Kevin Durant leads US to fourth straight Olympic gold Games schedule | Results | Medal table | Full coverage 5.31am BST Did I mention the final score? 87-82On that note, I’ll sign off. Thanks for staying up to watch with me, congratulations to our Fren…
The support group at the heart of Belarus’s sporting resistance
The Belarusian Sport Solidarity Foundation offers aid to dissident athletes while organising opposition to the regime’s sportwashing effortsIOC strips two Belarus Olympic coaches of accreditation over Tsimanouskaya scandalWhen Belarusian officials trie…
Pep Guardiola confirms Manchester City want to sign Harry Kane from Spurs
‘If Tottenham don’t want to negotiate, it is finished’Kane hits back at criticism saying: ‘I would never refuse to train’Pep Guardiola has confirmed Manchester City want to follow the £100m British‑record transfer of Jack Grealish by signing Harry Kane…
PSG closing in on a deal for Lionel Messi after forward talks to Pochettino
Club discussing financial fair play, contract length and salary Barcelona president explains why Messi deal was impossibleParis Saint-Germain are closing in on a deal to sign Lionel Messi after making progress in negotiations with the forward’s represe…
Dan Biggar: Lions need to ‘fire more shots’ if they are to win third Test
The fly-half says Warren Gatland’s side must avoid getting bogged down as they did in the second TestThe bigger the game the more Dan Biggar likes it. Nor does anyone need to tell him what the Lions must seek to do if they intend to win the all-importa…
Tottenham sign defender Cristian Romero from Atalanta in €55m deal
Only Tanguy Ndombele has cost Spurs moreArgentinan was also signed by Fabio Paratici for JuventusTottenham have signed the defender Cristian Romero from Atalanta on a five-year deal. The 23-year-old, who helped Argentina win the Copa América this summe…
Ravindra Jadeja inspires tail to give India the edge against England
First Test: England 183 & 25-0; India 278Ollie Robinson picks up five wickets but India forge leadAs the two sides left Trent Bridge at the end of a lively third day bookended by rain, India were the happier. The tourists had scrapped hard with the…
‘Italy’s fairytale’: men’s 4x100m gold continues summer of success
President among those hailing first-ever victory in relay event that takes country’s Olympic medal haul to 38 Italy continued its summer of incredible sporting success by clinching gold in the men’s 4x100m relay at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.It was the co…
Small margins and mixed emotions for Britain’s 4x100m relay teams | Andy Bull
Italy’s spectacular summer scuppered golden dreams in the men’s 4x100m, while the women’s team took bronzeThe mixed relays may have finished last weekend, but what a lot of conflicting emotions for the eight British sprinters who won medals in the 4×10…
Team GB rise to fourth in Olympic medal table after flurry of success
Laura Kenny the first British female Olympian to take gold at three consecutive Games as Kate French wins modern pentathlonA day of golden glory for Team GB at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday saw cyclist Laura Kenny become the first British female Olympia…