Human Achievements
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Nadia Comăneci Wins Laureus Lifetime Award, 50 Years After Her Perfect 10
Fifty years after scoring gymnastics' first-ever Perfect 10 at Montreal 1976, the Romanian icon received the sport world's highest honor in Madrid.
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Hilary Knight Makes TIME 100 After Gold Medal Farewell
The ice hockey legend, who won Olympic gold at her final Games in February, joins the 2026 TIME 100 list — the only hockey player among six athletes recognized.
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Gout Gout Runs 19.67s to Become Fastest Teenager in 200m History
The 19-year-old Australian sprinter shattered the world under-20 200m record at the national championships in Sydney, blowing past Usain Bolt on the all-time junior list.
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UCLA Wins First NCAA Women's Basketball Title
The Bruins routed South Carolina 79-51 to claim the program's first national championship in women's basketball.
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Malkin Hits 1,400 Points With Emotional Hat Trick at Age 39
Evgeni Malkin became the 23rd player in NHL history to reach 1,400 career points — then added two more goals to complete a hat trick that left him in tears.
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Daredevil Completes First-Ever Wingsuit Flight Over Bangkok
Red Bull Air Force legend Miles Daisher soared past Bangkok's iconic skyline at 260 kph and landed on a moving boat on the Chao Phraya River.
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From College Football to World's Fastest: Jordan Anthony Wins 60m Gold on Championship Debut
Just nine months after leaving college football, 21-year-old American sprinter Jordan Anthony stunned the world by winning the 60m title at the World Indoor Championships in Toruń with the fourth-fastest time in history.
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Simon Ehammer Shatters Heptathlon World Record With Stunning Performance in Toruń
Switzerland's Simon Ehammer scored 6,670 points at the World Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland, breaking Ashton Eaton's 14-year-old heptathlon world record.
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Lamine Yamal Becomes Youngest Player to Score 10 Champions League Goals at Just 18
Barcelona's teenage sensation Lamine Yamal rewrote the record books once again, becoming the youngest player in Champions League history to reach double figures in Europe's elite competition.
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9,500 People Turn Mexico City's Zócalo Into the World's Largest Soccer Class
Thousands of Mexicans packed their capital's iconic central square for a 40-minute mass training session, shattering the previous Guinness record by nearly nine times ahead of the 2026 World Cup.
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Mondo Duplantis Soars to 15th Pole Vault World Record at 6.31 Meters
Swedish pole vaulter Armand "Mondo" Duplantis cleared 6.31 meters at the Mondo Classic in Uppsala, setting his 15th world record and continuing the most dominant run in the sport's history.
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From Asthma Patient to International Squash Champion: The Inspiring Journey of Surbhi Misra
Told as a child that she might never play sports, Surbhi Misra turned a doctor's prescription for physical activity into a career that took her to the Commonwealth Games — and now she's building the next generation of Indian squash.
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Seahawks Owner to Sell Super Bowl Champions and Donate All Proceeds to Charity
Just ten days after winning Super Bowl LX, the Seattle Seahawks have been put up for sale by the estate of Paul Allen — with every dollar of the expected multi-billion-dollar proceeds going to philanthropy.
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Elana Meyers Taylor Makes History as Oldest Individual Winter Olympic Gold Medalist at 41
American bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor has written a new chapter in Olympic history, winning gold in the women's monobob at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games at age 41, becoming the oldest individual gold medalist in Winter Olympic history.