South Sudan coach Royal Ivey says his life feels like a movie right now. He might be onto something: An underdog, under-funded team from a nation still dealing with the aftereffects of a civil war and bracing for its first free election stuns the basketball establishment by qualifying for the Olympics, then nearly beats the…
Simone Biles clinched her fifth Olympic gold medal as she made a triumphant return to the women’s gymnastics team final at the Paris Games on Tuesday, reinforcing her status as one of the greatest athletes just three years after withdrawing from the same event at the Tokyo Games. Biles, the most decorated gymnast of all-time,…
Everton have signed Ireland centre back Jake O’Brien from Ligue 1 side Olympique Lyonnais on a four-year contract, the Premier League club announced on Tuesday The Merseyside club did not disclose the financial details, but British media reported that the deal is worth around 17 million pounds ($21.82 million). The 23-year-old started his career at…
Canada followed up its emotional victory over France by stunning Australia 21-12 on Tuesday to earn a shock place in the women’s Olympic rugby sevens final against holders New Zealand, who earlier beat the United States 24-12. Four years ago, as defending champion, Australia lost to Fiji in the quarterfinals but seemed destined to return…
Two Chinese swimmers, including one scheduled to compete at the Paris Olympics, failed a doping test in 2022 but were cleared by Chinese authorities, the New York Times reported on Tuesday citing anonymous sources. The report follows a major dispute around the case of 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for trimetazidine (TMZ) at a…
Southampton has signed striker Ben Brereton Diaz from Villarreal on a four-year contract, the Premier League club said Tuesday. The 25-year-old left Blackburn for Spain before the start of last season but went on to spend the second half of the campaign on loan at Sheffield United, where he scored six goals in 14 top-flight…
Paris Olympics: Get all the latest updates and scores from India’s boxing bouts on Tuesday. Amit Panghal will be in action in the men’s 51kg class, before Jaismine Lamboria and Preeti Pawar take to the ring.
Paris Olympics: Manu Bhaker, Sarabjot Singh clinch bronze in 10m air pistol mixed team event
IND vs SL Live Score, 3rd T20I: Catch the scores, updates and commentary from the third T20I between India and Sri Lanka being played at Pallekele on Tuesday.
It is not often that siblings qualify for Olympic badminton together — and even less common that two pairs of siblings play each other in a women’s doubles match. Twins Annie and Kerry Xu of the United States battled it out with Bulgarian sisters Stefani and Gabriela Stoeva on Tuesday at the Porte de La…
