By Duncan Mackay at the Grand Hotel Vidgof in ChelyabinskWinners at this year's World Judo Championships, due to start here tomorrow, will receive a medal decorated with the Chelyabinsk meteor.

fell in and around ChelyabinskThe power of the explosion was about 500 kilotons of TNT, which is 20-30 times

made worldwide headlines in February 2013 ©AFP/Getty ImagesThe incident will now be celebrated in the medals

"There is no doubt that the 2014 World Championships will make history as one of the best in all aspects

I want to congratulate the organisers for the level of organisation and I wish all of you a successful

Getty ImagesIn the men's under 60kg, Japan's Naohisa Takato will be defending his two-year unbeaten record

sporting history.In the second round there was a huge shock when Vilhjálmur Einarsson broke the Olympic record

He was so popular for his achievement that he was five times voted Iceland's sportsperson of the year

He was so popular when he won his first Olympic title in Helsinki in 1952 - breaking his own world record

four times in the process - that he was asked by his coach to do a lap of honour at the end of the contest

It was replicas of his 1952 and 1956 medals, in a box just like the real thing."

Adhemar died I said to my husband, 'We have to do something here, because this is where he won that record-breaking

They asked me to come down to the school so I went along with my replica medals and with one of Adhemar's

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All times stated are Chinese22:50 That's it in terms of sport for this evening I'm afraid.

I'm going to go bathe my blistering fingers after ferociously trying to keep up the all the medal action

personal best 1.89m to seal the win with France's Nawal Meniker settlign for silver as she fails three times

Filipino duo has won the mixed international team archery competition as Jiaman Li and Luis Gabriel Moreno record

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All times stated are Chinese22:50 With that dramatic penalty shoot out victory for the hosts, comes an

The record didn't come but the gold certainly did with Venezuela's Robeilys Peinado following into second

The country has won five Olympic medals in the sport, all bronze, with their only gold coming in Greco

in the Youth WOG 110mh & in the process smashing the World Record in 12.96 seconds!

All times stated are ChineseGoodnight22:00 That's it for sporting action then as Brazil fall to a 16-

The Slovenian trounced Tunisia 33-12 in their opening fixture and look on course to record a second win

windsurfers have completed six races so far, while the Byte CII one person dinghy classes have raced seven times

of medals was Bulgaria.

For the record, that was won by single scull rower Tim Ole Naske. 

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All times stated are ChineseGoodnight22:15 As they say in the movies, "that's a wrap", as all of the

Congrats to all gymnasts who took part!

For the record, gold for Europe and Asia, silver for Africa and Asia, and bronze for North America and

today is the mixed international teams event, each team is set to be named after a judo great from times

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And another world junior record!

table yet as we haven't quite worked out how we are going to factor all of these continental medals

It looks all over for Argentina...10:50 That's better.

Times and tastes are changing.

the post, so to speak, in Sunday's final Master Class race before a sell-out crowd of 29,000.It was a record

in China on November 1 and 2.Paul Bonhomme (centre) is at the top of the sport of air racing, with a record

And there could certainly be medals in it for Britain."But just how hazardous a sport is it?

We're flying at 12G - so 12 times your body weight!

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All times stated are ChineseGoodnight22:15 Now it is truly time for us to go with no more sport left

yet another exciting day of action live from Nanjing.If you haven't been keeping up to date with the medals

There are five medals coming from the pool today.

finals due to take place just before 18:00.12:43 A great result for Kenya in the rugby sevens as they record

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Read about all of this on our website. 21:55 A total of 20 countries have now won gold medals after two

Home favourites China rallied from a tight defeat to Australia on Sunday to record victories against

of host medals at almost all major sporting events.

All the comes gets underway at 18:00 so stay tuned for all the updates!

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The power of sport to give hope at times of trouble.Romanchuk won a bronze medal in the same event at

some similarity with BMX, ski and snowboard-cross events that have lit up the Olympic Games in recent times

Her world record is 29.48, so getting on for three seconds quicker than she swam this morning.

In comparison, Meilutyte won gold and silver at the 2013 FINA World Championships and is the world record

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Medals will be won in triathlon and shooting first of all, followed by swimming, weightlifting, taekwondo

representing the Chinese Dream, which relates to the "Great Renewal" of the Chinese nation in modern times

Get your smart phones out and lets set a record for selfies."

By Emily GoddardBlessing Okagbare has secured the 100 metres gold medal at the African Athletics Championships in Marrakech just two weeks after winning the Commonwealth Games sprint double at Glasgow 2014.

time of 10.05.The silver and bronze medals went to Mark Jelks and Monzavous Edwards, both former United

States sprinters now running for Nigeria, who finished with times of 10.07 and 10.16, respectively.The

Coertzen - having led from the outset of the event.Zarck Visser took one of three South African gold medals

Mokoena claiming silver with 8.02m and Rushwal Samaai securing bronze with 7.84m, and clinched two medals

Niekerk only advanced as last qualifier in 46.6.The men's 800m looks set to be a thrilling final as all

By Mike RowbottomSignificant anniversaries of two great foot races fall either side of this weekend - races won by two Britons who, through their performances on these and other occasions, have earned timeless renown in world athletics.Tomorrow will be exactly 30 years since Sebastian Coe became the first man to defend the Olympic 1500 metres title as he finished just under a second clear of his domestic rival, world champion Steve Cram, following one of the most remorseless demonstrations of willpower ever witnessed on the track.And Thursday (August 7) marked the 60th anniversary of what has come be known as...

realise the lead he had taken inside the first lap was not - quite - decisive, Landy had checked several times

Quoted in Brian Oliver's book The Commonwealth Games – Extraordinary Stories Behind The Medals (Bloomsbury

while Bannister finished 0.8 clear, the gap Coe established after putting together four final 100m times

I'm delighted with my run considering all the problems I've had.

He has worked for the Daily Mail, The Times, The Observer, The Sunday Correspondent and The Guardian.

on offer all the way through."

record of winning gold at five different Commonwealth Games.

Zoe Smith's somersault on stage was spectacular, and she made the front page of The Sunday Times.

John Goodbody, who probably knows more about the sport than any other mainstream writer, in The Sunday Times

Championships are staged in in Kazakhstan in November the remarkable Ilya Ilyin, the host nation's world record