Zambian teenager Muzala Samukonga won his nation's first-ever Commonwealth Games 400m title on Sunday as Sada Williams gave Barbados their first gold in the women's event on the final day of athletics in Birmingham.

Ten members of crisis-hit Sri Lanka's Commonwealth Games contingent in Birmingham have disappeared in a suspected attempt to remain in Britain, a top sports official from the island nation told AFP on Sunday.

Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah rocketed to a sprint double at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday as Australia pulled clear of England at the top of the medals table.

Australia's Donna Lobban said she and her Scottish husband Greg Lobban would not be signing "divorce papers" after she beat him in mixed-doubles squash competition at the Commonwealth Games on Friday.

Olympic 100m champion Elaine Thompson-Herah cruised to Commonwealth gold on Wednesday as Australia's Ariarne Titmus completed a stunning individual freestyle treble on the last night of swimming action.

Uganda's Victor Kiplangat took a wrong turn but still found his way to marathon gold at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday, providing some late drama to what had been an uneventful race.

Nigerians, including three presidential candidates, basked in the glory of the country's first world athletics gold medal, welcoming a respite from bad news about economic hardships and deepening insecurity.

Armand Duplantis wrapped up the World Athletics Championships in Eugene in stunning fashion on Sunday, setting a new world record in the pole vault as the curtain came down on the 10-day global track and field extravaganza.

French world record holder Kevin Mayer regained the world decathlon title with a late surge on Sunday, climbing from sixth overnight to clinch gold after Olympic champion Damian Warner withdrew through injury.

The gold eluded him but with a landmark silver here, Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra still created history one more time, becoming only the second Indian and first male track and field athlete to win a medal in the World Championships.

American Sydney McLaughlin produced one of the greatest track performances of all time on Friday by shattering her own 400 metres hurdles world record to win World Championships gold.

China will host the 2022 Asian Games in 2023, organisers said on Tuesday, after postponing the event in Hangzhou because of Covid.

All eight medals Bangladesh have earned in the history of the Commonwealth Games have come from shooting, but the exclusion of the discipline from the upcoming Birmingham edition has put Bangladesh into a soul-searching mode.

American Fred Kerley led a US cleansweep as he stormed to victory in the men's 100m at the World Championships in Oregon on Saturday.

American veteran Allyson Felix will hang up her spikes having sealed a remarkable 19th world medal on Friday, while Fred Kerley laid down an impressive marker in the heats for the 100m in Oregon.

Bangladesh's fastest man Imranur Rahman could not participate in the World Championship heats, despite qualifying with flying colours, due to a groin injury.

Africa's fastest man Ferdinand Omanyala was facing an anxious race against time Wednesday, waiting for a US visa so he can compete in the World Athletics Championships.

Olympic great Mo Farah won praise from across Britain's political spectrum Tuesday after the shock revelation that he was illegally trafficked as a child to the country and forced to work in domestic servitude.

Olympic great Mo Farah was illegally trafficked to Britain at the age of nine from Djibouti and forced to work as a child servant, he has revealed, saying his real name is Hussein Abdi Kahin.

Sri Lanka’s Yupun Abeykoon became the first sprinter from South Asia to clock sub-10 seconds in men’s 100m sprint when he blazed to victory in the event at the Resisprint International in Switzerland, clocking 9.96s.