Scots cycling star Jack Carlin wins silver in Olympic team sprint
For a second successive Olympics Jack Carlin and Team GB had to settle for silver in the team sprint as their Dutch rivals smashed the world record.
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U.S. women lose to Swiss, fail to medal in beach volleyball - ESPN
PARIS — Switzerland ousted Americans Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes from the beach volleyball tournament at the Paris Games on Tuesday night, ending the chances of bringing a fifth women's gold in the last six Olympics back to the sport's birthplace.
McLaughlin-Levrone eases into 400m hurdles final
PARIS : American Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone removed any remaining doubt that she is the overwhelming Olympic 400 metres hurdles favourite as she jogged through the finish to win her semi-final in 52.13 seconds on Tuesday.
Hockey-Germany strike late to beat India and set up men's final with Dutch
PARIS :Germany claimed a 3-2 win over India in the men's hockey semi-final at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday after Marco Miltkau scored the winner by lifting the ball over veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh with six minutes left on the clock.
Netherlands 'bullet train' powers to team sprint gold
SAINT QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France :The flying Dutch broke the world record twice in the space of half an hour to easily retain their Olympic title in the men's team sprint at the National Velodrome on Tuesday.
Hockey-Germany strike late to beat India 3-2 and set up men's final with Dutch
PARIS : Germany claimed a 3-2 win over India in the men's hockey semi-final at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday after Marco Miltkau scored the winner by lifting the ball over veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh with six minutes left on the clock.
Basketball 3x3-Dutch, Germans triumph in halfcourt success
PARIS : Dutch wizard Worthy de Jong denied hosts France the perfect conclusion to the 3x3 basketball tournament at the Paris Games but the sport's second Olympics, and first in front of fans, will still go down as a huge success.
Sailing-Wind writes script for finely poised finales
MARSEILLE, France :Fickle Mediterranean winds set the stage for tense finales to three of the Olympic sailing events, with the men's and women's dinghy medal races pushed back to Wednesday, when officials will also try to wrap up the mixed dinghies and multihulls.