Women's sprinting has entered a new era, declared African duo Murielle Ahoure of the Ivory Coast and Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare after they won the continent's first ever medals in a women's world 200 meters final on Friday in Moscow.
Ahoure, 25, took her second silver of the World Athletics Championships, having become the first African woman to win a medal in the world 100m final, in a photo finish with Okagbare behind Jamaica's 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.
Full StoryWolfsburg has signed Brazil midfielder Luiz Gustavo from Bundesliga rival Bayern Munich.
The Volkswagen-backed club announced on its website that the 26-year-old Luiz Gustavo has signed a deal through to 2018 and will be presented on Friday.
Full StoryTennis great Bob Hewitt has been charged with two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault of minors — nearly 20 years after the last of the alleged offenses is said to have occurred.
Prosecutors charged the multiple Grand Slam doubles champion with raping a girl under the age of 16 in 1981 in Sun City in northern South Africa.
Full StoryLazio coach Vladimir Petkovic said his side will have nothing to fear when it faces two-time reigning Serie A champion Juventus in the Italian Supercup on Sunday.
Juventus has won the trophy five times and needs one more victory to draw level with AC Milan as the team that has lifted the cup the most.
Full StoryMidfielder Esteban Granero is joining Spanish club Real Sociedad on a one-season loan from Queens Park Rangers.
Sociedad said the loan deal includes an option to buy the player at the end of the season.
Full StoryThere are three reasons why Barcelona is favored to defend its Spanish league title.
They are as concise as they are convincing: Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta and new arrival Neymar.
Full StoryJust weeks after winning the Wimbledon title, Marion Bartoli retired from tennis on Wednesday, tearfully conceding that the pain from a series of injuries was too much to bear.
"My body was really starting to fall apart and I was able to keep it together, go through the pain — with a lot of pain — throughout this Wimbledon and make it happen," the 28-year-old French player said, tears running down her cheeks. "That was probably the last little bit of something that was left inside me.
Full StorySerena Williams overcame what she described as one of her worst sets before beating qualifier Eugenie Bouchard of Canada 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 on Wednesday in her opening match at the Western & Southern Open.
"So it was just some crazy tennis out there," Williams said.
Full StoryGonzalo Higuain and Ever Banega scored as Argentina extended its unbeaten record against Italy to four matches with a 2-1 win over the Azzurri, while Brazil was handed a 1-0 loss by Switzerland in another friendly on Wednesday.
Brazil's 11-match unbeaten run came to an end as Dani Alves scored an own goal with a header into the top-left corner.
Full StoryFor English football, it has long seemed unthinkable: a league season starting without the finger-jabbing, combative colossus of management on the touchlines.
Alex Ferguson will be a bystander for the first time since 1986, watching from afar as Manchester United starts its pursuit of a record-extending 21st English title.
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