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By Mitch Phillips TOKYO (Reuters) -Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi delivered a superb, high-speed, gun-to-tape victory - just - to win the world 800 metres gold in a championship record on Saturday in a glo...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Beatrice Chebet outsprinted fellow Kenyan Faith Kipyegon in a stunning finish to win the women's 5,000 metres world title on Saturday, completing a 5,000-10,000 double in Tokyo to mat...

By Nick Mulvenney TOKYO (Reuters) -Anna Hall won the heptathlon 800 metres in two minutes 06.08 seconds at the world championships on Saturday to secure her first global gold medal and bring the world...

By Mitch Phillips TOKYO (Reuters) -Jessica Schilder of the Netherlands produced a last-throw stunner to win the women's world shot put gold on Saturday, denying American Chase Jackson a third successi...

By Mitch Phillips TOKYO (Reuters) -The United States, winners of nine of the last 10 world 4x400 men's relay golds, failed to reach the final on Saturday after trailing in sixth in their heat - though...

By Mitch Phillips TOKYO (Reuters) -Noah Lyles says he is not sure to run in next year's inaugural Ultimate Championship in a potentially huge blow to World Athletics' new event that is supposed to sho...

SEOUL (Reuters) -Iga Swiatek stormed into the final of the rain-hit Korea Open on Saturday, defeating Barbora Krejcikova in the quarter-finals and Maya Joint in the semi-finals to book a title clash w...

By Nick Mulvenney TOKYO (Reuters) -Belgium's triple Olympic champion Nafi Thiam pulled out of the heptathlon at the world championships on Saturday after an underwhelming long jump left her with almos...

Clayton Kershaw struck out six over 4 1/3 innings in the final regular-season home start of his accomplished career and the Los Angeles Dodgers finished off a 6-3 victory over the visiting San Francis...

Seattle ace Bryan Woo left his start in the Mariners' 4-0 road win over the Houston Astros on Friday night due to tightness in a pectoral muscle. After holding the Astros to one hit over five innings,...