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Tigst Assefa won the 2026 Berlin Marathon in 2:11:04, setting a new course record and personal best, but a late-race injury prevented her from breaking the women's world record. She led by a minute at 15km and was on record pace at 35km, but slowed dramatically in the final two kilometers. The win secures her third Berlin title, while Guye Adola won the men's race in 2:02:50.
Keely Hodgkinson dominated the women’s 800m at the Athlos meet in London, wearing a dramatic all-black Nike speedsuit she called “pretty sick” as she won in 1:56.40, taking a share of a roughly $1.06 million prize pot (about $65,000 for the winner). The spectacle-event, founded by Alexis Ohanian and featuring Serena Williams, signals Athlos’s bold fashion-meets-sport format and possible league expansion.
The University of Arkansas Board of Trustees unanimously approved a resolution directing UA System President Jay B. Silveria to lead a comprehensive review of the athletic department to identify how to strengthen resources and leadership for the Razorbacks football program, with no timeline or specific changes laid out yet.
Hyrox competitor Joanna Wietrzyk apologized after continuing a Beijing race despite soiling herself and retroactively withdrew, forfeiting her points; Hyrox co-founder Moritz Fürste apologized for the delayed response and said new rules are being implemented to prevent similar incidents, with the athlete noting there’s more to life than racing.
An Australian Hyrox competitor, Joanna Wietrzyk, apologized after she continued and won the women’s 16–24 race in Beijing despite an involuntary bowel movement during the event; she then retroactively withdrew from the competition and forfeited the points. Hyrox organizers and co-founder Moritz Fürste apologized for the delay in intervention, while emphasizing the need to learn from the incident.
Australian Hyrox winner Joanna Wietrzyk apologised for continuing the Beijing race after soil-related incident and will retroactively withdraw her win; Hyrox and organizers faced backlash, with promises to tighten hygiene and event procedures to prevent a repeat.
The University of Wisconsin–Platteville has temporarily suspended the 2026 men's cross-country season and placed head coach James Akita on paid administrative leave while the Office of Compliance and Integrity investigates hazing and student-athlete conduct allegations.
Josh Kerr dominated the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship 1500m in Budapest to become Britain’s first winner, taking $150,000 after sprinting past Yared Nuguse to clock 3:29.35, as the event showcased a $10m prize fund and Kerr’s approach of peaking for major titles through selective racing.
BBC Sport’s live coverage from Budapest’s World Athletics Ultimate Championship 2026 highlights Alison Dos Santos cruising into the 400m hurdles final, Miltiadis Tentoglou leading the long jump, Sandi Morris challenging in the pole vault, Georgia Hunter Bell finishing second in the 1500m as she chases a fourth title, and Britain's Romell Glave and Jeremiah Azu advancing in the men’s 100m semi-finals, with Imani Lansiquot praising the event’s atmosphere.
Shea Langeliers opened a rehab stint with Triple-A Las Vegas, going 2-for-3 with a double in his first action back from knee surgery and likely serving as a DH for Oakland the rest of the season, while the A's balance his workload with Heim/Serven catching duties. In the minors, pitching prospect Jamie Arnold suffered intra-orbital and maxillary sinus fractures from a comebacker, ending his first pro season with a potential big-league look in 2027 after recovery, as Oakland navigates a front-office transition and a move to Las Vegas.
America posted a record-breaking 2026 Diamond League with 11 wins from nine athletes, and Cole Hocker enters the Brussels final as the leading U.S. hope to win a Diamond League title in the 1500, potentially ending a drought dating back to 2019; Nuguse, Strand, Hiltz, and Blanks also headline a strong U.S. contingent across multiple events as the final unfolds Sept. 4–5 in Brussels.
Lawrence Butler's two-run single in the fifth keyed a 7-4 Athletics win at T-Mobile Park, with Zack Gelof homering early and Julio Rodríguez contributing an RBI double, a run, and three stolen bases to become the first MLB player to start his career with five consecutive 20-homer, 20-steal seasons; Kade Anderson took the loss, Hogan Harris earned the save, and Seattle remained six games back of Houston in the AL West.
Donor contributions fell from $18.5M in 2022 to $13.5M in 2025, sponsorship revenue dropped 42%, and UCLA’s athletics department ran a cumulative deficit of about $241M since 2019, despite joining the Big Ten. The shrinking funding helped drive the firing of athletic director Martin Jarmond and spurred Chancellor Frenk to pursue a self-funded, revenue‑driven model under interim leadership.
UCLA fired athletic director Martin Jarmond after six years and appointed Lakers alum Tim Harris as the new AD, citing the NIL era’s rising costs and an unsustainable athletics debt. Harris will lead the department on a pro bono basis as UCLA pivots to a revenue-driven model, while the school seeks new strategies for student-athlete support and program success. Jarmond’s tenure included a Big Ten move and nine NCAA titles in non-football sports, but football underperformed and the athletics budget carried a significant deficit (about $51.8 million in 2024).
In Lausanne, Birhanu Balew outsprinted a loaded American 5,000m lineup to win in 12:57.55 as Parker Wolfe, Nico Young and Graham Blanks finish 2nd–4th. Emmanuel Wanyonyi nails a vintage 800m victory in 1:42.19, while home favorite Audrey Werro defends the women’s 800 in 1:55.33, just ahead of a personal-best 1:55.41 for Femke Broeders-Bol, who also broke the Dutch mark; Lexy Halladay-Lowry posts a PB in the steeple, and the meet marks Diamond League’s resumed countdown to Budapest with several notable performances.