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When Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo known as (Hemedti) declared a halt to atrocities committed by his Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in El-Fasher, few believed him. Days later, satellite imagery and witness testimony confirmed what Sudanese civilians have...
Hong Kong (AFP) – Victoria Mboko won the second WTA title of her career as the 19-year-old outlasted the more experienced Cristina Bucsa in the final of the Hong Kong Open on Sunday. Mboko overpowered the Spaniard 7-5,...

McLaughlin-Levrone steals the show at worlds, Botswana take men’s one-lap gold

Tokyo (AFP) – Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone brought the house down on Thursday by coming within a whisker of breaking the four-decade-old women's 400 metres world record...

Kenya eye double gold on penultimate day of world championships

okyo (AFP) – Kenya are hoping legend Faith Kipyegon and Emmanuel Wanyonyi deliver two gold medals on the penultimate day of the World Athletics Championships...

South Sudan born Gout sprinter set for first real test

Tokyo (AFP) – Gout Gout's name has sparked debate but the real question for the athletics world is whether the exciting Australian teenage sprinter can...

Kenya’s Kipyegon wins unprecedented fourth women’s world 1,500m title

Tokyo (AFP) – Faith Kipyegon produced a trademark devastating last lap to win an unprecedented fourth world women's 1,500 metres title in Tokyo on Tuesday. The...

Duplantis reaches new heights, Beamish makes Kiwi history at worlds

Tokyo (AFP) – The world athletics championships were, not for the first time, the Armand Duplantis show on Monday although New Zealand's Geordie Beamish did...

Jefferson-Wooden embraces the moment and basks in 100m world title

Tokyo (AFP) – Melissa Jefferson Wooden produced a stunning performance to win the women's 100 metres world title on Sunday, taking her first major individual...

Kipyegon bids for fourth 1500m world gold, Wanyonyi in loaded 800m

Tokyo (AFP) – Olympic champions Faith Kipyegon (1,500 metres) and Hamish Kerr (high jump) headline day four of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on...

First-ever Tanzanian gold as Simbu dips past Petros in world marathon

Tokyo (AFP) – Tanzania's Alphonce Felix Simbu produced a savage dip at the line to snatch world marathon gold from Germany's Amanal Petros in Tokyo...

Kenya’s Jepchirchir wins marathon thriller, heartbreak for Ingebrigtsen

Tokyo (AFP) – Kenya's Peres Jepchirchir produced a lung-busting final 100m sprint to win a dramatic women's marathon at the world championships on Sunday, but...

Exhausted Scottish brothers back on shore after record Pacific row

Cairns (Australia) (AFP) – Three Scottish brothers stepped ashore in Australia on Saturday after claiming a new record for rowing non-stop and unsupported across the...

Untouchable Olympic champion Hassan and Kiros smash course records to win Sydney Marathon

Sydney (AFP) – Untouchable Olympic champion Sifan Hassan shattered the course record Sunday to surge home first in an historic Sydney Marathon, with Hailemaryam...

Seville outshines Olympic champion Lyles in Diamond League 100m

London (AFP) – Jamaica's Oblique Seville outshone Olympic champion Noah Lyles, who paid the price for a slow start in his season-opening 100m at the...

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