Nadal to skip US Open, plans to return at Laver Cup
:Rafael Nadal has decided not to participate in the U.S. Open due to concerns about his fitness, the Spaniard said on Wednesday while adding his next event will be the Laver Cup in late September.
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Morocco's El Bakkali retains steeplechase title after shocking Girma fall
PARIS :Soufiane El Bakkali retained his Olympic men's 3,000 metres steeplechase title to deliver Morocco's first medal of the Games on Wednesday, as Ethiopian world record holder Lamecha Girma was taken to hospital after a horrific fall.
Paris mayor wants Olympic flame balloon to stay near Louvre after games end
PARIS : Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo said she hopes the Olympic flame suspended below its balloon can remain in central Paris near the Louvre museum after the games end.
Quincy Hall comes from behind in 400, wins Olympic gold for U.S. - ESPN
SAINT-DENIS, France — Quincy Hall became the latest American to electrify Olympic track and field with an out-of-nowhere comeback Wednesday night, sprinting from far behind in the 400 meters to reel in three runners and capture the gold medal.
Taekwondo-South Korea's Park wins men's flyweight gold
PARIS : South Korea's Park Tae-Joon won the Olympic gold medal in the men's taekwondo flyweight division on Wednesday, beating Azerbaijan's Gashim Magomedov who claimed silver.
Volleyball-France crush world champions Italy to storm into men's final
PARIS : France will have the opportunity to win back-to-back gold medals in Olympic men's volleyball after the hosts dispatched world champions Italy in straight sets in Wednesday's second semi-final at a packed South Paris Arena 1.
Hole in shoe helps South Africa's Buhai to get second-best score in Paris
GUYANCOURT, France : After posting the second best score on the first day of the Olympic women's golf tournament on Wednesday, South Africa's Ashleigh Buhai gave credit to a hole in her left shoe for helping her to put recent injury troubles behind her.
Australia gold banishes snapped handlebar demons
SAINT QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France : Three years after a snapped handlebar cost Australia the chance of Olympic gold at the Tokyo velodrome, two riders from that men's team pursuit squad savoured the Paris gold with new teammates on Wednesday.