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U.S. Bank Stadium is just the nation's latest sports facility to embrace artists as players.

Two Filipino divers are resigned to watch the 31st summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro from the comfort of their sofas after failing to qualify for the national team. Daily Star reports: Athletes from 206 nations will compete for gold across 42 sports, including golf and rugby-7s for the first time ever. For many, it will be the biggest moment of their lives – the pinnacle of their sporting lives. For some however, Rio will be a painful reminder of what could’ve been after failing to qualify for the Olympic games. Читать дальше...

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To perform at the absolute top of your game, training isn't enough.

Athletes also need to eat in order to get the nutrients they need to be the strongest or fastest they can possibly be.

There's no "one best diet" for athletes either — many eat in a variety of different ways.

Here's what some of the stars of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio have been eating to fuel their training.

Sure, Donald Trump had a disastrous week on the campaign trail, but at least he may have made history: Longtime political veterans say they cannot recall a candidate who has similarly and needlessly damaged himself quite so badly.

Brazilian soccer legend Pele will not light the Olympic cauldron at Friday's opening ceremony of the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics, a spokesman for the 75-year-old said.

Wasu yan Najeriya na sujan umarnin da babban bankin Najeriya CBN na cewan a sayar ma mahajjata masu zuwa aikin hajjin bana dalar Amurka a farashin N197/$. Game da Jaridar Vanguard, babban bankin ta bada umurni ga bankunan Najeriya da wasu yan kasuwan canji da sayar ma masu niyar zuwa hajji dala a farashi mai […]

A beef between Drake and New York City radio station Hot 97 is brewing, and Drake appears to be the catalyst.

The issue of whether Prince and Duane Nelson shared a father has become a multimillion-dollar question in the musician’s estate case.

CERN/LHC/GridPP

Well, we called it earlier today, and now it's official.

CERN has announced that, for the present at least, we haven't detected a brand new particle capable of breaking the Standard Model of particle physics.

If you've been following the story so far, you'll know that the news comes as a blow for many physicists who've spent the past seven months coming up with possible explanations for this new particle.

(And if you're playing along with our CERN announcement drinking game... Читать дальше...

– Abdulmumin Jibrin na maida martani kan umurnin APC na ya kama bakinsa kan aringizon kasafin kudi -Wannan ya jawo masa suka daga ‘yan Najeriya yayin da wasu kuma ke goyon bayansa Rohotanni na nuna cewa ranar Alhamis 4, ga Agusta  jam’iyyar APC ta umurci Abdulmumin Jibrin, tsohon shugaban kwamitin kasafin kudi na majalisar wakilai  […]

Latest gossip from around the PL.

KUWAIT CITY — Kuwait said Friday it arrested a Filipina it accused of joining the Islamic State group through its affiliate in Libya and who planned to launch an attack. The Interior Ministry said the woman, born in 1984, entered Kuwait last June as a house maid. Security forces monitoring the woman’s email found messages

Wani mutum mai suna Peter Ayewoh ya mutu a ranar laraba 3 ga watan agusta yayin wani zanga zangar lumana da kungiyar ma’aikatan kanananan hukumomi reshen jihar Edo ta gudanar. An ruwaito cewa mamacin ya rasu ne bayan faduwa da yayi a lokacin da ake gudanar da zanga zangar. Jaridar Nigeria Tribune ta ruwaito cewa […]

Dragan Radovanovic / Business Insider

What a difference a month makes.

Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, starts August with a fast-rising lead in the polls. Averages of major surveys show her leading Republican nominee Donald Trump by roughly seven points. Some individual polls give her a double-digit advantage.

She wasn't always ahead, and there are cautionary tales: During the primaries, Clinton's big lead in one state's polls turned into a loss on election day. Читать дальше...

A drone nearly collided with the Edmonton police helicopter last month. A collision could have been fatal to both officers on board while putting people on the ground at risk, police say.

The African National Congress has comfortably claimed Durban with 56 percent of the vote, five percent less than the previous election.

It's not an "ideal" situation, but they'll have to make it work.

John Smith and James Thompson won rowing gold at London 2012, before the breakup of their lightweight fours team forced them into a rapid reinvention.

Rio readies for Olympics, fires burn in California, daredevils take a dive, U.S. women celebrate first win and more.

For the second month in a row, the S&P 500 hit an all-time high after a surprisingly strong jobs report.

Some of the world’s best divers will take to the springboard at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Centre in Rio de Janeiro Sunday to try for a gold medal. The 2016 Summer Games represents a showdown between China, which won six gold medals at the 2012 London Olympics, and the United States, which came in second with four medals, including just one gold. Want to know more about the heated sports rivalry? Keep reading for everything you need to know about the splashy world of elite diving.

-Yakin neman kujerar gwamnan jihar Edo ya ta’allaka ne tsakanin Pasto Osagie Ize-Iyamu na PDP da Godwin Obaseki na APC – Basaraken Uromi, wani gari a cikin jihar ya bayyana abin da ya faru tsakaninsa da Ize-Iyamu lokacin da ya kawo masa ziyara -Ya gaya ma Obaseki cewa bai amince da Ize-Iyamu ko PDP ba […]

President Barack Obama’s favorability rating continues to gain as he steps up criticism of his would-be successor, Donald Trump. The percentage of voters who think the country is on the … Click to Continue »

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The California Highway Patrol has recommended that Dennis Rodman face charges in a freeway incident, but the former basketball player denied Friday that anything happened.