Ahead of the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25, the International Fair Play Committee (CIFP), in partnership with World Athletics, would like to remind fans and media colleagues across the world that they can nominate moments that epitomise fair play, with a view to recognising one standout athlete or moment at the World Athletics Awards later this year.
As was the case last year, the nominations period includes all World Athletics Series (WAS) events and Continental Tour events throughout the course of the year.
Following the final WAS event of the year, a jury will review the nominations and judge on a shortlist of five fair play moments in athletics from 2025. The jury comprises:
• Mark Butler – athletics statistician • Paula Radcliffe – former world marathon record-holder • Jon Ridgeon – World Athletics CEO • Anna Ryzhykova – member of the Athletes’ Commission • Sunil Sabharwal – President of the International Fair Play Committee • Sander Skotheim – winner of the 2024 Fair Play Award
Fans will then be asked to cast their votes through the World Athletics social media channels for the shortlisted moment that they feel best exemplifies fair play. These votes will be combined with the votes from the jury to determine three finalists for the Fair Play Award. The winner will be revealed at the World Athletics Awards later in the year.
To nominate an athlete or moment for the Fair Play Award, please email fairplayaward@worldathletics.org.
Sander Skotheim was the recipient of last year’s award. His fair play moment occurred at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, where the Norwegian decathlete had been in contention for a medal. Despite the disappointment of no-heighting in the pole vault, meaning that he was no longer in contention for a medal, Skotheim decided to continue competing. In the process he supported his compatriot and the eventual winner Markus Rooth, helping his teammate in the final discipline – the 1500m.
The CIFP was established over 60 years ago to promote the principles of fair play in sport: fair competition, respect, friendship, team spirit, equality and sport without doping. It honours those who respect the written and unwritten rules of sport, which include integrity, solidarity, tolerance, care, excellence and joy, and who set an example for others, on and off the field. The CIFP’s first collaboration with World Athletics dates back to the 2003 World Athletics Championships in Paris. Twelve awards have been handed out since then.
Junji Sakamoto’s Climbing for Life has been set as the opening night film for the 38th Tokyo International Film Festival.
Climbing for Life will screen on Oct. 27. The epic biopic tells the story of the late legendary Japanese female mountaineer Junko Tabei, the first woman to ascend Mount Everest, and the first woman to complete the Seven Summits challenge, climbing the highest peak on every continent. Climbing for Life‘s release coincides with the 50th anniversary of Tabei summiting Everest, an event which captivated the world and made her a national hero in Japan.
Fittingly, Tabei is played by beloved Japanese actress Sayuri Yoshinaga, the winner of four best actress awards from the Japanese Academy, the most of any artist. The cast also includes Koichi Sato, Yuki Amami and Non (Rena Nōnen) playing a younger version of Tabei.
The screenplay was written by Riko Sakaguchi, based on the late Tabei’s memoir My Mountain Life – Up And Down. The feature is the 31st from the veteran filmmaker Sakamoto (Tekken, Another World, KT, Zatoichi: The Last) who also directed Yoshinaga in A Chorus of Angels.
“It is a true honor for our film to be selected as the opening film of the 38th TIFF,” Sakamoto said in a statement. “Although the production process of filmmaking has been dramatically altered in the digital era, the joy of sharing a film with audiences on the big screen and masterful sound design remains timeless. This film also stands as a testament to the enduring talent of Sayuri Yoshinaga, a national treasure who has graced the pinnacle of stardom for generations. I very much look forward to seeing you enjoy the film in the theater!”
Shozo Ichiyama, the programming director for Toyko Film Festival, added in a statement, “Climbing for Life chronicles the inspiring story of a real-life female mountaineer and her devoted family. With a remarkable lead performance by Sayuri Yoshinaga and meticulous direction by director Junji Sakamoto, this film earns a place as one of the year’s most touching films. I am confident that its universal themes will deeply move audiences across the globe. It is a privilege for us to open the Tokyo International Film Festival with this wonderful work.”
Kino Films will distribute Climbing for Life in Japan, with the film getting a theatrical release on Oct. 31.
The 2025 Tokyo Film Festival runs from Oct. 27 through to Nov. 5.
On the evening of 7/8 September, a total lunar eclipse – also known as a ‘blood Moon’ was seen across much of the globe, giving observers the chance to watch Earth’s shadow creep across the surface of the Moon.
During a total lunar eclipse, the Sun, Earth and the Moon are aligned so that sunlight on its way to the Moon is blocked by our planet, casting a shadow on the lunar surface.
The Moon turns a dark, rusty red for a brief moment, its surface transforming from big and bright to a subdued, deep scarlet.
This blood Moon lunar eclipse was visible across the UK and Europe, but the best places to see it were central Asia and Australia.
There, observers and photographers got to see the whole lunar eclipse, from start to finish.
We received lots of images of the 7/8 September 2025 total lunar eclipse, sent to us by photographers from across the world.
Here are some of the best.
Total lunar eclipse, 7/8 September 2025, captured by Srilakshmi N, Chennai, India. Equipment: Seestar S30Total lunar eclipse, 7 September 2025, captured by Federico Mariano, Lecce, Italy. Equipment: Canon EOS 600D DSLR camera, Sky-Watcher 150P Dobsonian, HEQ5 mount. Exposure: ISO 800, single exposure. Software: Adobe LightroomTotal lunar eclipse, 7 September 2025, captured by Hossein Nasri, Ahmadabad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran. Equipment: Canon EOS 6D DSLR modified camera, 24-70mm lens @24mm. Exposure: f/2.8, ISO 2500, 20 secondsTotal lunar eclipse, 7 September 2025, captured by Arash Sefidgaran, Stonehenge, UK. Equipment: Nikon Z6II camera, Sigma 150-600mm lens @ 230mm, Sirui tripod. Exposure: f/7.1, ISO 3200, 1/4 seconds. Software: LightroomTotal lunar eclipse, 7 September 2025, 20:43 local time, captured by Rui Santos, Ponto da Crastinha, Leiria National Forest, Portugal. Equipment: Seestar S50, Seestar tripod. Exposure: Stacked from video: 1-minute raw video, best 15%, drizzle ×3. Processing: PIPP, AutoStakkert, Lightroom, PhotoshopTotal lunar eclipse, 7 September 2025, captured by Paolo Barrella, Scandicci, Italy. Equipment: Canon EOS R8 DSLR camera, RF 24-105 lens, f/4-7.1 @54mm f/5.6. Exposure: ISO 1600, images captured every 1 minute. Software: StarStaxTotal lunar eclipse, 7 September 2025, captured by Ashwini M, Bangalore, IndiaTotal lunar eclipse, 7 September 2025 over skyscrapers in the financial district of Lujiazui in Shanghai, China. Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty ImagesBlood Moon of 7 September 2025 over Islamabad, Pakistan. Photo by AAMIR QURESHI/AFP via Getty ImagesTotal lunar eclipse of 7 September 2025, south of Copenhagen, Denmark. Photo by MADS CLAUS RASMUSSEN/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty ImagesBlood Moon total lunar eclipse over a statue of the ancient Greek goddess Irene, central Athens, 7 September 2025. Photo by ANGELOS TZORTZINIS/AFP via Getty ImagesBeach-goers observe the 7 September 2025 lunar eclipse on a shore of the Black Sea, Odesa, Ukraine. Photo by OLEKSANDR GIMANOV/AFP via Getty ImagesBlood Moon of 7 September 2025 behind the Tokyo Skytree, Tokyo, Japan. Photo by STR/JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images
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After the international break, Real Madrid face a demanding schedule with seven games in three weeks: five LaLiga matches and two Champions League games. The first will be away on Saturday, 13 September against Real Sociedad on matchday four of LaLiga. Xabi Alonso‘s men will then play two consecutive matches at the Bernabéu. The first will be their opening game in this edition of the Champions League and will be played on Tuesday, 16, against Olympique Marseille. The second will be against Espanyol on matchday five of LaLiga.
Three consecutive away games The next three matches will be on the road. The first is a midweek game at the Ciudad de Valencia stadium against Levante and the next one, on the last weekend of September, will be the Madrid derby on matchday six of the competition at the Metropolitano.
Xabi Alonso‘s side will then travel to Kazakhstan to take on Kairat Almaty on the second Champions League matchday. And they will close this gruelling series of games on the first weekend of October against Villarreal at the Bernabéu, on matchday eight of LaLiga.
Real Madrid’s match calendar:
Real Sociedad-Real Madrid (13 September, 4.15 pm).
Real Madrid-Olympique de Marseille (16 September, 9 pm).
Real Madrid-Espanyol (20 September, 4.15 pm).
Levante-Real Madrid (23 September, 9.30 pm).
Atlético-Real Madrid (27 September, 4.15 pm).
Kairat Almaty-Real Madrid (30 September, 6.45 pm).
Firstly, the widely articulated view that Onana is just not very good is wrong.
Edwin van der Sar observed the Cameroon international closely for three years when he was chief executive at Ajax.
Widely acknowledged to be one of the best goalkeepers in history, Van der Sar was genuinely excited for Onana’s move to United and was still backing him after a disappointing first season.
It is impossible to imagine someone as level-headed as Van der Sar would talk so enthusiastically about anyone without believing what he was saying to be true.
Onana himself has spoken about his introduction to life at United. “I arrived as the best goalkeeper in the world and boom, it went down,” he told BBC Sport before the 2024 FA Cup final. “It was like, what happened?”
Sources close to Onana have said he was brought to United because of his ability to play close passes – and ended up having to go long.
Part of the reason for that was what happened on his Old Trafford debut, when he came well out of his area during a pre-season friendly against Lens and played a pass to Diogo Dalot, who then gave the ball away. Onana was chipped from 50 yards.
Erik ten Hag, who had also worked with Onana at Ajax, axed David de Gea to bring his new goalkeeper in, but the change in tactics reduced the goalkeeper’s effectiveness and the regular mistakes that followed undermined confidence in Onana among supporters.
Ten Hag and then Amorim kept picking him, but a clear sign that support internally was ebbing away followed the Europa League trip to Lyon in April.
In the build-up Onana said he felt United should get through because they were “way better” than the French club.
The comment itself seemed innocuous. However, former United midfielder – and a close friend of De Gea – Nemanja Matic seized on it in the pre-match news conference, labelling Onana “one of the worst goalkeepers in the club’s history”.
It felt like a deliberate attempt to point score on behalf of a friend while heaping pressure on Onana at the same time.
The tactic worked. Onana made two mistakes as the first leg finished 2-2.
Amorim gave Bayindir his Premier League debut in the game that followed at Newcastle and, while Onana did appear to end the season as first choice given he started both legs of the Europa League semi-final and the final, the previous faith in him from the coaching side – Ten Hag delayed his call-up to the Africa Cup of Nations in 2024 so long that the only game he missed was the FA Cup win at Newport – had reduced.
Bayindir started the final league game of last term and then, even though Onana had recovered from the hamstring injury he suffered right at the start of pre-season, kept his place for the first three matches of this campaign.
Onana’s only outing has come in the Carabao Cup defeat at League Two Grimsby, when he was at fault for their second goal.
Evidently, Amorim felt he needed a new goalkeeper. Onana is the one he has decided he is willing to do without.
Karachi [Pakistan], September 8 (ANI): After Sunday’s heavy downpour that had officials on alert for urban flooding, dark clouds rolled back over Karachi on Monday morning, bringing light showers across the coastal city, weather analysts said, as reported by Geo News. Drizzle was reported in several neighbourhoods, including Defence Housing Authority (DHA), Korangi Road, Shahrah-e-Faisal, Burns Road, MA Jinnah Road, Qayyumabad, Mehmoodabad, Manzoor Colony, and Baloch Colony, Geo News reported. University Road, Jamshed Road, Jehangir Road, Yaseenabad, and Gulshan-e-Iqbal also saw light rain. According to weather experts, the drizzle could last between 30 and 60 minutes. They added that if the system shifts westward, Karachi may receive heavier rainfall later in the day. Elsewhere in Sindh, intermittent showers continued across Tharparkar, while Larkana and its adjoining areas were lashed by heavy downpours. Heavy rain also battered Khairpur and its outskirts with thunder and lightning, while downpours over Kot Diji and the Aror hills flooded local storm drains and nullahs. Kashmore, meanwhile, saw light showers that turned the weather pleasant, as reported by Geo News.
Heavy rainfall lashed several parts of Karachi on Sunday, with the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) warning that the downpours could trigger urban flooding in the city’s low-lying areas. Light to heavy rain is being reported in Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Malir Halt, Rafa-e-Aam, Bahria Town and surrounding areas near the M9 Motorway. According to the Pakistan Met Office, rain-bearing clouds are currently present over the eastern parts of the megacity. “These clouds may spread further in the city,” it added. “Unusual downpours” are expected in Sindh during the next 48 hours, warned the Met Office. Under the influence of the weather system, heavy rains were expected in Tharparkar, Umarkot and other cities of Sindh till September 10. Karachi is also expected to receive intermittent heavy rain with thunderstorms and gusty winds during the period, it added. Sindh government spokesperson Saadia Javed on Monday said that the recent spell of rainfall in Karachi last month had turned into a disaster, with the city receiving 200 millimetres of rain within a few hours. She said the entire province is currently on high alert due to the risk of urban flooding, adding that the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation staff has also been placed on high alert, Geo News reported. (ANI)
Stars to watch at the 2025 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships XCO
With both Paris 2024 Olympic XCO champions (Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and Tom Pidcock) absent from the 2025 World Championships, unpredictability reigns.
On the men’s side, the spotlight inevitably falls on Mathieu van der Poel. The Dutch powerhouse has already conquered road, gravel, and cyclocross world titles in the past, leaving XCO as the missing piece in his all-discipline collection. If he can stay clear of the mechanical misfortunes that have dogged his mountain bike outings before, he will be one of the riders to beat.
Mountain bike legend Nino Schurter of Switzerland, meanwhile, lines up for what could be his final World Championships appearance, aiming to add yet another chapter to his extraordinary career on home soil.
The Swiss rider has an Olympic medal of every colour to his name (bronze from Beijing 2008, silver from London 2012, and gold from Rio 2016 ) alongside a glittering record that includes 10 world titles, nine overall World Cup crowns, 36 individual World Cup victories, and three Cape Epic triumphs. His last world championship run will not be one to miss.
Also in contention are world leader and Paris 2024 silver medallist Victor Koretzky of France, World Cup ranked second Christopher Blevins and Paris 2024 bronze medallist Alan Hatherly of South Africa.
Watch too for the next generation looking to take over Schurter’s baton of greatness. Last year’s U23 champion, Luca Martin, moves up to the elite category, rising Swiss rider Fabio Püntener continues to edge closer to a major win, and Britain’s Charlie Aldridge has shown he can spring a surprise on the biggest stage.
The women’s race also promises intrigue.
Dutch cyclist Puck Pieterse will be on a mission to defend her XCO world title, but will face strong competition from a field that includes Sweden’s Jenny Rissveds, a former Olympic champion, and USA’s Olympic silver medallist Haley Batten.
New Zealand’s Samara Maxwell has emerged as one of the revelations of the season, while home hopes will rest heavily on Swiss duo Alessandra Keller and Nicole Koller, both consistent front-runners.
South Africa’s Candice Lill remains a strong outside pick for the podium, her endurance and technical ability often putting her in the mix when it matters most.
With no Ferrand-Prévot or Pidcock on the line, this year’s XCO titles may well go to riders ready to seize the opportunity left by absent champions.
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IFA is Europe’s largest consumer electronics show, and this year was no different. IFA 2025 featured some of the most eye-catching innovations ever, so much so that it’s hard to narrow down the list of amazing products.
However, at a time when the tech world is saturated with artificial intelligence (AI) adoption, I found it refreshing that the best products I’ve seen don’t hinge on AI. As I walked through the halls of Messe Berlin, these were the best products I saw and would definitely watch for in the near future.
1. Philips Hue MotionAware via Bridge Pro
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One of the most extraordinary things I’ve seen at IFA is Philips Hue giving existing smart lights the ability to become motion detectors for your smart home. Philips Hue just announced the new Hue Bridge Pro, a new smart hub for its Hue smart lights that has a five times faster processor and can handle up to 150 Philips Hue lights in your home.
Also: Philips Hue Bridge Pro just made it easy to add motion sensing to your old smart lights
The new Bridge Pro also supports up to four MotionAware setups, so you can set a group of Hue lights to work together as a motion detector. Seeing this in action, I was impressed at how a group of Philips Hue lights can be set up together, along with the Bridge Pro, to detect motion by recognizing changes in the wireless signals around them.
This kind of technology sounds futuristic, yet Philips Hue managed to make it happen and make it available for the vast majority of its existing smart lights, excluding the first-generation and portable lights.
2. Rokid Smart Glasses
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The Rokid Glasses are shaping up to be one of Meta’s biggest competitors in the smart glasses market. Rokid’s latest glasses combine augmented reality (AR) with AI, which can show you data and let you interact with an AI assistant. As an AI wearable, the glasses support real-time translation in 89 languages, object recognition, navigation, transcription, and more.
Also: I tried smart glasses with a built-in display, and they made my Meta Ray-Bans feel outdated
These glasses are also surprisingly lightweight and thinner than other models, weighing only 1.7 ounces, which makes them a compelling option for all-day wear. Even at this weight, the Rokid Glasses have a built-in 12MP camera for taking first-person photos and videos and integrated audio to interact with the GPT-5-powered AI assistant or simply listen to your favorite music.
The glasses are available on Kickstarter and have surpassed the $1 million milestone for pledges. Rokid plans to sell the Rokid Glasses for $599.
3. Ecovacs X11 Omnicyclone
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Aside from being the longest-lasting robot vacuum and mop, the Ecovacs X11 Omnicyclone is also the first mainstream premium robot to feature automatic cleaning without a replaceable dust bag. This robot vacuum can wash and dry its mop roller at the dock and automatically empty its dustbin when full.
The biggest innovation is that it empties the dustbin into a plastic dust canister at the dock instead of relying on dust bags. This means that you’ll never have to buy another dustbag for this robot vacuum and can simply empty the dust canister when it is full after a few weeks.
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Combining a large 6,400mAh battery and GaN technology at the dock, the X11 Deebot can quickly recharge each time it goes to the dock to wash its mop pad, refill its clean water tank, and empty its dustbin, gaining up to 6% of charge in only three minutes. This PowerBoost technology lets the robot clean 10,700 square feet without stopping due to low battery, making it a reliable solution to clean large areas.
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The robot is also one of the smartest I’ve ever seen. Its voice assistant can interact with users to answer setup questions, review troubleshooting guides, and handle complex commands.
Thanks to the improved TruEdge 3.0 technology, the mop roller can reach the edge of floors alongside walls or under cabinets.
4. Eufy Marswalker
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If you’ve ever grumbled about having to move your robot vacuum upstairs so it can clean your second story, Eufy has a solution: the Marswalker. Thanks to rubber tracks that grip onto the steps, this robot can carry your Eufy Omni S2 robot vacuum and mop up and down the stairs without missing a beat. The Marswalker can travel up and adjust to different stairs and floor types, making it widely compatible.
The Marswalker is compatible with the Omni S2 and S1, and Eufy hopes to ensure compatibility with the Eufy E25 and E28 robot vacuums. The company hasn’t announced a price or date for this robot’s availability.
5. Olight Ostation 2
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I was impressed with the Ostation battery charger at CES earlier this year, but Olight just upped the ante with the Ostation 2, which automatically charges both AA and AAA batteries.
My family uses more batteries than I’d like to publicly admit, so I’ve been looking at rechargeable battery stations to switch to a more eco-friendly solution. The biggest problem with these is that they typically only charge one kind of battery, either AA or AAA, so you’d have to buy separate stations to recharge both types of batteries.
Also, I tried to destroy this $45 power bank (including driving over it with a tractor) – it refused to break.
The Ostation 2 solves this with a charging dock that can handle AA and AAA rechargeable batteries, holding 12 of them. You don’t even have to worry about lining up the battery just right — simply drop it into one of the slots and the Ostation 2 will recharge it and release it into a sorted tray once done. This station protects rechargeable batteries from overcharging by releasing the connection once the battery is full.
6. Govee TV Backlight 3 Pro
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Govee’s new TV Backlight 3 Pro is visually impressive, especially to someone with the Nanoleaf 4D light strips installed on my TV at home. The new Govee system has a triple-camera intake system, so it can more accurately mirror the colors on your TV. I watched the lights change along with the image and was struck by how bright and responsive they are. The lights mirror the colors on the screen within a fraction of a second, so you don’t get the sense that they’re catching up to what is displayed on the screen.
Govee has yet to announce a price for its TV Backlight 3 Pro, but it says the product should be available in the coming weeks.
7. Roborock RockMow
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Robot mowers have become a natural progression for robot vacuums, which function similarly. Roborock is expanding its portfolio to include robot mowers, particularly models like the RockMow Z1, RockMow S1, and RockNeo Q1. The Z1 is expected to be the most premium model in the Roborock lineup, capable of cutting 54,000 square feet daily.
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It’s unclear when these robot mowers will go on sale and at what price, but Roborock expects at least one model to hit the US in the first half of 2026.
