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Nobody swims the 1500m freestyle better than Katie Ledecky. The American turned in yet another dominant performance Tuesday, winning the event at the World Aquatics Championships with one of her best times. Ledecky finished the race in 15:26:44. That was five seconds better than Simona Quadarella, who took silver Tuesday. Lani Pallister finished third. Advertisement Ledecky trailed Pallister early in …

The boss of World Rugby has rejected Australia coach Joe Schmidt’s claim that the decision at the end of the second Test against the British and Irish Lions contravened the sport’s player welfare drive. The officials decided not to overturn Hugo Keenan’s series-winning try after reviewing a clearout in the build-up from flanker Jac Morgan as the Lions snatched a …

Spain composed themselves, waited for the right moment, and then calmly passed between England’s lines. But this isn’t an analysis of the tactical battle. It was the scene at 9pm at St Jakob Park when England formed a guard of honour, clapping Spain through to receive their runners-up medals. Somehow, England had done it again. “We were better,” said Spain …

Monday was the second day of the World Junior Summer Showcase to help determine the rosters for the United States, Canada, Finland and Sweden at the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship, to be held in Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, from Dec. 26-Jan. 5. MINNEAPOLIS — Matthew Schaefer had a jump in his step and a twinkle in his eye …

Gretchen Walsh won her first individual long course world title by nearly breaking her own 100m butterfly world record. Walsh clocked 54.73 seconds at the World Swimming Championships, just off her own record of 54.60 from May 3. She owns the top eight times in history. She prevailed Monday over Belgian Roos Vanotterdijk (1.11 seconds behind, the second-largest margin in …

In what appears to be our first look at a pre-production 2025 iPhone model, an X subscriber with the username @Skyfops posted a tweet showing someone holding an iPhone 17 series model hidden in a thick black case that hides the camera bar on the back of the phone. According to the X subscriber, the photograph also shows a burly …

Man-made risks such as nuclear war or lab-created viruses are most likely to bring about the end of the world as we know it, according to author Tom Ough, who has written a new book about threats to humanity’s existence   In 1900, a complex, geared contraption was rescued from an Ancient Greek shipwreck. The Antikythera Mechanism, as it was …

It’s been a tough go for Team USA at the World Aquatics Championships, but the team won’t leave the event without a gold medal. Gretchen Walsh secured the squad’s first gold Monday, winning the 100m butterfly and setting a championship-record time in the process. Walsh won the event in 54.73 seconds, a championship-record time. It’s the second-best 100m butterfly time …

Scientists have achieved the lowest quantum computing error rate ever recorded — an important step in solving the fundamental challenges on the way to practical, utility-scale quantum computers. In research published June 12 in the journal APS Physical Review Letters, the scientists demonstrated a quantum error rate of 0.000015%, which equates to one error per 6.7 million operations. This achievement …

I wasn’t expecting to see any deals on Switch 2 games for a while. Even though the console is currently much easier to find in stock, game discounts — especially ones on first-party Nintendo launch games — aren’t the norm. However, you can get 10 percent off on the likes of Mario Kart World, and the Switch 2 editions of …