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Charlotte Dujardin, Carl Hester, Fiona Bigwood and Spencer WIlton win dressage silver

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Pakistan opening salvo puts England in trouble

For Pakistan, they have had to pick themselves up quickly during the short turnaround between the third and fourth test. Hales meanwhile has been particularly...

Simone Biles Floor Routine at the Individual All-Around Finals in Rio

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Michael Phelps's 13th individual gold breaks ancient record

The win gave them the gold medal while the British will have to be satisfied with the silver and South Africa with the bronze. After realizing his mistake, th...

Michael Phelps wins silver in 100 butterfly

She has the ability to perhaps push the world record under eight minutes. By competing in the first semi, Phelps has less time to warm down after the 200 IM. ...

Cardinals scratch Matt Adams because of shoulder soreness

Eugenio Suarez hit an opposite-field home run off of Cardinals starter Jamie Garcia to start the fourth to pull the Reds to within a run, 2-1. The Cardinal...

Katie Ledecky sets WR, blows away field in 800 free

If Ledecky were to master the 100 meters, however, it would open her to the possibility of accumulating Olympic gold medals at a more rapid pace. She set a ...

(Football) Champions Leicester set for a fight to defend Premier League title

Leicester's odds of retaining the title are 33-1 and with United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool all strengthening, they are...

West Ham United Rule Out Lacazette Move, Sign Calleri

He came back very fit. "West Ham was always labelled as a club that has to sell its best players, be it Frank Lampard, Rio Ferdinand or whoever". The West H...

America's Simone Manuel wins historic Gold medal

Manuel now adds onto a history with other black, female, US Olympic swimmers. Her time of 52.70 seconds in the 100-meter freestyle was an American and Olymp...

Michael Phelps will swim at Tokyo 2020, Ryan Lochte guarantees it

Phelps was one of three swimmers to claim silver, dead-heating with Chad le Clos of South Africa and Hungarian Laszlo Cseh in a time of 51.14. After her final r...

Simone Biles is the gymnastics gold standard, Aly Raisman is the glue

She was ready to have fun. "I think I will never be able to (beat her)". Here's the other thing: Even though it was a victory that had been long predicted -...

When will we next see The Joker and Harley Quinn?

It is true that the promotional campaign of the movie heavily emphasized her figure -and construction- fourth Joker in film history. Nevertheless, the film'...

India's Ashwin, Saha extend partnership to 190 v Windies

With the batting line-up faring well and posting big totals on both the matches, India's head coach Anil Kumble will have to sort few things in the bowling...

Rio 2016: 'Stars aligned' for USA cyclist Kristin Armstrong's historic gold

Armstrong, her five-year-old son and husband live in Idaho, where she works at a hospital in Boise. Averaging almost 25 miles per hour, she won Wednesday's 18½-...

Fiji win first ever gold at Rio Sevens

The team had won hearts on their way to the final against Great Britain, so much so that even their rivals were half-hoping they would win. "I'm a little bit ...

Star gymnast Simone Biles wins another Olympic gold medal

Biles's teammate Aly Raisman nabbed the silver with a 60.098, and Russia's Aliya Mustafina won the bronze with a 58.665. "I would say yes", Martha Karolyi ...

Michael Phelps ties for Olympic silver in dramatic men's 100M butterfly finish

Joseph Schooling pulled off a major upset at the Rio Games on Friday to beat United States phenomenon Michael Phelps in the men's 100m butterfly and claim Singa...

Olympic Medals: India 26, Phelps Alone 26

Ryan Murphy got the party started with a first place finish in the men's 200m backstroke before Michael Phelps continued his incredible domination in the pool...

Cancellara cycles off into golden retirement with Olympic win

The 2008 victor and four-time world champion Cancellara clocked 1 hour 12 minutes 15.42 seconds on a wet morning over the 54.5-kilometre distance. "There's guys...

Celebrities React to Simone Biles and Aly Raisman Snagging Gold and Silver

Suddenly Biles was alone in the spotlight, the normally giggly teenager fighting back tears as she waved to the family that raised her, the coaches that molded ...

Manuel becomes first African American woman to win swim gold

As a child, Manuel always loved the water. It was for people who came before me and inspired me to stay in this sport, and for people who believe that they can'...

Olympics-Swimming-Lochte not ready for retirement yet

Michael Phelps won his 22nd Olympic gold medal on Thursday, bringing his record breaking total to 26 medals. "That's the longest continuous competitor I've e...

Greinke comes off disabled list, helps D-backs beat Mets 5-3

The Diamondbacks swept the three-game series from the free-falling Mets , who dropped to.500 for the first time since April 20. Goldie also stole two bases, ...

Arsene Wenger Confident Arsenal Can Compete With Manchester United

Laurent Koscielny meanwhile only returned to training at the start of the week following the European Championships and is not expected to be risked. Calum Ch...

Koehler pitches 7 innings, Marlins win 2-0 against

Coming off a historic seven-hit performance, Brandon Crawford was unable to find any holes Tuesday night. Two days after Brandon Crawford became the first b...

Tons by Shafiq, Younus help Pakistan edge ahead

Interestingly both catches were dropped of Chris Woakes bowling. Pakistan then had three overs to negotiate before the close and Broad trapped young opener ...

Draft Picks Help Lions Rally Past Steelers, 30-17

Decker had some bright spots in the Lions' 30-17 win over Pittsburgh on Friday - there were some rushing holes opened on his side. Rookie Jake Rudock played t...

Stanford swimmer Simone Manuel makes Olympic history

The 20-year-old Manuel upset world-record holder Cate Campbell en route to tying Canada's Penny Oleksiak. Michael Phelps won his 22nd gold medal Thursday ni...

Walker edges Day by one shot at PGA Championship for first major

The 37-year-old Texan calmly canned a three-foot par putt to cap a wire-to-wire win with steely precision, shooting a final-round 67 to finish on 14-under-par 2...

Detroit Tigers beat New York Mets

The sinking feeling was only temporary this time. It was Detroit's second loss in 12 games. "Then, when we finally get one, J.D. Martinez makes a great thro...

Pakistan profit from England butter fingers

Pakistan ended the day 3/1, with both Azhar Ali and nightwatchman Yasir Shah yet to score a run between them. The two Pakistani batsmen played with a touch o...

Middlesbrough seal Fabio deal

The player was left out of Cardiff's Championship opening day goalless draw at Birmingham after the clubs agreed the switch in principle earlier this week leavi...

Jorge Jesus stands ground on Inter's Joao Mario interest

The same report claims that Inter Milan have also tabled a matching bid for the player, but that the Portuguese club are leaning towards selling to Chelsea beca...