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  Gymnastics

  / 3 years ago

  Watch: Biles takes Olympic bronze after mental health battle

  Simone Biles made her long-awaited return to the Olympic Games on Tuesday, taking bronze in the beam final won by Chinese...

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  Basketball

  / 3 years ago

  US power past Spain to make Olympic basketball semis

  The United States kept their basketball gold medal dreams on track Tuesday by grinding past world champions Spain 95-81 and into...

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  Athletics

  / 3 years ago

  Watch: Warholm wins 400m hurdles gold, smashes world record

  Norway’s Karsten Warholm produced a devastating performance to smash his own world record and win the Olympic men’s 400 metres hurdles...

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  Football

  / 3 years ago

  Euro hero Chiellini signs two-year deal with Juventus

  Giorgio Chiellini has signed a new two-year contract with Juventus, the Serie A club announced on Monday, a few weeks after...

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  English football

  / 3 years ago

  Former England winger Downing retires

  Former Liverpool and England winger Stewart Downing announced his retirement on Monday. Downing’s decision to hang up his boots ended a...

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  More sports

  / 3 years ago

  Australian Hoy, 62, oldest Olympic medallist since 1968

  Australian Andrew Hoy became the oldest medallist at the Olympics since 1968 when he took silver in the equestrian eventing team...

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  More sports

  / 3 years ago

  Discus star Allman gives USA much-needed gold medal

  Valarie Allman gave the United States their first track and field gold of the Tokyo Olympics, on the fourth day of...

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  More sports

  / 3 years ago

  Cuba’s Lopez wins fourth Olympic wrestling gold

  Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler Mijain Lopez became only the fourth athlete in history to win four Olympic golds in the same event...

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  More sports

  / 3 years ago

  Hassan wins Olympic 5,000m in first step in treble gold bid

  Dutch runner Sifan Hassan took a first, giant step in her bid for an unprecedented Olympic treble when she sprinted to...

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  More sports

  / 3 years ago

  Denmark’s Axelsen wins badminton gold to break Asian stranglehold

  Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen convincingly won Olympic badminton gold on Monday in Tokyo, becoming the first non-Asian man to claim the singles...

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