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ANTHONY MARTIAL is back training with Manchester United after recovering from a devastating knee injury. Martial’s last appearance for the Red Devils was their FA Cup quarter-final defeat to Leicester in March. He was then crocked on international duty with France the following week. And Martial, 25, missed the rest of United’s season, including their Europa League final defeat to […]

Team USA basketball arrive in Japan ahead of Tokyo 2020 Team USA vaunted men’s basketball team lost its first game at Tokyo 2020 to France, before bouncing back with a victory over Iran. The defeat was the squad’s first at the Olympics since 2004, when it lost to Puerto Rico and Lithuania in the group stages. And although the team […]

TEAM GB swimming star James Guy could not hold back the tears for the second day running as the Brits won gold in the 4x200m freestyle relay. Guy romped to victory alongside team-mates Tom Dean, Duncan Scott and Matthew Richards. And the emotion was too much for the 25-year-old after the race. It came just a day after he watched […]

PROFESSIONAL footballers in England will be limited to a maximum of ten headers in training a week under new guidance aimed to help reduce the risk of brain injuries. The protocols are being put in place before the start of this season in response to research linking repetitive heading to neurodegenerative brain disease such as dementia. It means clubs will […]

Are you not entertained? The Tokyo Olympics roll on Wednesday with opportunities for redemption and, of course, more gold medals. After a jam-packed Tuesday night that saw swimmer Katie Ledecky win her first gold of the Games — and her sixth career gold (GOAT things) — and U.S. men’s basketball bounce back in a big way with a 54-point win […]

TENNIS player Paula Badosa left the court in a wheelchair after she suffered heat stroke at the Games. Having lost the first set 6-3 of her quarter-final match to Czech Marketa Vondrousova, the Spaniard could not get up to continue the match as the 32 degree temperature and 74 per cent humidity got the best of her. Badosa then laid down […]

TOKYO (REUTERS) – Isolation and the absence of family and friends have taken a toll on athletes’ mental health at the Tokyo Olympics, with some struggling to cope with the challenges posed by the pandemic while carrying their country’s hopes on the global sports stage. After her stunning exit from the women’s gymnastics team event on Tuesday (July 27), Simone […]

What controversies have erupted? Sudanese judoka Mohamed Abdalrasool has dropped out of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games rather than face Israeli opponent Tohar Butbul. Neither the International Judo Foundation (IJF) nor Sudanese Olympic officials would comment on the decision but, in so doing, Abdalrasool became the second fighter to decline to take part after being drawn against Butbul, seemingly in […]

GREAT BRITAIN'S swimmers picked up their THIRD gold of the Tokyo Games after a stunning relay win this morning. And two of them have gone to Tom Dean, who added the freestyle relay to his individual honour earlier today on day five. Though Andy Murray's quest for doubles Olympic success is over after he and partner Joe Salisbury lost to […]