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Olympic finalist Rachid Muratake improved the Japanese 110m hurdles record to 12.92 (0.6m/s), achieving the second-fastest time of the season at the Athlete Night Games in Fukui on Saturday (16). Making a statement as his nation prepares to host the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 from 13-21 September, the 23-year-old Asian champion launched himself to joint 11th on the world all-time list. Only USA’s Cordell Tinch, with his world lead of 12.87 from May, has gone faster this year. Breaking 13 seconds for the first time, Muratake is now the sole Japanese record-holder, having previously shared the national record of 13.04 with Shunsuke Izumiya. That means he now sits alone at second on the Asian all-time list, behind only Liu Xiang of China, who clocked the Asian record of 12.88 in 2006. https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/tokyo25/news/report/rachid-muratake-japanese-110m-hurdles-record-fukui

Some news on the secret sports program of the 2026 Asian Games 😄 https://www.anocolympic.org/olympic-movement/oca-executive-board-approves-sports-programme-for-20th-asian-games-in-aichi-nagoya/

My 30-year-old world record 'not a good sign for athletics' - Edwards https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/articles/c9qyw3842xgo

I’m happy they were able to keep the score line close.

Sha'Carri Richardson arrested in alleged domestic violence incident, police say https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2025/08/01/shacarri-richardson-arrested/85483029007/ The incident is with Christian Coleman.

I stumbled upon this earlier today while looking for the results of the championships. Is this what you’re looking for? https://russwimming.ru/upload/iblock/dd8/w67wgle2udoud46hrw9ns57rvnor0o44/2025_07_02_EA-Junior-Scampionships.pdf

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone will run the 400 meters at the USATF Championships instead of the 400 meters hurdles. https://runningmagazine.ca/sections/runs-races/sydney-mclaughlin-levrone-sets-her-sights-on-new-event-at-world-championships/

World Aquatics Championships: 25 swimmers fail to finish open water race amid afternoon heat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEW_XPhuABw

From the volleyball schedule, I see the Iranian men’s team are absent leaving Group B with just three teams. China, which was originally drawn in Group C have been replaced by the Philippines.

Swimming Portion of LA 2028 Olympics Will Remain at 9 Days; Will Award Final Games Medals Organizers of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games have released the daily competition schedule to mark three years out of the opening ceremonies in SoFi Stadium, which will later be converted to a swimming venue. The news confirms the swimming dates from July 22 through July 30, which will include awarding the last medal events of the Games between 3:00-4:30 PM local time, before the Closing Ceremony at 6:00 PM at the Los Angeles Coliseum. https://swimswam.com/swimming-portion-of-la-2028-olympics-will-remain-at-9-days-will-award-final-games-medals/

It’s much worse for the European Under 23 Swimming Championships. Incomplete results on the European Aquatics website. You have to search for it on the site of the Slovak Swimming Federation.

Maccabiah Games in Israel postponed to 2026. https://swimswam.com/maccabiah-games-in-israel-postponed-to-2026/ The Games is a casualty of the current war between Israel and Iran.

Did they give a reason for basketball’s non inclusion? It’s baffling that Pan Am Sports would remove the sport.

Ralford Mullings beats Mykolas Alekna to the NCAA discus title with a final round throw of 69.31 meters.

Imane Khelif must undergo mandatory sex testing to compete, World Boxing says https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/may/30/imane-khelif-must-undergo-mandatory-sex-testing-world-boxing-says

According to this circular from the Asian Shooting Confederation, there will be 12 team events in shooting at the 2026 Asian Games. That means we are looking at a minimum of 27 shooting events at the Games: the 12 individual Olympic events plus the team events for each of them as well as the three mixed team events. https://www.asia-shooting.org/document/circular-no-437-team-events-shooting-competition-20th-asian-games-2026-aichi-nagoya-japan/

Women’s World Cup to expand to 48 teams in 2031 https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cr4z0g6e234o More lopsided games coming in 2031, if you ask me.

No athletes village for the 2026 Asian Games due to construction costs. Around 4,600 athletes will be housed on a cruise ship and 2,400 in temporary container homes. https://oca.asia/news/6180-cruise-ship-accommodation-offers-athletes-unique-asian-games-experience.html https://oca.asia/news/6177-technical-delegates-receive-asian-games-accommodation-update.html

Open water swimming has been excluded from the 2026 Asian Games. The total number of football teams will be 16 each for men and for women. https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/04/c3181bc16e2b-asian-games-cricket-mixed-martial-arts-added-to-2026-program.html?phrase=henoko&words=#:~:text=The organizing committee of the,been excluded from the program.

Yes. Same format as the last Asian Games. https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/cricket-retained-for-2026-asian-games-in-japan-101746010969042.html

1980. Allan Wells. It wasn’t on television because of the Olympic boycott so I found out about it from the newspapers.

I just found out about it before coming to this page. I’m shocked to find the Philippines is sending a men’s basketball team for the first time since 2013. Hopefully, it won’t end up like the last time when they went home after the group stage and then got disqualified from the tournament by FISU.

After the European Indoor Championships, no more statistics handbook for the World Indoors too. Sad day for athletics fans.

Results book for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships. https://european-athletics.directus.app/assets/06a0206e-fdf9-4485-958e-5fe6daf48e9a/ATH-------------------------------_B99_v1.0.pdf

Klaebo 6 for 6 at the World Championships!