Alfaro resigns as Costa Rica coach
Gustavo Alfaro has resigned as the head coach of the Costa Rica national soccer team after nine months in charge, a source within his coaching staff told Reuters on Friday.
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From mud brick house to Olympic podium, Arshad Nadeem is unlikely Pakistani hero
LAHORE, Pakistan : Arshad Nadeem's home village erupted into rapturous celebrations after he clinched Pakistan's first Olympic medal in athletics, winning gold in the men's Javelin and knocking defending champion Neeraj Chopra of arch-rival India into second place.
Canoeing-Germany's Schopf upgrades to gold in perfect Paris race
PARIS : After missing out on gold in Tokyo by a fraction of a second, Germany's Jacob Schopf finally topped the podium after a brilliant display with new racing partner Max Lemke as they won the men's kayak double 500m final on Friday.
Pregnant fencer and archer send message of strength to women
PARIS : When an Egyptian fencer picked up her sabre and an Azerbaijani archer steadied her bow, there was one thing Paris Olympics spectators may not have immediately noticed - they were pregnant.
Men's 10km marathon swimming to go ahead as scheduled, water quality compliant, say organisers
The Olympic men's 10km marathon swimming event will go ahead as scheduled on Friday 7:30 a.m. (0530 GMT) in the Seine river as the latest tests had found the water quality to be compliant, Paris Games organisers said.
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.
Modern Pentathlon-Elgendy seeks to turn pressure into a positive
PARIS : Egypt, the most populous Arab country, has only a single bronze medal so far from the Paris Olympics and the pressure is building on Ahmed Elgendy.
Athletes undercover? Global and US anti-doping agencies clash over tactics
PARIS : The global and U.S. anti-doping agencies are at odds over undercover tactics used by the American body to try to catch drug cheats, Reuters has learned.