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American triathlete Taylor Knibb has won her first Hawaiian Ironman world title after one of the most dramatic finishes in race history. With a mile left, Norwegian defending champion Solveig Løvseth led Knibb by more than a minute and looked rock-solid, having taken the lead from her inside the final 10km of the 42.2km marathon run. But then Løvseth quickly developed a dramatic case of the wobbles and collapsed. Knibb passed her about a kilometre from the finish and the Norwegian eventually recovered from the meltdown to finish eighth. It recalled the 1995 race, when Paula Newby-Fraser collapsed within just 500m of her seventh win and was passed by Karen Smyers. In a twist of history, Smyers helped hold the winner’s tape for Knibb. Vincent Luis of France won the men’s race aged 37, on his debut. It was just his third Ironman-distance race after Luis won Olympic bronze at Tokyo in the mixed team relay and claimed the 2019 and 2020 world championship series titles. Taylor Knibb competes during the marathon leg of the Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, on Saturday.

Andrea Kimi Antonelli is poised to clinch the world championship at the next round. The championship leader finished third in the Singapore Grand Prix, extending his lead at the top of the standings to 102 points over team mate George Russell.

Catherine Debrunner is back on top of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon podium -- and continues to be on top of the world. The fierce Swiss wheelchair racer, who won the race in 2024, just soared to victory at the 2026 competition, shattering her own world record in the process.

It is one of the last major competitions of the outdoor season in para archery but arguably one of the most open. Santiago 2026 is the penultimate stage of the inaugural Hyundai World Para Series, following on from Bangkok, Nove Mesto and Ahmedabad, with the circuit closing in Dubai in December. However, the action in Chile's capital city promises to be one of the most open fields of the year, as all of Asia's top archers will not travel to South America due to the first day of the Asian Para Games overlapping with the individual finals on Sunday 18 October. This includes athletes such as India's Paralympic medallists Singh Harvinder and Sheetal Devi and Singapore's Ken Swagumilang, the runner up of the Beijing 2025 Asia Para Archery Championships. They may be big hitters in their respective categories, but what their absence does do is pave the path for some of the best para archers from the Americas to win world ranking points - where the vast majority of entries for Santiago come from - and potentially create new stars.

Everyone knows that judo is an individual sport. Do they? Are we quite sure? Anyone who has watched a team competition from the stands and, even more so, anyone who has been part of a team, knows that this statement is not entirely true. It is obvious that, in competition, judoka do not step onto the tatami together. A judo contest is between two athletes and the winner advances to the next round. For seven days in Baku, we watched the new world champions emerge one by one. Judo is not football and certainly not basketball. And yet… When the mixed team day arrives, a different atmosphere takes hold of the arena. There is more noise, more exchange, sometimes more fervour. The athletes are no longer fighting only for themselves; they are fighting for one another, for the team. Suddenly, the result of one contest can have a direct impact on everyone. That changes everything. The team’s journey brings the group together around a shared goal. On the tatami, there is no world or Olympic champion, no winner of a World Judo Tour event. There are athletes contributing their part to a collective effort.

'This show doesn't just present Irish culture and its history to an audience; it invites them into it,' producer says of Oct. 21 event at Orillia Opera House Following a successful first Canadian tour this past spring, the internationally acclaimed World Champion cast of A Taste of Ireland — The Irish Music and Dance Sensation returns to The True North, with two Irish Dance Champions tapping on home soil.

An attack by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport drew condemnation from European leaders, the United Nations and regional governments on Sunday.

British ColumbiaIn 1991, Jo-Anne Ritchie won her first triathlon world championship in Australia. The following year, she won silver in Muskoka, Ont., and she brought home the bronze from Manchester in 1993. According to World Triathlon, she also won the overall 1993 World Cup title and two Canadian championships. Jo-Anne Ritchie described as ‘pioneer,’ ‘Canadian sporting icon’ by World TriathlonCourtney Dickson · CBC News · Posted: Oct 11, 2026 9:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: October 11Listen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Jo-Anne Ritchie is pictured speaking after being inducted into the World Triathlon Hall of Fame in Pontevedra, Spain in the fall of 2026. (World Triathlon)If you've ever been out for a run and had a woman run up beside you, greet you kindly and suddenly take off, it might have been Jo-Anne Ritchie. "Sometimes it's a little bit of an awkward moment — because you feel you have to, you know, they're people, and you feel you have to greet them," she told CBC's Daybreak South.

Giving small businesses the capital to grow The Fostering Inclusive Finance for MSMEs in Nigeria program (FINCLUDE) is designed to expand the availability and quality of finance for more than 250,000 micro, small, and medium enterprises in job-intensive sectors, with 30 percent of financing targeted to women-led businesses. A $500 million package from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Development Association combines financing and risk-sharing tools to encourage financial institutions and other investors to provide additional capital to underserved firms. The program is expected to mobilize nearly $1.89 billion in private financing and support an estimated 850,000 direct and indirect jobs.

Saudi Arabia has accused Yemen’s Houthis of killing at least 12 people and wounding 300 others in a third attack on the Riyadh international airport this week. The victims of the attack on Saturday included four Saudis, two ⁠Bangladeshis and one person each from the United States, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Sudan and Egypt, the General Authority of Civil Aviation said. It was the deadliest attack on the kingdom in more than a decade. The Riyadh airport attack came as the war in Yemen intensifies, with the Houthis battling forces aligned with the internationally recognised government for control of the country. Saudi Arabia is waging an air campaign against the Houthis to support the ground war by Yemeni government forces against the Iran-backed group. Here’s a roundup of the global reaction:United StatesUS President Donald Trump described the attack as “terrible” and said he “will be speaking” with Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), soon. He said he was evaluating whether the US should join the war against the Houthis. “We may. We’re gonna look at it. We just found out about the recent attack, so we’ll make a decision.

'I said before the start that I wanted to risk it and go for a big result and it was the podium I was thinking about' says Danish rider who paid his own way to world title race

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After seven days of individual competition, and with the mixed team tournament now under way, the verdict is in. We know the names of the 14 individual world champions who will be proud to wear the coveted red backpatch until the 2027 edition that will be organised in Astana, Kazakhstan. Some are already familiar with the privilege and have earned the right to keep it for another year. Others are discovering it for the first time, suddenly finding themselves in the spotlight. In the space of a single day, they have gone from outsiders or challengers to the athletes everyone will be watching, and perhaps hoping to defeat, at their next appearance. These seven days have delivered a spectacle worthy of the occasion. Two weight categories each day, two world champions crowned, one woman and one man; this is the rhythm of the world championships, following the same format as the Olympic Games. It is a formula we never tire of. Every morning brings new expectations, every afternoon its share of surprises, and every evening two more stories enter the history books. There are many lessons to draw from such an extraordinary week.

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