Eighteen-year-old Amber-Rose Berry has become the youngest South African woman to swim the English Channel. The Pringle Bay swimmer completed the 33km crossing on August 23 in an unofficial 10 hours and 27 minutes. Berry battled strong currents, jellyfish stings and waves from a passing ship during the demanding swim. She entered the water from Shakespeare Beach in Dover at 5:27 am and reached France at 3:54 pm. The average Channel crossing takes around 12 to 14 hours, making Berry's time particularly impressive. She began losing energy after passing the halfway point but conti
Neeraj Chopra finished second at the Lausanne Diamond League with a season-best throw of 88.05 metres. Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage won the javelin competition with 88.14m, edging Chopra by just nine centimetres. Grenada’s Anderson Peters finished third with 86.69m. Chopra opened with 83.54m before producing his best throw in the second round. His 88.05m, improving his previous season best by 2.23 metres. Pathirage responded in the third round with 88.14m to reclaim the lead. Neither athlete could improve their mark during the remaining rounds. The result marked Pathi
Qatar won 20 medals at the West Asian Table Tennis Championships in Amman, Jordan, collecting four gold, two silver, and 14 bronze medals. The gold medals came in men’s singles, men’s doubles, and team competitions. Abdulaziz Nasser Abdullah, Mohammed Abdulwahab, and Abdullah Abdulwahab won individual titles, while Ahmed Al-Qarni and Rawad Al-Nasser claimed gold in the doubles event. Qatar’s Under-19 men’s team also won gold in the team competition, highlighting the country’s strength among its younger players. Sultan Al-Kuwari secured silver in the singles competition. Ser
Cambodia’s Hapkido team returned home with 35 medals from the 3rd Asian Hapkido Championships 2026 in China. The team won 12 gold, 9 silver, and 14 bronze medals during the August 13–17 competition. Coaches, athletes, and parents helped fund the delegation’s trip. The journey cost more than $15,000. Coach Kong Chanthina said the competition was highly competitive. Athletes faced multiple rounds across events from several countries. Phin Monnyroth was among Cambodia’s standout performers. He won one gold, one silver, and one bronze across three events. His gold came in t
India defeated Pakistan 5-3 in a thrilling Pool D clash at Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, securing a place in the second round of the 2026 Men’s Hockey World Cup. Captain Harmanpreet Singh and Abhishek scored twice each, while Hardik Singh added another as India raced into a 5-1 lead. Harmanpreet opened the scoring in the fifth minute through a penalty corner. Abhishek doubled the advantage six minutes later before Harmanpreet struck again in the 21st minute. Abhishek added another field goal three minutes later. Hardik Singh then converted a penalty in the 34th minute to put India
Indian Women’s Hockey World Cup recorded their biggest-ever winning margin by defeating South Africa 6-1. Sunelita Toppo scored twice as India moved to the top of Pool D with four points. China also had four points, while England had three. Toppo opened the scoring in the 11th minute after South Africa defended strongly during the early stages. Navneet Kaur doubled India’s advantage early in the second quarter. Sushila Chanu then made it 3-0 in the 25th minute. India produced six shots and earned five penalty corners during a dominant second quarter. Deepika extended India’s
India has announced the National Sports Awards 2025, recognising outstanding performances across several sporting disciplines. A total of 17 sportspersons have been selected for the Arjuna Award. The list includes athletes, badminton players, boxers, chess players, hockey players, kabaddi players, and shooters. Tejaswin Shankar, Muhammed Ajmal, and Priyanka Goswami were recognised in athletics. Treesa Jolly and Pullela Gayatri Gopichand received honours for badminton. The list also includes chess players Vidit Santosh Gujarathi and Divya Jitendra Deshmukh. Hockey players Lalremsiami
Cameroon won their first Women’s Africa Cup of Nations title after defeating Malawi 3-0 in the final in Rabat, Morocco. Marie Ngah scored twice as the Indomitable Lionesses finally lifted the trophy. Cameroon had previously lost three WAFCON finals before achieving their breakthrough. Cameroon dominated from the opening stages and led 3-0 at halftime. Ngah opened the scoring in the 20th minute after reacting to a loose ball. Naomi Eto doubled Cameroon’s advantage around the half-hour mark. Ngah struck again in stoppage time, converting an assist from Eto to achieve a flawless vic
Canadian swimming star Summer McIntosh won gold in the women’s 400m individual medley at the 2026 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California. The 19-year-old finished in 4:28.01, taking nearly four seconds off the previous championship record. Australia’s Jenna Forrester won silver in 4:31.50, while Argentina’s Agostina Hein claimed bronze in 4:32.54. McIntosh completed the race across butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle. Her winning time erased Elizabeth Beisel’s previous Pan Pacs record of 4:31.99, set in 2014. The victory marked McIntosh’s fi
Canada is hosting the FISU World University Rowing Championships for the first time at Fanshawe Lake in London, Ontario. Almost 300 student-athletes from 20 countries are competing across four days from August 13–15. All races are being streamed live. Fanshawe Lake has a strong rowing history, having hosted the 2001 Canada Summer Games. It also previously served as the Canadian national rowing team's home training facility. The venue later hosted the 2022 Can-Am-Mex Rowing Championships and 2025 Canada Cup. The competition is taking place at the Doug Wells Training Centre within Fa