Month: October 2025

World Athletics Championship is the world’s premier track and field competition for senior athletes organised by the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations). The 2025 edition in Tokyo, Japan marked the milestone 20th World Championships since the first World championships were held separately from the Olympic Games in 1983. It saw a new global medal champion in Cordell Tinch, who won the 110m hurdles; Nicola Olyslagers crowned her second outdoor world high jump title; and Cole Hocker returned to form to win 5000m gold.

It was a dramatic final day at the championships in Tokyo with one world record and seven championship records broken or equalled. Australia’s Nicola Olyslagers won her second world outdoor high jump title with a clearance of 2.00m, while Poland’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh and Serbia’s Angelina Topic were tied on countback for silver. The men’s 3000m steeplechase also produced an exciting finish with Geordie Beamish (New Zealand) running down Soufiane El Bakkali of Morocco to win the gold medal in a new world-leading time, with Amanal Petros of Tanzania in third place.

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden became only the second female sprinter to complete a sprint treble at World Athletics, adding the 200m and 4x100m relay titles to her earlier 100m victory. The South Carolina native is bidding to add to her haul at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, and she will face a challenge from fellow United States sprinter Noah Lyles. But Jefferson-Wooden says she’s used to big goals, having grown up in Georgetown and attended a small Division 1 college program in her early years.

Formula 1 is the world’s most prestigious open-wheel single-seat car racing competition. It’s a sport that requires skill, endurance and strategy. It’s also a sport that requires speed – drivers race around the world, at circuits as historic as Silverstone and Spa-Francorchamps, travelling at speeds of up to 200 miles per hour. And at the end of a season, only the top three drivers and teams can take home the coveted trophy.

The first driver to cross the finish line at each Grand Prix receives 25 points, with the remaining runners earning points on a sliding scale. Sometimes a shorter sprint race – known as a ‘sprint’ – takes place before the main event and can count towards the final standings. The team that has the most points at the end of the season wins the constructors’ championship.

Ferrari have competed in F1 since the very first season in 1950 and are still competing today with a driver line-up of Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc, while McLaren and Haas have made significant gains in recent years. Those newcomers join established giants like Mercedes, who have won 14 championships and are still competing with Ferrari in the battle to win the most titles.

Multi-champions include Juan Manuel Fangio, who won five titles in the 1950s; Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna, who both collected four championships in the 1980s; and Sebastian Vettel, who took a remarkable seven consecutive championships from 2010 to 2013. Viewers can follow the latest developments and keep up with the action in our F1 standings section, which features graphs that show season progression, as well as tables that list both points and positions.