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Agrusti and Fiorini win Italy’s first marathon race-walk titles
Wind and rain shaped the inaugural 42.195km national championships.
Source: FIDAL2026-01-25 · Golf · EventScottie Scheffler reaches 20 PGA Tour wins at The American Express
Scheffler finished 27-under and four shots clear in La Quinta to secure a career milestone and his first title of 2026.
Source: PGA Tour2026-01-25 · Water polo · EventSerbia defeats Hungary for the European water polo crown
A 10-7 win in a sold-out Belgrade Arena gave Serbia a sixth European title as a sovereign nation.
Source: World Aquatics2026-01-25 · Bowls · EventPaxton and Rednall lead the 2026 world indoor bowls champions
Robert Paxton took the open singles and Katherine Rednall won the ladies world matchplay at Potters Resorts, completing a 17-day championship programme.
Source: World Bowls Tour2026-01-25 · Cricket · ClubSunrisers Eastern Cape secure a third SA20 title
Sunrisers chased Pretoria Capitals' 158 for seven with four balls left at Newlands to win the final by six wickets.
Source: SA20 match centre2026-01-25 · Sports car racing · EventPorsche Penske completes a third straight Rolex 24 victory
Felipe Nasr drove Porsche Penske Motorsport to a third consecutive overall win at Daytona, matching a rare individual streak.
Source: IMSA2026-01-25 · Football · EventJapan makes AFC U23 history with a 4-0 final win
Japan defeated China PR 4-0 to become the first back-to-back AFC U23 champion and lift a record third title.
Source: AFC2026-01-25 · Rally · EventOliver Solberg becomes the youngest WRC-era Monte-Carlo winner
Solberg held his lead through a demanding final leg to take a record-setting Rallye Monte-Carlo victory.
Source: WRC2026-01-25 · Badminton · EventAlwi Farhan wins at home as Malaysia takes three Indonesia Masters titles
Farhan and Chen Yufei won singles while Malaysian pairs captured men's, women's and mixed doubles at Istora Senayan.
Source: BWF World Tour2026-01-25 · Road cycling · EventJay Vine survives a dramatic finale to win the Tour Down Under
The Australian secured the ochre jersey for UAE Team Emirates-XRG after five road stages and a prologue in South Australia.
Source: Santos Tour Down Under2026-01-25 · Handball · EventArgentina takes the continental handball title with 12 seconds left
Federico Giménez scored the decisive goal in a 26-25 victory over Brazil as Argentina reclaimed the South and Central American men's crown.
Source: International Handball Federation2026-01-25 · Cricket · ClubPerth Scorchers win a record-extending sixth Big Bash title
Perth bowled Sydney Sixers out for 132 and completed the chase with 15 balls remaining in front of a record home crowd at Optus Stadium.
Source: Cricket Australia2026-01-25 · Figure skating · AthleteKao Miura wins Four Continents by eleven hundredths
Japan's Kao Miura scored 273.73 in Beijing, holding off Korea's Cha Jun-hwan by 0.11 points in the men's figure-skating event.
Source: ISU official results2026-01-25 · Road running · AthleteStella Chesang wins the Osaka Women's Marathon in 2:19:31
The Ugandan road runner broke clear late in Osaka to record a personal best and the fastest marathon of her career.
Source: World Athletics2026-01-25 · Alpine skiing · AthleteMikaela Shiffrin reaches 108 World Cup wins
Victory in the Špindlerův Mlýn slalom also secured a ninth discipline globe and another landmark in an era-defining career.
Source: FIS2026-01-24 · Athletics · EventRieti cancels children’s athletics meeting after Fusacchia’s death
Pole vault and triple jump were the only events retained for Sunday.
Source: FIDAL Lazio2026-01-24 · Athletics · EventMarino doubles as Rome opens its outdoor athletics season
Benvenuto 2026 combined youth races with senior competition at Paolo Rosi.
Source: FIDAL Lazio2026-01-24 · Biathlon · EventFinland wins Nove Mesto single mixed relay
Germany was disqualified after a rifle-harness safety violation.
Source: International Biathlon Union2026-01-24 · Biathlon · EventGiacomel anchors Italy to Nove Mesto mixed relay gold
Italy returned to the discipline’s top step for the first time since 2019.
Source: International Biathlon Union2026-01-24 · Luge · EventGermany and Austria win first mixed European luge titles
Both winning teams established new Oberhof track records.
Source: International Luge Federation2026-01-24 · Alpine skiing · EventFranzoni wins the Kitzbuehel downhill by seven hundredths
His first downhill victory followed the previous week’s Wengen super-G breakthrough.
Source: International Ski and Snowboard Federation2026-01-24 · Alpine skiing · EventHector wins Spindleruv Mlyn giant slalom
Moltzan and Shiffrin helped place four Americans inside the first eight.
Source: International Ski and Snowboard Federation2026-01-24 · Cross-country skiing · EventKlaebo dominates the Goms classic sprint
Schumacher and Anger followed the Norwegian in the final sprint before the Olympics.
Source: International Ski and Snowboard Federation2026-01-24 · Cross-country skiing · EventSvahn returns with Goms classic sprint victory
Gimmler achieved a career-best second place in a closely contested final.
Source: International Ski and Snowboard Federation