Five years after defying the odds and surviving a rare and potentially fatal skin disease, Gene Sauers clinched the biggest victory of his golfing life, a one-shot win at the US Senior Open in Ohio on Monday.

Olympic absentee Stan Wawrinka will test his recent back injury as the Swiss opens his campaign at the ATP-WTA Cincinnati Masters in the second round against Jared Donaldson.

Former Brazil international Denilson knows what it is like to wear the famous yellow shirt of Brazil on the biggest stage.

In the past 24 hours, Team GB have rewritten their Olympic history, moving ahead of China into second place in the Rio 2016 medals table after winning a record-breaking five gold medals in a single day.

Indian wrestler Narsingh Yadav’s participation in the Rio Olympics was in jeopardy yesterday with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) appealing in the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) against the clean chit given to him.

Ferry Weertman won a ferocious battle for the men’s 10km open water swimming gold at the Rio Olympics yesterday, edging Spiros Gianniotis in a frantic photo finish to cap a Dutch open water double.

Mark Cavendish finally got his hands on an Olympic medal when he took silver in the omnium on Monday, and while the British rider said he was happy to be on the podium he conceded his impressive collection of honours is incomplete without a Games gold.

Elia Viviani’s Olympic gold medal hopes seemed to have vanished in a tangle of legs and carbon fibre after a crash during the finale of the men’s omnium but the Italian recovered to claim an emotional victory on Monday.

Qatar’s track and field athlete Mutaz Barshim competing in the men’s high jump qualifying round at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa

Jamaican star storms to third straight Olympic 100m title, South African breaks Michael Johnson’s 400m mark

‘It’s such a proud feeling to hear your national anthem being played’