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It is the first Olympiad since 1972 that no country has boycotted the Games, and several long-standing bans have been lifted. A record 169 nations took part in the opening parade
Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo was third, followed by Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen of Red Bull. Hamilton now has five F1 victories this season for 192 points, with Rosberg on
Rugby player Isadora Cerullo never lived in Brazil. Fencer Ghislain Perrier speaks very little Portuguese. Golfer Miriam Nagl played abroad most of her life. They’ll still be parading under the host
Thousands of fans expecting to see the U.S. men’s Olympic basketball team play against Argentina inside a Las Vegas arena were left outside because of a ticketing snafu. Box office staff
Terence Crawford was so sure of his victory Saturday night that he spent part of the final round with his hands at his side, taunting Viktor Postol. What he’s not so sure of
Russia lost its appeal yesterday against the Olympic ban on its track and field athletes, a decision which could add pressure on the IOC to exclude the country entirely from
Seeking to dismiss lingering doubts, a top Chinese sports official says the country has committed to a zero-tolerance stance on doping ahead of the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Vice Director
England is on the verge of hiring Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce to take charge of the national team as Roy Hodgson’s successor. A person with knowledge of the situation told
Finger-jabbing players aggressively challenging referees. Rival teams in mass brawls. Touchline confrontations between managers. They all feature in a show-reel of shame produced by English soccer authorities. And the video is
Sam Querrey advanced despite not having his giant-slaying best. Sloane Stephens didn’t have any of her best and is going home. The eighth-seeded Querrey beat Bjorn Fratangelo 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4
Norwegian cross-country skier Martin Johnsrud Sundby is losing his 2015 overall World Cup and Tour de Ski titles over a doping infringement. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said yesterday it
Bauke Mollema has been in this position before: Second in the Tour de France on the second and final rest day. The difference from three years ago, when Mollema faded over
The player who beat Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon is ready to get back on the court. Sam Querrey has been on the ATP Tour for a decade, but he arrived at
Summer Olympic sports federations said yesterday they are ready to deal with “individual cases” of Russian doping, rather than endorse a total ban on the Russian team for the Rio
It has been five decades since Pak Du Ik scored the winning goal in North Korea’s shocking upset of Italy to reach the quarterfinals at the 1966 World Cup, a
Henrik Stenson is the champion golfer of the year, thanks to a final round for the ages. He kept hitting the best shots of his life, one after another, and
Former badminton world champion Ratchanok Intanon has been cleared of a doping breach and will be allowed to compete at the Olympics next month. The Badminton World Federation issued a statement
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are on the 10-player shortlist to be named UEFA Best Player in Europe for last season. Fan favorite Will Grigg missed out but got as
Despite fighting mostly one-armed for half the fight, Deontay Wilder remained in control in the ring before quickly heading to the hospital. Wilder retained his WBC heavyweight title with a technical
The head of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics says the world’s top four male golfers have withdrawn from the games because there is no money to be won — not
International Olympic officials will try to find “the right balance between collective responsibility and individual justice” in dealing with Russian doping allegations ahead of the games in Rio de Janeiro,
A Ukrainian weightlifter was stripped of her bronze medal from the 2012 London Olympics on Wednesday, the first athlete formally disqualified by the IOC after the retesting of doping samples
When it comes to divvying up profits from their sport, some mixed martial arts fighters say they’re getting clobbered. But now, several fighters suing for a bigger share of the
The leader of the U.S. anti-doping effort says nothing short of removing the Russian flag from this summer’s Olympics would suffice if an upcoming report about Russian doping is as
Jordan Spieth said pulling out of the Olympics was the hardest decision he’s ever made, and that it likely will haunt him as he’s watching golfers compete for a gold
Religions of African origin should be represented in the ecumenical center of the athletes village for the Rio de Janeiro Games, Brazilian federal public defenders have told city hall and
Tens of thousands of people have greeted Portugal on arrival in Lisbon a day after the team won the European Championship for its first major trophy. Dozens of airport staff gathered
Football is a cruel game. Sometimes even for its winners. Cruel because Cristiano Ronaldo had to watch the victory of his life — at least one of them — from the
France has lost the Euro 2016 soccer championship but can claim victory on another front — making it safely through the month-long tournament that drew fans from all over Europe
Portugal’s players frantically tended to Cristiano Ronaldo’s left knee but their tearful captain couldn’t withstand the pain any longer. The Portuguese had to win their first major trophy the hard way,
Portugal may have lost its captain Cristiano Ronaldo through injury, but it found a goalkeeper on outstanding form in the European Championship final. Rui Patricio made sure France never broke through
Jose Mourinho set out his vision to revive Manchester United and defended his record promoting youngsters last week, cutting out his usual bluster and eschewing fueling the rivalry with Manchester
Expanding the European Championship has paid off for UEFA, which expects to make a record profit of 830 million euros (USD917 million). UEFA’s projected tournament finances published Friday showed total revenue
To hear Serena Williams and her coach tell it, the process of getting her ready to win Wimbledon for a record-tying 22nd Grand Slam title began with a series of
Andy Murray won his second Wimbledon title by beating Milos Raonic 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2) on Centre Court. Murray broke Raonic’s serve only once in the match, while the Canadian
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