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Athletes in the Olympic 100 metres are known for their big personalities, radiating the confidence that comes with being the fastest men on Earth, but American sprinter Trayvon Bromell is ready to let his feet do the talking in Tokyo.…

Former Manchester United, fullback Fabio Da Silva, Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard did not get along with him nor his twin brother Rafael. The Brazilian duo spent many seasons as right and left-back options for United, winning the…

Real Madrid believe Martin Odegaard can still succeed at the club in the long term. Los Blancos are not eager to lose the Norway playmaker, but ESPN reports that a mega offer may convince them to sell. Odegaard wants to move as he is…

Russian Karen Khachanov set up an Olympic men’s singles final against either Novak Djokovic or Alexander Zverev by overpowering Pablo Carreno Busta in the last four on Friday. The 12th seed, a former top-10 player who has struggled for…

Ethiopia's Lamecha Girma cruised to the final of the men's 3,000 metres steeplechase at the Olympic Games on Friday with the fastest time of the round of 8 min 09.83 sec, sending a signal that he will be one of the contenders to watch going…

Tatjana Schoenmaker has won South Africa's first gold medal of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the swimmer taking out the women's 200 metres breaststroke in world-record time. Schoenmaker, from Johannesburg, won in a time of 2 min 18.95…

The women's 800 metres, right in the spotlight of the "intersex athlete" debate, looks as if it could be a great race in Tokyo as the main contenders advanced from Friday's opening round in the absence of all three banned Rio…

Australia suffered a blow to their men's basketball gold medal hopes on Friday with Toronto Raptors star Aron Baynes ruled out of the rest of the Olympics with a neck injury. The triple Olympian picked up the problem in the second…

The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) on Thursday admitted “lapses” on its part over the disqualification of 10 athletes from Tokyo Olympics for not complying with out-of-competition drug testing requirements. The Athletics Integrity…

Manchester United have cancelled their pre-season friendly at Preston on Saturday after a number of suspected Covid-19 cases within the camp of the English football giants. United were due to make the short trip to Deepdale, fellow…