German running twins Anna and Lisa Hahner crossed the Rio women’s marathon finish line hand-in-hand but their spontaneous move has not been universally seen as a celebration of the Olympic ideal.

India’s PV Sindhu thumped Nozomi Okuhara of Japan to enter the final of the women’s singles event of badminton competitions, assuring the country at least a silver medal at the Olympic Games here yesterday.

Reports emerged yesterday that Ryan Lochte and three other US Olympic swimmers claiming to have been mugged in Rio in fact got into a fight with an armed gas station security guard.

Luis Enrique wanted his players to take the plaudits as Barcelona crushed Sevilla 3-0 to win their 12th Spanish Super Cup on Wednesday, 5-0 on aggregate.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger hit back at suggestions he is afraid to spend in the transfer market amid concerns the Gunners are losing ground to other leading Premier League clubs.

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho confirmed yesterday that record signing Paul Pogba will make his second debut for the club in today’s Premier League home game with Southampton.

Qatar endurance specialist Amro al-Hamad returns to Zolder circuit this weekend to contest one of the most historic long distance races, the 24hrs of Zolder.

Andy Murray picked up where he left off at the Rio Olympics with a 6-3, 6-2 defeat of Juan Monaco in the second round of the ATP-WTA Cincinnati Masters on Wednesday.

The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has sent home a number of judges and referees following outrage over a string of contentious decisions, amid ongoing claims of wider corruption at the Rio Games boxing tournament.

World taekwondo officials have been trying to make their sport a more spectacular and less defensive martial art by introducing new rules and equipment, with mixed results.

Germany’s Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst crushed Brazil’s gold-medal hopes with an emphatic victory in the Olympic women’s beach volleyball final, silencing a raucous crowd at Rio’s famed Copacabana beach.

US star Ashton Eaton will head into the second day of the Olympic decathlon with a 121-point lead over Germany’s Kai Kazmirek.