Ballard was discussing Australia’s relay gold medallistsSwimmers were ‘hanging around, doing their makeup’The Olympic broadcaster Eurosport has removed Bob Ballard from its commentary team at Paris 2024 after he made a sexist remark about Australia’s female swimmers.It came after the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay team of Mollie O’Callaghan, …

Deal for right-back thought to be £15m-£20mTransfer dependent on sale of Aaron Wan-BissakaManchester United are closing in on signing Bayern Munich’s Noussair Mazraoui after agreeing a fee of between £15m and £20m for the right-back, with a potential stumbling block the need to sell Aaron Wan-Bissaka to finance the transfer.While the Moroccan had been …

Briton takes silver behind Italy’s Nicolò MartinenghiDefeat was Peaty’s first in individual Olympic raceAt the very end there were just two-hundredths of a second between Adam Peaty and the third gold medal he has been chasing these last 14 months, which is nothing at all, but more than enough. The margin was so small that when he touched the wall he …

Mail Sport's racing expert Robin Goodfellow delivers his tips for Monday's meetings at Ayr, Southwell, Windsor and Wolverhampton. 

Peaty - who had won this event in Rio and Tokyo, where he also picked up a gold medal in the 4×100m mixed medley - was seen hugging his three-year-old son in the stands shortly after Sunday's final.

Watch highlights as goals from Phillip Roper and Rupert Shipperley help GB secure a 2-2 draw with South Africa in the men's hockey pool stage at the Paris Olympics.

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Watch highlights as Australia beat Zambia 6-5 in their second match at the 2024 Paris Olympics, having trailed 4-2 at half time.

Golf's world No. 1 player will compete for medals alongside some of the best players next week, including fellow Americans Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele and Wyndham Clark.

Murray and Dan Evans win 2-6, 7-6 (5), 11-9Victory against Japan ‘one of his best comebacks’Andy Murray and Dan Evans pulled off an astounding recovery from five match points down in the first round of the Olympic men’s doubles to keep ­Murray’s career alive, eventually defeating Kei Nishikori and Taro Daniel of Japan 2-6, 7-6 (5), 11-9.Murray and …

Peaty, who has endured a tumultuous personal ordeal in recent years, was so close to securing a third straight Olympic breaststroke gold, with Nicolo Martinenghi beating him by just 0.02sec.

DAVID COVERDALE AT LA DEFENSE ARENA: The night after Antoine Dupont sent the Stade de France into a frenzy, another poster boy of Paris 2024 blew the roof off La Defense Arena.

IAN HERBERT AT YVES-DU MANOIR STADIUM: Sam Ward has experienced enough adversity for a losing deficit in the dying minutes of an Olympics group game to hold no fears.

Mark Wood was outstanding wth the ball in a 3-0 series win

Peaty has overcome struggles with mental health to battle back to the start line in Paris but was forced to settle for silver behind Italy’s Nicolo Martinenghi

Watch as former Olympians Mark Foster and Rebecca Adlington break down Adam Peaty's 'strong' performance, as he wins silver in the men's 100m breaststroke at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Oval Invincibles made it two from two in The Hundred, beating the Welsh Fire by 10 runs in an exciting encounter at Cardiff.