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Usain Bolt blows past competition in 100 heat

The fastest man of the day -and, in fact, of the year-Gatlin recorded a 10.01 in the second heat of the afternoon in Rio. Bolt, the two-time defending champion ...

Olympics: Nigeria Beats Denmark, Qualifies For Semi-Final

Mikel scored the opener against Denmark. Nigeria have endured financial woes both before and during the Games, but continue to excel on the pitch as they bre...

McCutchen, Mercer power Nova and Pirates past Dodgers 5-1

The Giants lost 5-2 to Baltimore. The Los Angeles Dodgers have an off day today, and this starting rotation really needed it. Right-hander Ivan Nova (9-6...

Wenger backs Xhaka to adapt quickly and improve the team

Usually you would like four or five games before the big games turn up. With only three fixtures before the close of the window and an worldwide break, the susp...

Broncos reveal their quarterback usage plan for Week 1 of the preseason

Denver moved up in this year's draft to select Paxton Lynch in the first round, leaving the team with Sanchez, Lynch and former seventh-round pick Trevor Siemi...

Death, doping and disrespect at Rio Olympics

Andrew Fisher, a Jamaican who competes for Bahrain, Jamaican Yohan Blake, Americans Marvin Bracy and Trayvon Bromell and Frenchman Christophe Lemaitre also qual...

Arsene Wenger comments on Man Utd's signing of Paul Pogba again

The France worldwide has returned to the club where he started his senior career, after joining Juventus in the summer of 2012 for a fee of just £800,000. Yeah,...

Cowboys extend Travis Frederick

For Dallas to even think about winning a Super Bowl with Tony Romo as its starting quarterback in these next few years, the Cowboys have to make certain that th...

Denmark's Blume wins women's 50m freestyle

But it was her gold medal swim during the Women's 100m freestyle on Thursday that has already made Manuel a household name - and an inspiration. Simone Manuel...

Italians win gold, bronze in 1500m freestyle; Jaeger takes silver

It was a career-best time for Jaeger, who broke his own American record set at worlds past year. Jaeger, 30, has graduated from MI. Jaeger totally changed h...

Ledecky earns fourth gold, sets world record in 800-meter freestyle

Just moments prior, Ledecky had beat out her own world record by almost two seconds with a final time of 8 minutes, 4.79 seconds, 11 seconds ahead of Great Brit...

Daley and Goodfellow clinch diving bronze

In a sport where the dress code is attracting as much critical attention as the actual competition, Daley and his sidekick Dan Goodfellow snatched bronze in the...

Nate Ebner Preparing For 'Strange' Transition Back To Patriots After Olympics

A late try from Ebner gave the US hope and had Madison Hughes slotted the conversion it would have booked a spot in the knockouts at the expense of the Kiwis. "...

Rodon ends winless drought in White Sox 4-2 win

Louis for the National League's second wild-card spot, suffered a 4-2 setback in the series opener on Friday to fall for the seventh time in 10 outings this m...

Michael Phelps Yep, This Is It ... I'm Really Retiring

Already a world-renowned athlete, Phelps gained extra notoriety at the Rio Olympics for two things: his intense #PhelpsFace in the warm-up before the 200-me...

Michael Phelps wins 22nd Olympic gold in 200 individual medley

Olympic organizers couldn't explain the color change although Rio organizers spokesman Mario Andrada blamed a "proliferation of algae" while insisting the athle...

USA Dominates after Day 4 of Rio Olympics

More than 50 percent of all medals won by the top three winners of the London Olympics came from their female athletes. "We will cooperate with the Court of Arb...

Usain Bolt makes the Olympic Stadium his stage, again

American Gatlin - the man who many believe is the only one who can possibly stop Bolt at these Games - won his heat in 10.01, the best time of the day. His chan...

Denny Hamlin's Daytona 500 trophy has a typo

Defending race victor Joey Logano ended up second after Brad Keselowski tapped Martin Truex Jr. from behind on the final turn as Hamlin took the checkered flag....

"Sluggish" Usain Bolt Recovers From Slow Start to Win 100m Heat

Robert Harting was the gold medal victor in the discus at London 2012, and four years later his brother, Christoph, matched his feat. Not a problem. He called...

Rod released by Yankees, who owe him $27 million more

The 41-year-old designated hitter isn't sure whether he will play again. Rodriguez's contrition and acknowledgment that he behaved poorly during the Biogenesi...

When Adnan Januzaj put Sunderland to the sword

Louis van Gaal mostly used him in the Under-21s in his first season in charge before sending him off on loan to Dortmund in a poor move that was terminated earl...

European tour players excel on rainy Rio day

In weird scenes on the third day of the tournament, Stenson, who heads into the final round two shots ahead of Australian Marcus Fraser , chose to pick a fight...

Hillary Just Released Her Tax Returns. See, Donald, It Isn't So Hard

Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, reported earning $10.6 million in adjusted gross annual income in 2015. Trump's critics, including 2...

Arsenal appoint Mertesacker as club captain

However, Klopp still has some way to go before achieving the legend status of the legendary Wenger, and spoke with admiration about the Frenchman in his pre-mat...

Fidel Castro Lambasts US And Obama On 90th Birthday

This has been marked by market-style reforms introduced by his brother, President Raul Castro, who officially took the reins of power in 2008 and a previously u...

Drake shows love for Canadian swimmer Oleksiak with photo on Instagram

Oleksiak's tally includes the freestyle gold in the whackiest result of a week full of them; silver in the 100m butterfly (the warning sign that the teen was in...

Perez homer lifts Royals to 3-2 win against Rays

The USC product boasts 123 strikeouts in 121 1/3 innings and has yielded three or fewer runs in six of his last eight starts with just one win in that span. Sou...

Ibrahimovic: United "one step more" than Barça, Milan, Juve

And the former Real Madrid and Inter Milan coach said the number of wide players he has at his disposal was behind his decision to loan Adnan Januzaj to Sunde...

Turkey submitting request to US for Gulen's arrest

Since the failed coup, nearly 5,000 out of 81,000 people had been sacked and the others suspended, Mr Yildirim said. They are suspected of links to exiled cle...

Hope Solo: 'Zika' booing from fans doesn't bother me

In fact, I'm cheering for Team USA, but besides Team USA, I'm going to be cheering for the host country. Rumors vary on whether the Rio Olympic Games could sp...

Britain win team pursuit gold, Wiggins breaks medal record

The 25-year-old and Team GB teammate Kat Driscoll were already making in history in qualifying for the final, but Page went one better in winning the silver m...

Corbyn blow as judges stop new members from voting

They must pay £30,000 towards the NEC's costs, which are £60,000 in total, within 28 days. These include a person named only as FM, as he is under 18 years of...

Michael Phelps insists he's not competing in 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Phelps blew away Ryan Lochte - and everyone else, for that matter - to win his fourth gold medal of the Rio Olympics and 22nd overall with a victory in the 2...

Rio 2016 Olympics: I'm ready to retire, says Michael Phelps

NYT's Gregor Aisch and Larry Buchanan visualised the number of medals each country has won in each Olympic year, starting from the games in Athens in 1896, wh...