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48 icons so far
Each morning one athlete and one outstanding performance take the front page. Here is every one of them, most recent first.
BMX FreestyleWilliams Lands Half-Flip Container Stall, a Five-Year NBDRyan Williams converted a half backflip into an inverted stall atop a suspended shipping container before riding out into a half frontflip, closing a five-year project at his Australian compound with a never-been-done line.NBD
Road Running/MarathonAlmgren Takes World Half Marathon Gold in European Record 58:06Andreas Almgren won Sweden's first global road running gold by claiming the world half marathon title in Copenhagen in a European record of 58:06, ending Africa's 30-year hold on the individual men's crown.World Champion
SquashOrfi Becomes Youngest Women's World No.1 in Squash HistoryAt 19 years and two months, Orfi defeated Hania El Hammamy 3-2 in Doha to become the youngest women's World No.1 in squash history—breaking Susan Devoy's 1984 record by exactly one year.World #1
Road Running/MarathonNgetich Takes Half Marathon Gold in Women-Only World Record 1:05:15Agnes Ngetich won the world half marathon title in Copenhagen in a women-only world record of 1:05:15, taking one second off the previous mark.World Record
Trail/SkyrunningD'haene Breaks 30 Hours on GR20 With New FKTFrançois D'haene set a supported Fastest Known Time of 29:46:20 on Corsica's GR20, becoming the first to cover the roughly 180 km route in under 30 hours.World Record
Rugby Sevens/UnionSpringboks Seal Historic Series Win Over All Blacks in BaltimoreSouth Africa defeated New Zealand 43-28 in Baltimore to seal the four-Test series 3-1, securing the first traditional series win between the rivals in 30 years.Title
GolfTeam Europe Reclaims the Solheim Cup, 15-13Team Europe regained the Solheim Cup with a 15-13 win over the United States at Bernardus Golf, sealing captain Anna Nordqvist's side a third European triumph in the last five editions.Title
Mountain Running / BergmarathonTon Sets Kilimanjaro Round-Trip and Ascent RecordsTon claimed two women's supported Fastest Known Times on Mount Kilimanjaro, completing the round-trip in 8:33:42 and the ascent in 5:47:50, cutting well under the previous marks set by Maciel and Madsen.World Record
GolfLowry Wins Irish Open by Record 11 ShotsLowry captured the 2026 Amgen Irish Open at 23-under 257, finishing 11 shots clear of Patrick Reed and Joaquin Niemann to break Bernhard Langer's 1987 record for the largest winning margin in event history.Title
Mountain Bike (XCO/XCC/DH, inkl. E-MTB + Enduro/EDR)Moore Lands First Flipwhip 360 in CompetitionAt the Crankworx Mont-Sainte-Anne Slopestyle Super League Finals, Moore landed the world's first flipwhip 360 in competition, scoring 93.25 for a trick never before completed on a contest run.NBD
Road CyclingMas Wins Vuelta for First Grand Tour TitleMas claimed the overall title at the 2026 Vuelta a Espana, securing his first Grand Tour win after three runner-up finishes and becoming the first Spanish champion of the race in over a decade.Title
UltramarathonFowler Sets Self-Supported Pacific Crest Trail FKTNick Fowler covered the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail in 45 days, 17 hours and 47 minutes, setting a self-supported Fastest Known Time that lowered the previous mark by around ten days.World Record
DartsGreaves Becomes First Woman to Win on PDC European TourGreaves made history in Prague, becoming the first woman to win a match on the PDC European Tour with a 6-4 first-round victory over Daryl Gurney at the 2026 Czech Darts Open.NBD
GolfBerkshire Sets Long-Drive World Record at 588 YardsBerkshire launched a ball 588.1 yards in Rawlins, Wyoming, breaking his own longest measured drive record by nearly nine yards. The two-time World Long Drive champion swings the club head at over 160 mph.World Record
Kitesurfing/WingfoilCasati Wins Big Air World Title in Family One-TwoCasati captured the 2026 GKA Big Air Kite World Championship with victory at the season-ending stop in Mykonos, where brother Lorenzo finished second for a family one-two on tour.World Champion
Formula 1Antonelli Ends Italy's 60-Year Home Grand Prix WaitAntonelli won the 2026 Italian Grand Prix at Monza, becoming the first Italian to win his home race since Ludovico Scarfiotti in 1966 and ending a 60-year drought.Title
Sport ClimbingJanja GarnbretGarnbret claimed the Lead World Cup in Koper before a home crowd, marking her 51st career victory and extending her all-time record. The 2026 Lead overall title remains open into the Santiago final in October.Title
OCRBeckstrand Wins 400m World Title, Ties for 100m GoldBeckstrand claimed the men's 400m world title in Beijing and tied for 100m gold in a rare dead-heat with Gal Shrim at the 2026 UIPM Obstacle World Championships.World Champion
BoxingTaylor Retires Undisputed Champion at Croke ParkKatie Taylor beat Flora Pili by unanimous decision at Croke Park to retain her undisputed super-lightweight titles, then retired as reigning champion before roughly 80,000 fans.World Champion
Road CyclingOmrzel, 20, Wins Vuelta Stage on Grand Tour DebutOn his Grand Tour debut, 20-year-old Omrzel soloed to victory on Stage 12 of the 2026 Vuelta a Espana. His first professional win makes him the youngest Grand Tour stage winner since 1981 and the youngest Slovenian ever.Next Gen Star
NASCAR/IndyCarO'Ward Sweeps Milwaukee Doubleheader, First Since 1981O'Ward won both races of the Milwaukee Mile doubleheader in a single day, becoming the first IndyCar driver to sweep a doubleheader since Rick Mears in 1981.Legend
GolfDean Erases Seven-Shot Deficit for Maiden Tour TitleRanked world number 292, the former grocery delivery driver shot a closing 63 to overturn a seven-shot final-round deficit and claim the 2026 Husqvarna British Masters for his maiden DP World Tour title.Against All Odds
Mountain Bike (XCO/XCC/DH, inkl. E-MTB + Enduro/EDR)Tom PidcockTom Pidcock claimed his first Elite Men's XCO world title at the 2026 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Val di Sole, adding the rainbow jersey to his Olympic XCO gold.World Champion
Mountain Bike (XCO/XCC/DH, inkl. E-MTB + Enduro/EDR)Höll Takes Fifth Straight Downhill World TitleValentina Hoell claimed her fifth consecutive elite women's downhill world title in Val di Sole capping a perfect 2026 season.Legend
Track Sprints/Hurdles/RelaysRussell Breaks 100m Hurdles World Record at 12.09Russell ran 12.09 to win the 100m hurdles at Weltklasse Zurich on 27 August 2026, taking 0.03 seconds off Tobi Amusan's 2022 world record of 12.12. The Olympic champion set the mark with no wind assistance.World Record
UltramarathonKarel SabbeSabbe ran the 3,034 km HexaTrek across France in 33 days, 13 hours and 48 minutes, cutting more than eight days off the previous record. He averaged about 90 km a day through the Vosges, Jura, Alps and Pyrenees.World Record
SurfingStringfellow, 14, Is Youngest Super Girl Pro ChampionAt 14, Ruby Stringfellow became the youngest Super Girl Surf Pro champion in Oceanside, defeating Talia Swindal and Eden Walla before beating Mia McLeish in the final on the event's 20th anniversary.Next Gen Star
BasketballReese Sets WNBA Single-Game Rebounding Record With 26Reese pulled down 26 rebounds to break Chamique Holdsclaw's 2003 single-game record of 24, and passed A'ja Wilson for the WNBA single-season rebounding mark in the same game.Next Gen Star
Race WalkingFiorini Sets Marathon Walk World Record at 3:15:11Italy's Sofia Fiorini, 21, won the women's marathon race walk at the European Championships in Birmingham in 3:15:11, a world record. She broke from Poland's Katarzyna Zdziebło with just over 9km left.World Record
SailingFrance SailGP Wins Germany Final, Sets 107 km/h RecordHelmed by Quentin Delapierre, the DS Automobiles France SailGP Team won the three-boat final at the Germany Sail Grand Prix in Sassnitz, setting an all-time SailGP speed record of 107.63 km/h.Title
Road Running/MarathonYomif KejelchaYomif Kejelcha ran 56:51 in Buenos Aires on 23 August 2026, becoming the first man under 57 minutes in a record-eligible half marathon and taking 29 seconds off Jacob Kiplimo's mark.World Record
TennisSerena WilliamsWilliams beat Angelique Kerber in the Wimbledon final to win her 22nd Grand Slam title, equalling Steffi Graf's Open-era record.Title
American/Flag FootballTeam USA: A Seventh Flag Football World Title, the Hard WayThe United States beat Italy 46-26 in Duesseldorf to win a record seventh flag football world title. They lost a match first — their first at a Worlds in 14 years.World Champion
UltramarathonDowdle Runs 630k (392 miles) for Backyard Ultra RecordAt the 2026 Last Soul Ultra, the winner completed 94 hourly loops over 94 hours - roughly 630 km - to set the biggest backyard-ultra total ever recorded in Germany.Legend
SurfingMoniz Wins Maiden CT Title at Teahupo'o After Eight YearsEight seasons in, Moniz claimed his first WSL Championship Tour title at Teahupo'o, defeating Griffin Colapinto 18.17–14.67 in the final and rising 12 spots to 19th in the world rankings.Against All Odds
SwimmingDouglass Breaks 50m Freestyle World Record TwiceAt the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships in Irvine, Douglass broke the women's 50m freestyle world record twice in one day — 23.49 in the prelims and 23.19 in the final, becoming the first woman under 23.2.World Record
SwimmingLiebmann Shatters 1500m Record, First Under 14:30Liebmann became the first man under 14:30 in the 1500 m freestyle, clocking 14:26.79 to lower the world record by 3.88 seconds and complete the 800 m/1500 m distance double in Paris.World Record
SurfingBrooks Becomes Youngest Ever Teahupo'o Champion at 19At 19, Brooks became the youngest surfer ever to win the WSL Tahiti Pro at Teahupo'o, eliminating five-time world champion Carissa Moore and reigning champ Molly Picklum before a comeback final over Anat Lelior.Next Gen Star
SwimmingCurtis Sets 50m Backstroke World Record at 26.63At 19, Curtis clocked 26.63 in the 50m backstroke semi-finals in Paris, breaking Kaylee McKeown's 2023 mark by 0.23 seconds and becoming the first Black swimmer to hold an individual long-course world record.World Record
Middle/Long DistanceBattocletti Retains European 5000m Title for Sixth GoldBattocletti defended her European 5000m title in Birmingham for sixth European gold medal of her career. Her gold collection now stretches across track, cross country and road racingLegend
BasketballMcBride Sets WNBA Record With 10 Threes in 43-Point GameMcBride drained a WNBA-record 10 three-pointers (10-of-14) and poured in a career-high 43 points as Minnesota beat Dallas 103-90 to clinch a playoff berth. The old mark of nine had been shared by six players.World Record
Middle/Long DistanceJakob IngebrigtsenIngebrigtsen won the 5000m gold at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, claiming the continental title on the opening night and returning to major-championship gold.Against All Odds
UltramarathonMichael StrasserStrasser linked the highest peaks of Austria's states solo and unsupported, cycling and running ~1,100 km and 21,000 m of ascent from Piz Buin to Vienna to set the first self-supported FKT for the route.NBD
Trail/SkyrunningWaldner Makes First Grand Karwendel Traverse, 48 PeaksWaldner completed the first continuous traversal of the Karwendel's Gleirsch-Halltal and Nordkette ranges: 48 summits, 74 km and 9,200 m of ascent in 29:30, over pathless, exposed terrain with climbing to grade IV.NBD
UltramarathonHimbert Breaks Own John Muir Trail Record by 12 HoursHimbert set a new women's unsupported Fastest Known Time on the 223-mile John Muir Trail, cutting more than 12 hours from her own record.World Record
SkateboardingKawakami, 11, Becomes Youngest X Games Gold MedalistAt just 11, Kawakami claimed gold in Men's Skateboard Vert at X Games Chiba 2026, becoming the youngest male gold medalist in X Games history and ending Gui Khury's four-event Vert win streak.Next Gen Star
UltramarathonWoods Sets Via Alpina Record, 2,000 km in 28 DaysWoods ran the ~2,000 km Via Alpina in about 28 days, the fastest known time by any runner and roughly a week under the old record. Eight countries and 109,613 m of climbing fell behind her, from the shores of Trieste to Monaco.World Record
Marathon SwimmingKubkowski First to Swim the Baltic, 160 km NonstopKubkowski became the first person to swim the Baltic from Sweden to Poland, covering roughly 160 km nonstop in about 55 hours on his fifth attempt.Pioneer