Cuba’s Arlen Lopez won his second Olympic gold medal yesterday as he taught Ben Whittaker a boxing lesson in Tokyo — the disconsolate Briton refusing to wear his silver medal and putting it instead in his pocket.

World number one Nelly Korda carded a 67 to be just a shot off the lead yesterday during a first round played in searing temperatures at the women’s Olympic golf tournament which caused US star Lexi Thompson’s caddie to pull out with heatstroke.

Qatar Football Association (QFA) President HE Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed al-Thani met Concacaf chief Victor Montagliani during the final of Gold Cup, which United States won on Sunday after a 1-0 win over Mexico at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Qatar’s Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan stunned Italy’s Paolo Nicolai and Daniele Lupo to storm into the beach volleyball semi-finals of the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday.

Mutaz Essa Barshim has been on top of his game for more than just a few years. He has come the closest to breaking the world record of 2.45m, is the only high jumper to successfully defend the world title, and has won athlete of the year honours. And now he has the only medal that was missing from h

United States’ Sydney McLaughlin obliterated her own world record to win Olympic gold in the women’s 400m hurdles yesterday.

Andre de Grasse said he had “shocked the world” after storming to victory in the Olympic 200 metres final yesterday as the United States’ 17-year sprinting gold medal drought continued.

India’s Jasprit Bumrah took four wickets as England suffered their latest batting collapse in slumping to 183 all out on the opening day of the first Test at Trent Bridge yesterday.

Dutchman Louis van Gaal will return for a third time as the national football coach, leading the team to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the Dutch football federation (KNVB) said yesterday.

Christian Eriksen yesterday met his Inter Milan teammates for the first time since suffering cardiac arrest at Euro 2020, in a visit to the Italian champions’ training ground. In a statement, Inter said Eriksen, 29, paid a visit to the training centre at Appiano Gentile outside Milan yesterday.

Producing one of her best performances to date, Shedaresthedevil proved much too strong for her rivals when winning the Clement L Hirsch Stakes, a Grade 1 for three-year-old and older fillies and mares over 1,700m, for her owners Flurry Racing Stables, Qatar Racing and Autry Lowry Jr.

The Qatar Racing Limited-owned Future opened her account in style when taking the Fitzdares Supports The British Racing School Fillies’ Novice Stakes at Windsor Racecourse on Monday.