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By IAN AUSTEN Montreal didn’t host any World Cup matches this summer. But during the coming week, fans of another sport centered in Europe will be keeping their eyes on the city as it hosts cycling’s UCI Road World Championships. For casual spectators, the Tour de France has come to define bike racing. But aside from the yellow jersey worn by that race’s winner, there’s no piece of clothing as coveted in cycling as the white jersey with a rainbow band of colors awarded to wor

Runners make their way through the Bronx during the New York City Marathon in New York, Nov. 7, 2021. A 2026 course change, the race’s first in the last 15 years, is supposed to reduce the impact of the race in the Bronx by restoring access to a supermarket. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times) By JENNIE COUGHLIN For the first time since 2011, the New York City Marathon course is changing. Runners at this year’s race Nov. 1 will travel a slightly different route in the Bronx to

Yachts docked at Safe Harbor marina in Newport, R.I., Aug. 9, 2026. The private equity firm Blackstone paid $5.6 billion in early 2025 for Safe Harbor. (David Degner/The New York Times) By MURRAY CARPENTER Tanned and tousled after a sailing regatta on Narragansett Bay, more than a thousand people gathered last month at a large marina in Newport, Rhode Island, for three days of competitive racing, dockside dinners and drinks aboard superyachts.Events like these bring together

By FRANCESCA REGALADO Noel Germano leads the way through the dark, airless hallways of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, an isolated compound west of Manila that was meant to be the first source of atomic energy in the Philippines. Instead of the thrum of massive turbines and steam generators, there is eerie silence: The plant has been mothballed for decades. A yellow radiation protection suit is only for display, unneeded by Germano, who manages the plant, or any of his seven