Koffi Olomide charged with assaulting female dancer

Renowned Congolese musician Koffi Olomide (left) on arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi on Friday 22, 2016. Police arrested the rhumba star in his home town of Kinshasa on July 26, 2016 Congolese music star Koffi Olomide will spend the next three months in jail as he awaits a ruling on prosecutors' request to imprison him for a longer period for assaulting one of his female dancers in Nairobi. The singer's free fall started...

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Roger Federer to miss Rio 2016 Olympics

Swiss tennis great Roger Federer will miss the Olympics and the rest of the season with a knee injury. The 17-time Grand Slam champion said he needs "more extensive rehabilitation" if he wants to prolong his career. Federer, 34, had knee surgery in February before missing May's French Open with a back problem. Federer said on his Facebook page he was "extremely disappointed" to not be representing Switzerland in Rio and it was...

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Russian drug cheats will still be at Olympics

Russian drug cheats will be competing at next month's Olympic Games despite efforts to target them, according to the whistleblowers who highlighted the country's state-sponsored doping. The International Olympic Committee has asked governing bodies to ban Russians either implicated in a recent report into doping, or previously sanctioned. But former Russian Anti-Doping Agency official Vitaly Stepanov and his 800m runner wife Yuliya told BBC...

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Manchester United are interested in signing Paul Pogba

Manchester United are interested in signing Paul Pogba but there is no deal imminent for the France midfielder. Speculation has been rife about a world record £100m transfer from Juventus, but BBC Sport has been told no moves have yet been made. United have not had any discussions with Juventus. Furthermore Pogba, 23, is on Euro 2016 duty with France and does not want anything to distract his preparations for Sunday's final against Portugal. Gossip:...

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Portugal beat France to win Euro 2016 final with Éder’s extra-time goal

Portugal beat France to win Euro 2016 final with Éder’s extra-time goal  Portugal 1 France 0 Cristiano Ronaldo and his Portugal team-mates celebrate with the European Championship trophy after their 1-0 win against France he substitute Éder won the European Championship for Portugal with a brilliant goal after Cristiano Ronaldo went off injured in the first half In the end, Cristiano Ronaldo had his hands on the trophy...

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Pepe 'fully fit' and eager to help Portugal

 Pepe 'fully fit' and eager to help Portugal Pepe is fully fit and ready for the biggest match of his career, with the divisive defender desperate to help Portugal emerge from the Euro 2016 final with their first-ever major trophy. Their seventh major tournament semi-final brought with it progress for just the second time, 12 years on from the ignominy of falling to Greece at the end of a European Championship they hosted. Portugal...

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Security for Euro 2016 final in Paris

High standard' Security for Euro 2016 final in Paris    PARIS -- French law enforcement authorities on Saturday pledged "extremely high" security in Paris for Sunday's European Championship final, with thousands of police patrolling as hundreds of thousands of fans mass in the French capital for the match. Security forces have three key venues to protect when France plays Portugal: the Stade de France stadium hosting the final -- outside...

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France face Portugal in European Championship fina

France face Portugal in European Championship fina   It's Sunday, July 10, and hosts France take on Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal in the European Championship final. Match of the day - Portugal vs. France -- Saint-Denis (9 p.m. CET/3 p.m. ET on ESPN): After two years of qualifying, the European Championship enters its final stage as hosts France take on Portugal at the Stade de France. ESPN FC bloggers Tom Kundert and Jonathan Johnson...

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