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Valentin Caps Decorated Career with First Team All-American Status to Highlight Panthers’ Performance at NCAA Nationals
Story Links EUGENE, Ore. — FIU track and field’s Michaelle Valentin, competing in discus, earned the fifth All-American honor of her career as the Panthers wrapped up their week at the 2025 NCAA Championships, hosted by Oregon. Valentin closed her illustrious FIU career in style with her first-ever First Team honor, placing […]

EUGENE, Ore. — FIU track and field’s Michaelle Valentin, competing in discus, earned the fifth All-American honor of her career as the Panthers wrapped up their week at the 2025 NCAA Championships, hosted by Oregon.
Valentin closed her illustrious FIU career in style with her first-ever First Team honor, placing 8th-nationally in the women’s discus final. She is the first Panther to earn First Team All-America honors since Rhema Otabor finished fourth in the javelin in 2022.
Valentin’s throw of 59.67 meters was the second-best in her flight and seventh-best in the opening round, qualifying her for the finals. The Haitian-national caps her FIU tenure with three outdoor All-American awards in Discus, adding the First Team accolades in 2025 to Second Team recognition in both 2023 and 2024. She was also an Outdoor Second Team honoree in the Hammer in 2024 and Indoor Second Team member in the weight throw this season.
Arndis Oskarsdottir also competed for the Panthers at the NCAA Championships, participating in the women’s javelin final on Thursday. The freshman placed 19th with a throw of 49.96 meters, earning honorable mention All-America status.
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Student table tennis champ heads to World University Games
Before the opening ceremonies of the World University Games, table tennis player Gina Fu ’28 needed to squeeze in extra training – and a bit of financial modeling for her summer internship. Fu, one of Canada’s top table tennis players and a statistics and economics major in the College of Arts and Sciences, is set […]

Before the opening ceremonies of the World University Games, table tennis player Gina Fu ’28 needed to squeeze in extra training – and a bit of financial modeling for her summer internship.
Fu, one of Canada’s top table tennis players and a statistics and economics major in the College of Arts and Sciences, is set to compete in the 2025 International University Sports Federation Summer World University Games. The table tennis competition kicks off July 17 in Germany. She’ll compete in women’s singles, women’s doubles and women’s teams.
Recognized by the International Olympic Committee, the Summer World University Games bring together student-athletes from around the world to compete every other year. This year, athletes will compete in 18 sports, from 3×3 basketball (including 3×3 wheelchair basketball) to archery and water polo.
“It’s really cool to see how other student athletes balance academics and their sports career,” she said, “This event lets us all come together and celebrate.”
Fu began playing when she was 6 years old, tagging along with her grandparents every weekend to play table tennis at their local community center in Hong Kong. She loved the speed and competitiveness of the sport. It taught her how to handle pressure.
“It’s really fast paced,” she said. “You have so little time to make decisions.”
At 15, Fu moved to Toronto, where she attended high school and joined Canada’s national table tennis team.
She has played in multiple Pan American Championships, and in 2022 she competed against the top 30 players in the world at the Commonwealth Games in the United Kingdom.
At Cornell, she is vice president of the Table Tennis Club. She and the team practice three times a week in Appel Commons Community Center.
The club team grew in popularity and competitiveness this year, Fu said. In April they traveled to the College Table Tennis National Championships in Rockford, Illinois, where the women’s team placed second.
As the spring semester closed, Fu knew she’d likely have the opportunity to play in the University Games, so she lined up an internship she could do remotely.
In the future she hopes to coach kids in table tennis, alongside building a career in banking. “It’s part of my identity, and it always will be,” she said.
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Open water program at swimming worlds begins after two delays
Jul 16, 2025, 06:20 AM ET Open water competition at the World Swimming Championships went off Wednesday after two postponements because of water-quality problems at Sentosa, the island area on the coast of Singapore. Florian Wellbrock of Germany won the men’s 10-kilometer race in 1 hour, 59 minutes, 55.50 seconds. Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy was […]

Open water competition at the World Swimming Championships went off Wednesday after two postponements because of water-quality problems at Sentosa, the island area on the coast of Singapore.
Florian Wellbrock of Germany won the men’s 10-kilometer race in 1 hour, 59 minutes, 55.50 seconds. Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy was 3.7 seconds behind in second place, and Kyle Lee of Australia was third in 2:00:10.3.
Moesha Johnson of Australia won the women’s 10-kilometer race in 2:07:51.3. Ginevra Taddeucci of Italy took silver in 2:07.55.7, with bronze for Lisa Pou of Monaco in 2:07.57.5.
Wellbrock took gold in the Tokyo Olympics in the 10-kilometer race and was the bronze medalist at 1,500 meters in the pool. This is his eighth gold in world championship events.
“It was really tough today. I think it was the warmest waters that we’ve had to race in,” Wellbrock said. “I had one year to prepare for this. We did a lot of heat training, and I think that was the key today to me taking the gold.”
Johnson was the silver medalist in this event a year ago at the Paris Olympics. She also took gold in the 2024 Doha worlds and was the bronze medalist two years ago in Fukuoka, Japan.
The open water swimming program had been initially scheduled to open Tuesday.
Event organizers said water-quality samples taken Tuesday afternoon showed “a significant improvement with levels of E. coli falling between the ranges of good and excellent” in regulations set by the governing body World Aquatics.
The Mayo Clinic says “E. coli bacteria normally live in the intestines of healthy people and animals. Most types of E. coli are harmless or cause relatively brief diarrhea.” It said a few strains can cause “severe stomach cramps, bloody diarrhea and vomiting.” Exposure is often from contaminated water that may contain human and animal waste.
The open water events in the Seine River at last year’s Paris Olympics were a constant cause of concern. The Tokyo Olympics also had problems in 2021 because of warm water in a shallow bay and related pollution issues.
Water pollution was a major problem in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, where pollution levels were often high on Copacabana Beach, the venue for distance swimming, and in Guanabara Bay, the venue for sailing.
Other open water races in Singapore are set for Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Water polo competition at the worlds is underway at an indoor venue. The main event of the championships is eight days of swimming competition in the pool, which opens July 27.
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
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After the 2025 MLB draft, where do the Seattle Mariners’ top prospects fall in an updated rankings? While we won’t see new draft picks ranked by MLB Pipeline until the end of the summer, we can always speculate where they might slot into. For now, here is a projected update of the Mariners’ top 10 […]


After the 2025 MLB draft, where do the Seattle Mariners’ top prospects fall in an updated rankings?
While we won’t see new draft picks ranked by MLB Pipeline until the end of the summer, we can always speculate where they might slot into. For now, here is a projected update of the Mariners’ top 10 prospects.
Note: Because Cole Young is 12 major league at-bats from losing his rookie eligibility, he is not included in this list.
How the Mariners’ top 10 prospects rank after 2025 MLB Draft
1. Colt Emerson, SS
Ranked by MLB Pipeline as the No. 17 overall prospect and the sixth-best shortstop prospect in the game, Emerson is not going anywhere. He has the highest floor of any Mariners’ prospect. While he may not have the power tool of Lazaro Montes or the ambidextrousness of Jurrangelo Cijintje, Emerson has the broadest set of skills.
2. Lazaro Montes, OF
Montes climbed into the MLB’s top 30 prospects in the latest update on MLB Pipeline, which ranked him No. 28. The 20-year-old has a power tool of 65, and has drawn frequent comparisons to superstar Yordan Alvarez. If Montes can perform anywhere near the level of Alvarez, he will be a mainstay in the Mariners’ lineup for years to come.
3. Felnin Celesten, SS
The prize of Seattle’s 2023 international crop of talent, Celesten is just 19 and already bursting into prospect rankings. MLB pipeline ranks him No. 53, despite a lack of results so far in Single-A Modesto. Celesten has the potential to be a five-tool player and might have higher upside than any other prospect in the organization if he can reach his ceiling.
4. Harry Ford, C
Ford has been playing well in Triple-A for the past two months and has regained his status as one of the top catching prospects in baseball. The former first-round pick is ranked No. 55 on MLB Pipeline and should be in the major leagues soon.
5. Kade Anderson, LHP
The Mariners’ 2025 first-round pick immediately slots in as the fifth-best prospect in the farm system, and he will have the potential to climb rapidly. Anderson was regarded as the top college arm in the 2025 draft and at times resembled a left-handed Paul Skenes at LSU. If there is more to be unlocked in the 21-year-old, the Mariners’ pitching development lab will surely find it.
6. Michael Arroyo, INF
Arroyo has mashed at every level of the minor leagues so far, which has helped him rocket up prospect boards. He put together a .934 OPS in 65 games at High-A Everett this spring, earning a call-up to Double-A Arkansas. There, he has actually hit slightly better with a .953 OPS. Although he is not ranked as highly as other infield prospects, Arroyo continues to play like he should be the team’s top prospect.
7. Jonny Farmelo, OF
Farmelo has not played much in the Mariners’ minor league system because of injuries, so it’s hard to judge where he deserves to be ranked. MLB Pipeline ranks him No. 65 overall, one spot behind Arroyo. The results have been good so far. The 2023 first-rounder had a .819 OPS in 46 games at Modesto last year. This year, the 20-year-old has played 15 games at Everett with a .958 OPS.
8. Ryan Sloan, RHP
The Mariners’ second-rounder in 2024 has looked good in his first season of minor league baseball. The 19-year-old holds a 3.62 ERA across 14 starts at Modesto, with 61 strikeouts against only 11 walks in 54.2 innings.
9. Jurrangelo Cijntje, RHP/LHP
The two-handed pitcher has struggled in the minor leagues this year, but still possesses an incredibly unique ability. He is ranked No. 78 on MLB Pipeline despite a 4.95 ERA in High-A, though he did put on an impressive display in the Futures Game.
10. Nick Becker, SS
Becker was the Mariners’ second-round selection in 2025. The prep shortstop hit .407 over 95 career high-school games and put together a 1.251 OPS. He is seen as an above average hitter and should add pop as he grows into his 6-foot-4 frame.
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PANORAMA: Nike joins Special Olympics Int’l in three-year tie-up; MLB players might play at LA28; Louganis medals auction ends Thursday!
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● Olympic Games 2028: Los Angeles ● Positive comments on the possibility of Major League Baseball players participating in the 2028 Olympic tournament, now scheduled for six days at the start of the Games.
Commissioner Rob Manfred told reporters, “I think it is a opportunity to market the game on a really global stage. Obviously the clubs are going to have to endorse this. I mean, it’s a big deal.”
MLB Players Association chief Tony Clark said, “There’s a lot of work that still needs to be done. We do know players are interested in playing, whether it’s for the Team USA or any number of other teams around the world. … There’s just a lot of conversation that needs to be had sooner rather than later to see how viable this is, but we’re hopeful that we can figure our way through it for the benefit of the game.”
● Special Olympics ● Major announcement from Washington, D.C.-based Special Olympics International, with Nike signing on for a three-year partnership, a first for the apparel and shoe giant, with a focus on promotion of the Sports Olympics Unified Sports project where players with and without intellectual disabilities compete together:
● “This partnership will be delivered through Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools (UCS). The support to UCS will help advance Nike’s commitment to powering the future of youth sport where all youth have access to sport.”
● “The partnership will concentrate on four key communities: Oregon, Berlin, Johannesburg, and Tokyo. Nike will engage its employees as volunteers in all four communities as a key element of the partnership, beginning with employee volunteer opportunities at both Special Olympics Oregon and Special Olympics Berlin Summer Games this July.”
● “Over the course of the three-year partnership, Nike and Special Olympics will collaborate on updating Special Olympics’ Global Unified Sports Coach courses and train-the-trainer materials, leveraging Nike’s three decades of youth sport coaching experience and deep insights with global partners and experts focused on quality coaching that’s inclusive and welcoming to all youth. They will also work to recruit more Unified Sports coaches to more closely reflect community demographics—with the ambition of training and certifying more than 600 additional volunteer coaches across the four key communities.”
Special Olympics International also announced that chief executive Mary Davis (IRL) will retire at the end of the year, concluding 10 years at the head of the organization and 47 years in the Special Olympics movement. David Evangelista (USA) has been named as her successor, currently the Regional President & Managing Director, Europe Eurasia for Special Olympics.
● Memorabilia ● Time is running out for the RR Auction of Olympic memorabilia that will close on 17 July (Thursday). The bidding always get heavy at the end, but multiple items are already with bids of $10,000 or more by Tuesday afternoon:
● $53,148: 1968 Grenoble Winter Olympic torch (8 bids)
● $26,329: 2024 Paris Olympic torch and gold medal set (10)
● $19,976: 1984 Greg Louganis Olympic 3 m diving gold (11)
● $18,782: 1988 Greg Louganis Olympic 10 m diving gold (15)
● $15,520: 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympic torch (16)
A very rare Oslo 1952 Winter Games torch is at $9,889, a triple torch collection (1984 Olympic-1998 Winter-2002 Winter) is at $8,531, a Paris 2024 torch is at $8,480 and Louganis’ 1976 10 m silver medal is at $4,784.
Open bidding is available up to 6 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday (17th), with conditions beyond that time (consult the auction catalog details here).
● Aquatics ● The men’s and women’s 10 km open-water swimming events continue to be in doubt as World Aquatics announced that pollution levels are still too high for competition on Wednesday morning (16th).
So, pending better results, the races have been moved to the afternoon of the 16th, at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., with a scheduled off-day on the 17th. Ticket refunds are available for those not wishing to see the events at the re-scheduled times.
● Athletics ● USA Track & Field, which has shed some of its staff in a budget-saving exercise and seen others depart, hired Running USA Executive Director Jay Holder to be its Chief Content and Communications Officer. Holder had been an independent director of USA Track & Field since January; that director position is now vacant.
Holder was the head of Running USA from November 2023, coming from seven years with the Atlanta Track Club and 10 years in local television producer roles in New York, Charlotte and Syracuse.
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The Athletics Integrity Unit announced the suspension of Kenyan marathoner Felix Kirui for “2 years from 8 July 2025 for Presence/Use of a Prohibited Substance (Triamcinolone acetonide). DQ results from 4 May 2025.”
This will nullify his lifetime best 2:10:45 win in the Durban (RSA) Marathon, on 4 May.
● Football ● FIFA announced that the “first ticket draw” for assignments to be able to buy tickets for the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be on 10 September 2025. Those wishing to buy tickets must register on the FIFA ticketing site:
“There will be several distinct ticket sales phases from the start of sales on 10 September 2025, through to the final match on Sunday, 19 July 2026. Each phase may differ in purchasing processes, payment methods and ticket products, and full details on each phase will be released in the coming months.”
Hospitality packages which include tickets, are already on sale.
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Sergio Marchi (ARG), the President of FIFPRO, the worldwide football player union, blasted FIFA and the just-concluded FIFA Club World Cup, including:
“FIFPRO cannot fail to point out, with absolute clarity, that this competition hides a dangerous disconnection with the true reality that most footballers around the world are going through.
“What was presented as a global festival of football was nothing more than a fiction staged by FIFA, driven by its president, without dialogue, without sensitivity and without respect for those who sustain the game with their daily efforts. A grandiloquent staging that inevitably recalls the ‘bread and circuses’ of Nero’s Rome, entertainment for the masses while behind the curtain the inequality, precariousness and lack of protection of the real protagonists deepens. …
“The tournament also took place under unacceptable conditions, with matches being played in extremely hot weather and at temperatures that put the physical integrity of the players at risk. This situation must not only be denounced, but must also be strongly condemned. Under no circumstances must this happen again at next year’s FIFA World Cup.”
● Gymnastics ● Belgian star Nina Derwael, 25, the Tokyo 2020 gold medalist on the Uneven Bars, announced her retirement, effective immediately. Across eight years, she won four World Championships medals (2-0-2) all on the Uneven Bars and five European Championships medals (4-1-0), including the Uneven Bars and Balance Beam at the 2025 Euros in Germany.
“I have achieved everything I wanted to. I proved what I was capable of. Recently, I have increasingly found myself asking: ‘Hasn’t it been enough? Is it worth risking my body?’ Ultimately, I have to conclude that it has been enough.”
● Swimming ● Three brilliant Virginia stars – Olympians all – Kate Douglass, Alex and Gretchen Walsh announced the “Olympic Endowment Scholarship for Women’s Swimming Fund,” to also receive a 50% match from the Virginia Athletics Foundation to create a scholarship for a women’s swimmer at the school.
● Water Polo ● At the 2025 World Aquatics Championships, the U.S. women’s national team completed a 3-0 group stage with a 26-3 rout of Argentina and finished with a 52-19 goals-against total.
Now into the quarters (19th), the Americans will face the winner of the Japan (1-2) vs. Great Britain (2-1) match on the 17th. Australia, Hungary and Spain – all 3-0 – won the other groups.
● Wrestling ● The final spot on the U.S. men’s Freestyle team for the 2025 World Championships was filled on Monday, as Bishop McCort (Johnstown, Pa.) High School senior (and Oklahoma State commit) Jax Forrest defeated 2023 World Champion Vito Arujau in the men’s 61 kg class, 4-3, 7-2.
It will be Forrest’s first seniors Worlds team; he won a Worlds U-17 55 kg silver in 2022.
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Cincinnati Reds Minor League Recap
While Low-A through Triple-A are on break during the All-Star break, the Arizona Complex League and Dominican Summer League are in action. Here is how their top prospects performed. ACL Reds ( 21-33) Won 9-2 Sheng-En Lin went 1-4 with a run scored. Tyson Lewis went 2-3 with a walk and three runs scored. He […]


While Low-A through Triple-A are on break during the All-Star break, the Arizona Complex League and Dominican Summer League are in action. Here is how their top prospects performed.
ACL Reds ( 21-33) Won 9-2
- Sheng-En Lin went 1-4 with a run scored.
- Tyson Lewis went 2-3 with a walk and three runs scored. He has a .929 OPS in his first profesional season, batting .344.
- Arnaldo Lantigua went 2-4 with his 12th double of the season and two runs scored.
- Alfredo Alcantara went 4-4 with a stolen base, a RBI and a run scored.
- Buck Farmer pitched two innings allowing one hit and struck out two.
DSL Reds (16-16) Lost 8-7
- Pablo Nunez went with three walks and a run scored.
- Adolfo Sanchez went 1-4 a walk, a run scored and a RBI.
- Jirnin Morillo went 1-5 with a two run home run.
- Naibel Mariano went 1-5.
- Yojanser Calzado went 3-4 with a run scored
DSL Rojos (14-17) Lost 14-3
- Enry Torres went 1-3 with a walk.
- Angel Salio went 2-4 with a run scored.
- Diego Munoz went 0-2 with a walk and a RBI.
- Isaac Garcia went 0-4
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