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Andy Murray withdrew from the tennis singles at the Paris Olympics on Thursday but the two-time gold medallist will play doubles in what will be the final event of his glittering career.
Andy Murray has withdrawn from the tennis singles at the Paris Olympics but will still take part in the doubles, the two-time gold medallist said on Thursday.
France winger Moussa Diaby has joined Saudi Arabia's Al-Ittihad, where he will team up with compatriots Karim Benzema and N'Golo Kante under French coach Laurent Blanc, the Saudi club said Wednesday.
Artistic gymnastics at Paris 2024 gets underway at the Bercy Arena on Saturday.
Iga Swiatek is returning to a happy hunting ground as she seeks a first Olympic crown to add to her four French Open titles at Roland Garros.
Muhammad Ali, Floyd Mayweather and Lennox Lewis are among the boxing greats who have cut their teeth at the Olympics, with a new generation of fighters eager to follow in their footsteps in Paris.
Denmark's Viktor Axelsen lost his world number one ranking in June after 131 weeks at the top, but the reigning Olympic badminton champion is dead set on defending his gold medal in Paris.
Rebeca Andrade vaulted into Olympic history in Tokyo when she became the first Brazilian woman to win gymnastics gold.
Dina Asher-Smith once watched up close as Jessica Ennis-Hill won Olympic heptathlon gold and now Britain's greatest ever female sprinter hopes the roles will be reversed in Paris.
A week after ranting on the team radio in Budapest, Max Verstappen heads to the Belgian Grand Prix warned to take "nothing for granted" and advised by Red Bull to give up late-night simulation racing during race weekends.
New 2025 US Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley says Tiger Woods, who was in talks for the post, will be as involved with the US squad as he desires.
The NBA announced 11-year global media rights deals with The Walt Disney Company, NBCUniversal and Amazon on Wednesday worth a reported $76 billion and running from the 2025-26 through 2035-36 season.
France booked their place in the Olympic rugby sevens knock-out phase Wednesday but struggled to live up to their pre-tournament favourites tag while powerhouse Fiji showed they will take some beating.
Argentina coach Javier Mascherano described the events that marred his team's 2-1 defeat by Morocco in the opening game of the men's Olympic football tournament on Wednesday as a "disgrace" and "a circus".
The sporting programme at the Paris Olympics endured a chaotic start on Wednesday as men's football kicked off and a huge police operation was put in place for Israel's first appearance at the Games.
Antoine Dupont received a rapturous welcome from a raucous Stade de France crowd on Wednesday, scoring a vital try to help the French team qualify for the quarter-finals of Olympics rugby sevens.
Oleg Verniaiev has a twin mission at the Paris Olympics, where he hopes a strong performance from Ukraine's gymnasts can help amplify the message that his country remains under siege but still strong.
Japan's Daiki Hashimoto on Wednesday told reporters not to compare him with gymnastics great Kohei Uchimura as he aims to match his countryman by retaining the Olympic all-around title in Paris.
England's Harry Brook has no intention of letting success go to his head following a first Test century on home soil.
Chaos and confusion reigned on Wednesday as Morocco beat Argentina 2-1 in their opening game of the men's Olympic football tournament, but only after a late equaliser for the South American side was disallowed and the final minutes were played out in an empty stadium following crowd trouble.
US anti-doping chief Travis Tygart accused Olympic bosses of "stooping to threats" after they awarded the 2034 Winter Games to Salt Lake City on Wednesday but warned US authorities to get in line.
Men's tennis number one Jannik Sinner withdrew from the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, days before it begins, after falling ill with tonsillitis.
Antoine Dupont received a rapturous welcome from a raucous Stade de France crowd on Wednesday, but was unable to guide the French to victory over the United States in their opening Paris Olympics rugby sevens match.
France struggled to live up to pre-tournament billing as favourites for Olympic Gold in rugby sevens Wednesday, held to a 12-12 draw by the United States to the disappointment of a packed Stade de France.
Two-time Olympic ski champion Marcel Hirscher said Wednesday he planned to compete under the Dutch flag for at least one more year following his sensational return from retirement.
Cristian Medina scored the equaliser in the 16th added minute as Argentina came from two down to draw 2-2 with Morocco in a hostile atmosphere on the opening day of men's Olympic football on Wednesday, while Spain edged Uzbekistan 2-1.
World number one Jannik Sinner withdrew from the Paris Olympics tennis tournament on Wednesday after falling ill with tonsillitis.
France struggled to live up to pre-tournament billing as favourites for Olympic Gold in rugby sevens Wednesday, held to a 12-12 draw by the United States to the disappointment of a packed Stade de France.
An assistant coach and an analyst with the Canadian women's football team were on Wednesday sent home from the Olympics for their part in a spying scandal.
British gymnastics star Max Whitlock said Wednesday he was relishing his "shot at history" in his final Olympics.
Cristian Medina scored the equaliser in the 16th added minute as Argentina came from two down to draw 2-2 with Morocco on the opening day of men's Olympic football action on Wednesday, while Spain edged Uzbekistan 2-1.
Australian medallist Harry Garside said on Wednesday it would be "a crime" to drop boxing from the 2028 Olympics, calling it a poor man's sport that saves lives.