Four weeks after winning his first PGA Tour title, William McGirt continued to ride a red-hot putter as he surged into a three-stroke lead in Thursday’s opening round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio.

Defending champion and world number two Brooke Henderson fired a seven-under par 65 to seize a two-stroke lead during the first round of the LPGA Portland Classic yesterday.

Nathan Adrian stormed home to win the 100 metre freestyle at the US Olympic swimming trials punching his ticket to Rio where he’ll go for a second straight gold.

Nathan Adrian stormed home to win the 100 metre freestyle at the US Olympic swimming trials punching his ticket to Rio where he’ll go for a second straight gold.

Nathan Adrian stormed home to win the 100 metre freestyle at the US Olympic swimming trials punching his ticket to Rio where he’ll go for a second straight gold.

It was business as usual for Usain Bolt as he easily qualified for the semi-finals of the men’s 100 meters on Thursday at the Jamaican Olympic Trials at Kingston’s National Stadium.

Vikas Krishan Yadav has learned from the bitterest experience that he can leave nothing to chance in the Olympic ring and it is a lesson the Indian boxer will carry with him to the Rio Games. Four years ago, the then 20-year-old welterweight thought he had clinched a place in the quarter-finals of

Russian doping whistleblower Yulia Stepanova’s application to compete as an individual athlete has been accepted, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) said yesterday.

Portugal reached the semi-finals of Euro 2016 yesterday as they secured a dramatic 5-3 spot-kick win over Poland following a 1-1 draw in Marseille.

It remains to be seen whether a legitimate 100 meter challenger to Usain Bolt will emerge from the US Olympics trials as injuries and mediocre results have hampered the men’s sprint team this season.

An Olympic gold medal was not the pinnacle of the sport for golfers according to world number four Rory McIlroy, and he had no concerns about his decision to withdraw from the Rio de Janeiro Games.

Garbine Muguruza said winning the French Open had turned her into a target after the Spanish world number two crashed out of Wimbledon.