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  Athletics

  / 3 months ago

  Lyles aims to rescue US sprinting’s honour in 100m at Olympics

  Noah Lyles has a chance on Sunday to land the Olympic men’s 100m title and restore pride to US sprinting, while...

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  Olympic Games

  / 3 months ago

  Watch: Ledecky makes Olympic history as McIntosh stars again in pool

  American Katie Ledecky made history on Saturday with her ninth career Olympic gold while Canada’s Summer McIntosh underlined her status as...

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  Football

  / 3 months ago

  German keeper’s heroics knock Canada out of Olympic women’s football

  Goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger saved two penalties in the shoot-out and scored the winning kick to knock holders Canada of the Olympic...

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  Athletics

  / 3 months ago

  Watch: Alfred heads double Caribbean delight and Crouser shines at the Olympics

  Julien Alfred and Thea LaFond led their two tiny Caribbean island nations to first-ever Olympic medals when they won golds in...

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  Olympic Games

  / 3 months ago

  Zheng Qinwen makes history with Olympic singles gold

  Zheng Qinwen became the first Chinese player to win Olympic tennis singles gold when she defeated Croatia’s Donna Vekic on Saturday,...

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  Boxing

  / 3 months ago

  Watch: Olympics gender row boxer in tears after winning at least bronze

  The Algerian boxer embroiled in a major gender controversy guaranteed herself at least bronze at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, bursting...

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  Gymnastics

  / 3 months ago

  Watch: ‘Overwhelmed’ Yulo wins historic gymnastics Olympic gold for Philippines

  Carlos Yulo triumphed on Saturday in the men’s floor exercise of the gymnastics in Paris for only the second Olympic gold...

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  MotoGP

  / 3 months ago

  Bastianini wins British MotoGP sprint as Bagnaia crashes out

  Ducati rider Enea Bastianini won the British MotoGP sprint at Silverstone on Saturday as championship leader Francesco Bagnaia crashed out on...

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  Olympic Games

  / 3 months ago

  Watch: Grim start to golden finale for Ebden at Olympics

  Australia’s Matthew Ebden enjoyed a golden finale to his Olympics on Saturday just a week after being humiliated by Novak Djokovic...

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  Football

  / 3 months ago

  New Bayern boss Kompany enjoys 2-1 win over Spurs in Seoul

  Goals from Gabriel Vidovic and Leon Goretzka gave new Bayern Munich manager Vincent Kompany a 2-1 win over Tottenham on his...

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