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US into basketball final after big Serbia scare

The United States have survived an almighty scare as they reached the Olympic men’s basketball final with a narrow 95-91 victory over Serbia.

LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry trailed until late in the fourth quarter before turning the tid…

CAF President Dr Motsepe mourns passing of Issa Hayatou

Dr. Patrice Motsepe, current President of Confédération African Football (CAF) has expressed condolences to all member associations following the passing of its former President, Issa Hayatou.

The 77-year-old Cameroonian administrator passed away in …

American Lyles not expecting to compete in the Olympic relays

American sprinter Noah Lyles has confirmed he is all but certain to skip the Olympic relays after contracting Covid-19 in Paris.

The Floridian was hoping to become the first man since Usain Bolt at Rio 2016 to achieve an Olympic sprint double, but af…

China take seventh diving gold with women’s 3m springboard win

Chen Yiwen secured China a seventh diving gold at the Paris Games with a win in the women’s 3-metre springboard event on Friday.

The Chinese team can now complete a unprecedented gold medal sweep if they win the men’s 10m platform on Saturday.

Chen …

World champion Johnson-Thompson leads heptathlon after two events

Two-time and reigning world champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson of Britain leads the women’s heptathlon after the 100-metres hurdle and the high jump on Thursday.

Johnson-Thompson scored a total of 2197 points after the two events, while top favourite…

Ghana’s men’s relay team disqualified for baton infringement

Ghana’s 4×100 men’s relay team couldn’t progress to the finals after a baton infringement.

Despite finishing the race at 38.62s, Ghana’s chances of progressing to the men’s 4x100m final were marred by the baton infringement resulting in the disqualif…