Brazilian Olympic canoeist Isaquias Queiroz dos Santos may only have one kidney, but he paddles like a man with three lungs and two arms of kryptonite.

Major League Soccer is in a different place from when Tim Howard last patrolled the league’s penalty areas way back in 2003.

Sam Allardyce is the sort of man who walks into a packed room and immediately dominates it.

Joachim Loew ended speculation about his immediate future when he confirmed yesterday that he would stay on as coach of Germany despite the disappointment of the Euro 2016 semi-final defeat by France.

Like all tournaments, it feels suddenly over far too soon. Euro 2016 isn’t going to go down as a classic overall, but it had the incredible stories of Wales and Iceland, some brilliant goals, and the most ridiculous penalty shootout you are ever likely to see between two of the heavyweights of the i

Rio’s mayor touts a “transformation” of the 2016 Olympic city but when Rosa, a cleaning lady, makes the difficult journey back to her crime-ridden slum each evening, she’s grateful just to have made it home.

Golfer Siddikur Rahman has become Bangladesh’s first athlete to qualify for an Olympics after finishing 56th in the final eligibility rankings for the Rio Games.

Usain Bolt will get a chance to hone his Olympic track and field legacy, as he was named to the 59 member Jamaican team that will compete at the Olympic Games in Rio next month.

India’s hockey coach Roelant Oltmans said yesterday that skipper Sardar Singh had been replaced as captain for the Olympics as he backed the sport’s one-time giants to continue their recent revival in Rio.

Four-time major winner Rory McIlroy may not watch the golf event on television when it returns to the Olympics next month and hinted yesterday it was not one of the sports that would matter in Rio de Janiero.

Some male golfers are using the Zika virus as an excuse for missing the Rio Olympics when really the big-money majors matter more to them, Britain’s five-times rowing gold medallist Steve Redgrave said yesterday.

Carlos Beltran doesn’t possess David Ortiz’s larger-than-life Big Papi persona or the cartoonish charm of the ageless Bartolo Colon.