RIYAD MAHREZ showed he is in no mood to be squeezed out by Jack Grealish as he continued his impressive pre-season. The champions are preparing to spend £100 million on the Aston Villa captain to add to Pep Guardiola’s array of midfield options. But the £60 million Algerian ace has picked up where he left off last season over the […]

TOKYO – Almost 10 years after retiring from international table tennis, Singaporean Zena Sim has fulfilled her dream of participating at the Olympics. At Tokyo 2020, the 30-year-old is part of a formidable Singaporean team – along with Seet Cheng Howe, Tessa Cho and Kimberly Koh – who are overseeing the smooth running of the July 24 to Aug 6 […]

GARETH BALE is a better athlete than Cristiano Ronaldo, according to ex-Real Madrid doctor Jesus Olmo. Juventus star Ronaldo is famed for his physique and even maintains it at the age of 36 but Olmo reckons Bale – on loan at Tottenham – is the best athlete he has ever seen. Having been team-mates during Olmo's time at the Bernabeu, […]

CELEBS have been going wild for Team's GB successful BMX stars after Bethany Shriever and Kye Whyte tasted success in Tokyo. Whyte claimed silver in the men's final to secure Britain's first medal in the event before Shriever sensationally won the women's final. Oasis legend Liam Gallagher was loving the action, tweeting: "BMX racing at the Olympics is blowing my […]

Make it four gold medals for swimmer Caeleb Dressel at the Tokyo Olympics. Dressel cruised to a relatively easy victory in the frenetic dash from one end of the pool to the other, touching in an Olympic record of 21.07 seconds. France’s Florent Manaudou repeated as the Olympic silver medalist in 21.57, and Brazil’s Bruno Fratus claimed the bronze in […]

Snoop Dogg has once again shown there are only a few sporting events — if any — that can’t be made better with his commentary. As he showed late Friday, that includes the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Peacock, NBC Universal’s streaming service, made the genius decision to have Snoop and comedian Kevin Hart provide commentary on several events from the Olympics, […]

TEAM GB are eyeing up more medals on Day Nine of the Olympic Games in Tokyo. It threatened to be another Super Saturday yesterday after overnight gold medals in the triathlon and swimming relays. Adam Peaty put in another terrific performance as Team GB took gold in the 4x100m mixed medley, smashing the world record in the process. And the […]

Among the thousands of phone lines installed for the Olympics, one number is unique. It is manned 24 hours a day, by people speaking over 70 languages, and whatever is said is confidential. It is for athletes in distress. Please subscribe or log in to continue reading the full article. Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month Latest headlines […]

CHELSEA transfer target Mahmoud Dahoud has reportedly signed a new one-year deal with Borussia Dortmund. Dahoud, 25, has impressed in four years with the Bundesliga side but his future has been up in the air this summer. Manchester City were said to be keen on Dahoud, with Blues boss Thomas Tuchel also a fan of the midfielder, who he managed […]

Tom Brady’s knee injury may not have been a mystery after all.  In July, news first surfaced that Brady had played the entirety of last season with a torn MCL in his left knee, an injury that warranted “pretty serious” surgery in February. Yet according to Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterbacks coach Clyde Christensen, the severity of the injury had not […]