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Charlie Webster, a television host working with the Team GB Olympic media team, was in an induced coma in a Rio hospital on Wednesday night with a rare strain of malaria. The former Sky Sports presenter, 33, is thought to have contracted the disease on a charity bike ride. She cycled 3,000 miles from London’s Olympic Stadium to Rio to raise funds for the Jane Tomlinson Foundation, and was due to…

All athletes train hard and develop skills as well as endurance, but what are the toughest sports in the world? And what is it that makes them the toughest? That depends who you ask. “Regardless of what the sport is, when you’re competing at the highest levels they are all extremely difficult,” says Prof Niall Moyna, head of the school of health and human performance at Dublin City University. What…

Sports Illustrated Something fishy is going on. Eben Novy-Williams and Scott Soshnick at Bloomberg have pointed out that Under Armour’s star athlete, Michael Phelps, isn’t wearing Under Armour on the cover of Sports Illustrated. He’s wearing Nike. “This will go on the wall at Nike,” Rick Burton, who previously worked as a US Olympic Committee chief marketing officer, told Bloomberg. “Under Armour must be going wild behind closed doors.” An Under Armour representative and…

Andy Murray, who previously won the Cincinnati Masters in 2008 and 2011, now has a 5-2 head-to-head record against Argentina’s Monaco Olympic champion Andy Murray picked up where he left off in Rio by beating Juan Monaco in the Cincinnati Masters. Murray, the first player to defend an Olympic singles title, secured his 19th successive victory by a 6-3 6-2 margin. The 29-year-old, who had a bye in round one,…

NEW YORK — As Usain Bolt’s smile as he crossed the 100 meter finish line reminds us, for all the video from Rio, it’s a single frame capturing a single moment that tells some of the most compelling stories.  Usain Bolt of Jamaica competes in the Men’s 100 meter semifinal on Day 9 of the 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on August 14, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. That’s no surprise…

Sports Illustrated Something fishy is going on. Eben Novy-Williams and Scott Soshnick at Bloomberg have pointed out that Under Armour’s star athlete, Michael Phelps, isn’t wearing Under Armour on the cover of Sports Illustrated. He’s wearing Nike. “This will go on the wall at Nike,” Rick Burton, who previously worked as a US Olympic Committee chief marketing officer, told Bloomberg. “Under Armour must be going wild behind closed doors.” An Under Armour representative and…

A detailed shot of shorts worn by goalkeeper Hope Solo #1 of United States are seen before the game against Sweden on day seven of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 12, 2016 in Brazil. “I thought we played a courageous game,” declared Hope Solo, the USA women’s soccer goalie, reacting to a shocking upset. “I think we showed a lot of heart. We came back from a goal…

Sports Illustrated Something fishy is going on. Eben Novy-Williams and Scott Soshnick at Bloomberg have pointed out that Under Armour’s star athlete, Michael Phelps, isn’t wearing Under Armour on the cover of Sports Illustrated. He’s wearing Nike. “This will go on the wall at Nike,” Rick Burton, who previously worked as a US Olympic Committee chief marketing officer, told Bloomberg. “Under Armour must be going wild behind closed doors.” An Under Armour representative and…

Media playback is not supported on this device French pole vaulter booed on podium Pole vault silver medallist Renaud Lavillenie was booed by the Rio crowd for a second time in 24 hours – with Olympics chief Thomas Bach calling his treatment “shocking”. The Frenchman, 29, was in tears as he was barracked on the podium on Tuesday. On Monday, he was booed by the partisan home crowd before his…

RIO DE JANEIRO — The beach volleyball venue on Copacabana beach is the biggest sports party in the world. You can see the waves crashing on the beach from the stands, but you can’t hear them, thanks to bumping speakers and the raucous, coordinated cheers the crowd does every time a significant volleyball event happens. Nobody wants to be the odd person out at the party, so we made…

Today, swimming has more gender mixing than ever, and most people associated with the sport embrace it. At many colleges (including my own, William and Mary), the men’s and women’s teams now compete at meets together, with the sexes alternating events. Mixed-gender relays—two men and two women—were added to the 2015 swimming world championships, and there’s talk about making them part of the Olympics. And you won’t find a sport…

A detailed shot of shorts worn by goalkeeper Hope Solo #1 of United States are seen before the game against Sweden on day seven of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 12, 2016 in Brazil. “I thought we played a courageous game,” declared Hope Solo, the USA women’s soccer goalie, reacting to a shocking upset. “I think we showed a lot of heart. We came back from a goal…

Media playback is not supported on this device French pole vaulter booed on podium Pole vault silver medallist Renaud Lavillenie was booed by the Rio crowd for a second time in 24 hours – with Olympics chief Thomas Bach calling his treatment “shocking”. The Frenchman, 29, was in tears as he was barracked on the podium on Tuesday. On Monday, he was booed by the partisan home crowd before his…

x Embed x Share A Brazilian judge cites discrepancies in the police report about the robbery. American Ryan Lochte won his first medal of the 2016 Olympics with the men’s 4×200 freestyle relay.(Photo: Peter Casey, USA TODAY Sports) RIO DE JANEIRO — A Brazilian judge has ordered two U.S. swimmers not to leave the country, according to court documents obtained Wednesday. Ryan Lochte and Jimmy Feigen were ordered to stay in Rio…

You might not be able to see all the tech Land Rover added to the Range Rover Sport, but when you need it, you’ll be happy it’s there. Also, please don’t actually try to flip it.

9.48am EDT09:48 Butchart, who has some of the whitest teeth I have ever seen, finishing in fifth to qualify automatically for the final. Great run in 33C heat from the 24-year-old Scot, who was the pacemaker in that heat and was only overcome by the front four in the home straight. The USA’s Paul Kipkemoi Chelimo finished first, Ethiopia’s Muktar Edris second, Ethiopia’s Dejen Gebremeskel third, Bahrain’s Birhanu Balew fourth,…

Over the next three months, the nominating and voting process for the Best Fan Ever will unfold across the country.(Photo: Illustration by USA TODAY Sports) Tim McKernan wore nothing but a hat, boots and a painted orange barrel suspended around his waist in winning a $10 bet with his brother. McKernan wagered he could appear on national TV while at a Denver Broncos game in 1977. So began a string…

Media playback is not supported on this device French pole vaulter booed on podium Pole vault silver medallist Renaud Lavillenie was booed by the Rio crowd for a second time in 24 hours – with Olympics chief Thomas Bach calling his treatment “shocking”. The Frenchman, 29, was in tears as he was barracked on the podium on Tuesday. On Monday he was booed by the partisan home crowd before his…

Pop-out player This is What’s Trending Today. On August 16, 1954, Sports Illustrated published its first-ever magazine. The new publication led with an article called the “The Golden Age is Now.” Sixty-two years later, Sports Illustrated is one of the most famous sports publications in the world. And, now it has published perhaps its most golden magazine cover yet. The cover photo of the August 22 edition of the magazine…