UNDER the steely skies of Tokyo, Japan, amidst blistering pressure and fierce competition, Alphonce Simbu did not just win a ...

English singer Harry Styles ran the Berlin Marathon on Sunday. He finished in under three hours, and under a false name. Organizers confirmed to German newspaper Tagesspiegel that the former One ...

In the closest marathon finish in world championship history, Alphonce Simbu of Tanzania just squeezed past Amanal Petros of Germany at the line to win the 2025 title in 2:09:48. Petros, who looked to ...

TOKYO (AP) — They ran for more than two hours and needed a photo finish to determine the winner. Alphonce Simbu of Tanzania edged out Amanal Petros in a wild men's marathon at world championships ...

Tanzania’s Alphonce Felix Simbu won the men’s marathon Monday at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, using a stirring final kick to chase down and stun Germany’s Amanal Petros in a photo ...

Photo finishes are normally reserved for incredibly fast events where it's impossible to tell who won with the naked eye. They usually don't happen at the end of marathons. But a photo finish was ...

TOKYO, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Peres Jepchirchir edged Tigst Assefa in a thrilling sprint finish at Tokyo's National Stadium to win the women's marathon on a steamy second morning of the World Athletics ...

SYDNEY, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Olympic champion Sifan Hassan and Ethiopian Hailemaryam Kiros both ran course record times to win the titles at the Sydney Marathon on Sunday as the race entered a new era ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - August 30, 1904, American runner Thomas Hicks won gold in the St. Louis Olympics marathon race. This Day in History: St. Louis’ Hall-of-Famer ‘Stan the Man’ Stan Musial plays ...

Conner Mantz, an Olympic marathoner who is currently the top American men’s distance runner, is returning to run the Faxon Law New Haven 20K road race, the USATF national championship, on Labor Day, ...

Abby Burke, Mike Burke, and Kate Michaw, of Hopkinton, cheer on runners at the start of the 129th running of the Boston Marathon, April 21, 2025. / Daily News and Wicked Local Staff Photo/Art Illman / ...