Farewell to Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce, the Pocket Rocket who blazed a trail through athletics that few could even dream of! Olympics: 3 Gold, 4 Silver, 1 Bronze World Championships: 10 Gold, 6 Silver, 1 Bronze Total: 25 global medals One of the greatest! 📸: REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

That was too close for comfort but USA edge Jamaica in the women's 4x100m final! Sha'Carri Richardson nearly caught by Jonielle Smith but she hung on for the gold. Gina Lueckenkemper with an astonishing anchor leg for Germany to deny Britain the bronze. #WorldAthleticsChamps

My goodness, what a 4x400m relay as Botswana win in it on the line in a torrential downpour in 2:57.76! USA and South Africa with the same time (2:57.83) but the Americans take silver by two-thousandths of a second. #WorldAthleticsChampionships

Beatrice Chebet beats Faith Kipyegon in the women's 5000m final and the pair embrace. Chebet just exploded in the last 100m and takes gold despite Kipyegon's season best time! Meanwhile, Nadia Battocletti gives Italy a rare medal in the event after coming third! #WorldAthleticsChampionships

Very well taken goal from Ekitike. So difficult to take a touch and then a shot with your very next step at that speed. #LIVEVE

Nothing like the relays to provide drama. You can train and prepare all you want but something can always go wrong. USA (winners of 9 of the last 10 golds) out of the 4x400m after a messy exchange! Jamaica out of the 4x100m! #WorldAthleticsChampionships

Britain's Amy Hunt, who won the silver in the 200m, had delayed her athletics career to study for a degree. "I chose to go to Cambridge to get a degree. That is my message for young people - you don't have to give up education. "You can be an academic badass and a track goddess!"

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden completes the double in Tokyo! 100m: 🥇in 10.61 200m: 🥇 in 21.68 #WorldAthleticsChampionships

WTF did we just see in the triple jump! Andrea Dallavalle, who had a personal best of 17.36m in the triple jump, nearly took gold with a massive jump of 17.64m before Pedro Pichardo soared to 17.91m with the last jump of the day! 🤯 #WorldAthleticsChampionships

Noah Lyles is crowned the 200m world champion - again! Meanwhile, it's a WC to forget for Letsile Tebogo. DQ'd for a false start in the 100m final, fourth in the 200m final. #WorldAthleticsChamps

Femke Bol! Was there any doubt? Defends her 400m hurdles title in style! Jasmine Jones was close but couldn't do anything to reel her in despite clocking a personal best. #WorldAthleticsChamps

Neeraj Chopra said he hurt his back on Sept 4 and had an MRI scan but told no one. "I was thinking I would still manage to get through it. But javelin is really tough. If you are not in a good shape, you're out." www.reuters.com/sports/india... #WorldAthleticsChamps

Woof! 47.78! I cannot believe what I've just seen as Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone sets the second-fastest time in history in the women's 400m - on a wet track! #WorldAthleticsChamps

Taking a look at the costliest squads to assemble (according to CIES) and I can't believe West Ham (€494m) have paid almost as much as Bayern Munich and more than Barcelona! No surprise seeing five Premier League squads that cost over €1 billion.

What a 1,500m final! Portugal's Isaac Nader beats Briton Jake Wightman by 0.02 seconds! Wightman led for the last 100m or so but was beaten right on the line and his expression of disbelief says it all! #WorldAthleticsChamps

Wow! Mattia Furlani flies into the record books as the youngest world long jump champion after the 20-year-old jumped 8.39m! Miltiadis Tentoglou (2x Olympic gold medallist and defending champion) not even in the top 10 at more than half a metre behind! #WorldAthleticsChamps

Australia's 17-year-old Gout Gout (touted as the next Usain Bolt) qualifies for the 200m semis with a time of 20.23s. Far from his best of 20.02 but enough to advance. #WorldAthleticsChamps

Neeraj Chopra needs just one throw (84.85m) to qualify for the final. #WorldAthleticsChamps

What a goal! How did Martinelli take that at such speed? How is his ankle still attached? #UCL

Why didn't Hannibal lecture the ref after that handball and penalty? #BURLIV

Marquez: "I gave everything I had." Bezzecchi: "I gave my all, I'm destroyed!" Arguably Marquez's greatest victory of the season as he was pushed to the limit on Ducati's home turf. But what Bezzecchi learned was Marquez's limits are different. #SanMarinoGP Report: www.reuters.com/sports/marc-...

Defending champion Sha'Carri Richardson scrapes through to the 100m final after a nervous wait. She nearly had a false start and then a nervous stumble before qualifying with one of the fastest times outside the top two in each heat. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce also in the final!

Moments after seizing control, it was Marquez who lost it. He misjudged a corner and suddenly the Spaniard was sliding across the gravel as his red bike cartwheeled and hit the wall, the paddock watching on in disbelief. Sprint report: www.reuters.com/sports/bezze... #MotoGP #SanMarinoGP

Mindblowing from Marc Marquez! Perfect launch from the second row + aggressive overtaking on the first three turns and he's up to second behind Bezzecchi! #MotoGP #SanMarinoGP

They're just going to yell at Zubimendi to shoot every time he gets the ball 25 yards from goal, aren't they? #ARSNFO

"Don't do it, don't do it, don't do it..." - Me when Odegaard went into that 50-50 challenge. While I appreciate the hunger to fight for the ball, that was always going to be a risky one. Shoulder injuries in consecutive home games - but glad it wasn't his ankle! #ARSNFO

Erriyon Knighton's agent labelled the American sprinter's four-year ban for an Anti-Doping Rule Violation as a 'travesty' after his contaminated meat defence was not accepted by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. "This case is not over." www.reuters.com/sports/banne...

Watching the women's 100m heats and it's so cool to see 38-year-old Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and 36-year-old Marie Josee Ta Lou-Smith topping their heat despite slowing down near the finish. #WorldAthleticsChamps

UEFA Executive Committee decisions: - Estadio Metropolitano (Madrid) to host 2027 Champions League final - National Stadium (Warsaw) to stage 2027 women’s final - No decision yet on Serie A and LaLiga games abroad until they discuss with all stakeholders - including fans.

Chelsea are hoping the FA takes their transparency into account if the alleged breaches from the Roman Abramovich era result in sanctions - similar to how they reached a settlement with UEFA two years ago. www.reuters.com/sports/socce...

The International Motorcycling Federation and MotoGP are pulling the plug on MotoE in 2026 citing a lack of viewership and insufficient development in electric performance motorcycles. "The truth is that we haven't reached our objectives." Story: www.reuters.com/sports/motoe...

End of an era as former Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas retires. Fittingly, the final stage began at the velodrome named after him, ran within 100 metres of his parents' home, his childhood cycling club and the pub where he had his first pint. www.reuters.com/sports/thoma...

Alex Marquez was in no mood to finish behind Marc yet again this season and he stepped out of his brother's shadow - and slipstream - to claim his second #MotoGP win. A speed bump in Marc's title charge? #CatalanGP Report: www.reuters.com/sports/alex-...

Alex Marquez ends brother Marc's unbeaten run (15 sprints and races) to win the #CatalanGP. Redemption after crashing out of the lead yesterday. Tech3's Enea Bastianini came third and team principal Herve Poncharal calls future CEO Guenther Steiner a "lucky bastard" on live TV! 😂 #MotoGP

This was Alex Marquez’s sprint, his weekend - pole position, lap record, a commanding lead. Just as it was coming together for the younger Marquez - on home turf - in a heartbeat, it was gone and Marc extended his unbeaten streak. #CatalanGP Sprint report: www.reuters.com/sports/marc-... #MotoGP

Guenther Steiner is back! But he's swapped four wheels for two when he takes over as KTM Tech3 CEO next year. "Formula One is more pressure. There is pressure here as well, but it's more the sporting pressure. In Formula One, there's a lot of politics." www.reuters.com/sports/forme... #MotoGP

No denying Daniel Levy built a world-class stadium and made Spurs rich. But it's not just the fans who say he lacked ambition, so did the players. This excerpt from Hugo Lloris comes to mind, when he realised they would always accept second best.

Max Dowman included in Arsenal's Champions League squad, which means he could break the record for the youngest player to make a Champions League appearance - currently held by Youssoufa Moukoko (16 years and 18 days old).

"Please, we are just cyclists and we are doing our job." Yesterday, a cyclist crashed when protesters carrying Palestinian flags ran on to the road. Today, the race was stopped in the neutral zone due to protesters. #LaVuelta25 www.reuters.com/sports/cycli...

Just two rounds into the Premier League season...

Half an hour into the #UCLDraw and we still haven't started the actual draw.

Kairat Almaty (Kazakhstan), who qualified for the Champions League, is so far to the east of Europe that it is on the same longitude as... Kerala, India! #UCL

Bruno Fernandes: "I was upset because the referee did not apologise and that was what triggered me in the moment." The story of a missed penalty, a fortunate own goal and an equaliser from a substitute's first touch. Report: www.reuters.com/sports/socce... #FULMUN

Altay Bayindir is absolutely lost when the ball is crossed anywhere in the vicinity of the six-yard box. No wonder Fulham have put in so many crosses. #FULMUN

"When I saw that the soft rear tyres started to drop, I was with the medium, I started to attack." Patient and pragmatic, a Marc Marquez attack is inevitable when he is on the hunt. #HungarianGP Race Report: www.reuters.com/sports/marqu... #MotoGP

Arteta giving us a glimpse of the future (and present) as Nwaneri, Lewis-Skelly and Dowman (15 years old!) share the pitch in a Premier League game. If not for the injuries to Saka and Odegaard, this would have been the perfect game, especially with Gyokeres opening his account. #Arsenal #ARSLEE

Lucky number 13: Marc Marquez led from start to finish at the Balaton Park Circuit to win his 13th sprint in 14 rounds this season. Marquez is not just winning, he’s erasing the notion of competition this season aboard the Ducati. Report: www.reuters.com/sports/marqu... #MotoGP #HungarianGP

The difference between qualifying for Q2 and missing out - 0.001 seconds! #HungarianGP #MotoGP

Marseille boss De Zerbi: "In a workplace, we have two employees fighting like in an English pub, with a teammate on the ground because he lost consciousness. "I come from the streets, I'm used to this kind of thing. But to see bodyguards defending us..." www.reuters.com/sports/socce...

Mikel Arteta on transfers: "That's the number one, that they want to be with us and feel something special to come to us.: Thomas Frank: "I don't want any players who don't want to come to the club. "If they don't want to come here and wear this fantastic badge, we don't want them here."