Legendary Kuwaiti shooter Fehaid al-Deehani has refused to carry the Olympic neutral team flag at the Rio Games opening ceremony, where the Gulf state's athletes cannot march behind their own emblem.

Wayne Rooney has blamed England's Euro 2016 humiliation on Roy Hodgson's unsuccessful selection gamble.

A final decision on the number of Russian athletes allowed to compete in the Rio Olympics could be reached as early as Monday or Tuesday, according to Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko.

The International Olympic Committee has said a three-member panel will make the "final decision" on which Russian athletes can compete in the Rio Olympics, set to begin in less than a week.

The panel will examine each case individually and make the "final decision" before Friday, IOC spokesman Mark Adams said late on Saturday.

Lewis Hamilton extended his lead in the Formula One drivers' championship after winning the German Grand Prix with ease on Sunday, with Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg only fourth.

American Luke Aikins leapt into the void at 25,000 feet (7,600 meters) on Saturday with no parachute or wingsuit, becoming the first skydiver to land safely on the ground in a net.

Aikins -- who has done movie stunts -- spent a year and a half preparing the death-defying feat, plummeting at 120 miles per hour (193 kph) in Simi Valley, California.

When Olympic sailors compete in Rio the cameras will show a made-for-television scene of sparkling tropical waters and mountains. Luckily, the billions of viewers won't catch the revolting stink.

More than nine million people live in Rio and towns around the rest of Guanabara Bay. At best only half the sewage they produce is treated before it pours into the city's watery heart.

Chinese Olympic-goers have been victims of "frequent" theft in Brazil, China's foreign ministry said Friday in a warning to its citizens abroad to take greater safety precautions ahead of the Rio Games.

As international Olympic delegations descend on Rio, Russia's banned track and field athletes are confined to an aging stadium in Moscow, competing in a trivial meet only meant to show they will be missed at the Games.

Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri says he can’t wait to start working with his 90 million euro man Gonzalo Higuain but warned the striker not to come to Turin expecting his place in the side is assured.