Ronaldo Hit With Ban After Portugal Row

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October 10, 2026 | Edition #762

Hey Athletic Fans,

Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal exit has officially come with a price. The fallout from his walkout is no longer just a war of words; his international future is on the line.

Elsewhere: a retired men’s world record holder claims he could beat Tara Davis-Woodhall’s Olympic record, and he isn’t shy about it.

All that and more in today’s edition of Essentially Athletics.






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Judy Chepkoech produced a photo-finish thriller at the Nuttycombe Invitational, surging past Iowa State’s Betty Kipkore to win the women’s championship race in 19:19.5, by just 0.1 seconds. Watch below 👇


On this day in 1964, the XVIII Summer Olympic Games open at the National Stadium in Tokyo, the first Olympics ever staged in Asia, with 93 nations taking part, a record at the time.

Yoshinori Sakai, a 19-year-old runner born in Hiroshima on the day the atomic bomb fell, carries the flame up 163 steps to light the cauldron, a symbol of Japan’s postwar rebuilding.

It’s a Games of firsts, with 16 countries making their Olympic debuts, and it’s also the last Olympics to use a traditional cinder track.


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