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Rain holds up India's victory charge

However, persistent rain prevented any play after tea and the threat of tropical storm still looms largely over the fourth day. The game lost 100 overs to rai...

Michael Phelps 2016 Olympics Gold Medal

So, if anything, I think the past couple of days we've seen how fast prelims have been. Viewers were taken aback by the perfectly circular marks that were rev...

These Americans skipped Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony

Russia's flag bearer Sergei Tetyukhin leads his delegation during the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janei...

Blagojevich 14-Year Prison Sentence To Remain Intact

He was eligible for resentencing after an appeals court threw out some convictions related to his alleged attempt to sell or trade an appointment to President...

American Ryan Murphy sets Olympic record, takes gold in 100m backstroke

To hear their words of encouragement coming into the meet, that meant a great deal to me. His time of 51.97 broke Matt Grevers (USA) Olympic record by an im...

Michael Phelps to swim in fifth 200m butterfly Olympic final

How hard will it be? At the point, it looked as if his fast start might take its toll as he started to falter and China's Sun Yang surged to the front but wit...

Record set in women's 400m freestyle

Swimming's golden girl of the 2012 London Games not only lost her smile, she broke down in tears after a awful showing in the women's 200 meters freestyle on...

Grandmother of swimmer Adam Peaty stages an Olympic celebration

I touched the wall and looked to my left and thought 'where is everybody?'. I've got one of the best mentors in the world in Mel. Jazz Carlin then added to th...

Rio 2016: opening ceremony launches Olympics

Brazil's Acting President Michel Temer then declared the Games open before to a capacity crowd at the famed Maracana Stadium. It was also watched by billions of...

UK Paralympic Association welcomes suspension of Russian para athletes

Russian Federation said within minutes of the announcement that it would be appealing against the ban at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Switzerla...

Ferdinand backs Pogba to handle record transfer fee

Paul Pogba has rejoined Manchester United from Juventus for a world-record £89million, four years after leaving the club for a nominal sum. He says: "I jus...

Zlatan makes immediate United impact

He added "There is something big on the go, it's going to be very interesting this year". Mourinho's impact on the squad was summarised by midfielder Morgan S...

Katie Ledecky: Recent high school grad raking in medals for U.S.

Since she last lowered her world record in the women's 400-meter freestyle, 24 months ago in Australia, Katie Ledecky has graduated from high school, enroll...

French women first winners as 92-year wait ends

Litia Naiqato loped over the line with the ball in one hand to level the scores halfway through the first half but Britain responded with tries from Alice Richa...

Ledecky smashes world record to claim gold

She told the Washington Post: "So we started working on speed and trying to get better at the 400 and 200 over that year, and I think as I started to drop ti...

Sports tribunal opens Rio's doors to more Russian participation

The IOC will not be allowed to deny the Russian Olympic Committee to select contestants for the Olympic Games in Rio exclusively because they have previously r...

Phelps claims 19th gold medal as US wins 4x100-meter freestyle

After the first 100 m, she was under world-record pace and never lost it. Ledecky has described the 400 as her favorite race, and it sits at the pivot point o...

Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony: What to know

The fireworks are over, the samba on temporary hold - and now it's time for Olympic athletes to take center stage in Rio de Janeiro . Michael Phelps, carryin...

Penny Oleksiak: 2x Olympic Medallist Or Creator Of The Swimmers Dougie?

Jittery enough that she spent a good part of her day sitting in her room at Rio's Athletes Village, shaking. The bronze medal is the first women's swimming ...

NBC swim commentator defends comments criticized as sexist

Hosszu then grabbed the spotlight with a stunning victory in the 400 individual medley. British swimmer Adam Peaty broke his own world record of 57.55 and c...

Those are the breaks: Serena Williams destroys racket in win

As if gaining a measure of revenge against Cornet wasn't enough to motivate Williams, this was also her first match since her loss in the opening round of the w...

Australia take gold in first-ever Olympic women's rugby 7 championship

Rugby is back in the Olympics for the first time since 1924, but in the condensed sevens format and with women competing for the first time. "Fingers crossed ...

USA's Michael Phelps Qualifies For 200m Butterfly Finals

The defending champion US women's team takes on Columbia at 7 p.m. "It represents who she's been her entire life". Le Clos' time was 1:45.20, adding another...

Olympic equestrian eventing cross country results: August 8

Stuart Tinney got Australia off to a awful start on Tuesday, racking up 17 penalties, with Sam Griffiths' penalty-free round keeping the team in the medal hunt....

Andy Murray Named as Opening Ceremony Flagbearer for Rio 2016

Murray clinched the men's singles gold at the London 2012 Games as well as silver in the mixed doubles alongside Laura Robson. "I am very proud to be select...

Team GB wins first gold medal at Rio Olympics

Adam is coached by Boston's Mel Marshall, who has directed him to world, European and Commonwealth honours before his Olympic triumph. "It's definitely the ...

Del Potro stuns Djokovic in Rio opener

In a thrilling encounter that left both players with tears in their eyes by the end, fans welcomed a repeat of the third-place playoff between the two in Londo...

Annemiek van Vleuten News, Pictures, and Videos

She was taken to hospital and put in intensive care, with some who saw the accident fearing the 33-year-old may have suffered more severe injuries. "Heavy con...

Giants manager Bochy out of hospital

Well, Crawford had hit.200 since the All-Star break and was riding a 6-for-37 stretch coming into the game. Yet he was the hero who helped put an end to a ins...

Catholic faith anchors swimmer Katie Ledecky

When Ledecky saw the time - three minutes, 56.46 seconds - she let out an uncharacteristic scream and pumped her right fist. The 24-year-old clocked 1 minut...

Women's gymnastics results 2016: As expected, Team USA brings home the gold

In fact, every single member of the team earn a spot in an apparatus final, as Biles proudly noted in the mixed zone after the competition. "For decades and dec...

Klopp Warns Reds Not To Get Complacent

That certainly applies in Lallana's own position behind the striker where Philippe Coutinho, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane, Divock Origi , Gini Wijnaldum, Sheyi ...

Michael Phelps gives death stare to opponent, inspires #PhelpsFace

Before the men's 200-meter butterfly semifinals, Phelps was caught on candid camera making the most serious game face of all at one of his opponents: South Afri...

Olympics men's basketball results: US vs Venezuela recap

Kevin Durant has seen it. Carmelo Anthony has seen it. Jordan, whose makes and misses in a 3-for-10 performance from the line did not correlate with the noise...

Rio 2016 Olympics: Gymnastics sensation Simone Biles leads US to team gold

In a blogpost inspired by the Olympics, he wrote: "Does cupping work?" Athletes and celebrities have posted photos to social media sites of themselves using c...

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