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JAPAN: World Athletics has declared that Tokyo will host the 2025 World Athletics Championships, beating out Singapore, Nairobi, and Silesia (Jul 14). Last year’s Olympic Games will be returning to their original location for this year’s JAAF centennial celebration. The 2023 World Athletics Championships will be held in Budapest, according to World Athletics. WADA president Sebastian Coe remarked after the …

SOUTH AFRICA: Cricket Australia (CA) was unable to meet South Africa’s request to postpone the January one-day international series against Australia. This series had been set for Hobart (Jan. 12), Sydney (Jan. 14), and Perth in January, however Cricket South Africa requested that it be moved (Jan. 17). There are no other dates available, CA stated in a statement on …

DENMARK: Upon his retirement from football, former Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere stated that he intends to emulate the style and ideals of Arsene Wenger and current manager Mikel Arteta when he takes over the club’s Under-18 team. Wilshere, who played with Arteta for five seasons and appeared in 197 games for Arsenal under Wenger, revealed on Friday that he was …

US: Even as he celebrated returning to the top of the podium for the first time since April on Sunday, Charles Leclerc expressed concern over the reliability of Ferrari’s engines. Max Verstappen’s Red Bull team-mate Max Chilton leads the championship by 38 points, but the Monegasque driver has now won three races in a row this season. “That was just …

US: When we first met Kyra and Vera Poh, the sister-and-sister record-breaking duo, we thought of the words “fun,” “easy,” and “carefree,” among others. In June, CNA Women interviewed the sisters at Sentosa’s iFly Singapore, where they had just returned from the 4th FAI World Cup of Indoor Skydiving 2022, which had taken place in Belgium just a few months …

BRUSSELS: To the dismay of French publisher Les Editions P Amaury, which holds exclusive rights to the football prize Ballon d’Or, a European court on Wednesday upheld a patent agency’s ruling that stripped the French company of its television broadcasting and book publishing rights. This trademark was revoked by the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in error, however, and the …

NEW ZEALAND: Will Jordan, David Havili, and Jack Goodhue missed the first test against Ireland because of COVID-19, but captain Sam Cane says they are under no obligation to play in Saturday’s second test against Ireland. After missing Auckland’s 42-19 victory over Ireland last weekend, all three players returned to training on Tuesday in preparation for Dunedin’s second test match …

MALAYSIA: The Malaysia Open final was Japan’s Kento Momota’s first final appearance of the year, when he beat Thailand’s Kunlavut Vitidsarn in straight sets on Saturday. Viktor Axelsen, the world number one, overcame Jonatan Christie, the second seed, 21-15, 20-22, 21-11, to reach the final on Sunday. An important step forward for Momota’s career had been set back by a …

UK: The British Grand Prix was red-flagged on Sunday (Jul 3) after a horrifying opening-corner multi-car accident at Silverstone, with Zhou Guanyu’s Alfa Romeo flipping over and flying over the circuit’s safety barrier. Marshals raced to rescue Zhou, who was stranded in his wrecked car, as Max Verstappen overtook polesitter Carlos Sainz at the first corner. The Mercedes of George …

UKRAINE: As a tennis player, Elina Svitolina has a “purpose” to aid her homeland, and she plans on using her platform to do it. Tennis has taken a backseat for the 27-year-old Ukrainian, who keeps in touch with her family and friends back home and is actively working to raise money and awareness for the country’s crisis. Svitolina said, “It’s …