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Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce during a preseason NFL game against the Arizona Cardinals on Saturday
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Travis Kelce admits he 'slipped a little bit' given off-field pursuits
The certain future Pro Football Hall of Fame member says some of his celebrity activities have impacted his play.
Sweden's Armand Duplantis clears the bar as he competes in the men's pole vault event of the Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix in Budapest on Tuesday.
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Duplantis sets new pole vault world record of 6.29 meters
Sweden's Duplantis broke the world record for the 13th time as he soared over the bar at the second attempt.
Members of Italy's delegation wave their country's national flag as they take part in the athletes' parade during the opening ceremony of the 2025 World Games at the Tianfu International Convention Centre in Chengdu, in China's southwestern Sichuan province on Aug. 7, 2025. Italian orienteering athlete Mattia Debertolis died at the Games on August 12, 2025 after collapsing during competition, organizers said.
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Italian orienteering athlete dies at World Games in China
By Ian Ransom
Mattia Debertolis was rushed to hospital after being found unconscious during the men's middle-distance competition.
Max Holloway (left) fights against Dustin Poirier at UFC 318 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans on July 19.
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Aug 12, 2025
Paramount wins exclusive U.S. rights to UFC in $7.7 billion deal
Streaming service Paramount+ will carry the complete U.S. slate of 13 numbered UFC shows and 30 "Fight Night" events.
New Zealand celebrates winning the Women's World Cup in Auckland on Nov. 12, 2022.
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Aug 12, 2025
Women's Rugby World Cup players to wear mouthguards that light up on impact
By Pearl Josephine Nazare
The smart gumshields will send an alert to the match-day doctor warning of possible concussions, while referees will be advised to stop play upon seeing the red flash.
Yu Zidi after heat 2 of the women's 400m medley at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on Aug. 3
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Aug 12, 2025
China's 12-year-old swimming phenom Yu sparks wonder and concern
By Ian Ransom
Even as the swimming world marvels at Yu Zidi's talent, her age has raised questions about the ethics of someone so young competing at the highest level.
Australia's Charlotte Caslick (left) has been ruled out of the upcoming Women's Rugby World Cup due to an ankle injury.
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Aug 11, 2025
Australia loses Charlotte Caslick ahead of Women's Rugby World Cup
Caslick, who was named sevens World Player of the Year in 2016, damaged her ankle against New Zealand last month but was included in Jo Yapp's Australia squad last week.
Grant Forrest, seen in 2024, won a Scottish Championship event on Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeen, Scotland, on Sunday.
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Aug 11, 2025
Donald Trump praises Grant Forrest for 'brilliant' win on Trump-owned course
Trump, who recently spent five days in Scotland, playing golf and sealing a major trade deal with the European Union, was among the first to congratulate Forrest on his victory
Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill was recently sidelined by an oblique injury.
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Aug 11, 2025
NFL teams monitoring situation with Dolphins and receiver Tyreek Hill
The 31-year-old Hill has missed only one game in his first three seasons with Miami.
Justin Rose looks over his putt on the 18th green during the first playoff hole during the final round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis, Tennessee, on Sunday.
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Aug 11, 2025
Rose tops Spaun in playoff to win PGA St. Jude as Fleetwood falters again
Rose, the 2013 U.S. Open champion, had six birdies over his last eight holes.

Britain’s Prince of Wales aircraft carrier makes Japan debut
HMS Prince of Wales arrives into the Port of Darwin, Australia, in July during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025.
Japanese students who want to study abroad looking at options in Asia
The number of Japanese students who applied to the National Taiwan University in Taipei in 2025 is more than 60% higher than last year due partly to affordability and proximity.
Controversial theories continue to swirl around 1985 JAL jet crash
Kimi Ozawa, who lost her husband in the 1985 crash of a Japan Airlines jumbo jet, prays in front of his memorial marker on Tuesday in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture.
The indelible memory of being a part of Unit 731
Hideo Shimizu, 95, says he cannot forget seeing the prisoners' bloody wills scribbled on the walls of prison cells at Unit 731 in 1945.
Taiwanese drama 'Zero Day Attack' on Chinese invasion to stream in Japan
A scene from the Taiwanese television drama "Zero Day Attack," which will stream in Japan from Friday.
Osaka Expo highlights the challenge of holding events in Japan's scorching summer
People huddle near a large fan blowing icy-cold mist at the Osaka Expo on July 12. Amid Japan's relentless summer heat, organizes have put myriad measures in place in order to keep guests safe.
At Himawari Shokudo 2, Italian food with a Japanese soul
At Himawari Shokudo 2, chef Hozumi Tanaka serves Italian-inspired fare with a focus on Toyama produce, such as this appetizer of lightly blanched "hotaru ika" (firefly squid) served atop mixed wild plants and a crepe prepared from "yamato-imo" yam.
Cheer with caution: Expert advises sports fans have game plan for extreme heat
A Cardinals fan fans himself during the seventh inning of a game against the Pirates in St. Louis, Missouri, in June 2022.
Australia's warship selection signals Japanese defense industry's arrival
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate. Australia's selection of an upgraded version of the Mogami-class warship for its next frigate class could prove to be a watershed moment for Japan’s defense industry.
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.

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Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person
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