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Bolt claims 200m gold with record (20 August 07:55) |
| Jamaica's Usain Bolt delivers another astonishing display of sprinting to add the Olympic 200m title to his 100m crown with a new world record. |
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Robles on course for hurdles gold (20 August 07:24) |
| World record holder Dayron Robles cruises to victory in his 110m hurdles semi-final and heads into Thursday's final as firm favourite. |
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Miankova wins Olympic hammer gold (20 August 06:11) |
| Aksana Miankova of Belarus claims hammer gold with a new Olympic record throw in Beijing. |
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India win squares one-day series (20 August 04:44) |
| India level their one-day series in Sri Lanka with a hard fought three-wicket success in Dambulla. |
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Lee opts out of Bangladesh series (20 August 03:39) |
| Fast bowler Brett Lee has pulled out of Australia's squad for the forthcoming one-day series against Bangladesh. |
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Melandri announces Kawasaki move (20 August 03:06) |
| Ducati MotoGP rider Marco Melandri will compete for Kawasaki next season. |
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Medallist Blonska fails drug test (20 August 02:41) |
| Olympic heptathlon silver medallist Liudmyla Blonska of Ukraine tests positive for a banned substance, BBC Sport understands. |
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Consistency is key, says Hamilton (20 August 12:51) |
| Lewis Hamilton says he and McLaren have to cut out mistakes if he is to win the Formula One drivers' title this year. |
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Dempsey misses windsurfing medal (20 August 12:45) |
| Britain's Nick Dempsey fails to win a medal in the RS:X windsurfing as New Zealand's Tom Ashley clinches gold. |
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China Games 'a broadcast record' (20 August 12:42) |
| The Beijing Games looks set to become the most widely broadcast event in Olympic history, according to the IOC |
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Shaw secures windsurfing bronze (20 August 12:01) |
| Windsurfer Bryony Shaw breaks down in tears after clinching a bronze medal for Great Britain. |
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Bustos puts US into Beijing final (20 August 10:30) |
| Crystl Bustos hits a three-run homer in the ninth inning as the United States beat Japan 4-1 to reach the final of the Olympic softball tournament. |
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US reach beach volleyball final (20 August 09:28) |
| Todd Rogers and Philip Dalhausser beat Georgia's Renato Gomes and Jorge Terceiro to guarantee themselves at least silver. |
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Russia's Ilchenko wins 10km gold (20 August 08:57) |
| Keri-Anne Payne and Cassie Patten win silver and bronze in the 10km swim as Russian Larisa Ilchenko takes gold with a late surge. |
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England U21 2-1 Slovenia U21 (20 August 02:12) |
| Micah Richards and James Milner score as England U21s defeat Slovenia U21s in a friendly in Hull. |
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Nadal heads seedings for US Open (20 August 12:50) |
| Rafael Nadal will be the top seed in a Grand Slam event for the first time in his career, in next week's US Open. |
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Slick Nigeria crush sorry Belgium (19 August 08:36) |
| The Dream Team crush Belgium 4-1 to scorch into the Olympic final in a superb display, whilst Argentina see off Brazil 3-0. |
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Wales to keep Earnshaw in reserve (19 August 08:05) |
| Wales are expected to keep Rob Earnshaw on the bench for their friendly with Georgia in Swansea on Wednesday. |
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GB Olympians power to new heights (19 August 07:53) |
| Christine Ohuruogu's 400m win takes Britain's gold medal haul to 16, their best Olympic performance for a century. |
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Ohuruogu grabs gold for Britain (19 August 07:47) |
| Christine Ohuruogu captures 400m gold for Great Britain with a late surge down the home straight. |
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Super Bolt eases into 200m final (19 August 07:43) |
| Jamaica's 100m champion Usain Bolt moves into the 200m final as does Britain's Christian Malcolm. |
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Silnov wins high jump gold (19 August 06:43) |
| Great Britain's Germaine Mason collects high jump silver as Russian Andrey Silnov wins the Olympic title in Beijing. |
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Zou secures bar gold for China (19 August 06:22) |
| Zou Kai ensures China complete a virtual clean sweep of the men's gymnastic titles as he wins the men's horizontal bar. |
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Terry appointed England captain (19 August 05:49) |
| Fabio Capello appoints Chelsea's John Terry as permanent England captain. |
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Asif faces ban after test result (19 August 05:44) |
| Pakistan bowler Mohammad Asif is facing a two year ban after his 'B' sample tested positive for the steroid nandrolone. |
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Nigeria power into Olympic final (19 August 05:28) |
| The Dream Team crush Belgium 4-1 to scorch into the Olympic final in a superb display. |
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GB Olympians continue gold rush (19 August 05:00) |
| Cyclist Chris Hoy becomes the first Briton to claim three golds at one Olympics for 100 years, as GB's gold medal haul jumps to 15. |
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England-SA clash washed out (19 August 04:55) |
| England's Twenty20 international with South Africa scheduled for Wednesday evening is called off because of heavy rain. |
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Hoy clinches historic third gold (19 August 04:52) |
| British cyclist Chris Hoy claims a superb hat-trick of gold medals after beating team-mate Jason Kenny in the sprint. |
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Briton Pendleton wins sprint gold (19 August 04:37) |
| Victoria Pendleton wins Britain's sixth track cycling gold at this Olympics with victory over Australia's Anna Meares in the women's sprint final. |
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Olympics day 12 preview (19 August 04:29) |
| Usain Bolt goes in the final of the men's 200m hoping to complete a sprint double. |
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Beijing meets air standards (19 August 04:13) |
| Despite fears in the run-up to the Olympic Games, the skies above Beijing have met clean-air standards, officials say. |
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Argentina take men's Madison gold (19 August 04:12) |
| Argentina's Juan Esteban Curuchet and Walter Fernando Perez win gold in the men's Madison as Britain's Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish finish joint-eighth. |
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Samoan Tuilagi makes Sale switch (19 August 04:02) |
| Samoan international Anitelia Tuilagi signs a four-year deal with Sale. |
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Cejudo claims US gold in 55kg (19 August 04:01) |
| United States wrestler Henry Cejudo, competing in only his second international tournament, wins gold in the men's 55kg freestyle event. |
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China beat Belarus to reach semis (19 August 03:38) |
| Miao Lijie again stars for China's women's team as they claim an Olympic semi-final berth. |
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Hoy and Kenny set up GB gold race (19 August 03:08) |
| British cyclists Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny will fight it out for the sprint gold medal after winning their semi-finals in superb style. |
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Greek Halkia officially expelled (19 August 02:54) |
| Greek hurdler Fani Halkia is formally expelled from the Beijing Olympics by the International Olympic Committee for doping. |
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Pendleton books sprint final spot (19 August 02:30) |
| British cyclist Victoria Pendleton faces Australia's Anna Mears in the women's sprint final after beating Willy Kanis of the Netherlands 2-0. |
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Tunnicliffe sails to Laser gold (19 August 01:36) |
| Anna Tunnicliffe takes sailing gold for the US in the women's Laser Radial class. |
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Injured Liu sorry over shock exit (19 August 11:52) |
| Defending 110m hurdles champion Liu Xiang apologises to the Chinese people after injury forced him to pull out of the Olympics. |
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Ferdinand tipped to lead England (19 August 11:42) |
| Rio Ferdinand is expected to pip John Terry to the England captaincy on Tuesday. |
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Spain fails in fresh Dane protest (19 August 11:36) |
| An Olympic jury rejects a fresh protest from Spain and Italy against Denmark's 49er gold medal. |
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Brit Goodison claims sailing gold (19 August 11:15) |
| Paul Goodison makes up for his Athens heartbreak by winning sailing's laser class to claim Great Britain's 13th gold in Beijing. |
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Frodeno claims gold as Brits fade (19 August 09:38) |
| Germany's Jan Frodeno wins triathlon gold ahead of Canada's Simon Whitfield and New Zealand's Bevan Doherty. |
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US pair through to Olympic final (19 August 07:47) |
| Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor are one step closer to defending their Olympic beach volleyball crown after defeating Brazil in the semi-finals. |
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US pair face Chinese favourites (19 August 07:47) |
| Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor are one step closer to defending their Olympic beach volleyball crown after defeating Brazil in the semi-finals. |
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Isinbayeva wins with new record (18 August 09:10) |
| Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva breaks her own women's pole vault world record in winning Olympic gold. |
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US stars stroll into last eight (18 August 08:45) |
| The unbeaten United States destroy Germany 106-57 to set up a quarter-final tie with Australia. |
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Taylor regains 400m hurdles title (18 August 08:24) |
| American Angelo Taylor regains his Olympic 400m hurdles title with victory over compatriots Kerron Clement and Bershawn Jackson in Beijing. |
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