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Muay ThaiHemetsberger Defends Muay Thai Title by Knockout
In her first defense, Hemetsberger stopped Natalia Diachkova by knockout at ONE Fight Night 46 in Bangkok to retain her Strawweight Muay Thai World Title, moving to 11-1 as a two-sport ONE champion.
Marathon SwimmingFlorian Wellbrock: Won the men's 10km open water gold in 1:49:51 at…
Won the men's 10km open water gold in 1:49:51 at the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships (Long Beach), continuing his open water dominance.
TennisSwiatek Wins Toronto Title Over Rybakina in Final
Swiatek captured the National Bank Open singles title in Toronto, defeating Elena Rybakina in the final to add another trophy to her collection.
TennisShelton Defends Canadian Masters 1000 Crown
Shelton defended his National Bank Open title in Montreal, beating Brandon Nakashima 6-3, 7-6(4) to become just the fourth man this century to retain the Canadian Masters 1000 crown, after Murray, Djokovic and Nadal.
Equestrian Dressage/Jumping/EventingWerth Anchors Germany to 13th Dressage Team World Gold
Isabell Werth anchored Germany to dressage team gold at the 2026 FEI World Championships in Aachen, scoring 79.88% aboard Wendy de Fontaine. It marked Germany's 13th world team title and the 10th of Werth's own career.
SwimmingCurtis Sets 50m Backstroke World Record at 26.63
At 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.
Kitesurfing/WingfoilCappuzzo Takes First Wingfoil World Title in Slalom
Cappuzzo claimed his first GWA FreeFly-Slalom Wingfoil world title in Fuerteventura, taking the deciding run at Sotavento after Muller/Escofet crashed to secure both the event win and the championship.
Kitesurfing/WingfoilBelloeuvre Wins First FreeFly-Slalom World Title
Belloeuvre captured her first GWA FreeFly-Slalom Wingfoil world title in Fuerteventura, holding off Spain's Nia Suardiaz in a tense final at Sotavento to claim both the event win and the championship.
BasketballMcBride Sets WNBA Record With 10 Threes in 43-Point Game
McBride 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.
JumpsTentoglou Wins Fourth Straight European Long Jump Gold
Miltiadis Tentoglou leaped 8.44m in Birmingham to win a fourth straight European long jump title, becoming the first jumper in the championships' 94-year history to take four European golds in the event.
SkateboardingRussell Wins SLS Rio on the Final Trick of the Day
Russell landed the final trick of the day at Rio's Maracanazinho, scoring 27.5 to overtake home favourites Giovanni Vianna and Wallace Gabriel and claim his second career SLS victory.
Middle/Long DistanceBattocletti Retains European 5000m Title for Sixth Gold
Battocletti 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 racing
Middle/Long DistanceIngebrigtsen Reclaims European 5000m Gold
Ingebrigtsen 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.
BMX FreestyleAIThiem Wins BMX Freestyle Park World Cup Round
Thiem claimed the men's UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup round at FISE Birmingham, finishing ahead of Kieran Reilly and Rimu Nakamura.
BMX FreestyleKatagiri Wins BMX Flatland World Cup at Birmingham
Katagiri won the men's UCI BMX Freestyle Flatland World Cup round at FISE Birmingham, finishing ahead of Yu Shoji and Jean William Prevost.
Windsurfing (iQFOiL + PWA World Tour)Offringa Claims 29th PWA World Title, Fifth in Wave
Offringa won the women's Wave world title in Tenerife, taking her fifth Wave championship and 29th PWA world title overall across Freestyle, Slalom and Wave — the most decorated windsurfer in history.
Baseball/SoftballWilson Sets MLB Record With 111 Errorless Games at Short
Athletics shortstop Wilson set the MLB record for consecutive errorless games at his position, reaching 111 straight to surpass Mike Bordick's 2002 mark of 110. His previous error came 13 months earlier.
BoxingThorslund Unifies All Four Bantamweight World Belts
Thorslund became undisputed women's bantamweight world champion, unifying the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO belts with a 100-90 shutout unanimous decision over Cherneka Johnson in Orlando.
Road CyclingVollering Seizes Second Tour de France Femmes Title
Vollering captured her second Tour de France Femmes yellow jersey, overturning an eight-second deficit with a final-stage attack on the Col d'Eze to win by 1:18 over Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney.
Wakeboard/WaterskiAIDe Armas Wins Open Women Wakeboard World Title
De Armas took the Open Women world title at the 2026 IWWF World Wakeboard Championships at Lago del Salto in Rieti, Italy, finishing ahead of Hyun Jeong Shin and Sanne Meijer.
Wakeboard/WaterskiBrown Wins Men World Wakeboard Title
Brown claimed the Open Men world title at the 2026 IWWF World Wakeboard Championships at Lago del Salto in Rieti, Italy, finishing ahead of Italy's Federico Dal Lago and fellow Australian Nic Rapa.
Windsurfing (iQFOiL + PWA World Tour)Paré Claims PWA Wave World Title in Tenerife
Paré secured the men's Wave world title on the PWA World Wave Tour in Tenerife, clinching the crown on a decisive finals day in 30-45 knot winds at El Cabezo.
UltramarathonAIStrasser Sets First Solo FKT on Austria's Seven Summits
Strasser 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.
Trail/SkyrunningAIWaldner Makes First Grand Karwendel Traverse, 48 Peaks
Waldner 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.
UltramarathonHartmuth Sets Women's Bob Graham Round Record at 14:11:58
Hartmuth completed the 106 km, 42-peak Bob Graham Round in 14:11:58, a new women's record that cut 22 minutes off Beth Pascall's 2020 mark. Pascall paced part of the run through the Lake District.
Speedway GPZmarzlik Wins in Riga, Equals Gollob on 22 GP Wins
Bartosz Zmarzlik took the Riga round of the 2026 Speedway Grand Prix for his 22nd career win, matching Tomasz Gollob's tally and extending his championship lead over Brady Kurtz.
ChessAlice Lee: At 16, became the youngest-ever Women's chess winner
At 16, became the youngest-ever winner of the Women's Speed Chess Championship, defeating women's world number one Hou Yifan 11.5-9.5 by taking the final two bullet games of a tied match.
Marathon SwimmingIsabel Gose: Won the women's 3km knockout sprint at the 2026…
Won the women's 3km knockout sprint at the 2026 European Aquatics Championships open water in Paris, leading every round on the River Seine to take her first open-water European title — a pool distance star and Olympic medallist conquering unfamiliar open-water terrain.
SkateboardingKawakami, 11, Becomes Youngest X Games Gold Medalist
At 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.
Wheel GymnasticsNarten Takes Cyr Battle Gold for World Double
One day after claiming the all-around crown, Narten won the Cyr Battle world title, advancing through the roughly 20-athlete knockout format and defeating Japan and Spain in the final rounds for a double gold.
Trail/SkyrunningAIYoung Breaks 13-Year Matterhorn FKT in 5:17:43
Young set a new women's Matterhorn FKT of 5:17:43 on the Breuil-Cervinia to summit and back route via the Lion's Ridge, breaking Emelie Forsberg's mark that had stood since 2013.
UltramarathonWoods Sets Via Alpina Record, 2,000 km in 28 Days
Woods 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.
Marathon SwimmingKubkowski First to Swim the Baltic, 160 km Nonstop
Kubkowski 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.
UltramarathonAISanchez Sets Pacific Crest Trail Record in 45 Days
Sanchez ran the Pacific Crest Trail's supported Fastest Known Time in about 45 days and 20 hours, cutting roughly a day from Karel Sabbe's 2023 mark across 4,265 kilometers.
UltramarathonHimbert Breaks Own John Muir Trail Record by 12 Hours
Himbert 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.
Mountain Bike (XCO/XCC/DH, inkl. E-MTB + Enduro/EDR)Wiggberg Wins First Women's District Ride Title
Wiggberg became the first-ever women's champion of Red Bull District Ride, taking the inaugural women's edition of the urban slopestyle contest in Groningen with 277.00 points.
DivingPellacani Sweeps Four Golds at European Championships
Four gold medals at the 2026 European Aquatics Championships in Paris, a clean sweep of every springboard title from the 1m and 3m to the mixed synchro and team events.
Artistic SwimmingTomblin Sweeps Four European Artistic Swimming Golds
Ranjit Tomblin claimed four gold medals at the 2026 European Aquatics Championships in Paris, sweeping the men's solo technical and free and both mixed duet titles. Water breaking around his raised arm as the Paris pool held its breath, then erupted.
BadmintonTanvi Sharma, 17, Wins Taipei Open as Youngest Champion in Its History
At 17, Tanvi Sharma became the youngest champion in Taipei Open history and the first Indian woman to lift the title since Saina Nehwal in 2008. Two clean games, 21-16, 21-16, and a teenager standing alone at center court against Nguyen Thuy Linh.
Mountain Bike (XCO/XCC/DH, inkl. E-MTB + Enduro/EDR)Dawid Godziek Wins Red Bull Joyride to Complete Slopestyle Triple Crown
Dawid Godziek scored 96.6 points at Red Bull Joyride in Whistler to seize the Triple Crown, winning all three Crankworx Slopestyle World Championship events in a single season. He dropped in under the Whistler pines, landing the run that made the sweep complete.
Mountain Bike (XCO/XCC/DH, inkl. E-MTB + Enduro/EDR)Wiggberg Wins First Women's Red Bull Joyride
Wiggberg won the first women's Red Bull Joyride at Crankworx Whistler 2026, scoring 89.4 points on slopestyle's most iconic course. She dropped into the same jumps the men ride, threading the Whistler line no woman had contested in competition before.
Middle/Long DistanceKerr Takes Commonwealth Mile Gold on Home Soil
Josh Kerr claimed the men's One Mile gold at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, a Scottish victory won on home soil at the climax of the Games. He crossed the line inside a sold-out home crowd, the roar rising as he ran through the finish.
BMX FreestyleCanosa Lands First Frontflip Double Seat-Grab Indian Air
Jose Canosa won Moto X Best Trick gold at X Games New Orleans 2026 with a frontflip double seat-grab Indian air, a trick no rider had landed before. He tucked both hands behind the seat mid-rotation, then dropped the wheels clean onto the ramp.
Cliff DivingIffland Seals Record Ninth Cliff Diving World Title
Rhiannan Iffland claimed the Mostar stop to secure a record ninth Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series title, finishing 2026 unbeaten. From the 21-metre platform above the Neretva, she folded into the water off the Stari Most as the crowd lined the ancient bridge.
Para CyclingNeyland Sets C4 4000m Pursuit World Record for Gold
Tara Neyland stopped the clock at 4:49.648 in the C4 4000m individual pursuit, claiming Commonwealth gold and Australia's first world record of the Glasgow 2026 Games. Under the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome lights, she held her line lap after lap, the boards blurring beneath her.
Para AthleticsNwachukwu Breaks Own F42 Discus World Record at 39.66m
Goodness Nwachukwu threw 39.66m in Glasgow to shatter her own F42 discus world record, claiming Commonwealth gold and a second world mark across consecutive Games. The disc leaves her hand, the crowd rises, and the measuring line marks a distance no one has reached before.
JumpsLaFond Wins Dominica's First Commonwealth Gold
Thea LaFond leaped 14.60m to claim Dominica's first-ever Commonwealth gold, completing her full Commonwealth medal set as reigning Olympic champion. She hit the sand, rose, and turned toward the stands where the small island's flag climbed for the first time to the top.
Track Sprints/Hurdles/RelaysDevynne Charlton Takes First Major Outdoor Title in 12.33 at Glasgow
Devynne Charlton crossed the line in 12.33 to claim 100m hurdles gold in Glasgow, the first major outdoor title of her career. She held off Tobi Amusan and Megan Simmonds down the final flight, arms flung wide as the clock confirmed it.
SkateboardingKretzer, 11, Lands Body Varial 720 for X Games Gold
At 11, Mia Kretzer took Women's Skateboard Vert Best Trick gold in New Orleans, extending her record as the youngest gold medalist in X Games history. High above the ramp, she wrapped her body through a varial 720 and dropped back into the transition.
Modern PentathlonKarbownik Wins Junior World Title on Record 1,473 Points
Malgorzata Karbownik claimed the women's junior title at the 2026 UIPM Junior World Championships in Kaunas with 1,473 points, reported as a junior world record from an athlete already racing at senior level. She crossed the laser-run finish roughly eight seconds clear of silver.