Archive September 28, 2025

At the World Paralympics in New Delhi, Great Britain won the gold and silver medal at the age of 34, but Hannah Cockroft later questioned the venue’s choice due to the low crowd size. She later claimed a 17th world title.

The GB team-mate Kare Adenegan also won silver, while the nine-time Paralympic champion won a championship record of 55.62 seconds to claim her 29th major title.

The 33-year-old said she was disappointed to see the 60, 000 capacity Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, which was the venue of the World Para Athletics (WPA) showpiece event.

She told BBC Radio 5 Live, “If I’m honest, WPA needs to be looking more closely at where these championships are being sent.”

You “strangely hope that people are watching, and you always hope that people are inspired to try it out.”

The championships, which started on Saturday and continue until Sunday, October 5, are free, entry.

The largest international para-sport event to take place in India, according to Paul Fitzgerald, head of WPA, and a “massive opportunity to grow our sport, our fanbase, and impact society’s perception of persons with disabilities in the world’s most populous nation.”

Cockroft, who will compete in three more events at her eighth World Championships, said she hoped word of mouth will increase competition.

She continued, “I just hope that the message that this event is happening is being sent to the people of India.”

I want it to alter attitudes and how people view disabilities.

We attended the Commonwealth Games in the stadium, and we are aware that there will be more people there as the week progresses, so we can expect to see more people coming and flooding the stands and having a little more support for later events.

Due to the limited number of athletes on the field, Fabienne Andre from Great Britain placed third overall behind team-mates Cockroft and Adenegan.

Cockroft continued to win the title she last won in London in 2017 because the competition had not taken place at the previous three World Championships.

At the World Paralympics in New Delhi, Great Britain won gold and silver in the T34 400m, making Hannah Cockroft the 17th world champion.

The 33-year-old, nine-time Paralympic champion won her 29th major title in 55.62 seconds, breaking the championship record.

More than seven seconds behind Cockroft, training partner Kare Adenegan won silver.

Cockroft continued to win the title she last won in London in 2017 because the competition had not taken place at the previous three World Championships.

Thomas Young of Great Britain won the men’s T38 100m earlier, finishing only 0.28 seconds ahead of Jaydin Blackwell, who set the championship record, and Ryan Medrano, who is US team-mate.

Jonathan Rea finished fifth in the second feature race while Nicolo Bulega won the World Superbike Championship at Aragon on Sunday.

Toprak Razgatlioglu’s error gave Bulega, who also won the Superpole race on Sunday, his 10th victory of the season, by more than three seconds.

After winning Saturday’s first feature race, BMW rider Razgatlioglu, a two-time World Superbike champion, is still in the lead with 36 points over Bulega.

Rea, a six-time champion, improved on Sunday in the 10-lap sprint race to move up to eighth after finishing 13th on Saturday due to tire issues.

Andrea Locatelli, Danilo Petrucci, Axel Bassani, and Xavi Vierge placed sixth overall in the Sunday feature race top 10.

After Sunday’s final race, it was revealed that Spainard Vierge would take over for Rea at Yamaha when he retired at the end of the season.

Between 10 and 12 October, Portugal will host the penultimate round of racing.

The Prem.

Northampton Saints (33) 33

Coles, Pearson, Todaro 2, Litchfield Cons: Belleau 4, and Coles, Pearson,

Chiefs of Exeter (7) 33

Immanuel Feyi-Waboso’s Chiefs of Exeter won their second game tries against Northampton Saints, which was a remarkable comeback draw.

The England winger’s shoulder issue prevented him from playing competitive rugby since December and gave up a score just four minutes into the Prem season opener against Franklin’s Gardens.

In a devastating spell of attacking rugby, Saints appeared to have won the match by half-time thanks to debutants Alex Coles, Tom Pearson, and Tom Litchfield, who both scored two tries.

In the second half, Ross Vintcent added two to Paul Brown-Bampoe’s and Feyi-Waboso’s scores as he hobbled over the line and four unanswered tries for Exeter. After the game, Chiefs boss Rob Baxter confirmed that the cramp was not a muscle injury.

With home fervor roiling for a successful new campaign following their success last year, Franklin’s Gardens was packed with fans of the Saints, who included three exciting debutants, Anthony Belleau, and giant South African lock JJ Van Der Mescht.

However, France international Belleau started poorly, and Saints were caught napping as Feyi-Waboso raced over the line after being caught in a ruck, ducked under a tackle, and made it to the bottom of the standings.

With five tries in 22 minutes, which Coles slammed over from close range, Northampton were not far behind.

Before Todaro, 19, made his dream debut by scoring Saints’ third goal thanks to an outrageous reverse pass from James Ramm, Pearson completed another flowing move by moving wide on the left.

After Saints threatened to run away from the reeling Chiefs, Litchfield received a delicious Fraser Dingwall short pass before Todaro scored his second try.

As Northampton eased off on the accelerator, Exeter somehow drew some faith into the second half, and they were soon able to reclaim the lead.

Brown-Bampoe, who scored 21 tries last season, did so with his first of the campaign, but it still seemed like a couple of consolations even after Feyi-Waboso’s excellent aerial work teed up Vintcent’s first try.

However, Saints’ sleepiness was made clear when Vintcent was sent over for another after Jack Yeandle’s low, sharp throw from a line-out abruptly made them both vulnerable.

Exeter produced some thrilling rugby of their own, and when Stephen Varney looped a reverse pass that could be deemed either inspired or wild, Chiefs worked the ball wide right and Feyi-Waboso slipped over the line.

Saints were riled by the low points, but Chiefs held on even after Josh Hodge was sent off for a 20-minute red card for making head-to-head contact with Sam Graham as the back rower was set to score.

Phil Dowson, Northampton’s rugby director, stated to BBC Radio Northampton: “

“We gave up a 33-7 half-time lead to draw a game that should have been out of sight,” said one player.

We continued giving them field position and possession in the second half because we didn’t value the ball, we didn’t look after it for any length of time, and we were consistently punished.

We initially appeared to be unable to regain our momentum once we lost it.

We basically didn’t get past three phases in the second half despite some really good attacking and some fairly average defense from both teams.

Rob Baxter, Exeter’s rugby director, stated to BBC Radio Devon:

You can’t escape that Northampton team because there were many really talented players who weren’t there, they were in fact.

Literally, the first few things that went our way in the first half caused a slog that required us to go through. I have a responsibility to continue working with the players, giving them the confidence to carry it out, and sticking to it, with the hope that today’s outcome will contribute to that.

At half-time, we had nowhere to go. Fair play to the young men, they both stood up and fought, and we either had to roll over and die or fight.

Walker, Fischetti, Miller Mills, Van Der Mescht, Graham, Weimann, Hutchinson as replacements

Hodge, Feyi-Waboso, Slade, Hammersley, Brown-Bampoe, Brown-Bampoe, Skinner, Varney, Goodrick-Clarke, Dweba, Iosefa-Scott, Tuima, Pearson, Tshiunza, Fisilau, Vintcent, and others.

Yeandle, Blose, Tchumbadze, Jenkins, Zambonin, Chapman, Lilley, James as replacements.