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Britain win team dressage equestrian gold

London: Britain ended Germany's domination of equestrian team dressage by winning the Olympic gold medal at Greenwich Park on Tuesday, adding to its first team show jumping gold in 60 years that it won a day earlier. Germany took the silver and the Netherlands the bronze. In dressage, the horse performs a carefully choreographed routine of movements that showcases the animal's training: prancing trots, extended strides, twirling pirouettes and a...

500,000 soccer tickets withdrawn at Olympics

London: Half a million tickets for Olympic soccer matches have been withdrawn and stadium capacities reduced due to a lack of take-up, Games organisers said on Tuesday. Organisers will reduce capacities across venues by closing tiers of stadiums or whole sections of a ground. Even after the reduction, 250,000 soccer tickets are still available with a further 200,000 set to be put up for sale before the Games begin on...

Karlovic accused Wimbledon officials of bias

Croatia's Ivo Karlovic called Wimbledon's credibility into question and accused line judges of bias after he was foot-faulted "11 times" in his second-round defeat by Andy Murray on Thursday. The big-serving Croat lost 7-5 6-7 6-2 7-6 to the British fourth seed, but was unhappy with the way officials persistently penalised him for foot-faulting in a tight match on Centre Court. Karlovic said the officials were influenced by the fact...