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Russia operated a state-sponsored doping programme for four years across the "vast majority" of summer and winter Olympic sports, claims a new report. It was "planned and operated" from late 2011 - including the build-up to London 2012 -…

Burnley have signed Iceland winger Johann Berg Gudmundsson from League One side Charlton Athletic. The newly-promoted Premier League club have signed the 25-year-old for an undisclosed fee on a three-year deal, with an option for a further…

Russia's Liliya Shobukhova has been ordered to repay more than £377,000 to London Marathon organisers after being banned for doping. The 38-year-old won the 2010 race but was later suspended for 38 months. Read more:…

Two-time Australian Open winner Victoria Azarenka has revealed she is pregnant. The 26-year-old Belarusian said she planned to return to "the very top" of the sport after giving birth at the end of the year. Azarenka and her boyfriend…

Sport has been paying tribute to the victims of Thursday's attack in Nice. At least 84 people died when a lorry struck a crowd marking Bastille Day in the southern French city. At cycling's Tour de France, a minute's silence was held…

Defending champion Chris Froome extended his overall lead in the Tour de France as Peter Sagan won stage 11. Sagan won a sprint after he, Tinkoff team-mate Maciej Bodnar and Team Sky's Froome and Geraint Thomas launched a surprise attack…

Jo Pavey will compete in a fifth Olympic Games after being selected to represent Team GB at the Rio Games. The 42-year-old, who will be the oldest British woman to run in a Games, achieved the 10,000m qualifying time at the European…

Rio de Janeiro has overcome setbacks and is "ready to welcome the world" to the 2016 Olympics, says the International Olympic Committee. Nawal El Moutawakel, who heads the IOC group monitoring the preparations, has made her final visit to…

Usain Bolt will defend both his Olympic 100m and 200m titles and the 4x100m relay title after being named in the Jamaica team for Rio 2016. There had been worries over his participation after he injured a hamstring at the national trials.…

Spain's Alberto Contador has ruled himself out of the Rio Olympics after injury forced him to withdraw from the Tour de France. Contador pulled out of the Tour during Sunday's ninth stage and says his recovery will take four weeks. The…

Thierry Henry has left Arsenal after manager Arsene Wenger said he could not combine his job as a television pundit with his youth coaching role. Henry worked with youth players as part of his Uefa A Licence course, but was not prepared to…

Serena and Venus Williams reached the women's doubles final at Wimbledon with a straight-set victory over Julia Goerges and Karolina Pliskova. The unseeded American duo, who have won five Wimbledon doubles titles, triumphed 7-6 (7-3) 6-4…

Liverpool and France defender Mamadou Sakho has had a doping case against him dismissed by Uefa. The 26-year-old served a provisional 30-day suspension after testing positive for a 'fat burner' in March. Read more:…

Yorkshire batsman Gary Ballance has been recalled to the England side for the first Test against Pakistan at Lord's next week. England's leading Test wicket-taker James Anderson misses out with a shoulder injury Read more at:…

Britain's Dina Asher-Smith and Greg Rutherford won gold medals at the European Championships on Thursday. British record holder Asher-Smith, 20, ran a season's best 22.37 seconds to win the 200m in Amsterdam. Read more:…