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OLYMPICS SPOILER ALERT: US Women's gymnastics team results

The Americans opened up with the vault. It was also a moment of history for Biles' teammates Aly Raisman and Gabrielle Douglas, who became the first United ...

Paul Pogba signs to Manchester United for a record amount of money

Pogba paid tribute to his team-mates and fans at Juventus, where he won four successive Serie A titles and reached a Champions League final, establishing himsel...

Rio 2016 Olympics: Stunned Adam Peaty thought 'where is everybody?'

Mrs Peaty said he got his mental strength from her while his physical stamina was from his father, and it's a "good mix". "When his mum (Caroline) used to tak...

Oz eves win inaugural rugby sevens title

Canada head coach John Tait was thrilled with the results, which mirrored the pre-Olympic rankings established with this year's World Rugby Women's Sevens Serie...

Gul, Yasir back for Ireland, England ODIs

The 32-year-old Gul, who was not picked for the World Twenty20 earlier this year, had last played for Pakistan in a limited-overs game in a T20I against New Zea...

NBC Dominates Ratings on First Sunday of Rio Olympics

Baker, who qualified fastest for the final, clocked 58.75, to finish 0.01 seconds ahead of Masse and Fu. NBC rode Katie Ledecky, Michael Phelps, and Simone ...

Time, TV schedule and how to watch Monday's events online

She ran into a buzz saw in Hungary's Katinka Hosszu, who shattered the world record in the women's 400 IM by more than two seconds, an astounding margin, to win...

Rio kicks off Olympic opening ceremony

They've been called by some the heart and soul of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. Her ouster less than four months out from the games for alleged budget violat...

Peaty stunned with gold-medal swim

It's a testament to his hard work that he's here. Asked what she thinks he will make of her new-found Twitter fame, she said: "I think he will be all right an...

Simone Biles beats out Gabby Douglas, advances to represent Team USA

That left the reigning world champion and all-around favorite, Jordyn Wieber, left out of the final she dreamed of winning for her entire life. Gabby Douglas ...

Inter Milan hires Frank de Boer as coach to replace Mancini

This squad has a lot less experience than the current Ajax squad so I expect to be able to bring over my ideas to them quickly. The 51-year-old Mancini was ap...

PGA Championship: Day 3 at Baltusrol

After dodging disaster on Friday morning with only a 45-minute delay of the second round, the PGA was not as lucky on Saturday as only 37 of the 86 players to m...

An Olympic golf course built for wind, and for scoring

With his mother watching on in the crowd, it was an emotional experience for the 2013 US Open champion. Partnered together in the second group on Thursday are...

Hope replaces Chandrika in WI squad for 3rd Test vs India

Needing five more wickets to win with West Indies trailing by 193 runs, it seemed India were back into the game. The whole balcony was on its feet to salute t...

Tim Tebow to pursue a career in professional baseball

This is a thing that could be happening, according to a report from ESPN's Adam Schefter . "This may sound like a publicity stunt, but nothing could be furth...

Michael Phelps eager to get started on 5th Olympics, likely in relay

France took the silver in 3:10.53, while Australia claimed the bronze in 3:11.37, holding off a Russian team that was booed during the introductions - a reminde...

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has some very exciting words for Manchester United fans

But half-time replacements Marcus Rashford, Ashley Young and Jesse Lingard looked far sharper and led to United's revival after a sleepy first 45 minutes. "Ibra...

Murray relishing 'different'atmosphere in Rio

Murray will not have to face Federer this time, or his compatriot Stan Wawrinka, but while neither Swiss star will be fit, Rafael Nadal will be back after being...

I'll be fine, says Van Vleuten after horror smash

She sustained three small fractures to her spine and is in intensive care at a Rio de Janeiro hospital. According to Dutch cycling officials, Van Vleuten will...

Anderson back on top

We thought their tail was quite long and if we got them five or six wickets down, we'd be okay. "I think our team at the moment is better equipped to get to n...

How to watch all 6755 hours of Olympics coverage in the US

But NBC pays the International Olympic Committee a great deal of money for the right to exclusive live content, and severe limits on the use of after-the-fact v...

Gymnastics: Americans blow away opposition to win gold

And she said, 'This is why we do so many repetitions in practice'". "But we feel for the most part we've been making the right calls". The U.S. pulled out fro...

Walker outduels Day on back nine to win PGA title

Jason Day is an excellent sport. Day calls Walker a "top bloke". There are just too many good players in the world without a major capable of winning one. "We t...

De Boer wants Icardi to lead Inter challenge

And even Arsenal have been heavily linked with a move for the 23-year-old forward, but De Boer made it clear that the Argentine is not going to leave the Ner...

U.S. Women's Gymnastics Team Goes For Gold

Now, with an open scoring system in place that factors in difficulty as well as execution, the U.S. gymnastics team is further elevating the bar of what it mean...

West Ham spends club-record fee to sign Andre Ayew from Swansea

The Ghanaian rejoins former Marseille teammate Dimitri Payet , one of the league's standout performers in midfield last season, at West Ham. Andre Ayew i...

Indian activist ends hunger strike after 16 years

Earlier, Namoijam Oken and Khetri Laba, leaders of the Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) a Meitei insurgent outfit, and the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) an ult...

Tigers 3B Nick Castellanos breaks left hand against Mets

In the eighth, Detroit again had runners on first and second with two outs. With only a five-run fourth for run support and a strong bullpen showing (Justin W...

Man Utd legend Ferdinand: Mourinho's team will win Premier League

He is Mourinho's fourth signing at United, after Ivory Coast defender Eric Bailly , former Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Armenia forward Henrikh Mkhit...

Kazakh hockey player goes nutso, brawls entire team by himself

But a KHL player (that's an worldwide league consisting of 29 clubs) took the sport to a whole 'nother level recently when he single-handedly decided he was goi...

Le Clos faces epic rematch with Phelps

The passive-aggressive interaction has ratcheted the drama between Phelps and le Clos as Olympics fans prepare for Tuesday night's 200-meter breaststroke final....

Olympic diving pool turns green and baffles competitors

Daley tweeted a picture of the pool, which contrasted with the brilliant blue of the neighbouring water polo pool, saying: "Ermmm. what happened?!"... Barrow is...

Mets Rumors: Not in the mix for Jonathan Lucroy

Late Saturday night, the Indians and Brewers agreed to a trade that would send Lucroy to Cleveland in exchange for catcher Francisco Mejia , shortstop Yu-Ch...

Royals Report: Danny Duffy Sets KC Record With 16 Strikeouts

Seung Hwan Oh (2-2) escaped a bases-loaded threat in the eighth, but gave up a pair of singles to start the ninth. In a win against the Yankees his last time ou...

Carl Edwards wins pole for Watkins Glen

He has a good chance at making up some of that ground this weekend. Carl Edwards gained the early advantage in the Cheez-It 355 at The Glen with his pole-wi...