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Almgren wins debut marathon in New York, Chepkirui wins women's race

Sweden's Andreas Almgren won the New York City Marathon, clocking 2hr 6min 1sec in a spectacular debut at the distance on Sunday.

Mbappe strikes after China controversy as Real Madrid beat Santander

Kylian Mbappe moved on from a tumultuous week by scoring a penalty to help Real Madrid win 3-0 at Racing Santander on Sunday.

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US top-seed Gauff ousts Wang in WTA Toronto opener

US top-seed Coco Gauff advanced to the third round of the WTA Toronto Masters on Thursday with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over China's Wang Yafan.

Canadian pair fight back to reach Olympics beach volleyball final

Canada's Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson came from a set down to reach the final of the women's beach volleyball on Thursday as the German men's team triumphed after a match-point challenge.

Hero's welcome for South Sudan basketball team after first Olympics

Thousands of people turned out on Thursday to give a hero's welcome to South Sudan's basketball team after their first ever appearance at an Olympic Games.

Injury woes mount for Ten Hag before Community Shield

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag faces a defensive headache as injuries continue to plague his side's preparations for Saturday's Community Shield clash with rivals Manchester City.

France get Germany revenge to reach Olympic men's basketball final

Hosts France defeated Germany 73-69 on Thursday to reach the final of the Olympic men's basketball and will face four-time reigning champions the United States or Serbia for gold.

MLB White Sox fire Grifol as manager after record losing run

The Chicago White Sox fired Pedro Grifol as manager of the Major League Baseball club on Thursday, two days after snapping a club record 21-game losing streak.

India 'on right road' with Olympic men's hockey bronze

India hockey coach Craig Fulton said his team "are on the right road" for future Olympic glory after coming from behind to collect their 13th men's medal with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Spain in the bronze medal match on Thursday.

Morocco outclass Egypt to take Olympic men's football bronze

The prolific Soufiane Rahimi scored twice and captain Achraf Hakimi netted a stunning free-kick as Morocco hammered Egypt 6-0 on Thursday to take Olympic men's football bronze.

Storm forces postponement of first round of PGA Greensboro event

Thursday's scheduled opening round of the PGA Tour Wyndham Championship has been postponed by a day because of heavy rains from a tropical storm, organizers announced.

Portugal defender Pepe announces retirement at 41

Portugal veteran Pepe announced on Thursday in a video on social media he was retiring from football aged 41.

Top-ranked Korda suffers quadruple-bogey nightmare at Olympics

Nelly Korda's Olympic golf title defence suffered a giant setback on Thursday when the US world number one made a quadruple bogey late in her second round as two-time medallist Lydia Ko charged into contention.

Female employee's appeal against Horner verdict dismissed - report

The female Red Bull employee who accused Christian Horner of inappropriate behaviour has had her appeal against the investigation which cleared the team principal dismissed, The Times reported on Thursday.

North Korea Olympians not given Samsung phones: IOC

North Korean Olympians have not received Samsung smartphones, unlike athletes from other countries, the IOC told AFP on Thursday, hours after Seoul suggested that providing them the phones could violate UN sanctions against the nuclear-armed North.

US sprinters fire relay warning, Olympic swimmers plunge into Seine

US sprinters laid down an Olympic relay gauntlet to their rivals on Thursday ahead of a possible Noah Lyles sprint double, while marathon swimmers took the plunge into the River Seine.

Harmanpreet double takes India to Olympic men's hockey bronze

Eight-time champions India came from behind to collect their 13th men's Olympic hockey medal with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Spain in the bronze medal match on Thursday.

History seeking US women face old foes Australia in Olympic basketball semi-finals

The US women's basketball team ride a 59-game Olympic winning streak into their semi-final showdown with Australia on Friday, eyeing two more for a record-setting eighth straight Olympic gold medal.

Chelsea new recruit Anselmino to be loaned back to Boca

Chelsea have signed Boca Juniors defender Aaron Anselmino for an undisclosed fee, the Premier League club announced Thursday.

'Goosebumps' - Henry hoping to cap 'dream' Olympics with football gold

Thierry Henry admits he doesn't want to wake up from his Olympic dream as his France team look to top off their campaign by winning gold in the men's football final against Spain on Friday.

'Superhero' Saunders into shot put final

If they handed out gold medals for unorthodox Olympic costumes, Raven Saunders would already be on top of the podium.

Newcastle sign striker Osula from Sheffield United

Newcastle have signed Denmark Under-21 striker William Osula from Sheffield United for an undisclosed fee, the Premier League club announced Thursday.

Richardson, Thomas guide US women into 4x100m relay final

Sha'Carri Richardson and Gabby Thomas, the newly crowned Olympic 100 and 200m champions, steered the United States into the final of the women's 4x100m relay after winning their heat in 41.94 seconds on Thursday.

American enters 400 metres Hall of fame through dogged determination

Newly crowned Olympic 400 metres men's champion Quincy Hall may have a set of gold teeth to go along with his medal but he likes to emphasise how he was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

Van Rouwendaal wins Olympic 10k marathon swimming gold

Sharon van Rouwendaal from the Netherlands made a late surge to win gold in the women's 10k marathon swimming at the Paris Olympics on Thursday.

Olympic swimmers plunge into Seine, Lyles eyes sprint double

Olympic marathon swimmers dived into the Seine Thursday with the river deemed clean enough to compete, as US sprinter Noah Lyles hoped to pocket a 200m gold to go with his stunning 100m success.

Flanker Carlo Tizzano to make Australia debut against Springboks

Flanker Carlo Tizzano was on Thursday named to make his debut for Australia against the world champions South Africa in the opening match of The Rugby Championship.

Indian wrestler Phogat retires after Olympic disqualification

India's heartbroken Vinesh Phogat on Thursday announced her retirement from wrestling, a day after being disqualified from the women's 50kg competition at the Paris Olympics for being overweight for the final.

After months of grumbling, Parisians join the Olympics party

After all the doubts, the grumbling and the gloom, Paris has finally embraced the Olympics, with some of its famously cynical residents even returning early from holidays to take part in the fun.

Lyles chases Olympic double as LeBron eyes basketball final

Noah Lyles targets the second leg of an Olympic sprint treble in the 200m on Thursday while LeBron James and his band of NBA superstars attempt to edge closer to a 17th basketball gold medal.

Four players to watch in Olympic men's football final

The sport's very biggest stars may be missing from the Olympic men's football tournament, but others have stepped up to make an impact over the last two weeks.

Italian spoiler Cobolli topples medal-man Auger-Aliassime

Canadian hopes collapsed on Wednesday at the ATP Montreal Masters as Olympic medalist Felix Auger-Aliassime was knocked out 6-3, 6-2 by Flavio Cobolli.

Olympics: Athletics, Day 8

A trio of American stars highlight Thursday's track and field line-up at the Olympics.

Formidable Spain aim to deny France Olympic men's football gold

Thierry Henry's France are hoping a home crowd at the Parc des Princes can drive them on to win Olympic men's football gold but an impressive Spain side will attempt to deny them in Friday's final.

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