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France's Teddy Riner wins fifth gold medal in judoPARIS -- Teddy Riner won the decisive bout against Japan's Tatsuru Saito in a moment of great drama to give France the judo mixed team title at the Paris Games on Saturday, earning him a national record-tying fifth Olympic gold medal.,Three years after leading France to victory over Japan at the Bud...

Former MLB outfielder looking to qualify for Olympic cycling teamFormer MLB outfielder Carlos Gomez hit for the cycle twice in his MLB days. Now, he’s trying to make a second career out of it. ...

Jurgen Klopp and the importance of Now“It’ll never get better than this.”...

Bobby Wagner joined an elite group on Monday: The ‘athletes who have pounced on fans for invading the field’ club

Several memorable plays were made during the San Francisco 49ers’ 24-9 victory against the Los Angeles Rams on Monday. There was Deebo Samuel’s back shoulder catch that he turned into a 50-plus yard touchdown, as well as Jeff Wilson Jr.’s touchdown run that first gave the 49ers the lead....

Real Madrid have more than just black magic against Liverpool

While four years is a long time in soccer, and teams can greatly transform a couple times in that timespan, Real Madrid and Liverpool look a lot like they did four years ago. Liverpool are still anchored by Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold, and Andrew Robertson in defense and Sadio Mane and M...

Q&A With Two-Time Judo Gold Medalist Kayla Harrison On Post-Olympic Depression And Her Upcoming MMA Debut

At the 2012 Olympics in London, Kayla Harrison became the first American to win a gold medal in judo. Four years later, she defended her title at the Rio Games. That’s the last time she competed in judo. Since then, Harrison has been training for a shift to MMA and working on a book about child sexu...

Egyptian Judoka Refuses To Shake Israeli Opponent's Hand

Egyptian judoka Islam El Shehaby was defeated by Israel’s Or Sasson in a 100-kilogram match at the Rio Olympics today. It’s customary for judo fighters to shake hands and bow at the conclusion of a match, but when Sasson attempted to shake El Shehaby’s hand, the Egyptian refused....

Kayla Harrison Is The Best And I'm In Awe Of Her

Four years ago, Kayla Harrison became the first American to win an Olympic gold medal in judo. Yesterday, Harrison became the first woman from any country to win multiple golds at half heavyweight, and her final match only looked difficult because she made the rest of them look so easy....