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Canada were deducted six points in the Olympic women’s soccer tournament and their head coach Bev Priestman banned for a year, global governing body FIFA said on Saturday, following a drone spying scandal that has tainted their gold medal defence.

The Italian high jumper Gianmarco Tamberi has apologised to his wife on social media after his wedding ring was lost in the River Seine during Friday’s opening ceremony.

Samoa boxing coach Lionel Elika Fatupaito has died aged 60 after suffering a cardiac arrest at the Olympic village in Paris, with the 60 year old passing away on Friday

A senior official with the Dutch Olympic committee has insisted that a convicted child rapist in its beach volleyball team is not a paedophile, in an email seen by the Guardian.

Charlotte Dujardin has been forced to withdraw from Team GB for the upcoming Olympics after a video showed her repeatedly whipping a horse on the legs.

Netherlands team boss Pieter van den Hoogenband has defended the decision to take convicted rapist Steven van de Velde to the Paris Olympics.

Keating was stopped by police on June 18, the day before she was expected to join England coach Sarina Wiegman’s 28-strong squad for a three-day training camp at St George’s Park

Man Utd star claimed he feared he was being followed when undercover cop car clocked him

Gareth Southgate has announced he has stepped down as England’s manager after eight years.

Inter Miami superstar Lionel Messi was forced off with an ankle injury in the Copa America final against Colombia in Miami on Sunday and was seen in floods of tears

Gareth Southgate believes England’s inability to keep the ball against Spain was a key factor behind their defeat in the Euro 2024 final.

The Princess of Wales will make her second public appearance since her cancer diagnosis was announced earlier this year, after she attended Trooping the Colour last month.

The King has issued a personal message to the England men’s football team– urging them to avoid any last minute drama in the final.

There were worrying scenes after Spain’s Euro 2024 semi-final victory over France as a security guard slipped and inadvertently clattered into Alvaro Morata’s knee during the side’s celebrations.

Maybe this is how new empires rise. Out of the ruins of the old, with fresh visions and fresh blood, a supremacy that creates its own logic as it goes, until it begins to feel inevitable.

Novak Djokovic was left furious after beating Holger Rune in straight sets to reach the quarter-finals of this year’s Wimbledon championships, unleashing an angry rant at the crowd

Wimbledon star Elina Svitolina spoke movingly about the importance of addressing Russia’s war in Ukraine following a devastating airstrike on a children’s hospital in Kyiv

Emma Raducanu’s Wimbledon adventure is over for another year after she suffered a disappointing defeat against Lulu Sun.

BBC’s pundits were full of praise for England’s hero

Andy Murray has been denied a final Wimbledon match after Emma Raducanu pulled out of their mixed doubles clash citing stiffness in her right wrist.

Prince William will today be travelling to Dusseldorf to cheer on England during their quarter-final clash against Switzerland - and he’s sent the team an excited message of support