Curvy Brazilian women inspire 2016 Olympic medal design

If Rio residents think the curvy ancient Greek goddess stamped on the Olympic medals looks familiar, they wouldn't be wrong: she...

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Greek soccer club owner at center of a match-fixing scandal is reportedly in talks to purchase English soccer club and the Football League can't stop him

The world of soccer is no stranger to scandals, but the one Evangelos Marinakis, owner of reigning Greek champions Olympiacos, is involv...

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Rio 2016 Olympics football: Brazil in search to win their first gold medal at home.

Football made its Olympics debut at the 1900 Paris Games, as a demonstration sport. A British team, Upton Park, beat a French side in th...

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Thousands arrested in global football gambling raids

More than 4,000 people have been arrested worldwide and more than $13 million seized across Asia in operations targeting illegal gamblin...

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Greece march on, Croatia sneak win, Iceland hold their nerve

(FIBA U20 European Championship 2016 Division B) - Greece, Croatia, Montenegro, Great Britain and Poland are the only unbeaten teams lef...

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Belgium sack coach after Euros disappointment

Belgium will look to appoint a coach with proven international experience, their Football Association said on Friday as they begin the s...

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Turkey coup plotters will pay heavy price - president Erdogan

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said his government is working to crush a coup attempt after a night of explosions, air battl...

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