After Breaking Usain Bolt's Record, Robot Breaks Another Human Track Feat at World Humanoid Games
The machines have claimed another world record in track and field.
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Ethiopia's Yomif Kejelcha breaks men's half marathon world record
Ethiopia's Yomif Kejelcha breaks the men's half marathon world record in a time of 56 minutes 51 seconds in a World Athletics road race in Buenos Aires.
Usain Bolt: From sprint stardom to Sunday league - athletics icon set for Wythenshawe Vets bow
Former sprinter Usain Bolt - who won eight gold medals across three Olympics - will return to the football pitch for Manchester side Wythenshawe Vets
Robot Breaks Usain Bolt's 100m Record on Video at Olympics-like World Humanoid Robot Games in China
It took 17 years to find anything in the world that can run the 100 meters faster than Usain Bolt, but a humanoid robot created in China finally did it.
The trains that allow you to fall asleep in one world and wake up in another
In our roundup of travel stories this week: a teenager trapped by a collapsing sandcastle, the Vatican Observatory where science meets religion, plus “invisible architecture” in the African desert.
Robô chinês bate o recorde mundial de Usain Bolt nos 100 metros | G1
O robô, apelidado de Lightning, correu 100 metros em 9,32 segundos - 26 a menos que campeão jamaicano - e atingiu uma velocidade máxima de 14,5 metros por segundo.
2 College Cyclists Killed and 7 Injured In Tennessee Car Crash
HAMPTON, Tenn. (AP) — Two members of a university cycling team were killed and seven others were injured Wednesday when a car collided with a group of riders in northeastern Tennessee, state officials said.
European Athletics Championship: Keely Hodgkinson forced to settle for silver as Audrey Werro wins women's 800m gold
Swiss favourite Audrey Werro holds off Keely Hodgkinson to clinch women's 800m gold at European Athletics Championship in Birmingham; result ended British Olympic champion Hodgkinson's hopes of a hat-trick of European 800m victories, having clinched gold in Munich 2022 and Rome 2024
Britain's Romell Glave: From two serious back injuries and 2022 in a back brace to European 100m champion - 'Delayed but not denied'
Britain's Romell Glave became the 100m champion at the European Athletics Championships on Tuesday; he speaks to Sky Sports about his journey to success via two serious back injuries, causing him to spend most of 2022 in a back brace and to miss the 2024 Paris Olympics
M11: The team behind Keely Hodgkinson's golden rise and pursuit of 800m world record
BBC Sport looks at the team behind Great Britain 800m star Keely Hodgkinson's golden rise and pursuit of a world record.
Commonwealth Games: Several athletes 'unaccounted for' after Glasgow event, according to Police Scotland
Reports in Uganda say that four members of the nation's boxing team have gone missing in Scotland; Police Scotland says it has received reports of several athletes who are unaccounted for following the end of the 2026 Commonwealth Games on Sunday
Commonwealth Games 2026: Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Dina Asher-Smith and netball star Natalie Metcalf out of Glasgow 2026
Two of England's biggest athletics stars - Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Dina Asher-Smith - have withdrawn from the Commonwealth Games due to injury; netball star Natalie Metcalf also out of Glasgow 2026 with the opening ceremony to be held later on Thursday
Josh Kerr breaks mile world record but Keely Hodgkinson fails in 800m record bid at London Diamond League athletics
Former world 1500m world champion Josh Kerr takes almost half a second off the mile world record which has stood since 1999, but Keely Hodgkinson isn't able to break the women's 800m world record which has stood since 1983
Keely Hodgkinson: Could bizarre training accident cost Olympic champion in attempt to break oldest record in athletics?
Keely Hodgkinson's attempt to break the 800m world record could be hampered after suffering a bizarre training accident earlier this month; the Olympic champion is seeking to break the oldest world record in world athletics; Josh Kerr is seeking to break 'The Mile' record
IOC provisionally lifts suspension of Russian Olympic Committee | CNN
IOC President Kirsty Coventry spoke about the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board’s decision to provisionally lift the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) that had been in effect since October 2023, ending neutral status vetting for Russian athletes, a step towards Russia’s return and ahead of the Los Angeles 2028 Games.
Bob Costas reacts to IOC ban: ‘Common sense is not transphobic’ | CNN
Transgender women athletes are now excluded from women’s events at the Olympics after the International Olympic Committee agreed to a new eligibility policy, which aligns with US President Donald Trump’s executive order on sports ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Games. Famed Olympic broadcaster Bob Costas weighs in on the IOC’s ruling.
Meet the high school senior who won Olympic gold | CNN
At just 17, South Korea’s Choi Ga-on won gold in the women’s snowboard halfpipe at the Winter Olympics, beating US star Chloe Kim. She talks to CNN about Olympic gold and her relationship with Kim.
Elise Christie: Former speed skater reveals cost of Olympics dream amid self harm and struggles to make ends meet
Watch 'Elise Christie: No Filter', a Sky Sports New Focus Fund documentary, on Wednesday February 25; Warning: This story covers themes of mental health, self-harm, and sexual assault, which some may find distressing. If you are affected by this story, please visit sky.com/viewersupport