Craig Taylor

Alistair Brownlee wins triathlon gold ahead of brother Jonny as sailors Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark also win on day 13 of the Rio Olympics.
BBC News – UK

Four US Olympic swimmers who said they had been robbed in Rio de Janeiro were not victims of crime, the head of the city’s civil police has said.
BBC News – US & Canada

The sacked vice-president of South Sudan leaves the country, weeks after deadly clashes between his troops and government forces in the capital.
BBC News – Africa

Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish has continually made strides in his endurance this season as he returns from 2015 Tommy John surgery. He checked off another step in his recovery on Wednesday night, throwing a […]

The Rangers rallied with three runs in the 10th inning for a walk-off 5-4 victory over the Athletics on Tuesday night. The Rangers trailed, 4-2, entering the bottom of the inning before coming back to win it when […]

UK unemployment fell by 52,000 to 1.64 million between April and June in the run-up to the Brexit vote, official figures indicate.
BBC News – Business

Russia says it has used a base in Iran to carry out air strikes in Syria, the first time it has deployed bombers to a third country.
BBC News – Middle East

A Cuban fugitive is arrested after 26 years on the run, following a string of jewellery robberies in the Florida city of Miami.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The head of the European Olympic Committees, Irishman Patrick Hickey, has been arrested in Rio over the illegal sale of tickets, Brazilian police confirm.
BBC News – Europe

A woman who stabbed a love rival to death in a “cold-blooded” murder plot she orchestrated with a friend is jailed for at least 30 years.
BBC News – UK

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump overhauls his election campaign team for the second time in two months, amid flagging polls.
BBC News – US & Canada

The first Nigerian schoolgirl from Chibok to be rescued from Boko Haram says she misses the father of her baby, who is a suspected Islamist militant.
BBC News – Africa

A’s second baseman Jed Lowrie will undergo season-ending surgery to remove a bunion from the big toe of his left foot, manager Bob Melvin announced Monday night.
OAK Homepage News

The combined pension funds deficit for companies in the FTSE 100 has seen huge increases in the past year, according to pensions expert LCP.
BBC News – Business

An air strike hits a hospital run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in northern Yemen, killing at least 11 people, the medical charity says.
BBC News – Middle East

Brazil’s Thiago Braz da Silva sets a new Olympic record of 6.03m to claim gold in the men’s pole vault at Rio 2016.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A mayor in Corsica bans full-body “burkini” swimsuits after a beach brawl between families of North African descent and local youths.
BBC News – Europe

Cyclist Mark Cavendish wins silver after Charlotte Dujardin’s dressage gold as GB stay second in the Rio 2016 medal table while the hosts celebrate a pole vault triumph.
BBC News – UK

The US sends 15 Guantanamo detainees to the United Arab Emirates, in the largest single transfer during President Obama’s administration.
BBC News – US & Canada

A South African court jails a woman to 10 years for kidnapping a baby 19 years ago and raising her as her own, in a case which has gripped the nation.
BBC News – Africa