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  Defending champion Van Niekerk out of Olympic 400m

  Wayde van Niekerk’s reign as Olympic 400m champion came to a disappointing end on Monday as the South African world record...

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  Poland grants humanitarian visa to Belarus Olympic athlete

  Poland has granted a humanitarian visa to Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, a Belarusian Olympic athlete who claimed her team tried to force her...

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  Football

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  Benfica and PSV paired in Champions League qualifiers

  At least one former winner must fall in the preliminary rounds for the Champions League after Benfica and PSV Eindhoven were...

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  Kane skips Spurs return amid Man. City transfer talk

  Harry Kane reportedly failed to turn up for his scheduled pre-season tests with Tottenham on Monday amid mounting speculation the striker...

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  Athletics

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  Watch: Italy hails Olympic track and field heroes

  Italy saluted its “Gods of Olympus” Monday after sprinter Lamont Marcell Jacobs won a shock victory in the Olympic 100 metres...

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  American Carey wins women’s gymnastics floor gold at Olympics

  American Jade Carey won women’s gymnastics floor gold at the Olympics on Monday in a quick upturn in fortune after disappointing...

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  Canada shock USA to reach Olympic women’s football final

  Jessie Fleming scored a second-half penalty as Canada upset four-time Olympic women’s football champions the United States 1-0 in Kashima on...

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  Gymnastics

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  Biles returns to Olympic competition for closing beam final

  Simone Biles will return to competition at the Olympic Games for the closing women’s gymnastics beam final on Tuesday, USA Gymnastics...

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  Athletics

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  Watch: Tentoglou trumps Echevarria to win Olympic long jump thriller

  Greece’s Miltiadis Tentoglou left it late to win men’s Olympic long jump gold in a thrilling competition in Tokyo on Monday....

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  Watch: Camacho-Quinn wins Olympic 100m hurdles in Puerto Rican first

  Jasmine Camacho-Quinn stormed to an emphatic first Olympic track and field gold medal for Puerto Rico on Monday, powering to victory...

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