Kipchoge finishes in 2:08.38 in brutal Sapporo conditionsDutchan Nageeye takes silver and Belgian Abdi bronzeEliud Kipchoge cemented his place as the greatest distance runner of all time as he retained his Olympic marathon title in brutal conditions in…
Tokyo 2020 Olympics: men’s marathon, cycling and more on final day – live!
Live updates from the final day before closing ceremonyGames schedule | Results | Medal table | Full coverageAnd you can email Tom, tweet or comment below the line 12.00am BST Hello! And bad news for fans of 24-hour liveblogs of quadrennial multi-sport…
Leicester pluck good memories from win over Manchester City | Paul Doyle
Community Shield may be an irrelevance, but the FA Cup holders at least made the best of their day out at WembleyAs a fundraiser it is a worthy event, even in a half-full stadium. But the Community Shield as a contest and spectacle is mostly worthless,…
Harry Kane shares blame but Spurs’ failure to invest led to this outcome | Jonathan Wilson
Tottenham striker has been criticised but he has a right to be selfish – and to question the club’s inaction over past two yearsThe tendency always is to oversimplify, to try to find one person to blame: if only he had acted better, if only he had done…
Fine Root century gives England hope as India chase 209 for victory
First Test, day four: England 183 & 303; India 278 & 52-1India need 157 more runs with nine wickets in handThe turmoil of the past few weeks could easily have dampened Joe Root’s natural spark but on a gripping fourth day in Nottingham, one tha…
Steyn shatters Lions with late kick to edge South Africa to series win
Third Test: South Africa 19-16 British & Irish LionsMorne Steyn comes off bench to score winning penalty They do not come much more tense than this. Nor, from a British & Irish Lions perspective, do they come any more gut-wrenching. For the sec…
Team USA top the Olympic medal table. Or is it China? Or … San Marino?
Which country boasts the best athletes on the planet? Well, it depends on who you ask – and how you measure successAs of this writing, the United States leads the medal count in the Tokyo Olympics. Or maybe it’s China. Or San Marino.It all depends on h…
Lionel Messi leaves with Barcelona in financial abyss … and it is not over yet
If there is one thing guaranteed to make it difficult to sell players, it is other clubs knowing you have to sell players“I don’t want to create false hopes,” Joan Laporta said, but that was all they had left. Barcelona’s president had been explaining …
Brazil edge Spain in men’s Olympic football final thanks to Malcom’s magic
Brazil 2-1 Spain after extra timeSubstitute Malcom scores winner as Brazil defend titleAs the final whistle blew at the end of 120 airless minutes, after six games in 17 days, and at the end of an 11-month season with barely a caesura of rest, the play…
Allyson Felix ends her Olympic career a fighter both on and off the track | Andy Bull
The runner has overtaken Carl Lewis as the most decorated US track Olympian, but her influence transcends athleticsIn the minutes after the end of the very last event, an army of construction workers filed into the Olympic Stadium to start getting it r…