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Robel Kiros Habte (ETH) of Ethiopia competes. (REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler)   Addis Ababa: Ethiopian swimmer Robel Kiros Habte has won hearts in Rio but faced...

Spain's Mireia Belmonte Garcia poses with her gold medal on the podium after she won the Women's 200m Butterfly Final during the swimming...

China's Ding Ning celebrates beating China's Li Xiaoxia in their women's singles gold medal table tennis match at the Riocentro venue during the...

A man holds up a recently purchased Manchester United kit for young children with the name and squad number of recent signing French...

Australia's captain Steven Smith (L) gestures while talking with coach Darren Lehmann (R) during a training session at The Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC)...

Qatar’s Jefferson and Cherif Younousse celebrate their victory against Austria at beach volleyball qualifying match in Rio de Janeiro, yesterday.   Rio de Janeiro:...

Tharumalingham Thulasi (right) of Qatar in action against Baatarsukh Chinzorig of Mongalia in his 64kg bout yesterday. The Qatari boxer lost 3-0.  

Abdalelah Haroun of Qatar celebrates after winning silver in the men’s 400 metres during the IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships in Portland, Oregon...

Theo Walcott (Reuters)   By Praveen Paramasivam An unmarked Theo Walcott grabbed a goal via a composed finish in the 8-0 rout of Viking...

Avtar Singh (IND) of India and Popole Misenga (ROT) of Refugee Olympic Athletes react. REUTERS/Toru Hanai   Rio de Janeiro: Congolese refugee Popole Misenga...

New Zealand cricket team celebrates with the series trophy after winning during the fifth day of the second test in a series of...

Romelu Lukaku (Reuters)   By Edward Wade It is not often that a player makes the return to one of his former clubs. However,...

Leicester City's Italian manager Claudio Ranieri (AFP / Ian Kington)   LONDON: Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri has signed a new contract that will...

Ross McCormack (Photo: Aston Villa)   By Gareth Hinton After a summer of real change at Villa Park, Aston Villa are ready to slog...

UEFA Super Cup 2016Real Madrid v Sevilla. Real Madrid is the winner. Match ended 3 - 2. (Ned Alley/NTB Scanpix via Reuters)   TRONDHEIM,...

Combination picture made on August 09, 2016 shows US swimmer Michael Phelps with the 21 gold medals he won at the Olympic Games...

Qatar’s left wing Abdulrazzaq Murad jumps to score during the men’s preliminary round Group A match against France at the Rio 2016 Olympic...

Rafaela Silva holds her gold medal during a press conference. REUTERS/Nacho Doce   By Brad Brooks RIO DE JANEIRO: The gold, they shouted, was...