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Japan and South Korea show enduring rift over sexual slavery issue in letters to UN

Japan’s government on Monday defended its stance on wartime sexual slavery and described South Korean court rulings ordering Japanese compensation as violations of international law, after U.N. investigators criticized Tokyo for failing to ensure truth-findings and reparations for the victims

The Independent UK

Gout Gout aiming very high for the 200m in Tokyo

Gout Gout has wowed the world's athletics media ahead of his major senior championships debut.

AAP

Gout Gout says he is ‘ready to rumble’ ahead of World Athletics Championships debut

Australian teenage sprint phenomenon Gout Gout has declared his legs are ‘ready to rumble’ ahead of his major international debut on Wednesday

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Torrie Lewis rues slow start in 100m semi-final exit as Hull reaches 1500m final

An emotional Torrie Lewis was left ruing a slow start after she was eliminated in her 100m semi-final on at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo

The Guardian - AU

World Athletics Championships: Oblique Seville and Melissa Jefferson-Wooden win 100m gold

Kishane Thompson makes it a memorable men’s one-two for Jamaica on night two in Tokyo, with Olympic champion Noah Lyles taking bronze

Evening Standard

Seville Wins Tokyo 100m For First Jamaican Men's Sprint Title In 10 Years

Oblique Seville won Jamaica's first men's world 100m title in 10 years after outpacing Kishane Thompson and defending champion Noah Lyles for gold in Tokyo on Sunday.

International Business Times

Photo highlights from Day 2 of the world athletics championships in Tokyo

Photo highlights from Day 2 of the world athletics championships in Tokyo.

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Josh Kerr cruises through as Jakob Ingebrigtsen goes out in 1500m shock

Josh Kerr’s storied rivalry with Jakob Ingebrigtsen will not be renewed at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo after the Norwegian failed…

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World Athletics Championships live: 100m finals results and reaction as Jefferson-Wooden and Seville claim world titles

Defending champions Sha’Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles missed out on gold in a brilliant night session in Tokyo

The Independent UK

Gout Gout’s future races towards him as he introduces himself to the world

Results show the 17-year-old is ready for more than what Australia can offer but his team are putting the brakes on his rise to stardom

The Guardian - AU

Lewis ready to go quicker again in Tokyo 100m semis

Australian sprint star Torrie Lewis is putting no limits on how fast she could run in Tokyo.

AAP

A Tokyo Full House Revels In Chebet And Sprinters At World Athletics Champs

Beatrice Chebet won the 10,000 metres world title while the cream of sprinting delighted a sellout 55,000 crowd at the world championships on Saturday -- a stark contrast to the empty stadium at the Covid-affected Tokyo Games in 2021.

International Business Times

Great Britain miss out on mixed relay medal at World Athletics Championships

Lewis Davey, Emily Newnham, Toby Harries and Nicole Yeargin were edged into fifth as the United States took gold in Tokyo

The Independent UK

World Athletics Championships: Kenya’s Chebet wins women’s 10,000m gold, big names impress in 100m heats – as it happened

The first track and field medals were handed out in Tokyo, big names progressed, but Laura Muir is out of the women’s 1500m

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Torrie Lewis breaks own 100m national record in bright start to world championships

Australia’s fastest woman finishes third in heat to reach semi-finals but Rohan Browning fails to progress in men’s event in Tokyo

Evening Standard

How to watch World Athletics Championships for FREE: TV channel and live stream

Tokyo plays host to a nine-day festival of track and field action

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How to Watch the 2025 World Athletics Championships for *FREE* – ft. Noah Lyles, Keeley Hodgkinson & Armand Duplantis

This year's Championships are being held in Tokyo for just the second time in the event's history and we have everything you need to watch all the action from anywhere in the world, for no cost at all.

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Top-10 finish for Australian walker Henderson in Tokyo

Australian race walkers Rebecca Henderson and Rhydian Cowley have claimed top-12 finishes on day one at the world athletics championships.

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The Independent UK

The unexpected advantage behind Josh Kerr’s quest to retain 1500m world title

The reigning 1500m world champion has a target on his back as he defends his title in Tokyo but he reveals that’s just the way he likes it and could even boost his hopes of a famous double in Tokyo

AAP

Hopes very high for Australian success at world titles

The Australian team at the world athletics championships in Tokyo is an intoxicating mix of the now and the next.

The Guardian - AU

Gout Gout fanfare obscures depth of Australian athletics poised for world championships spotlight

The Brisbane teenager may be the talk of the town but there are many other athletes well placed to impress in Tokyo in the green and gold

The Independent UK

Five Brits to watch at the World Athletics Championships

A full-strength GB team will be led by reigning 800m Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson, with plenty of other names in line for silverware in Tokyo

The Independent UK

Josh Kerr challenges rivals to ‘come and get it’ ahead of World title defence

The likes of in-form Dutchman Niels Laros and the recovering Jakob Ingebrigtsen have dominated attention in the build-up to the event in Tokyo.

Medical Daily

Heat Risks Force World Marathons And Race Walks To Start Earlier

The marathons and 35km race walks at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo will start half an hour earlier because of health risks posed by unseasonably hot weather, organisers said Thursday.

The Guardian - UK

Doping in spotlight on eve of World Athletics Championships with two runners banned

US sprinter Erriyon Knighton has been banned for four years for a failed test and Ethiopia’s Diribe Welteji is ineligible to run because of a pending appeal

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