Deutsche Tageszeitung - 24/7 news from Germany and around the world

Lasha Talakhadze retained his iron grip on the title of "world's strongest man" as he won a third straight Olympic heavyweight gold on Saturday.

Celine Dion took a jab at Donald Trump on Saturday for using at an election rally the song she wrote and sang for the disaster movie "Titanic," about the ocean liner's sinking.

LeBron James's USA faced host nation France in an eagerly awaited men's basketball gold medal contest at the Paris Olympics on Saturday while on the track Jakob Ingebrigtsen won the 5,000m after his disappointment at 1,500m.

New Zealand's Hamish Kerr won gold in the Olympic men's high jump in Paris on Saturday after a dramatic jump-off with American Shelby McEwen.

History-making Faith Kipyegon became the first woman to win three consecutive Olympic 1,500m titles in Paris on Saturday as the United States bagged three more golds to confirm their track and field dominance.

Less than three months after taking charge of a United States women's football team in crisis, English coach Emma Hayes has restored them to the pinnacle of the game and her players say "the joy" of playing is back.

Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting won her Paris Olympics women's boxing final on Saturday in style, ensuring that the two fighters at the centre of a major gender controversy both take home gold.

Emergency crews on Saturday were removing the bodies of victims of a plane crash in Brazil's Sao Paulo state that killed all 62 people aboard, as authorities sifted through the blackened wreckage to try to determine what caused the plane's dramatic plunge.

Tokyo 2020 gold medallists Anders Berntsen Mol and Christian Sandlie Soerum of Norway won bronze in the men's beach volleyball in Paris on Saturday, breezing to victory in two short, straight sets.

Top seed Jannik Sinner took his place in the ATP Montreal Masters quarter-finals on Saturday as organisers raced to get the event back on schedule.

Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting won her Paris Olympics women's boxing final on Saturday, ensuring that the two fighters at the centre of a major gender controversy both take home gold.

Brazil legend Marta admitted Saturday that defeat in the Olympic women's football final against the United States was likely her last ever appearance for her country after a remarkable career.

Canada's B-Boy Phil Wizard won the inaugural Olympic men's breaking gold in Paris on Saturday, beating France's B-Boy Dany Dann in the final.

Rai Benjamin anchored the United States to victory in the Olympic men's 4x400m relay in Paris on Saturday.

New Zealand's Hamish Kerr won gold in the Olympic men's high jump in Paris on Saturday after a dramatic jump-off with American Shelby McEwen.

Rangers began their temporary stay at Hampden Park with a 2-1 win over Motherwell in the Scottish Premiership on Saturday.

Tottenham bolstered their attacking options for the new Premier League season with the signing of striker Dominic Solanke from Bournemouth on Saturday in a deal that could reach £65 million ($83 million).

World champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen overcame surging Ethiopian team tactics to win the Olympic men's 5,000m in Paris on Saturday.

Kenya's Faith Kipyegon made history on Saturday after becoming the first woman to win three consecutive Olympic 1,500m gold medals with a superb display of middle distance running.

Paris Olympics boxing champion Imane Khelif, the Algerian at the centre of a gender eligibility row, has filed a legal complaint in France for online harassment, her lawyer said Saturday.

Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi held off world champion Marco Arop of Canada to win Olympic men's 800 metres gold in Paris on Saturday.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled Saturday that the judging panel at the Paris Olympics women's floor exercise final improperly granted an inquiry that bumped up US gymnast Jordan Chiles's score, moving her into bronze medal position.

Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi held off world champion Marco Arop of Canada to win Olympic men's 800m gold in Paris on Saturday.

Masai Russell of the United States snatched victory in the Olympic women's 100m hurdles on Saturday, edging out France's Cyrena Samba-Mayela in a photo finish.

"It's probably the biggest Olympics mystery of all," says historian Hilary Evans of the chaotic 1900 rowing race in Paris that may have produced the youngest-ever champion.

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said at the Paris Games on Saturday he will not seek to remain in charge for a third term.

Erik ten Hag said Manchester United must feel the pain of a Community Shield defeat on penalties to Manchester City to fuel them for the beginning of the Premier League season.

Iuri Leitao and Rui Oliveira kept their cool to win a chaotic men's madison littered with crashes and claim Portugal's first-ever Olympic track cycling gold medal on Saturday.

Mallory Swanson scored the winning goal as the United States edged Brazil 1-0 in Saturday's Olympic women's football final to claim the gold medal for a record-extending fifth time.

Manchester City avenged their FA Cup final defeat to Manchester United to lift the Community Shield 7-6 on penalties on Saturday, after a 1-1 draw at Wembley.

Chinese Olympic weightlifting gold medallist Liu Huanhua on Saturday described the "torture" of stepping up several weight classes, explaining how he had to pile on the pounds to secure his title triumph.

Struggling to put down a major Ukrainian incursion for a fifth day, Russia on Saturday said it had evacuated tens of thousands of people from its border region, launched a "counter-terror operation" and warned that the fighting was endangering a nuclear power plant.