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SportAFP NewsDressel wins fifth gold as McKeon makes Olympic history
Caeleb Dressel banked two more titles to end his Tokyo campaign with five golds Sunday, as Australia's Emma McKeon became the first female swimmer to win seven medals at a single Olympics.
SportAFP NewsGong wins shot before crowning of post-Bolt sprint champion
China's Gong Lijiao lived up to her pre-Olympics form by winning gold in the shot put in Tokyo on Sunday, while the current crop of male sprinters will later bid to succeed retired Jamaican legend Usain Bolt as 100m champion.
SportAFP NewsFive-star Dressel leads way as USA clinch duel in the pool
Caeleb Dressel powered to his fifth gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday as the United States won their duel in the pool with Australia ahead of the hotly anticipated men's 100m showdown on the track.
SportAFP NewsSimone Biles withdraws from another Olympic final: USA Gymnastics
Gymnastics great Simone Biles has withdrawn from the Olympic floor final, leaving the American with just one more chance of competition at the Tokyo Games, USA Gymnastics said Sunday.
SportAFP NewsJuve confident of signing Locatelli after 'suitable offer' to Sassuolo
Juventus are confident of signing Italian midfielder Manuel Locatelli after making a "suitable offer" to Serie A rivals Sassuolo, the Turin club's director Pavel Nedved said on Saturday.
SportAFP NewsThird Test 'a cup final', says Gatland after Springboks turnaround
British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland believes next Saturday's third and final Test against the Springboks will be "a cup final".
SportAFP NewsPakistan defy rampant Pooran to edge West Indies by seven runs
Pakistan's versatile bowling attack did just enough to restrain a rampant Nicholas Pooran and come away with a seven-run victory over the West Indies in the second T20 International of the four-match series at the National Stadium in Guyana on Saturday.
SportAFP NewsSouth Africa dominate Lions in second half to level series
South Africa overcame the loss of injured star forward Pieter-Steph du Toit on Saturday to score 21 unanswered second-half points and beat the British and Irish Lions 27-9 to level the series ahead of next weekend's final Test.
SportAFP NewsBolt's 100m crown at play as Dressel seeks to swell Olympic title haul
Usain Bolt's men's 100m crown will have a new owner at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday as Japan's Hideki Matsuyama targets golfing gold and US swimmer Caeleb Dressel aims for two more titles.
SportAFP NewsHolder, Bravo apply brakes despite Babar half-century
Jason Holder and Dwayne Bravo combined to restrict Pakistan to 157 for eight batting first against the West Indies in second T20 International of the four-match series at the National Stadium in Guyana on Saturday.
SportAFP NewsLeach says England back Stokes over mental health break
England spinner Jack Leach insisted on Saturday the whole squad are behind teammate Ben Stokes after it was announced the all-rounder would take an "indefinite break from all cricket".
SportAFP News'Little bit tired' Van Vleuten shrugs off Olympics jet lag for San Sebastian triumph
Annemiek van Vleuten shrugged off jet lag and a 10,000km journey from Japan to win the San Sebastian classic on Saturday, just three days after capturing an Olympic gold medal.
SportAFP NewsGatland says he 'did not take too much notice' of Erasmus video
British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland said he "did not take too much notice" of the Rassie Erasmus video that dominated the build-up to the second Test against South Africa in Cape Town on Saturday.
SportAFP NewsAmerican Powless wins San Sebastian cycling classic
American Neilson Powless of EF Education-Nippo won the San Sebastian classic on Saturday after edging a thrilling three-way dash for the line on the Basque city's famous seafront.
SportAFP NewsBencic wins Olympic women's title as angry Djokovic misses medal
Belinda Bencic became the first Swiss woman to win the Olympic singles title on Saturday with a battling victory over Czech Marketa Vondrousova, after an angry Novak Djokovic lost his cool and missed out on a medal.
SportAFP NewsStaging French football curtain raiser a 'win' for Israel, says organiser Sylvan Adams
Staging Sunday's French Champions Trophy between cup winners Paris Saint-Germain and league champions Lille in Israel may be controversial -- but the man behind the Tel Aviv showdown says the country can only benefit.
SportAFP NewsSwitzerland's Bencic beats Vondrousova to win Olympic tennis title
Belinda Bencic became the first Swiss woman to win the Olympic tennis singles title with a battling three-set victory over Czech Marketa Vondrousova on Saturday.
SportAFP NewsHamilton defies boos to take Hungarian pole with 100th win in sight
Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton shrugged off boos and accusations of gamesmanship to secure the 101st pole position of his career on Saturday as he defied the heat and championship rival Max Verstappen to set the quickest lap in qualifying for Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix.
SportAFP NewsThompson-Herah defends Olympic sprint title, Bromell struggles
Elaine Thompson-Herah ran the joint second fastest time in history as she retained her Olympic 100m crown on Saturday ahead of pre-race favourite Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in a Jamaican podium sweep.
SportAFP NewsThompson-Herah storms to victory in women's Olympic 100m
Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah successfully defended her Olympic 100m crown on Saturday, storming to victory with the second fastest time in history.
SportAFP NewsOlympic 100m favourite Bromell scrapes into second round
Trayvon Bromell, the favourite to succeed Usain Bolt as men's 100 metres Olympic champion, just scraped into the second round as one of the fastest losers on Saturday.
SportAFP NewsSri Lanka white-ball player Udana quits after pay row
Sri Lankan white-ball player Isuru Udana, who had resisted recent pay restructuring, quit the national team Saturday in an apparent move to join financially more lucrative foreign leagues.
SportAFP NewsMir hits hat-trick to send Spain into Olympic semi with Japan
Substitute Rafa Mir hit a hat-trick as Spain finally saw off Ivory Coast 5-2 in extra time in the Tokyo Olympics men's football on Saturday to set up a semi-final with hosts Japan.
SportAFP NewsNigerian and Kenyan sprinters barred from Olympics for doping
Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare and Kenyan 100 metres specialist Mark Odhiambo were thrown out of the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday after failing doping tests.
SportAFP NewsDjokovic 'not sure' about US Open fitness after Olympics nightmare
World number one Novak Djokovic said he was "not sure" about his fitness for the US Open after pulling out of the Tokyo Olympics mixed doubles bronze medal match with a shoulder injury on Saturday.
