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Paris Saint-Germain’s Ousmane Dembele, Barcelona Women’s Aitana Bonmatí and the Spanish giant’s Men’s young superstar, Lamine Yamal were among the winners at the mega Ballon d'Or awards ceremony.

Great Britain and Northern Ireland failed to win a gold medal at a World Athletics Championships for the first time in 22 years, as they secured their joint-lowest overall return since 2005.

GB&NI's Katarina Johnson-Thompson came away with yet another World Athletics Championship medal after sharing heptathlon bronze with American Taliyah Brooks.

A new study conducted by iGaming specialist Martynas Norvilas analysed monthly Google search volumes for terms related to Eagles vs. Cowboys (like "cowboys eagles," "cowboys score," "dallas cowboys," "dallas cowboys vs. philadelphia eagles," and "dallas cowboys game") across the top UK regions.

The U.K. Government is joining with one of the world's most recognisable brands to develop courts for local communities across England and provide under-represented groups - such as women and girls, people with disabilities and ethnic minorities - with more opportunities to play. 

During halftime at a recent preseason football game between the National Football League’s (NFL) Washington Commanders and Cincinnati Bengals, four youth flag football teams took the field to scrimmage.

USA star, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone was one of the major headline acts, as she set a championship record as she won the women's 400m, whilst Botswana’s Collen Kebinatshipi and Bayapo Ndori took gold and bronze – respectively - in the men's 400m final.

Formula 1 Heineken Las Vegas Grand Prix has announced the extension of its agreement with global hospitality and entertainment leader MGM Resorts International, continuing the company’s role as a Founding Partner through 2030.

World Athletics have said that it will be reminding the Great Britain & Northern Ireland team of its rules about religious and political slogans after Jeremiah Azu wore a headband with '100% Jesus' on it at the World Championships in Tokyo.

Cricket fans in Continental Europe and South East Asia will witness the best of cricketing action as YuppTV has acquired the digital broadcasting rights for the Asia Cup 2025.

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Usain Bolt celebrated, a new era for Jamaican men's sprinting was heralded, Oblique the newly crowned world 100m champion, after winning gold in Tokyo.

He became the first Jamaican man to win a global 100m title since his nation's icon last did so in Rio nine years ago, having just missed out on the world podium two years ago when he matched silver medallist Letsile Tebogo's time, but a photo finish ruled him to be four thousandths of a second short of the podium. "It is just a tremendous feeling to compete in front of Usain here in Tokyo," he said.

Seville (24) has long been forced to shoulder the weight of expectation which has accompanied Jamaica's wait for Bolt's successor. "Between his (Bolt’s) coach is mine (coach) I know they both are very proud of me – with them saying that I am going to be the world champion,” he said.

"Now I’ve proved that I am a champion, and I am very proud of that. I have proved that I am a true competitor, that I have the determination of a champion.”

"To win this gold medal is something special to me.” Kishane Thompson, the fastest man in the world this year, made it a Jamaican one-two, with defending world champion, Noah Lyles, taking the bronze medal.

Under the guidance of Bolt's former coach, Glen Mills, Seville will hope this is just the start - as will his nation, with its sprinting prowess revived. In the women’s event, however, the United States’ Melissa Jefferson-Wooden celebrate her country’s dominance by taking a very much convincing gold there, whilst Tina Clayton also grabbed silver.

24-year-old Jefferson-Wooden sealed gold in the final in emphatic fashion, proving a class above her rivals in a championship record 10.61 seconds, with St Lucia's historic Olympic champion Julien Alfred claiming bronze. The world champion ran the fastest three times of 2025 and remained unbeaten over the distance.

"Today was all about me, about trusting my abilities, my coach, the line I have been given, and my faith,” she said’

“And just trusting that I was prepared for this moment." The world champion reached the pinnacle seven years after she put her sporting ambitions on hold to save her dad's life, stepping forward as a stem cell donor when he was diagnosed with a rare blood condition in 2018.

The final was also a “good-bye”, as another Jamaican sprint legend - Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce — brought an end to an illustrious career which has made her the most decorated female 100-meter sprinter in history, though she plans to run on a relay toward the end of the nine-day meet.

The sprint"queen" finished only sixth in the 100 final, but it didn’t seem to matter that much. “As a competitor that isn’t how I wanted it to go,” she said. “But on the bright side, I made the finals.”

Not bad for a 38-year-old sprinter who said that 18 years ago she didn’t think she “measured up” with other members of the team. And, for her, with this likely to be her last international meet, it was poignant that it should happen in in Tokyo – her first-ever outing for her country was also in the Japanese capital.

Terence Crawford became the undisputed super middleweight champion after victory over Canelo Alvarez in Las Vegas.

It was announced that the British multi-time boxing world champion, Ricky Hatton, was found dead at his home in Greater Manchester.

The Basketball Africa League (BAL) and African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), a leading pan-African multilateral financial institution dedicated to financing and promoting intra - and extra-African trade, announced an expansion of their multi-year collaboration to launch a series of initiatives to empower young basketball professionals in Africa by improving their capabilities in finance and supporting the continent’s creative industries.

New research has revealed the greenest Premier League clubs, with Brighton topping the list.