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Noren faces Wall in Paul Lawrie Match Play final

Journeyman Wall has played 431 European Tour events since claiming the only title of his career in South Africa 16 years ago. 3, 6 and 11, and saw Noren miss ...

UVA's Leah Smith Swims to a Bronze Medal at Rio Olympics

And it was an absolute rout. Ledecky's 3-minute, 56.46-second triumph slashed nearly two seconds off her two-year-old world record and had her finishing almos...

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It is now Australia's third gold medal for the Rio games. Team USA has 12 medals, including three gold , five silver and four bronze . The women's team ...

Mets puts Cespedes on DL

He started for the first time since Saturday, and Mets manager Terry Collins had hoped Cespedes' leg had healed sufficiently to allow the All-Star outfielder ...

Rio Olympics: David Plummer Wins Bronze In Men's 100 Backstroke

The performance continued a dominant run in event for the U.S.at the Olympics. After Plummer, a world championship medalist, missed out on the Olympics with h...

Novak Djokovic's Quest for Olympic Gold Ends Early Again 31

Having claimed the first two Grand Slam titles in Australia and France, Djokovic suffered a shock third-round defeat to Sam Querrey at Wimbledon and had spoken ...

Men's 100m freestyle relay goes down to the wire

Her score of 62.366 was well clear of teammate Aly Raisman. Nathan Adrian, the 100m individual victor in London four years ago, swam the anchor leg in a sizzl...

Taylor, Williamson centuries boost New Zealand to massive total

On a day when only two wickets were picked up by the quick bowlers, Shane Jurgensen, New Zealand's bowling coach, came to the defence of the pacemen, although...

Top US diplomat to visit Turkey amid strained relations

The crackdown targets suspected followers of USA -based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who Ankara accuses of masterminding the coup attempt . Ankara says it has o...

RIO OLYMPICS - USA firm favorites for basketball title

I wasn't focused on who wasn't playing. If things get hard, we should be able to withstand it. Anthony stayed on a cruise ship in his first Olympics, when the...

Men's gymnastics teams battle for Olympic gold

With Prince Harry and Prince William watching from the stands, the USA team finished fifth, six points behind the Chinese champions. However, team captain Sa...

Dale Earnhardt Jr. says he'll resume driving as soon as doctors allow

Sprint Cup Series driver Carl Edwards (19) leading the pack during the Cheez-It 355 at Watkins Glen International . The popular driver said he is continuing...

US Men Chase Team Gymnastics Gold in Rio

Japan won the gold, Russian Federation the silver and China the bronze. Great Britain was fourth, posting a team score of 269.752, followed by the USA ...

Olympic additions in 2020 should draw in more young viewers

Recently, the International Olympic Committee approved the following games for the 2020 Summer Olympics which will be held in Tokyo , Japan - surfing , sp...

Britain's Adam Peaty begins Olympic quest with world record

The 21-year-old, of Byrd's Lane, who smashed his own world record in qualifying, set another world record in the pool by registering 57.13 to take gold for Team...

Chris Froome Wins Third Tour De France Title In Sidi Cycling Shoes

The school also hung a banner showing Froome wearing the yellow jersey alongside the slogan: "If he can do it you can do it". There are only so many jobs to go ...

With an eye-popping score, USA gymnasts put world on notice

The Americans won no medals for Sunday's display of might. Now, as the US women prepare to compete in the team final on Tuesday, it's important to shift focus t...

UCI defend Olympic road race course after Annemiek van Vleuten horror crash

Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten , a member of Australian professional team Orica-AIS, lay motionless with her body sickeningly contorted after losing control ...

Canada beats Britain for women's rugby bronze

RIO DE JANEIRO Australia became the first Olympic champions in women's rugby sevens when they ran out convincing 24-17 winners over trans-Tasman neighbours New ...

B1g media days team reports: Penn State comeback continues; roster blooms

Ohio State (1,112 points) is now the greatest program of all-time according to the AP, while Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Alabama, and USC round out the Top 5. "Right ...

Dentsu Aegis Acquires Majority Of Merkle, Becomes A Lead Agency Brand

Continuing its buying spree, Dentsu Inc.'s Dentsu Aegis Network is eyeing to acquire a majority stake in Baltimore based data marketing firm Merkle that speci...

Rio Olympics 2016: Team GB medal tracker

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - American shooter Virginia Thrasher has won the first gold medal of the Rio Olympics, capturing the women's 10-meter air rifle. She de...

Interim Brazil's President Announces Official Start of 2016 Summer Olympics

These are hard times for a country that was enjoying rapid economic growth when Rio won the right to host the Games but is now in recession and with a governmen...

United says Pogba to have medical to finalize move from Juve

Pogba left United to join Juventus in 2012, reportedly for 800,000 pounds (now $1.05 million) in compensation. United confirmed on Sunday that Juventus ...

Russian Federation banned from the 2016 Paralympics in Rio on doping charges

The German, who took over the IOC in 2013 and is overseeing his first summer Games as president, also said the atmosphere at the Olympic Park in Barra de Tijuca...

Joey Logano outduels Brad Keselowski, wins again at The Glen

Hamlin's advantage at the line was 2.065-seconds over Logano. Joey Logano finished second and Brad Keselowski was third. I just wake up and can't move. The la...

US women use balanced attack for 2nd rout, beat Spain

The Americans' 42nd straight Olympic win also set marks for the largest margin of victory and assists with 36. The U.S. women's basketball team defeated Spa...

Twins edge White Sox with walk-0ff walk in 12th

Marlins 5, Cardinals 4 - At Miami: Pinch-hitter Derek Dietrich had an RBI triple off Matt Bowman (1-3) with two outs in the ninth inning, earning Miami a split ...

Bosa's mom upset at stalemate with Chargers

Manning, of course, shunned the Chargers before the 2004 NFL Draft. Manning's camp quickly requested a trade and the two-time Super Bowl victor ended up being...

US women's gymnastics ready to rule Rio Olympics

Ashton Locklear, Ragan Smith and MyKayla Skinner are the alternates if any of the five suffer any injuries. Simone Biles , Gabby Douglas and Aly Raisman ...

Manchester United sign Paul Pogba for a record $163m

I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Juventus and have some fantastic memories of a great club with players that I count as friends. It is a lot of money of cou...

Williams sisters crash out of doubles

Serena candidly admitted that she and her sister "didn't play our best", adding, "We played bad, and it showed in the results". She didn't quite generate that...

Serena and Venus Williams fall in first-ever Olympics doubles loss

From that point on, Williams didn't drop a set the rest of the way at the All England Club, taking 12 in a row to earn her record-tying 22nd Grand Slam title. 1...

Green Bay Packers vs. Indianapolis Colts Canceled

If customers who incurred unnecessary expenses to attend the National Football League game in Canton that wasn't played in Canton (or anywhere else) on Sunday n...

Rio Olympics 2016: Third Day Schedule And Indian Miracle On Second Day

Dipa is a household name in India. "It is a great experience". Because of the Produnova's massive D-score it is easy to get a high score on the vault. Gauri Dev...