Kenyan cross country runner Emmaculate Anyango has been banned for six years after failing a doping test for testosterone and the blood-boosting hormone EPO.
There was no “Miracle on the Seine” as the US men’s basketball team did as expected by grinding out a 98-87 win over France to claim a fifth consecutive gold medal.
United States stampeded past Australia 85-64 on Friday and into the Paris Olympics women’s basketball final.
Rapper Travis Scott was arrested at a luxury hotel in Paris on Friday morning after getting into a drunken altercation with a security guard and his own bodyguard.
Tragedy struck the CrossFit games in Texas as one of its competitors died while taking part in the swimming portion of the competition, officials said.
Defending champions the US won their Group C opener against Serbia 110-84 in front of an ecstatic crowd in one of the most anticipated games of the Olympic men’s basketball tournament.
Leonard, who has struggled with injuries throughout the latter half of his career, missed the final three games of the Clippers’ first-round playoff loss to the Dallas Mavericks due to right knee inflammation.
Golden State Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojevic has died after the Belgrade native suffered a heart attack during a team dinner.
Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny has been located in a Serbian prison just two weeks after he had been reported missing by his lawyers.
Serbian police used tear gas to stop hundreds of supporters of the opposition from entering the city council building in the capital in protest of what election spectators said were “widespread vote irregularities.”