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Chinese state and social media have rallied behind the Olympic gold medal after Australian coach Brett Hawke said the world-record win was not ‘humanly possible’

As demand for the tin ore cassiterite soars, special forces units of Brazil’s Ibama environment agency must play a cat and mouse game with the thousands of illegal miners pouring into Yanomami reserves

Dressel will try to defend his Olympic gold in the thrilling 50-meter freestyle, while Smith aims to win the 200 backstroke, an event she previously held the world record for.

The next Olympic men's road race gold will come from this list of riders

The pair won lightweight men’s double sculls gold in Tokyo three years ago.

Ledecky won her 13th Olympic medal with a silver in the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris meet Wall Street Journal reporter as he steps off the plane in Washington. Plus, Simone Biles wins sixth Olympic gold

British pair led for nearly the entire race but could not hold off Croatian charge

Croatia pipped the British pair for gold in the closing stages.

Following his defeat with partner Dan Evans in the Olympic men’s doubles quarter-finals, Andy Murray has retired from professional tennis after nearly two decades on the circuit. This ends a storied career in which he won three grand slam singles titles (including two Wimbledon championships), reached world number one, won…

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