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eNCA
14-05-2025
- Sport
- eNCA
Team SA tops medal table
South Africa's Mthi Mthimkulu poses with his spike shoe in the men's 4x400m relay heat during the World Athletics Relays Guangzhou 25 at Guangzhou, in southern China's Guangdong province on May 10, 2025. (
Toronto Sun
11-05-2025
- Sport
- Toronto Sun
Canada wins first World Relays mixed 4x100 title
Published May 11, 2025 • < 1 minute read Gold medalists Eliezer Adjibi of Team Canada, Duan Asemota of Team Canada, Marie-Loise Leclair of Team Canada and Sade McCreath of Team Canada pose for a photo after the Mixed 4x100 Metres Relay final during Day 2 of the World Athletics Relays Guangzhou 25 on May 11, 2025 in Guangzhou, China. Photo by Lintao Zhang / Getty Images for World Athletics GUANGZHOU, China (AP) — Canada won the first ever World Relays mixed 4×100 title in Guangzhou, China on Sunday. The Canadian team of Sade McCreath, Marie-Eloise Leclair, Duan Asemota and Eliezer Adjibi finished ahead of Jamaica and Great Britain and Northern Ireland as the event made its debut at the World Athletics Relays. Canada recorded a winning time of 40.30, with Jamaica taking second in 40.44. Third-placed Great Britain and Northern Ireland finished with a time of 40.88. Check out our sports section for the latest news and analysis. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Sports Toronto Maple Leafs Sunshine Girls Relationships Editorial Cartoons
Qatar Tribune
07-05-2025
- Business
- Qatar Tribune
beIN secures exclusive rights to World Athletics Championships until 2027
World Athletics has signed a three-year agreement with beIN MEDIA GROUP ('beIN') for the global sports, entertainment, and media group to have exclusive rights to broadcast the World Athletics Championships in 24 countries across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The agreement will run until 2027 and see beIN SPORTS, the group's flagship sports channels, broadcast 12 events. Under the agreement, beIN will broadcast an exciting line-up of competitions, which started with the World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25 last month. It is followed by the World Athletics Relays Guangzhou 25 from 10 to 11 May 2025. Fans can also look forward to the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, from 13 to 21 September 2025 and the World Athletics Road Running Championships. In 2026, beIN will continue to deliver a packed calendar of world-class competitions, including premier athletics events such as the World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee, USA, the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Torun, Poland, the World Athletics U20 Championships in Eugene, USA, and the World Athletics Road Running Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. beIN will also broadcast the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships and the World Athletics Relays in 2026, before returning to China in 2027 with the World Athletics Road Running Championships in Yangzhou and the World Athletics Championships in Beijing. Mohammad Al Subaie, CEO of beIN MENA, said: 'Securing the rights for the World Athletics Championships across 24 countries in MENA is another significant strategic achievement for beIN and one that reinforces our commitment to providing world-class coverage of diverse sports to our extensive regional audience. We now look forward to working with World Athletics to bringing the excitement of athletics directly to new and current athletics fans throughout the region.' World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said: 'We are delighted to have beIN SPORTS as our exclusive broadcaster for World Athletics Series Events in the Middle East and North Africa. beIN is renowned worldwide for the quality of its sports coverage and can help athletics reach new and existing fans in key markets for us in Africa and the Middle East. We look forward to working with them to bring our World Athletics Series events to the MENA region for the next few years.'Agreement grants beIN SPORTS broadcast rights to 12 showpiece events across 24 MENA countries
Eyewitness News
02-05-2025
- Sport
- Eyewitness News
Athletics South Africa names team for World Athletics Relays championship
JOHANNESBURG – Athletics South Africa (ASA) has selected 19 athletes to be included in Team SA for the World Athletics Relays championship to be held in Guangzhou, China on 10 and 11 May 2025. The team captains are Akani Simbine (men) and Zeney Geldenhuys (women). The national squad will compete in four events, including the men's 4x100m, the men's and women's 4x400m and the mixed 4x400m. "We are excited about the prospects of this national team based on how some of our athletes have been doing well so far in their build ups since the year began. A lot is expected from the team as a result of their performances this far,' said the President of Athletics South Africa, James Moloi. The men's 4x100m team will be anchored by national 100m record holder Akani Simbine. He will be joined by Bayanda Walaza and Bradley Nkoana, both of whom joined Simbine in the sprint relay team that earned South Africa the silver medal at last year's Olympic Games in Paris, as well as national 200m champion Sinesipho Dambile, Retshidisitswe Mlenga and Tsebo Matsoso. The World Athletics Relays Guangzhou 25 will welcome the world's best sprinters as teams compete for relay places at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25. The programme for the World Athletics Relays comprises five relay disciplines – men's and women's 4x100m and 4x400m, plus the mixed 4x400m – and 32 teams will be entered in each of those. The men's 4x400m team features Zakithi Nene, world junior 400m champion Udeme Okon, former world junior champion Lythe Pillay, Gardeo Isaacs, Tumisang Shezi and Mthi Mthimkulu. Nene, Pillay and Isaacs all formed part of the quartet that earned silver in the 4x400m event at the World Athletics Relays in the Bahamas last season. "The athletes are obviously highly motivated and largely boosted by our successes at this global championships last year. We congratulate all athletes who have made it to the team and it is their opportunity to prove that they were selected to add numbers. We ask God to lead them and we also wish them an enjoyable competition in China' said Moloi The women's 4x400m relay team will be led by national one-lap champion Miranda Coetzee, and she will be joined by hurdles specialists Zeney Geldenhuys and Hannah van Niekerk, as well as Shirley Nekhubui, Precious Molepo and Jada van Staden. Isaacs, Coetzee and Nekhubui will also turn out in the mixed 4x400m event, along with Leendert Koekemoer, who broke the SA U20 men's 400m record when he clocked 45.03 seconds at the ASA Senior Track and Field Championships in Potchefstroom last week. It will be the seventh edition of the World Athletics Relays and the first time the event is held in China, after previous editions in the Bahamas, Japan and Poland.
