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Lewis Hamilton leads the world championship for the first time this season after his dominant victory in the Hungarian Grand Prix, but in some ways events after the race were just as important as what happened on track. Not satisfied with…

The NBA basketball league will move its 2017 All-Star game from North Carolina in protest about a state law that it says discriminates against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. House Bill 2, or HB2, invalidated several local…

Borussia Dortmund have signed Germany international winger Andre Schurrle from Bundesliga rivals Wolfsburg for an undisclosed fee. The 25-year-old former Chelsea player has signed a five-year deal at the Westfalenstadion. Read more:…

Middlesbrough have agreed a deal to sign striker Alvaro Negredo on a season-long loan from Valencia - but will not sign injured Borussia Dortmund defender Neven Subotic. Negredo won the Premier League during a spell at Manchester City,…

Liverpool have agreed a £25m deal to sign Netherlands international Georginio Wijnaldum from Newcastle. The 25-year-old midfielder, who had four years remaining on his contract at St James' Park, will have a medical with the Premier League…

Olympic sprinting legend Usain Bolt insists he has no fitness problems after a recent hamstring injury scare. The 29-year-old pulled out of the 100m final at the Jamaican Olympic trials, but will race in his first 200m of the season in…

British number one Andy Murray will not defend his Rogers Cup title in Toronto next week. Murray has not played since beating Milos Raonic in the Wimbledon final, and was only a spectator as Great Britain won their Davis Cup tie against…

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…