Learn about the major world events and happenings, birthdays, and deaths that took place on September 21. Check what happened ...

This could've been a sluggish world championships for American sprinters. Instead, they'll walk away with six golds in 10 ...

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden delivered a beautifully smooth display to finish ahead of Jamaican Tina Clayton and Olympic champion Julien Alfred. (AFP pic) Melissa Jefferson-Wooden woke up as the world ...

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden woke up as the world 100 metres champion and fourth-fastest woman in history after her incredible 10.61 second run in Sunday's final, but she is already looking ahead and ...

A night later and he shut Lyles up when Seville shut him down in the final. The Jamaican upstaged the field to be crowned world 100m champion and the fastest man in the world. It didn’t look it, but ...

As the 40th anniversary of that Communist-era record nears, the tantalizing prospect of it being broken rests in the talents of Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, a once-in-a-lifetime talent with a penchant ...

TOKYO (AP) — On the hallowed list of world records in track and field, most marks are, indeed, made to be broken. Others are perched there, seemingly set in stone, beckoning all comers to dream of ...

Polly Holliday, a Tony Award-nominated screen and stage actor who turned the catchphrase "Kiss my grits!" into a national retort as the gum-chewing, beehive-wearing waitress aboard the long-running ...

Holliday died this week at the age of 88. Co-stars and the Hollywood community are remembering actress Polly Holliday, who died Tuesday at the age of 88. Actress Maggie Wheeler, who appeared opposite ...

Come February 2026, kids everywhere will know Tina and Milo and their mischievous friends The Flo. They live in Italy, site of the upcoming Winter Olympics. These mascots’ playful mission will be ...