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Roger Federer has compared his ‘relaxed’ personality to Rafael Nadal, calling the Spaniard “a tiger in a cage” on the court. Federer was speaking at the Shanghai Masters, where he received the Icon Athlete Award and where he spoke on the ATP Tennis Radio Podcast.

Britain's Adam Peaty took time out from swimming because of burnout. The three-time Olympic champion returned to action for the first time since March in Berlin and talked to DW about getting back to his best.

After a gold medal at last year's European championships, rising star Lana Pudar will be one to watch at the Paris Games. But her success has its costs.

Women boxers, namely Amanda Serrano, want the choice to fight 12-round championship fights like their male counterparts. The featherweight champion, along with 20 other female fighters, said in a statement that they also want to fight three-minute rounds. Currently, in boxing, a women's bout can go no longer than 10 two-minute rounds, even in a championship fight.

American Simone Biles won the balance beam and floor events on the final day of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships on Sunday, increasing her record world and Olympics medals tally to 37, including 23 world golds.

French President Emmanuel Macron joined para athletes for a game of wheelchair basketball in Paris on Sunday, the eve of tickets going on sale for next year's Paralympic games.

Portugal claim a first ever tournament victory, Ireland show their class with a demolition of Scotland and France win their group to set up a mouthwatering quarter-final against South Africa. Leo McGuinn is joined in the studio by Laurent Bellet to discuss all the weekend's rugby action.

Kelvin Kiptum has broken the marathon world record after becoming the first person to run under two hours and one minute. The Kenyan ran a time of 2 hours and 35 seconds, smashing Eliud Kipchoge’s record of 2:01:09 from Berlin in 2022.

It has more than one billion fans around the world and a near-religious following in India, but cricket has yet to go truly global. Jean-Emile Jammine from our Sports desk tells us more. As the Cricket World Cup opens in India, some matches are being held in the ruling party's stronghold, at a stadium named after Prime Minister Narendra Modi. We see how politics plays a major role in India's favourite sport. Plus we take a closer look at how the iconic leather balls are made, often in difficult working conditions.

The Transat Jacques Vabre is a major international sailing competition that will see some 60 teams of two leave the town of Le Havre in mainland France and head across the Atlantic to Fort-de-France in the French Caribbean. Kicking off on October 29, it's set to be an extraordinary spectacle and a chance for some of the world's best sailors to try out new cutting-edge boats and equipment before embarking on the Vendée Globe round-the-world race next year.

African-born sports stars light up the world stage, but often for foreign clubs and federations. Poor investment at a local level keep sports means Africa is losing out on a billion dollar industry.

There will be a new category for transgender athletes at the World Swimming Championships in Berlin this October. How are other sports now approaching gender in competitions?