OLIVER HOLT AT BERCY ARENA: There are some Olympic Games where everything one athlete touches seems to turn to gold. It was that way with Mark Spitz in Munich in 1972.

MIKE KEEGAN AT THE SALON DES MIROIRS: In the search for answers journalists headed to the salon of mirrors. All they got was smoke. Surreal, shouty, shambolic smoke.

Alonso was accused of distracting other competitors by socializing and wearing skimpy clothing, with officials claiming she had created an 'inappropriate atmosphere'.

France booked their place in the men's Olympic football gold medal match thanks to goals from a pair of former Crystal Palace team-mates.

Despite a return to LaLiga looming, the Dane recently executed a release clause in his contract to allow him to leave on a free transfer amid sour relations with the club's board.

Faith Kipyegon has had her 5000m silver medal reinstated following an appeal of her disqualification from Monday's final.

After completing a £27million move from Arsenal on Friday, Smith Rowe linked up with the Fulham squad at their pre-season training camp in Portugal.

‘Being Olympic champion, no-one can take that away from you,’ she said.

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Subscriber growth booms for US pay-TV firm after move to grab European broadcast rights from BBCDiscovery+ has become the UK’s fastest growing paid streaming service, with its parent company’s near-£1bn deal to wrest control of the rights for the Olympics from the BBC appearing to be paying off.Six years ago Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) – which runs …

Watch highlights as France come from behind to beat Egypt 3-1 in the semi-finals of the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Simone Biles says it was "just the right thing to do" after she and team-mate Jordan Chiles bowed down to Olympic gold medallist Rebeca Andrade after the floor final.

Joe Clarke won silver and Kimberley Woods bronze in the kayak cross, while Team GB were downgraded from silver to bronze in the triathlon mixed relay.

The figures clearly point to why Obi-Martin chose Manchester United over staying at the Emirates, and provide a key insight into Premier League clubs' views on youth talent.