Iranian taekwondo star Nahid Kiani has targeted an Olympic medal at Paris 2024 after defending her 53 kilograms title at the Islamic Solidarity Games.

The long-term plan for all athletes in all sports is Olympic Games, and it's the same for me," she told

the Tehran Times."

Iran, which has won six Olympic medals and is traditionally one of the world's best taekwondo nations

, failed to record a top-three finish at Tokyo 2020."

And most of all thank you to the wonderful athletes from across the globe who have for the past twelve

There was much high-quality competition of course including some serious swims in the pool, times on

its largest and certainly most diverse teams ever which is to be celebrated every bit as much as its record

Winning medals in 23 of the 26 competed sports is also a fantastic recognition of the breadth of talent

multi-sport games - an experience that we are sure will stand them in very good stead for the future.Add to all

that manifested itself frequently in packed stadia, the TV and media coverage of the Games and most of all

Serena Williams has announced that she will retire shortly, with what the American termed "evolving away from tennis" expected to take place after the US Open.

heavily hinted it will come after the last major of the year.Williams, who has also won four Olympic gold medals

and 16 Grand Slam doubles titles, has often been regarded as the greatest tennis player of all time.

competitive singles tennis appearance in a year.Her 23 Grand Slam singles titles is one short of the record

players played at the Australian Open.Williams has won each of the four Grand Slams at least three times

as a singles player.Williams has won the US Open six times - most recently in 2014 - and all signs point

Canada's 15-year-old swimming sensation Summer McIntosh added the women's 200 metres individual medley title to the 400m version she had already secured here at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

McKeown to earn gold in 2min 08.70sec.McKeown, who had earlier won the women’s 200m backstroke in a Games record

The only pressure I focus on is the pressure I put on myself and that’s all I care about."

swooped home in 25.90 as South Africa's Erin Gallagher and Holly Barratt shared silver with identical times

medals owned - and he qualified for tomorrow's men's 100m butterfly final with the second fastest time

in 24.97.It was a breakthrough title for the 23-year-old, who has previously won silver and bronze medals

day of the World Athletics Championships in Eugene produced one of the great athletics sessions of all

As an energised home contingent at Hayward Field was treated to two more gold medals courtesy of the

the hosts' collection to 13 as they finished in the only position they could consider possible in the medals

This year all I had on my mind was the gold.

It seems, yes.World Athletics claimed beforehand that it expected "all 10 evening sessions to be full

All the times are happening late at night.

Athletics Championships in Eugene, the women’s 4x400 metres relay, strengthened the home domination of a medals

All the times are happening late at night.

for the number of countries winning gold medals at one Championships has been broken, with 29 countries

earning at least one gold, compared with 26 in 2017.A total of 45 countries featured in the medals table

supplied at least two world champions, while Peru, Kazakhstan and Nigeria have won their first ever gold medals

I thank them all for making this an unforgettable world championships, but most of all I thank the athletes

Like the final burst of a fireworks display, the last day of the World Athletics Championships in Eugene produced a spectacular showing that included world records for Olympic pole vault champion Mondo Duplantis and Nigeria’s 100 metres hurdler Tobi Amusan of, respectively, 6.21 metres and 12.12sec.

victories in the 4x400m relay finals, with the men coming home in 2:56.17 and the women in 3:17:79, both times

This year all I had on my mind was the gold."

’s who of distance racing talents, including Ethiopia’s Olympic 10,000m champion Selemon Barega.For all

the talent assembled, the silver and bronze medals went to runners who were relatively unknown as Kenya

heats.That final win brought the total of home golds to 13 as the United States comfortably topped the medals

women’s 200 metres delivered richly in Eugene as Noah Lyles defended his world title in a United States record

the role of bridesmaid rather than bride at the highest level, having won successive Olympic bronze medals

settle for silver in the 100m as Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce led home a Jamaican medal sweep, Jackson used all

 "Nobody wants to share a record. I think even Michael Johnson doesn't want to share a record.

achievements, saying you are such and such a person, the fastest person in the world, had the most fastest times

, three Diamond Leagues, world champion…and all you are hearing is 'nothing, nothing, nothing'."

The children of Year 4 at Raddlebarn Primary School in Selly Oak, Birmingham will never forget the show they worked on this year.

for nearly 50 years.He is in Britain visiting family and old friends, and is hoping to present the medals

Commonwealth gold in 1974, that he moved there, and in 1978 he was competing as a Kiwi when won that record-breaking

She took her medals to the schools and the children loved to see them and even more to touch them."

- but it will be a big surprise if she is not on top of the podium for England this year, after her record-breaking

I was pulling my hair out at times, especially around the time of the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games

Seven weeks after its athletes topped the medals table at the European Championships, the Bulgarian Weightlifting

All the athletes in the national team will move across from the old federation to the new one," Majed

said.Karlos Nasar is predicted to be one of weightlifting's stars of the future, having set a world record

Bulgaria was sent home from or banned from the Olympic Games four times between 1988 and 2016 because

When the last World Games opened in the Polish city of Wrocław five years ago, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach was present to make the official declaration.

"The World Games are a confirmation of the power of sport to unite us all, and a celebration of diversity

It is a unique opportunity for sports not in the limelight all the time to enjoy the exposure, this is

 Sun Zhian and Yao Ximing took the men’s doubles.The New York Times reported that the victories

and set a world record for 200 metres with flippers of 1:25.70.

said.The Opening Ceremony was held in spectacular style and attracted around 6,000 participants from a record

Two of the medallists from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics were eliminated from the men's water polo tournament at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Championships here, with Serbia losing to Croatia and hosts Hungary beaten by defending champions Italy.

held in Budapest in 2017.Croatia held a slender 5-4 half-time advantage.Both sides then scored five times

today's diving finals at the Duna Arena, China continued their domination by adding a further three gold medals

pike.Vallée finished just 0.05 further back on 276.60.Zhu Zifeng and Lin Shan continued China's perfect record

in the mixed 3m springboard synchronised event.They topped the scoring in all five rounds to finish

Swimming competition at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Championships concluded in bizarre fashion here, as American Justin Ress was initially disqualified from the men's 50 metres backstroke final before being reinstated as the gold medallist.

I'm happy with this meet, I swam my best times here, this time also makes me happy," he said."

slipped away, but his time of 14min 32.80sec was the second fastest of all time, and clinched victory

Poland 0.20 further back.Australia's Meg Harris and the United States' Erika Brown took joint bronze medals

with their times of 24.38.Sjöström is now within one individual medal of American swimmer Michael Phelps

' all-time record of 20 at a FINA World Championships, with editions scheduled for 2023 in Fukuoka and

In February 2001, aged 17, Natalie Du Toit was riding a scooter back to her school in Johannesburg after swimming practice when she was hit by a car. Doctors had to amputate her left leg at the knee.

Games programme as an exhibition sport at the Victoria 1994 Commonwealth Games in Canada, featuring all

an effort of 4.86 metres.And in the F46 javelin throw Hollie Arnold of Wales set a world and Games record

100m breaststroke SB6 have been added for the first time, with the former offering Britain’s seven-times

Seven-times Paralympic wheelchair racing champion Hannah Cockroft is looking forward to competing for

will be awarded to all athletes competing across the 19 sports and eight Para sports events.The medals

Nina Sterckx, who is still in her teens despite having lifted in 17 international competitions, will be hoping to win her first senior title this weekend at the European Weightlifting Championships in Tirana, the Albanian capital.

Sterckx, the best woman weightlifter Belgium has ever had, was rated the top female lifter across all

204kg, adding a world junior gold to the youth version she won in 2019, a year when she competed seven times

Goegebuer, who has also coached Anna Van Bellinghen to European medals, said: "It’s quite a coincidence

Sterckx from Belgium.While Turkey, Armenia, Bulgaria and Georgia are expected to finish at the top of the medals

programmes.The biggest name to look out for in the Championships, which run until June 5, is the multiple world record