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Audrey Werro amenaza el récord del mundo de 800 metros en la Diamond …

Audrey Werro amenaza el récord del mundo de 800 metros en la Diamond League Lausana

La reciente campeona de Europa de 800 metros, la suiza Audrey Werro, buscará el viernes el récord del mundo de la distancia en la Liga Diamante de Lausana, antepenúltima prueba del circuito antes de la gran final en Bruselas y que tendrá su estreno mañana, en el centro de la ciudad, con el concurso de la pértiga masculina liderada por el sueco Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis. Werro, que este 2026 fue también subcampeona mundial en pista cubierta, está viviendo un gran momento de forma a sus 22 años y quiere coronar la temporada con un récord del mundo en casa, ante su afición, y en una carrera en la que estará otra de las estrellas globales de los 800 metros, la neerlandesa Femke Bol.

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Nick Kyrgios suspended from tennis after testing positive for cocaine

The former Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios has been suspended from tennis after testing positive for cocaine.

The 31-year-old Australian revealed on an Instagram post on Wednesday that he had “made a huge mistake” before his suspension was confirmed by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) shortly afterwards.

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Wafcon 2026 review: Glory for Cameroon, Nigeria flop and Malawi cause a stir

Monique Ngock starred as Cameroon triumphed for the first time in a tournament of compelling surprises, even if crowd figures disappointed

Cameroon became only the fourth country to lift the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) title following Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea and South Africa, and only the third to have both a men’s and women’s continental champion, after a 3-0 win over Malawi in Rabat last weekend. The result was significant for several reasons, not least because it gave the competition a new winner after the former champions Nigeria and South Africa were eliminated in the quarter-finals to mark a changing of the guard in the African women’s game.

It is worth remembering that Cameroon did not directly qualify for this edition of the Wafcon and were only added when the tournament was expanded to 16 teams last November. That gave them the opportunity to compete, but almost no one would have picked them as champions based on reputation and results. Cameroon had not reached a Wafcon final in a decade and had never even scored a goal in the final, but had three before half-time against a Malawi side that seemed destined to complete a fairytale.

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