We 'signed' Ruben Neves as a Frenkie de Jong alternative and silverware followed for Man United
Manchester United are once again being linked with long-term target Ruben Neves as a deal for Barcelona's Frenkie de Jong has hit stumbling blocks.
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Clayton leads Jamaican 1-2 in world juniors sprint
Tina Clayton led a Jamaican 1-2 in the 100 metres at the world junior championships in Colombia on Wednesday, sending out a message that the Caribbean island nation's dominance of women's sprinting is unlikely to end any time soon.
'Wild' - Greg Rutherford reflects on 'stupidly special' Super Saturday 10 years on from 2012 Olympic Games
Ten years on from Super Saturday, Greg Rutherford still «struggles to really understand» what he and his Great Britain team-mates managed to achieve in 45 unforgettable minutes at the London 2012 Olympic Games. August 4, 2012 is often described as the greatest night in the history of Team GB, with Rutherford, Jessica Ennis and Mo Farah all securing athletics gold, writing their names into folklore and delighting a capacity crowd of 80,000.
'Struggling' Simbine on fighting for Commonwealth silver: 'It fuels me more in my heart'
South African sprinter Akani Simbine fought as hard as he had ever done to capture silver in the men's 100m final at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Wednesday evening.
Home winner at Women's British Open would inspire next generation: Hall
Georgia Hall said a home winner of this week's Women's British Open would help inspire more girls to take up the sport and that it was crucial for the country's young athletes to have role models.
Watch: How Tejaswin Shankar Won India's First Medal In High Jump At CWG 2022
India athlete Tejaswin Shankar made the country proud after he grabbed the bronze medal in the men's high jump final with the mark of 2.22m at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Wednesday. Shankar was tied with former world and CWG champion Donald Thomas from the Bahamas, but the Indian athlete ended up winning the nation's first athletics medal in the men's high jump event, as he made lesser fouls.
Watch: Botswana Sprinter Reminds Of Usain Bolt On Way To Setting U20 World Record
Deemed by many as the possible heir of legendary Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, Botswanan sprinter Letsile Tebogo recently retained his U20 World Championship title in Cali, Colombia. He set a new world record by clocking 9.91 seconds, three hundredths of a second off his own record set at the recent World Championships in Eugene (9.94), where he reached the semi-finals. Apart from his comparisons with Boult on the basis of performance, his antics on the track are also reminiscent of the eight-time Olympic gold medallist.
U.S.-based duo of Damilare, Onwuka hit Cali to boost Nigeria’s medal chances
The arrival of two United States-based Nigerian junior athletes, triple jumper Okolosi Damilare and 400 metres runner, James Onwuka, has boosted the nation’s chances of winning medals in the ongoing World U-20 Athletics Championship in Cali, Colombia.