Tom Daley and Dom Goodfellow overjoyed to seal platform bronze at Olympics Games in Rio August 9, 2016 Jubilant divers Tom Daley and Dan Goodfellow could barely contain their joy after pipping Germany to a bronze medal in the men’s synchronised 10m platform at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre. The pair were the last to dive but kept their composure to overhaul Germany’s former world champions Patrick Hausding and Sascha Klein with a [...]
Usain Bolt unsure whether competitors at his Olympic Games swansong will be clean August 9, 2016 Six-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt admitted last night that he cannot be completely sure that his gold medal competitors at the Rio Games will be clean athletes. Jamaican Bolt, 29, will bid to complete the ‘triple triple’ of Olympic sprint titles in Brazil by retaining his 100m, 200m and 4 x 100m relay crowns which [...]
West Ham complete signing of Swansea forward Andre Ayew for £20.5m August 8, 2016 West Ham have completed the signing of forward Andre Ayew from fellow Premier League side Swansea City for £20.5m on a four-year deal. The 26-year-old joined Swansea on a free transfer from Marseille in June 2015 and scored 12 goals during his debut Premier League season with the Welsh side. “The club have a lot [...]
Manchester United’s world-record capture for Paul Pogba moves a step closer as West Ham shell out £6m on new left-back August 8, 2016 Manchester United’s world-record capture of Paul Pogba moved a step closer after the Juventus midfielder arrived at the club’s training ground for his medical. United are set to complete the £89m signing of Pogba, who departed Manchester in 2012 after finding first-team opportunities hard to come by. The Old Trafford club received just £800,000 in compensation. The [...]
Skipper Dylan Hartley focused on first hurdle as England bid for a record-equalling autumn August 8, 2016 England skipper Dylan Hartley is refusing to focus on anything other than the opening international of the season against South Africa as his side bid for a record-equalling autumn. Successive victories against the Proteas, Fiji, Argentina and Australia at Twickenham would match England’s all-time winning streak of 14 Tests, which was set by Sir Clive [...]
Olympic champion Adam Peaty vows go faster and better his 100m breaststroke gold standard August 8, 2016 Olympic champion Adam Peaty has vowed to continue his gold rush after winning Great Britain’s first medal of the Rio Games with a world record 100m breaststroke swim in the early hours of Monday morning. The 21-year-old became the first British man to win Olympic swimming gold since Adrian Moorhouse in the same event at the [...]
Lizzie Armitstead fails to silence critics with Olympic medal after finishing fifth in women’s road race in Rio August 8, 2016 World champion Lizzie Armitstead refused to wallow in self pity after failing to end the furore over her missed drugs tests with an Olympic medal during the women’s road race at the Rio Games. Armitsead was unable to find her best form and finished fifth, following a week of turmoil during which she was given an [...]
Andy Murray begins Olympic title defence in style and heaps pressure on himself to win second gold medal August 7, 2016 Defending Olympic champion Andy Murray began his quest to retain his title with a crushing straight sets victory over Serbia’s Viktor Troicki in the opening round of the men’s singles at the Rio Games. Murray, Great Britain’s flag bearer at Friday’s opening ceremony, dispatched Troicki 6-3, 6-2 to progress to round two where he will [...]
Friendly round-up: Arsenal and Chelsea both suffer defensive injuries a week before start of Premier League season August 7, 2016 Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger’s defensive crisis deepened a week before his side’s opening Premier League fixture as centre-half Gabriel was stretchered off during today's 3-2 friendly victory over Manchester City in Gothenburg. Wenger is short of defensive reserves after a knee injury ruled World Cup winner Per Mertesacker out for up to five months and Laurent [...]
Leicester City 1, Manchester United 2: Jose Mourinho backs Paul Pogba to complete his Old Trafford jigsaw after green light given for world record transfer August 7, 2016 Conundrum-solving Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has backed midfielder Paul Pogba to prove the final piece of his Old Trafford jigsaw after the Old Trafford club beat Leicester to lift the FA Community Shield yesterday. Summer signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic emerged as the match-winner inside the final 10 minutes, handing Mourinho his first piece of United [...]
