medallist from Japan Yuko Oga, double Olympic champion Katrina McClain of the United

States, and Spanish EuroBasket winner Amaya Valdemoro.Brazil's Wlamir Marques, eight-time AfroBasket