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The best of the world’s athletes will battle in one of sport’s box-office championships as the 20th edition of World Athletics Championship gets underway in Tokyo. With 147 medals on offer across 49 events, it promises to be an intense two weeks of track and field action in the land of the rising sun.

The Championships will feature Olympic champions, Wanda Diamond League winners and the year’s highest performers. And with the likes of sprint legend Usain Bolt and long jump icon Sergey Bubka among the big names set to take part, excitement is building ahead of the event.

There is also a great deal of local interest with a number of Irish athletes making their way to Japan, including Irish 1500m champion Brian O’Connor, 800m specialist Eamonn Coscoran and distance runner Jess Hull. Throwing stars Nicola Tuthill and Maurica Powell will also be hoping for a big showdown in the shot put and heptathlon respectively.

It’s the biggest team Ireland has ever sent to a World Championship, with 21 athletes featuring in both track and field events. Elsewhere, Nicola Sheerin will be hoping to improve on her fourth place finish in the women’s 20km walk at the last edition of the competition. Elsewhere, there are strong chances for Rhasidat Adeleke and Ciara Mageean to make their mark in the 400m and 1,500m. The Irish relay teams are also in the mix, with the men’s 4x400m including Oisin Lane, Jack Raftery and Mawdsley Becker while the women’s features Cillin Greene, Rachel McCann and Jenna Breen.

International qualifiers are underway across the globe as nations fight for a place in the 2026 World Cup finals. The tournament will feature 48 teams, more than ever before. As the second qualifying window comes to a close, four nations have secured a route to Qatar, with Brazil and Ecuador securing a path from South America.

The qualification system has evolved over the years but, in its basic form, teams compete in zones that roughly correspond to continents. The top-ranked nation in each zone receives an automatic berth to the finals, while the other finalists are determined by a series of group and playoff matches.

Teams are placed into groups of five or six countries, and they play each other home and away. The winner of each group qualifies directly for the finals, while the runners-up enter an inter-confederation playoff for the other two spots.

The first round of qualifiers saw all nations play each other once in a single-round robin. Nations with equal points played off in a play-off match on neutral ground, with extra time and penalties if needed.

The top eight nations advance to the third round, which took place from September through November. The six group winners qualify for the World Cup, while the best runner-up goes into the inter-confederation playoff. A 2-0 defeat for Venezuela in Uruguay allowed Brazil to take seventh spot and secure the playoff berth. That left the door open for North Macedonia, Northern Ireland and Moldova to earn a playoff spot as well.

Whether it’s an athlete starring in a movie, a musician reppin’ their team or a viral pop culture moment that takes over social media, sports and showbiz go hand-in-hand. Get the scoop on all the crossovers, celebrity involvement and moments that keep sports top of mind for fans.

ANY sincere fan can attest to what may seem like an inordinate amount of emotional attachment and angst over their favorite athletes and the celebrities that surround them. Celebrities add a level of intrigue and excitement that boosts interest, viewership and ticket sales for games. But it’s important to navigate the churn of sports celebrity gossip in a responsible manner that prioritizes more substantial issues and fosters a critical mindset.

In the latest edition of TMZ Sports’ Sports Celebrity Gossip Week, NBA star Damian Lillard says he wants to leave Portland, WNBA star Suni Lee and her NBA player boyfriend OG Anunoby make their relationship official, Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn opens up about her groin injury and teen powerlifter Sauce Gardner confirms romance rumors with fellow lifter Ice Spice. Plus, former NFL quarterback Jason Kelce tackles his weight loss journey and the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders reveal their new uniforms.

The Los Angeles Dodgers had a very obvious motive when they invited BTS member V (aka Kim Taehyung) to throw out the first pitch at last night’s game. The singer’s popularity and influence as a global superstar makes him an excellent choice to promote the team. But this isn’t the first time MLB and a team have leveraged their relationship with a non-American celebrity to draw attention to a game.

With a strong field and ideal conditions at Augusta National, the 2025 Masters could be one of the best in years. The cut line came in at 2-under and there are a number of names in the hunt for a green jacket come Sunday.

Justin Rose remains at the top of The Masters leaderboard after shooting 3-under 67 in Round 2 at Augusta National. The defending champion has been impressive this week, producing a pair of strong rounds and a birdie-free finish on Friday. The 44-year-old is looking to win a second green jacket and to complete a career grand slam of major titles.

Rory McIlroy rebounded from his disastrous first-round to post the lowest second-round score of the day and is tied for third at 6-under with Corey Conners. The defending Masters champ has struggled at times this year but is in great form going into the weekend and has a chance to make a run for his fourth green jacket.

Bryson DeChambeau shot a 3-under 69 on Friday and sits just two shots behind McIlroy at 7 under. Scottie Scheffler is in a tie for fifth at 6 under with a host of players including Tyrrell Hatton, Joaquin Niemann and one-time major winner Shane Lowry.

The group at T12 is heavy with major winners and a pair of LIV Golf pros in Hideki Matsuyama, Patrick Reed and Ludvig Aberg. Matsuyama and Reed both had a rough start to the tournament, but each produced solid second-round rounds to climb into contention.

In the last few weeks, there’s been a flurry of athlete retirement news. From New Orleans Saints safety Tyrann Mathieu to Buffalo Bills linebacker Lorenzo Carter, many athletes have decided it’s time to hang up their cleats. But it’s important to remember that, just because a professional athlete retires doesn’t mean they can’t “un-retire” and come back better than ever.

Whether it’s because of injuries, the desire to spend more time with family or simply a lack of interest in competing anymore, some athletes decide they’re ready to retire early. In the past, this may have been a difficult transition for the athlete, but with advances in healthcare and overall support, many athletes are now able to continue to compete and enjoy the rewards of their hard work.

For example, former NFL star Brandon Scherff retired from the league this summer after 10 seasons in the NFL. The Iowa native is a five-time Pro Bowler and was the 2014 Outland Trophy winner. Fortunately for him, he found a second career as an entrepreneur in the tech space.

Other former athletes are also finding passions in new activities outside of their sports. For example, NBA All-Star Karl Malone now runs several business, including a trucking company, and two-time World Cup champion Alex Morgan invests in tech startups through her company Trybe Ventures. The shift can be especially hard for elite athletes who have spent most of their lives focused on their sport, but it’s not impossible.

The 2023-25 World Test Championship (WTC) ended with Australia defeating India in a thrilling final. It was the first time the event had been held, a move designed to increase the profile and importance of Test cricket in an era increasingly dominated by franchise games.

The WTC’s league structure is based on a points percentage system. Teams earn 12 points for a win, six for a tie and zero for a loss. They lose points if they miss out on the required minimum number of matches, known as a ‘short series’. This means that richer countries, such as England, Australia and India, often play five-Test series that are high quality, profitable, but also difficult to win, whilst smaller nations play two-Test series that can be more easily won.

As a result, the system can reward success against weaker opposition but penalise it against stronger sides. For example, Wisden’s Lawrence Booth has complained that South Africa qualified for this year’s final by beating “pretty much nobody” while England sent a C team to New Zealand and kept its best players at home to compete in the domestic T20 competition, which they have won four times in a row.

The ICC should make changes to the WTC, including doubling the two-year qualifying cycle and ensuring that all top nine teams play each other over series lasting more than three Tests. It should also address the imbalance in how points are awarded for Test wins and losses, removing the option to earn more by playing shorter series and increasing the penalty for missing out on required short series matches.

The Asian Games, also known as the Asiad, is a biennial multi-sport event held under the auspices of the Olympic Council of Asia. The first edition of the Asian Games was held in 1951 in New Delhi, India. The next edition is scheduled to take place in 2026 in the Japanese cities of Aichi and Nagoya. Since its inception, the Asian Games have evolved into a major platform to promote sports diplomacy and cultural understanding across the region.

Featuring 41 sports and 58 venues, the 2026 Asian Games will host 15,000 athletes and officials from 45 countries and regions, and is set to be one of the largest sporting events in the world. GL events is proud to have been chosen by the Organising Committee to design, fit out and manage all 58 of the Games’ venues.

In its latest development, cricket and Mixed Martial Arts have been formally retained as medal events at the Asian Games. The decision was made by the AINAGOC Board of Directors at its 41st meeting in Nagoya on Monday, April 28.

MMA will feature six medal events in its Asian Games debut and will be classed as a discipline under Combat Sports, alongside kurash and jujitsu. Cricket, meanwhile, will make its return to the Games after a solitary appearance at Paris 1900 – the sport’s first-ever Olympics showing. The tournament will be played in the T20 format.

Formula 1 transcends motorsport – it’s an arena of innovation and strategic complexity, with dedicated fanbases following every twist and turn of the F1 live ranking. The rankings reveal the competitive essence of the sport, and are a critical tool for both drivers and teams to track their progress. The rankings are updated after every race, and offer insight into how F1 works behind the scenes, allowing fans to follow their favorite drivers and team from around the world.

Driver standings reward performance by tracking a driver’s position throughout the season. Each race contributes to the rankings, and a driver’s position can be impacted by a wide variety of factors. Whether it’s the speed of their car or the precision of their pit stops, drivers must work tirelessly to maximize performance and earn points. Those with the most points at the end of the season are crowned champions in both the Drivers and Constructors Championships.

The constructors’ standings are a more complex measure of the overall success of a team. It considers the results of a team’s two drivers in each race, and is awarded to the team that finishes with the most points at the end of the year. This demonstrates the collaborative nature of Formula 1 racing, and highlights the importance of various aspects of the teams’ operation to their success – from optimizing car performance to executing flawless pit stops.

The rinks in Olympic ice hockey are as large as NHL arenas, and the athletes are professionals who compete with players from around the world. But if you go back to 1920, when the sport made its Olympic debut at Antwerp’s summer Games, the competition was played on outdoor rinks and included amateur players. The game found its true home four years later at Chamonix and the Olympic Winter Games. From then on, men’s and women’s ice hockey has been an integral part of the Olympics.

The tournament starts with a round-robin series of games within groups, followed by the medal round. Teams are awarded medals based on the points they earn in that round. The top three teams in each group advance to the semifinals, while the bottom team plays for bronze.

In 1994, the Miracle on Ice captivated the world. With just over two minutes left in the third period, the U.S. trailed the Soviet Union 3-2 at the Big Hat arena. But the Americans pulled out a stunning victory, and the American team went on to win gold with a record of seven wins and one tie.

The rules of the Olympic game differ from those of the NHL, for example, there is no body checking (though some NHL players have participated in the Olympic tournament). Also, the goal crease is a trapezoid that extends across the ice, while the blue lines that mark off the defensive zone are 60 feet (18 meters) out from the goal line. Also, in the Olympic tournament, if no team scores in overtime, there is a shootout.

Esports, or electronic sports, are organised video game competitions with large audiences watching online or in person. These contests are played across a range of different games, from first-person shooters to strategy titles, and can be worth millions in prize money.

While esports is still a relatively new industry, it’s already changing the way we live and work. From the smallest gaming meetups to international tournaments with huge audiences, esports are helping to shape everything from business opportunities to cultural shifts.

The world’s best players now compete for huge prizes in a wide variety of tournaments, often held in public arenas. And the number of participants is growing rapidly, with the eSports economy forecast to be worth $138 billion by 2024.

That’s why it’s so important to keep up with the latest esports tournament news. Our team of writers are passionate about the games they cover, and their expert insight helps you get the most out of your eSports experience.

We’ve got a full calendar of upcoming events, so you can follow your favourite players and teams all year round. We’ve also got a wealth of expertly curated esports news and interviews, plus the latest updates on the big matches in progress.

Find the best esports tournaments for your interests, from major League of Legends and VALORANT Champions Tour events to CS:GO Majors, IEM Katowice and more. And don’t miss the chance to see a CS:GO team in action at the Cathedral of Counter-Strike, with Spacestation Gaming taking on Evil Geniuses as defending champions.