Luke Littler and Luke Humphries both breezed into the second round of the European Championship in Germany with emphatic victories.
World champion Littler claimed a 6-1 win over his childhood hero Dutchman Raymond van Barneveld.
The 18-year-old…

Luke Littler and Luke Humphries both breezed into the second round of the European Championship in Germany with emphatic victories.
World champion Littler claimed a 6-1 win over his childhood hero Dutchman Raymond van Barneveld.
The 18-year-old…

A “proud” Jasmine Paolini revealed this week that she will be one of the 10,001 torchbearers who will carry the Olympic torch around Italy leading up to the 2026 Winter Olympics.
The traditional route for the Olympic…

Charles Leclerc finished fastest in Free Practice 1 for the Mexico City Grand Prix, the Ferrari driver heading Kimi Antonelli and Nico Hulkenberg.
Leclerc finished just one-tenth faster than Antonelli, with Hulkenberg a further three-tenths back…

USADA announced today that Bernard Yuan, of Falls Church, Va., an athlete in the sport of weightlifting, has accepted a two-year period of ineligibility for an anti-doping rule violation.
Yuan, 33, tested positive for clomiphene and…

Welcome to The Briefing, where we’ll be answering the key on-track questions ahead of the Mexico City Grand Prix.
Each week, powered by Google Cloud, we’ll be speaking to one of our trackside experts to walk you through the biggest…

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The NBA is speeding. An up-and-comer is bruising. And an All-Star believes he can lift…

Stephon Castle, alongside fellow Kia Rookie of the Year award winners for the Spurs
We’re tipping off our Rookie of the Year series with the most recent winner of the award, San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle. We’ll take a closer look at…

Sinner, 24, has now won 60 of his last 66 matches, and will be seeking a 4th title of 2025 after triumphing at the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and the China Open. The Italian, who was overtaken by Carlos Alcaraz at the top of the rankings…

Lando Norris is happy that his title challenge is no longer hindered by consequences placed on him by McLaren and says he feels in a “comfortable place.”
McLaren imposed the unspecified “consequences” on Norris after he…

Indian and Sri Lankan athletes dominated the opening day of the South Asian Athletics Championships 2025 in Ranchi, clinching five and four gold medals, respectively, at the Birsa Munda Football Stadium in Ranchi.
The first gold medal for India -…