Julien Absalon of France won his second straight Olympic gold medal in men's mountain biking yesterday, easily holding off countryman Jean-Christophe Peraud for the title. ...

China clinched all six individual medals in table tennis yesterday, after Wang Liqin beat Sweden's Jorgen Persson in the bronze medal match of men's singles to seal a sweep of the event. ...

Russia completed its third consecutive gold medal sweep in synchronsed swimming yesterday, in a team event marked by a Japanese competitor passing out on the pool deck. ...

Russia's Evgeniya Kanaeva has won gold in the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around competition, posting the high score in all four rotations of the event. ...

Angel di Maria provided the finish to another piece of Lionel Messi magic and Argentina won its second Olympic football title in a row, a 1-0 victory over Nigeria yesterday. ...

The president of the IAAF disagreed with IOC head Jacques Rogge's comments about the behaviour of Usain Bolt after the Jamaican's world record races at the Olympics, saying such occasions merit extraordinary celebrations. ...

Kenenisa Bekele made it a unique double Olympic long-distance double for Ethiopia yesterday with relentless front-running that wore down everyone who dared to keep pace in the 5,000 metres. ...

Milan yesterday announced that they had acquired Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko from Chelsea. On their part, Chelsea said the player first had to pass a medical examination before signing for Milan. Chelsea also said ...

The 2008-09 Premier League campaign gets under way this afternoon with the opening fixture between Floriana and Hamrun Spartans....

Birkirkara FC: Angus Buhagiar and Trevor Cilia (from Floriana), Patrick Borg (from Msida SJ). Coach John Buttigieg...