World number one Jason Day birdied two of the last three holes to seize a one-stroke lead over David Lingmerth after Friday’s second round of the World Golf Championships Bridgestone Invitational.
Thongchai Jaidee will take a two-shot lead into the final round of the 100th French Open at Golf National, while a birdie blitz kept Rory McIlroy in contention yesterday.
Usain Bolt withdrew from the Jamaican Olympic Trials on Friday with what the reigning Olympic champ described as a mildly torn left hamstring, an injury that could keep him from defending triple gold at the Rio Games.
Michael Phelps will go for a fourth straight 200m medley gold in Rio after out-duelling old foe Ryan Lochte in a thriller at the US Olympic swimming trials on Friday.
Australia’s Cate Campbell smashed the long-standing women’s 100m freestyle world record on Saturday at a meet in Brisbane, firing an ominous warning to her rivals ahead of the Rio Olympics.
Olympic and world 800m champion David Rudisha scraped into the Kenyan team for the Rio Olympics after finishing third in the east African nation’s trials on Friday.
Hosts France need an all-out effort and not just their reputation to beat surprise team Iceland in tonight’s Euro 2016 quarter-finals, captain Hugo Lloris warned yesterday.
Friday night in Cardiff is often quite a lively affair and all the familiar sights were on show as ‘hen’ parties made their way across the rainswept Welsh capital and sharply-dressed boys queued to get into nightclubs.
Defending champion Serena Williams narrowly survived a major scare at Wimbledon, coming from behind to overcome gritty US compatriot Christina McHale in a thrilling second round encounter yesterday.
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