World Athletics
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Athletics: Kelvin Kiptum, Kenyan marathon world record holder, dies aged 24
Kiptum was killed in a car crash on Sunday alongside his Rwandan coach Gervais Hakizimana.
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Watch, Athletics: Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum shatters men’s marathon world record
Kelvin Kiptum won the Chicago Marathon with a time of 2:00:35, breaking Eliud Kipchoge’s previous mark of 2:01:09.
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Watch: Belgium shot-putter Jolien Boumkwo runs 100m hurdles to save team from disqualification
Jolien Boumkwo came last in the race but won two crucial points for Belgium.
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View from the Margins: A Dalit Christian explains why he will be voting for change
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Watch: Faith Kipyegon smashes women’s 1500m world record at Florence Diamond League
The 29-year-old Kenyan bettered the previous best of 3:50.07 set by Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba in Monaco in 2015.
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Watch: Olympic champion Ryan Crouser breaks his own shot put world record at the LA Grand Prix
The 30-year-old, a gold medallist at the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympics, threw a massive 23.56 m to set a new world record.
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Athletics: Tori Bowie, Rio 2016 100m silver medallist from USA, dies at 32
At the Rio Olympics, Bowie prevented a Jamaican clean sweep of the medals
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Watch: Dogs wag their tails to ‘conduct’ classical music orchestra
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Watch: Glimpses of Indian singer Sid Sriram’s debut performance at Coachella 2024
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Athletics: Pole vaulter Armand Duplantis clears 6.22m to break his own world record
The Olympic champion Duplantis improved his own record of 6.21m that he set in winning the world title outdoors in Oregon last year.
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Athletics: USA Olympic champion Randolph Ross gets three-year suspension for doping
Ross, a member of the US 4x400m squad which won gold in Tokyo last year, has been suspended for three years for breaking anti-doping rules.
AFP
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Watch replay: Athletics World C’ships men’s 100m final – Fred Kerley leads the US to a clean sweep
Fred Kerley won gold, Marvin Bracy finished second and Trayvon Bromell took the bronze in a podium sweep for the United States in the men’s 100m sprint event.
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Watch: ‘The Broken News’ returns for a second season
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ trailer: A teenager bonds with her grandparents during a summer vacation
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‘Silence 2: The Night Owl Bar Shootout’ review: A bland cop meets a dull case
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‘Juna Furniture’ trailer: Mahesh Manjrekar directs and stars in film about ageing
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Start the week with a film: In ‘Tokyo Sonata’, the unequal music of an emotionally distant family
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Mo Farah reveals he was illegally trafficked to UK and forced to work as child servant
In a BBC TV documentary, Farah reveals that his real name is Hussein Abdi Kahin.
AFP
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Sebastian Coe says athletics could exclude trans athletes, Rugby League issues ban
World Athletics could follow swimming, cycling and Rugby League in banning trans athletes from women’s events.
AFP
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Justin Gatlin interview: ‘I don’t think I was born in the wrong generation’
The five-time Olympic medallist spoke about his longevity in athletics, competing with the greatest, life after sport, the lows of his career and more.
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The Field
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IPL 2024: Suryakumar, bowlers help Mumbai Indians seal thriller against Punjab Kings
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Cricket: Meg Lanning opens up about struggle with food and exercise that led to her early retirement
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Paris Olympics 2024: Long jumper Sreeshankar Murali ruled out of Games with knee injury
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Badminton: Kento Momota, former world champion, announces international retirement
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Chess, Candidates 2024: Gukesh Dommaraju drops to second after draw against Fabiano Caruana