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Olympics-Rowing-Britain men's eight take gold to top table

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Nigeria has become poor

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Zach Duke's pitch appeared to hit the inside corner of the plate, but Anthony Rizzo drew a bases-loaded walk for a walk-off win as the Cubs won their 10th s...

Simone Biles Won First Olympic Title in Gymnastics Individual All

She was ready to have fun. "She started to understand that gymnastics is not only about throwing big tricks", Karolyi said . Biles has been targeted becaus...

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Betway soaked up a sprinkling of bets on the Japanese men's rugby sevens team at 500/1 before the event kicked off on Tuesday. Auckland-born Lemeki bounced ov...

Clinton paid 34.2% federal tax in a year ago

Hillary Clinton released her 2015 tax returns Friday, showing that she made a combined $10 million a year ago and paid about a third of that in federal income ...

Phelps makes history - again! More highlights from the Olympic swimming pool

Farah, heptathlete Jessica Ennis-Hill and long jumper Greg Rutherford won gold medals within an hour of each other at the 2012 London Games, creating one of the...

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Standing just 1.45m (4ft 9ins) the bubbly Texan with the big smile threw down the gauntlet with a nerveless performance two days after helping the United States...

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Manchester City need to start at the beginning - in the league. Yep, it's the obvious showing up early. Three new teams join the league, as Burnley , Midd...

US men's basketball survives scare from Serbia

Kevin Durant capped off the scoring with two free throws, making him the only other player than Irving or Anthony to score in the period. Avoiding Team USA ...

Vikings agree to 4-year contract extension with long snapper

Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph is from Cincinnati and played at Paul Brown Stadium when he was as sophomore at Elder High School in 2005. Vikings head coac...

No fee agreed but Shkodran Mustafi has chose to join Arsenal

The 24-year-old centre-half was impressive during the Euro 2016 tournament for Germany, as well as being global teammates with playmaker Mesut Ozil and the in...

England 'without a wheel' against Pakistan in Ben Stokes' absence - Vaughan

Ballance and James Vince, each short of runs in the first two Tests, nearly doubled England's total after they hit early trouble against Pakistan seamer Soh...

Rio Olympic Games: Green Diving Pool Closes Friday Morning

The water at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre diving pool had turned green earlier in the week. A German diver was quoted as telling Australian reporter Tom Ste...

American Anthony Ervin wins men's 50 freestyle gold

The medal was Adrian's third in Rio. The 27-year-old Washington native and Cal alum also won two golds and a silver at the 2012 London Games and another gold ...

Suspects Held In Possible Rio Olympics Plot

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Ryan Lochte guarantees Michael Phelps will return in 2020

Look, I'm no Olympic commentator, but surely the golden rule is to know who you're commentating on. Come race time on Thursday, Lochte managed to hold the lea...

Alastair Cook: "We fought really hard"

However, that delivery - when James Anderson had Azhar Ali caught behind for 139 - sparked a superb comeback as England dominated from there on. That will...

Brazil vs. Australia in women's soccer at Rio Olympics

Following a very impressive run in the group stage, Brazil is well on its way to the semifinals in women's soccer, with only Australia standing in the way. Fa...

Phelps, Lochte Rematch in Tokyo? Debbie Phelps Says 'That Would Be Wonderful'

The win made Phelps the first swimmer to ever win four consecutive golds in the same event at the Olympic Games. Lochte agreed with that assessment. You might...

Rio Olympics 2016: Teary Dane Bird-Smith wins bronze in 20km walk

Totally unreal right now. Bird-Smith said he was thrilled to have done his dad proud in the race, where he clocked a personal best of one hour 19 minutes and ...

The Big Question: Which EPL manager will make biggest impact?

A tight well earned 1-0 away win at newly promoted Hull. Attempts to sign Leicester's Jamie Vardy and Lyon's Alexandre Lacazette have failed, leaving the not-al...

Why we shouldn't expect to see Michael Phelps at the 2020 Olympics

One CBC announcer mistook Michael Phelps for Ryan Lochte in the 200-meter individual medley Thursday after another said a Chinese swimmer "died like a pig" duri...

Marlins May Consider Adding Alex Rodriguez For Playoff Push

After sitting on the bench unused for much of the past month, Rodriguez was in the lineup as the designated hitter and batting third for his 2,784th and perhaps...

Prince Fielder to announce end of playing career Wednesday

Three years ago, slugger Prince Fielder might have appeared the least likely Major League Baseball player to have to end his career due to injury. Because MLB...

Kenyan coach sent home after posing as athlete for drug test

Kenyan team leader Stephen Arap Soi says Anzrah was reported to authorities by doping control officers in the athletes village after providing a urine sample un...

Our Opinion: Lilly King strikes Olympic gold while championing for fair play

USA competitors have been outspoken about their Russian rivals. Efimova was.57 seconds behind King, who finished in 1 minute, 4.93 seconds. " I understand t...

Five things to watch at Olympics on Friday

Debbie Mayer was the last to do so at the Mexico Games. She blasted the rest of her heat, a heat that posted the four fastest times of the four heats run on Thu...

Rod in lineup as DH batting 3rd for his Yankees finale

The A's loaded the bases in the ninth after a replay overturn before Britton got Danny Valencia to ground out to end it. Andrew Triggs (0-1) was the loser. 10, ...

ISIS will give Clinton MVP award, 'her only competition is Barack Obama'

Some critics believe Mr Trump was referring to gun violence against his rival. A day later, CNN's Don Lemon and Elizabeth Landers have confirmed multi...

Can Ledecky win in women's 800-meter freestyle?

Phelps, fresh off a gold medal performance in the 200 meter medley Thursday, competes in the 100 meter butterfly, while Ledecky will end the night in the 800 me...

Hamlin claims second NASCAR win of season at Watkins Glen

Hamlin admitted he was suffering from back problems but still managed to muscle his way to the win. Hamlin had moved into the lead with nine laps remaining an...

Rolando Aarons: Newcastle United winger signs five-year deal

And the 20-year-old is now looking forward to being part of manager Rafa Benitez's "project" at St James's Park. "It's something that was always going to happ...

Appleton Man But Fiji Native Celebrates Homeland's Gold Medal

Facing Britain in the final of the inaugural tournament, the Fijians ran rampant with five tries in the first half before taking their collective foot of the ga...

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

Team GB was made up of dressage superstar Charlotte Dujardin , Fiona Bigwood, Carl Hester and Spencer Wilton. Dujardin has now matched British cyclist Victor...