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Rio 2016: Women’s Football Semi Finals

After the dramas and surprise results of the Quarter Finals, we progress to Semi Final Day.   Sweden’s win over the USA means that for the first time since football was introduced into the Olympic Games [20 years ago] the USA will not feature in the Gold Medal match. So, will Sweden continue their successful campaign

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Rio 2016: Team GB – Day 11 Preview

Giles Scott will be crowned Olympic Finn champion on day 11 of Rio 2016 as Laura Trott attempts to complete a double-double following the finish of the omnium. Sailor Scott heads into the medal race in the Finn guaranteed gold, all he needs to do is take to the start line in anger and finish

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Rio 2016: Team GB – Day 10 Review

Charlotte Dujardin retained her individual Olympic dressage title, Sophie Hitchon won Team GB’s first hammer medal since 1924 and Mark Cavendish claimed his first ever Olympic medal on Day 10 at Rio 2016. Dujardin the second British woman to win three Olympic gold medals Hitchon takes hammer bronze – Team GB’s fourth athletics medal Omnium

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Rio 2016: Charlotte Dujardin wins Gold and Sophie Hitchon Bronze

Charlotte Dujardin scored 93.857 to successfully defend her individual dressage title on Valegro, taking Britain’s 16th gold medal of the Olympic Games. Dujardin, who won team silver with Carl Hester, Fiona Bigwood and Spencer Wilton on Friday, beat Germany’s Isabell Werth by over four percentage points to seal the title, taking her personal gold tally

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Rio 2016: Team GB – Badminton Round Up

Rajiv Ouseph booked his place in the knockout stages of the men’s singles competition at Rio 2016 with a confident victory over Japan’s Sho Sakaki yesterday (Sunday). The 29-year-old eight-time national champion from Hounslow advanced with a 21-15, 21-9 win over world number 25 Sakaki, avenging his quarter-final defeat at the 2015 Yonex All England

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Rio 2016: Team GB – Day 10 Preview

Charlotte Dujardin will bid to become just the second British female to win three Olympic gold medals on day ten of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Laura Trott became the first to achieve the feat on day eight of Rio 2016 with Dujardin’s chance coming in dressage’s Individual Grand Prix Freestyle. Dujardin, riding Valegro, is

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Rio 2016: Team GB – Day 9 Preview

Andy Murray, Jason Kenny, Callum Skinner and Nick Dempsey are all guaranteed medals on day nine of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games – it’s just a question of colour for three of them. Two-time Wimbledon champion Murray will bid to become the first man to win successive Olympic men’s singles tennis titles when he faces

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