Gymnastics-Bathwater mishap forces Japan's Oka to swap cardboard bed
PARIS : Much has been made about the robustness of the Olympic Village's cardboard beds but one didn't prove up to the test for top Japanese gymnast Shinnosuke Oka.
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Achilles injury rules Jordan’s Smeeri out of World Cup
May 15 : Jordan defender Issam Smeeri will miss the country’s first World Cup after the national football association said on Friday he had suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon.
Belgium persuade Lille striker Fernandez-Pardo to commit to their World Cup cause
BRUSSELS, May 12 : Belgium will be able to use promising attacker Matias Fernandez-Pardo at the World Cup after he committed his international future to the country, the Belgian football federation said on Tuesday.
PSG move to the cusp of fifth successive Ligue 1 title
PARIS, May 10 : Paris St Germain left it late to earn a 1-0 home win over Stade Brestois on Sunday to all but guarantee a fifth successive Ligue 1 title as Desire Doue came off the bench to score an 82nd-minute winner.
River Plate appoint Coudet as head coach
BUENOS AIRES, March 3 : River Plate have appointed Eduardo Coudet as head coach, the Argentine giants confirmed on Tuesday, following the departure of the club's most successful manager Marcelo Gallardo.
PSG see off late Monaco surge to advance in Champions League
PARIS, Feb 25 : Holders Paris St Germain edged into the Champions League's last 16 after a 2-2 home draw with 10-man Monaco in the second leg of their knockout-round playoff on Wednesday, advancing 5-4 on aggregate from a tense tie that went right to the wire.
Sterling makes Dutch league debut in Feyenoord victory
Feb 22 : Former England international Raheem Sterling made his debut for Feyenoord on Sunday, coming on for the last 30 minutes of their narrow 2-1 home victory over struggling Telstar in the Dutch Eredivisie.
Bobsleigh-Austria's Mandlbauer avoids serious injury after horror crash
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Feb 22 : Austrian pilot Jakob Mandlbauer avoided serious injury in a dramatic crash in the Four-Man bobsleigh event at the Winter Olympics, the Austrian Olympic Committee said on Sunday.
Club Brugge equalise late to force 3-3 home draw with Atletico Madrid
BRUGES, Belgium, Feb 18 : Club Brugge's Christos Tzolis tucked away a late equaliser to secure a dramatic 3-3 draw with Atletico Madrid in their Champions League playoff first leg on Wednesday as the Belgian side avoided defeat after an agonising own goal appeared to have cost them.