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Who is Gout Gout? The 18-year-old faster than Usain Bolt at the same age

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The Independent UK

Gout Gout, 18, sets 200m time quicker than Usain Bolt at same age

The Australian sprint superstar set a world under-20 record and went faster than Bolt’s best teenage time

The Independent UK

Is Gout Gout faster than Usain Bolt? Australian sprinter sets sights on Jamaican great’s 200m record

Coach believes there’s no limit to 18-year-old’s talent while athlete himself says he’s ‘ready for more’

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Why US sprint star 'hates' Gout comparisons with Bolt

US sprint star Christian Coleman wants the athletics world to relish Australian sensation Gout Gout's career rather than draw unfair parallels with Usain Bolt.

AAP

Adam Gemili retires from athletics: ‘I missed an Olympic medal by less time than it takes to blink’

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: One of Britain’s fastest men is calling time on his career, aged 32. He tells Lawrence Ostlere about his favourite night at the World Championships, his one Olympic regret and his new job at Chelsea

The Independent UK

Soccer Aid brings FIFA World Cup exclusive to West Ham United's London Stadium

This year’s edition of Soccer Aid will bring the World Cup to London before a ball is kicked this summer

FourFourTwo

Soccer Aid 2026: La Liga legend to debut in charity match as lineup revealed

A star-studded line-up of celebrities, and La Liga royalty, is ready to touch London Stadium grass on Sunday, May 31

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Soccer Aid 2026 confirms lineup, date, location, tickets and how to watch anniversary match

Soccer Aid will take place at London Stadium on 31st May, featuring an England squad against aw World XI, marking 20 years of the charity event. The England team includes football legends Wayne Rooney, Jermain Defoe, Jill Scott, Toni Duggan, Theo Walcott and goalkeeper Joe Hart. They’ll be joined by…

The Independent UK

Gout Gout dazzles with record-equalling 100m time

Gout Gout has kicked off his year of 100m racing in style by running 10.00 (+0.9) seconds in Brisbane, equalling the record for an Australian on home soil.

AAP

Cricket, football, athletics: the Caribbean’s sporting success is extraordinary – so why does it feel like a missed opportunity?

As the men’s football World Cup looms, the region’s prowess is often seen in terms of inspirational hardship, but the political will to treat sport strategically is lacking

The Guardian - UK

From ancient vases to iconic shoes: 3,000 years of Olympic history go on display in Milan

Ancient Greek vases, Etruscan artefacts and Roman relics sit alongside Michael Johnson’s golden shoes and Usain Bolt’s racing kit in a new exhibition in Milan.

Euronews

Don't Call Them ‘Cool Runnings’—This Jamaican Bobsled Team Is Looking for More

Nearly 40 years after inspiring the classic Disney film, the Caribbean nation’s sliding program is eyeing an Olympic medal in the next decade, if not at Milan Cortina.

Sports Illustrated

Award-winning former Independent chief sports photographer David Ashdown dies aged 75

The Independent’s editor-in-chief Geordie Greig leads tributes to the award-winning photojournalist

The Independent UK

Storming ahead means increasingly little in era of rugby’s comeback kings

Even the greatest sides can be reeled in like farmed salmon, assisted by a series of newish laws that can transform momentum quicker than you can say ‘Usain Bolt’

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‘Your column was very unfair’: what happened when I met World Athletics CEO

John Ridgeon believes I was downbeat about state of his sport. He may have a point … so we thrashed out our differences

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Blaze tears through Usain Bolt's Jamaica restaurant

Usain Bolt's restaurant Tracks and Records, located in Montego Bay, St James, Jamaica, has been severely damaged by a fire, which erupted in the early hours of Saturday (22.11.25) morning.

AAP

'Off the charts': Gout's rival reveals speed secret

Australian sprinters Gout Gout and Lachlan Kennedy each boast traits they'd love to steal as the pair pin their ears back for next year's Commonwealth Games.

The National (Scotland)

David Smith MBE: A tribute to the Flying Scotsman Sir Menzies Campbell

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Noah Lyles pledges to surpass Usain Bolt’s record after his fourth 200m gold

Noah Lyles equalled Usain Bolt’s record of four straight 200m gold medals at a World Athletics Championships then promised to go one better in 2027

AAP

US sprinters Lyles, Jefferson-Wooden win 200s in Tokyo

Noah Lyles has extended his remarkable domination of the 200m at the world championships with a fourth straight gold in Tokyo.

Sports Illustrated

Noah Lyles Ties Usain Bolt's Record With His Fourth Consecutive World 200-Meter Title

The American has dominated the event in recent years.

The Guardian - UK

Enhanced Games targets British stars after signing US sprinter Fred Kerley

The signature of British athletes across all sports are being prioritised by controversial start-up the Enhanced Games

The Guardian - AU

Gout Gout channels Bolt, horses and butterflies ahead of semi-final test

The Australian teenager faces a struggle to reach the final after being drawn against five sub-20 second sprinters

AAP

Junior star Gout Gout announces himself on world stage

Sprint sensation Gout Gout has lived up to the hype by qualifying for the 200m semi-finals at the world championships.

The Guardian - UK

Oblique Seville backs current sprint crop to get down to 9.6sec but says Bolt will always be best

The world champion said it was ‘only matter of time’ to reach 9.6sec for 100m and dismissed the effect of Noah Lyles’s mind games

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