Walton Eller of the United States was in a class of his own in winning the men's double trap shooting Olympic gold medal on Tuesday. The deer hunter from Texas dominated the field in the qualification and kept a steady hand in the finals on a hot afternoon in Beijing in front of a fired-up Chinese crowd to clinch the gold with two shots to spare. Eller, 26, finished on 190 points with Francesco D'Aniello, an Italian police officer, taking second on 187.
Defending champion Dustin Johnson failed to advance to the knockout phase of the WGC-Dell Match Play after suffering a second straight defeat in Texas on Thursday.
Two goals in three minutes from Napoli's Goran Pandev were not enough to secure victory as his side threw away a two-goal lead to draw 3-3 at home to Udinese in an end-to-end Serie A thriller on Saturday.
Goals by Marco Materazzi and Zlatan Ibrahimovic gave Serie A leaders Inter Milan a 2-0 victory over Messina on Sunday as they set a club record with their ninth straight league win.
AS Roma scored four goals in the first half hour to beat holders Inter Milan 6-2 in an extraordinary first leg of the Italian Cup final on Wednesday.
AS Roma captain Francesco Totti has warned Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson not to underestimate him when their two sides play the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final next week.
Images from football matches played in the La Liga, Serie A and Bundesliga on Saturday.
Coach Marcello Lippi hailed 10-man Italy's determination to beat Australia 1-0 on and said their winning penalty was rightly given.
Francesco Totti scored in the last minute of stoppage time to help a 10-man Italy beat Australia and enter the quarter-finals.
champions Inter Milan are now three points clear at the top of Serie A with 17 points from seven games courtesy of their 2-1 win over Napoli.
The Indian duo finished in joint-third place in the World Cup qualifier, which was won by Singapore's Mardan Mamat and Lam Chih Bing.
The five-time world player of the year opened his account in the easiest possible fashion by tapping into an empty net from less than two metres in the 50th minute.
Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde's conservatism was cited by the Spanish media as the main reason for their 3-0 defeat at AS Roma on Tuesday that led to a shock Champions League quarter-final elimination being regarded as 'a historic debacle'.
The actor walked the ramp to help raise money for Syrian children affected by the ongoing conflict.
Italy and Switzerland shared a scrappy 1-1 draw in a warm-up match before the World Cup
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday.
A United Nations security body said on Friday it had given China anti-terrorism advice ahead of the 2008 Olympic Games.
Here is a round-up of results from the European League matches played on Wednesday
The ace strikers will be the preferred summer signings, Real Madrid coach Carlos Queiroz said.
Is it possible to extend lifespans to, say, 120 years, or longer, asks Devangshu Datta.
The AITA Secretary General has been elected to the Board of Directors for a two-year term.
Francesco Totti made an instant impact on his return from a buttock injury when he scored one goal and helped set up another in AS Roma's 3-2 Serie A win over Udinese on Monday.
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For the first time the Best Player award had been shared in its seven-year history.
Argentine Hernan Crespo struck again as AC Milan won 2-0 at Roma on Sunday to keep level at the top of Serie A with Juventus.
Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio will be involved in the new Formula E electric racing series as a co-founder of the Monaco-based Venturi team that has secured the 10th and final entry.
Italy must forget all about the "Totti Factor" or they are in danger of coming unstuck against a confident, in-form Sweden.
The Italy forward was held guilty of 'gross unsporting conduct' after spitting at Denmark's Christian Poulsen.
Television footage showed the Italian spitting at Denmark's Christian Poulsen during their Euro 2004 match.
Star Italian forward Francesco Totti said he would not quit the Serie A in any circumstances.
Francesco Cantando of Italy, aboard a Singha F1 Racing boat, won the UIM F1 Powerboat World Championship.
Major winners Francesco Molinari, Louis Oosthuizen, Brooks Koepka, Jason Day and Adam Scott shared top spot at the Masters on Friday at the end of the second round, but it was Tiger Woods who commanded the spotlight once again at Augusta National.
Serie A witnessed some breath-taking football action, especially when AC Milan could not convert the umpteen chances they had against Sassuolo while Inter went to top. In Ligue 1 action, all the star players found the net for PSG. Here are images from the soccer matches played across Europe on Sunday.
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