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Australia's Keegan Palmer retained his Olympic men's park skateboard title on Wednesday but warned that the younger generation are snapping at his heels even though he is just 21.
Defending champion Karsten Warholm safely progressed to the final of the men's Olympic 400m hurdles after winning his semi-final at the Stade de France on Wednesday.
Three-time world champion Grant Holloway cruised into the final of men's 110m hurdles after winning his Olympic semi-final in Paris on Wednesday.
Women's beach volleyball favourites Brazil resolutely ended the Olympic hopes of their Latvian opponents in the women's quarter-finals Wednesday, continuing their unbeaten streak in a defiant Paris Games.
Keegan Palmer of Australia won his second consecutive Olympic men's park skateboard title with some spectacular moves on Wednesday, while women's golf star Nelly Korda made an error-ridden start to her title defence.
Australia powered to their first men's Olympic team pursuit gold medal since 2004 on Wednesday to deny fierce track rivals Britain.
Australia's Keegan Palmer retained his Olympic men's park skateboard title on Wednesday, leading from start to finish in Paris.
Home favourite Celine Boutier delighted the French crowds as she cruised into a three-shot lead after the opening round of the Olympic women's golf event on Wednesday.
Home favourite Celine Boutier delighted the French crowds as she cruised into a three-shot lead after the opening round of the Olympic women's golf event on Wednesday.
Defending champions Netherlands booked their place in the women's Olympic hockey final with a comfortable 3-0 win over Argentina on Wednesday.
China's Li Fabin retained his Olympic 61-kilogramme title as the first gold of the weightlifting competition was decided on Wednesday.
British skateboarder Andy Macdonald said he had "won the gold medal for having the most fun" after his making his Olympic debut in Paris at the age of 51 on Wednesday.
Spinner Dunith Wellalage took 5-27 as Sri Lanka clinched a first ODI series victory over India in 27 years with a 110-run thrashing of the tourists in the third match on Wednesday.
More than 40 athletes at the Paris Olympics have tested positive for Covid-19 and other respiratory diseases, highlighting a new global rise in cases as vaccination coverage plunges, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
Alanna Smith scored 22 points and pulled down 13 rebounds to lead Australia to a convincing 85-67 victory over Serbia and into the Olympic women's basketball semi-finals on Wednesday.
Burnley have signed former England Under-21 goalkeeper Etienne Green on a three-year contract, the English second-tier club announced Wednesday.
South Africa captain Temba Bavuma won the toss and opted to bat first against the West Indies on the opening day of the first Test of a two-match series at Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad on Wednesday.
Imagine training for four years and your Olympic dream all coming down to six seconds of intense competition: welcome to the helter-skelter world of speed climbing.
Following Novak Djokovic's dramatic gold medal victory at the Paris Olympics, Serbia is set to build a museum dedicated to the tennis great, according to the country's president.
Dutch defending Olympic champion Harrie Lavreysen shattered the men's individual sprint world record in track cycling on Wednesday in qualifying, just minutes after Australia's Matthew Richardson lowered the mark.
LeBron James and the United States look to continue their relentless march toward a fifth straight Olympic basketball gold on Thursday, taking on Nikola Jokic's Serbia for a place in the final.
Alanna Smith scored 22 points and pulled down 13 rebounds to lead Australia to a convincing 85-67 victory over Serbia and into the Olympic women's basketball semi-finals on Wednesday.
Alvaro Martin and Maria Perez clinched Olympic gold for Spain in the inaugural marathon race walk mixed relay in Paris on Wednesday as Jakob Ingebrigtsen licked his wounds to qualify for the 5,000m final.
Olympic mountain bike champion Pauline Ferrand-Prévothas has signed a three-year deal with Visma-Lease a bike in a switch back to road cycling for the Frenchwoman.
French police have arrested Australian Olympic field hockey player Sam Craig on suspicion of buying cocaine from a drug dealer in central Paris, police and prosecutors said Wednesday.
Veteran Argentina winger Angel Di Maria has decided against a return to his homeland and extended his deal with Portuguese club Benfica, the Lisbon outfit said on Wednesday.
It felt highly symbolic that the United States' win over Germany in their Olympic women's football semi-final on Tuesday should come a year to the day after their humbling early exit from the World Cup.
Police in Beijing said they had arrested a woman for posting defamatory online comments about athletes and coaches in the wake of the women's singles table tennis final at the Paris Olympics.
Australia back row forward Harry Wilson said Wednesday he "feels for the big boys in the front row" who will bear the brunt of new regulations for the Rugby Championship, which kicks off on Saturday.
Matthew Hudson-Smith will attempt to become Britain's first Olympic men's 400m champion in 100 years on Wednesday, while women's golf star Nelly Korda begins the defence of her title.
Britain go for their second athletics gold of the Paris Olympics in the shape of Matthew Hudson-Smith in the men's 400m on Wednesday.
Houston's Framber Valdez needed just one more out to pitch his second Major League Baseball no-hitter on Tuesday before Corey Seager smashed a home run for Texas, though the game still ended in the Astros' 4-2 triumph.