Sweden’s David Ahman and Jonatan Hellvig beat Germany’s Nils Ehlers and Clemens Wickler in straight sets to win the Olympic gold medal in men’s beach volleyball in a quick final at the impromptu arena at the base of the Eiffel Tower on Saturday. In the bronze medal match earlier in the day, Norway’s Anders Mol and Christian Soerum, gold medallists …
Norway overcame a hostile home crowd to beat France 29-21 in the women’s handball final to win Olympic gold at the Pierre Mauroy stadium on Saturday. The final was fast-paced from the start, with nearly a goal per minute as the Nordics ended the first half up 15-13, with Norwegian centre-backs Stine Bredal Oftedal and Henny Reistad contributing four points …
A four-year-old girl was crushed to death in Tamil Nadu by an out-of-control car while her father was filling fuel in a petrol bunk. While Raja was filling petrol in a fuel station near Rani Women’s School, an out of control car hit Raja’s two-wheeler from behind, crushing his four-year-old daughter Aparna and badly injuring her. Chilling CCTV footage showed …
Chinese giant Sun Yang suffered defeat on Wednesday after an emotional week in which he has clashed with rival swimmers over doping allegations, while Hungarian teenager Kristof Milak shattered Michael Phelps’s 200m butterfly world record. Triple Olympic champion Sun had already retained his 200 and 400m crown in Gwangju but he finished a distant sixth in the 800m final behind …