Transfers: West Ham closing in on £27m Fullkrug deal
West Ham are closing in on the signings of Borussia Dortmund striker Niclas Fullkrug and Argentina midfielder Guido Rodriguez with both players undergoing medicals.
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Belgium withdraws from triathlon event after Olympian who swam in Seine falls ill
Belgium's Olympic committee announced on Sunday that it would withdraw its team from the mixed relay triathlon at the Paris Olympics after one of its competitors who swam in the Seine fell ill.
China hands U.S. first ever loss in men's 4x100m medley relay - ESPN
NANTERRE, France — China stunned the U.S. by winning gold in the men's 4x100 medley relay on Sunday, a race the Americans had won at every Olympics other than the boycotted Moscow Games in 1980.
Tokyo high jump champion Tamberi sick in hospital
PARIS : Gianmarco Tamberi's defence of the high jump gold medal he shared in one of the most iconic moments of the Tokyo Olympics is under threat after he was taken to hospital with a suspected kidney problems, four days before the qualifying event.
Taiwanese boxer, Embroiled In Gender Row, Wins To Guarantee Paris Olympics 2024 Medal
Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting became the second fighter at the centre of a Paris Olympics gender row to guarantee herself a medal after convincingly winning her quarter-final on Sunday. Lin, who together with Algerian boxer Imane Khelif is at the centre of a storm over their eligibility, defeated Bulgaria's Svetlana Staneva on an unanimous points decision to reach the semi-finals of the women's 57kg category. With her second win of the tournament, the 28-year-old Lin is certain to win a medal because losing semi-finalists in the boxing take home bronze. After a scrappy and tetchy fight, the 34-year-old Staneva made an X sign with her fingers to the crowd and, clearly angry, declined to speak to reporters.
Boxer Lin Yu-ting clinches medal amid Olympics gender dispute - ESPN
SEINE-SAINT-DENIS, France — Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting has guaranteed herself a medal after securing victory over Bulgaria's Svetlana Kamenova Staneva in the women's 57kg quarterfinals Sunday.
Bulgarian fighter stokes controversy with gesture after loss to Olympian who failed gender test
Debate over the biological sex of a boxer who won a women's match at the Olympic Games is sweeping the globe. Here's what Americans have to say about the issue.
IBA gender tests on two boxers were flawed and illegitimate, says IOC
PARIS : The gender tests conducted by the International Boxing Association (IBA) on two female fighters at last year's world championships that led to their disqualification were illegitimate and lacked credibility, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Sunday.