Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz beats Daniil Medvedev to return to the Wimbledon final
LONDON (AP) — Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz beats Daniil Medvedev to return to the Wimbledon final.
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The TelegraphNoah Lyles did not break the line first but won 100m gold – here is how he did it
Noah Lyles claimed an extraordinary gold medal in the closest men’s 100 metre final in history – despite Kishane Thompson’s foot crossing the line first. Races are judged on whose chest is first through the tape, with American Lyles winning by a wafer-thin margin of 0.005 seconds in a race in which he was last until nearly 50m. Here is how he did it.
- The Independent
Adam Peaty speaks out on swimming doping scandal as China win dominant gold: ‘You should be out the sport’
Great Britain finished fourth in the men’s 4x100m medley relay, missing out on the podium behind China, the United States and France
- Associated Press
Not even an Olympic gold medal can get Hungarian swimmer Kristóf Milák to break his silence
Not even an Olympic gold medal could get Kristóf Milák to speak. Despite his victory Saturday night in the 100-meter butterfly at the Paris Olympics, his silence after the race was expected. Milák hasn’t talked to reporters in his native Hungary for more than a year.
- The Telegraph
Manchester United may be forced to start season with Jadon Sancho as striker
Erik ten Hag has suggested Manchester United could start the new Premier League season with Jadon Sancho as a makeshift striker after admitting new signing Joshua Zirkzee will take time to get up to speed.
- The Guardian
Fan Zhendong’s table tennis gold cheers China and Taylor Swift fanatics
The 28-year-old is already a massive celebrity in China but he has also seen his global profile raised by fellow Swifties
- Associated Press
Zheng Qinwen wins China's first Olympic tennis singles gold, inspired by Li Na and Liu Xang
Right before Zheng Qinwen delivered the very first serve of a victory that would deliver China's very first Olympic tennis singles gold medal, loud shouts of “Jia You!” in Mandarin rang out from all sections of Court Philippe Chatrier on Saturday as fans waved the country's red-and-yellow flags. It’s a phrase that literally means “Add oil!” — in other words, “Hit the gas!” — and is loosely equivalent to “Let’s go!” Those yells resumed right after Zheng's opponent in the 2024 Paris Games women's final, Donna Vekic of Croatia, put her return into the net. The 21-year-old Zheng earned the biggest title of her still-nascent career by defeating Vekic 6-2, 6-3 with the same powerful serves and groundstrokes she used to eliminate No. 1 Iga Swiatek in the semifinals.
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Paris 2024: Sobbing Mozambique sprinter the latest victim of the cruelest rule in sports
Steven Sabino was disqualified after a false start in his men's 100 preliminary round, ending his Olympic Games without ever running.
- The Telegraph
Gender-row boxer Imane Khelif cries ‘I am a woman’ after guaranteeing Olympic medal
By Tom Morgan and Oliver Brown, at Paris Nord Arena
- Country Living
How Much Does Olympic Gymnast Simone Biles Earn for Her Gold Medals?
Paris 2024 Olympic gold medal winner Simone Biles is the greatest gymnast in the world. Find out what she makes in prize money and from endorsements.
- People
No, a French Pole Vaulter Did Not Lose Out on an Olympic Medal Because of His Crotch
The internet blamed Anthony Ammirati's "bulge" for ending his Olympic dreams — but the vaulter knocked down the crossbar with another appendage
- Yahoo Sports
Paris Olympics: Novak Djokovic fills the only hole on his résumé — Olympic gold
Djokovic wins his first career gold medal.
- The Independent
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce responds to missing 100m semi-final hours after ‘rule change’ mix-up
The Jamaican sprint legend was a late withdrawal from the women’s 100m semi-final, with Saint Lucia’s Julien Alfred going on to win the final in a scorching 10.72secs
- Evening Standard
'Never again!': Man Utd and Liverpool fans fume as severe traffic delays see them miss pre-season game
Hundreds of supporters - possibly thousands - were left stranded outside in traffic
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Paris Olympics: USA's Sara Hughes, Kelly Cheng edge Italy in 3-set thriller to advance to beach volleyball quarterfinals
USA advances to face Switzerland in the Olympic quarterfinals.
- People
Fencing Gold Medalist Jackie Dubrovich's New 'No. 1 Priority' After the Olympics? Planning Her Wedding (Exclusive)
"We've been engaged for far too long," jokes Dubrovich, who won a gold medal with her foil fencing teammates in Paris
- Associated Press
IOC calls tests that sparked vitriol targeting boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting impossibly flawed
Olympics organizers said Sunday that arbitrary testing imposed on boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting that led to a storm of vitriol misidentifying the women as transgender or men was “so flawed that it's impossible to engage with it.” International Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Adams again vigorously defended Khelif of Algeria and Lin of Taiwan, hammering the sport's now-banned governing body, the International Boxing Association, that claimed the fighters failed unspecified eligibility tests for women's competition.
- The Guardian
Noah Lyles takes men’s 100m gold by narrowest margin in dramatic Olympic final
Noah Lyles took victory by five thousandths of a second in a dramatic men’s 100m Olympic final
- The Telegraph
Olympic champion Thomas Ceccon pictured sleeping outside at athletes’ village
An Olympic champion complaining of losing sleep over the “heat and the noise” in the athletes’ village has resorted to napping next to a park bench.
- The Guardian
Ten Hag tips 17-year-old left-back Amass to break into Manchester United squad
Erik ten Hag says the 17-year-old left-back Harry Amass could follow Kobbie Mainoo by breaking into Manchester United’s squad this season
- AFP News
China shrug off doping controversy, win 12 Olympic swimming medals
Pan Zhanle and stalwart Zhang Yufei spearheaded China to 12 Olympic medals in the Paris pool, shrugging off intense scrutiny over a doping controversy that engulfed the team ahead of the Games.Butterfly ace Zhang, on the scene for a decade with 10 Olympic medals to her name, including five bronze in Paris, was reportedly among the 23 and admitted it had been stressful in France.