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Spurs have been in discussions with the Serie A champions over a possible transfer worth £60million.

Tokyo Olympics 2021 comes to an end with a great closing ceremony.

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney called Bobby Bowden a “model” that other college coaches should follow. College football mourned the loss of one of its greatest coaches as the nation awoke to the news Sunday morning. Bowden, who won 377 games over four decades leading programs and built Florida State into one of college football’s great dynasties with two national championships, died at 91.

From sunset to 10 p.m. tonight, the Samuel De Champlain Bridge will light up in Canada’s colours to mark the closing of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Warren Gatland’s team lost the series after winning the first match.

After weeks of rigorous competition, its time for Olympic athletes to unwind. At Sundays Closing Ceremony, All Tokyoites gave those participants a chance to both relax and get a taste of the 2020 Olympics host city.

After a year-long postponement due to COVID-19, the Tokyo Olympics are finally coming to a close. Follow along with our crew at the closing ceremony.

Bobby Bowden represented a time when college football was more accessible to the masses and the media, when coaches were less guarded and buttoned-up.

Team USA won a seventh straight gold medal in Tokyo, and has now won 55 straight games dating back to the 1992 Olympics.

The Lions plan to tour Australia in 2025.

In an action-packed Tokyo Olympics that were held in the shadow a pandemic, the upsets were not just confined to the stadiums and sports fields. Arguably one of the most dramatic moments of the Games was when Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya refused to board https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/exclusive-olympics-belarusian-athlete-says-she-was-taken-airport-go-home-after-2021-08-01 a flight home after she was removed from the Games and taken to the airport against her wishes. Speaking in Poland, Tsimanouskaya said her family had been afraid https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/exclusive-belarusian-sprinter-decided-defect-way-airport-family-fears-about-2021-08-05 that if she had returned to Belarus she would be sent to a psychiatric ward.

France won the women’s handball gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday to become the first country in 37 years to win both men’s and women’s tournaments — five years after losing both finals. France beat the Russian team 30-25 in the women’s final with the men’s players cheering on a day after they beat Denmark. The score was level at 16-16 midway through the second half before France scored six unanswered goals and had a string of saves by goalkeeper Cleopatre Darleux.

The United States continues to add medals to its overall count at the Tokyo Olympics. Here is every piece of hardware from the Games.

Despite being threatened by a typhoon at one stage the Olympic sailing programme went off almost without a hitch, but the winds of change blowing through both the Games and the sport mean that it will not look the same in Paris in three years’ time. The desire of governing body World Sailing and the International Olympic Committee for greater equality and an extra dash of excitement will see some classes retired and new ones introduced. “There’s such amazing heritage in the Finn, it’s such a shame it is leaving the Games,” gold medallist Giles Scott told reporters following his victory in a class that made its Olympic debut in 1952.

Kenny claimed her fifth Olympic title and became the first British woman to win gold at three successive Games.

The U.S. women’s indoor volleyball team beat Brazil to win the Tokyo Olympic Games gold medal on Sunday. Get market news worthy of your time with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free.Why it matters: The win is the team’s first ever Olympic gold medal and pulls the U.S. one gold medal ahead of China, with hours to go until the closing ceremony.Like this article? Get more from Axios and subscribe to Axios Markets for free.

A final day flurry of golds pushed Team USA to the top of the medal table at the Tokyo Games.

Ireland’s Kellie Harrington won an enthralling battle against Brazil’s Beatriz Ferreira and Cuba’s Andy Cruz scored a split decision win over Keyshawn Davis in their lightweight gold medal bouts on the final day of boxing at the Tokyo Games. Harrington narrowly lost the first round before finding her range and rhythm, using her superior height and reach to circle on the outside and score while staying out of range of her hard-hitting opponent. The 31-year-old showed her experience late on, coming inside to land to the body before clinching to tie up Ferreira and prevent her from striking back as she became the first Irish woman to win gold since Katie Taylor in 2012.

The U.S. women’s volleyball team won its first Olympic gold medal since the sport was introduced at the Games in 1964.

Team USA’s women’s basketball team continues its run of dominance on the world stage, winning the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.

Manny Machado singled home the go-ahead run in a four-run eighth inning for the San Diego Padres, who beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-2 on Saturday night but failed to get Yu Darvish the win after he struck out 12. Darvish matched his season strikeout high and didn’t walk a batter in seven brilliant innings while holding Arizona to two runs and four hits. San Diego had two on with one out in the seventh before Tommy Pham grounded into a double play.

Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge won the men’s marathon at the Tokyo Olympics while Team USA’s women’s basketball won its seventh consecutive gold medal.

Minnesota United still has lost just once in its last 13 games after it defeated Houston 2-0 on Saturday night at Allianz Field. The Loons now are 7-1-5 in a stretch that goes back to mid-May. Their only loss in that time was a loss at Colorado. On Saturday, they won again after a draw at Los Angeles FC that felt like a victory because of Hassani Dotson’s late goal and after another that felt …

With the United States’ 4×400 women’s relay gold medal win, Allyson Felix becomes the most decorated U.S. track athlete in Olympics history.

Minty Bets previews the betting odds for the Minnesota Twins and Houston Astros on Sunday August 8.

Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge won the men’s marathon at the Tokyo Olympics, while Team USA’s women’s basketball and volleyball teams get a shot at gold.

Mets catcher James McCann tries to explain the Mets offensive woes and why being able to hit the fastball has become an team-wide issue. He does make it clear, ‘There are no excuses, you have to own it. We haven’t been coming through in big spots as a team’.

Only four seconds separated second and fourth place.

Matt Olson goes 4-for-5 in A’s 12-3 win over Rangers

NEW YORK — This may be the new-look Yankees, but they are constantly dealing with the same old thing: injuries. Saturday it was another huge blow with Aroldis Chapman going on the injured list before the Yankees’ game against the Mariners with left elbow inflammation. The Yankees are hopeful this is just a short trip to the IL. “He had it a little bit in Miami,” manager Aaron Boone said after …