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Australia have best-ever Games; GB finish seventhFull results: the final medal table from Paris 2024Plus ça change: after more than two weeks of frenetic competition across 32 sports involving more than 10,000 athletes, the US finished the Paris Olympics top of the medal table once again, although they required victory in the final event of the Games to do …

World Athletics president Coe has long coveted the IOC's top job but feared Bach would try and change the rules to extend his stay beyond the maximum 12 years.

LEWIS STEELE: It was the first of two friendlies on the same day for Slot's men, with the Reds set to play fellow Spanish side Las Palmas in a teatime kick-off behind closed doors.

The Portugal international was spotted in attendance before their pre-season clash with Inter Milan at Stamford Bridge earlier this afternoon.

Team GB has revealed who its two flagbearers will be at the Closing Ceremony of the Paris Olympics.

The two boxers at the heart of the Paris Games' gender row, are set to carry their countries' flags at the Olympic closing ceremony on Sunday evening.

China, who were the last team apart from the U.S. to top the standings when they did it on home soil at the 2008 Beijing Games, also won 40 golds but managed only 27 silvers.

JACK GAUGHAN: These are wildly opposing theories to conditioning and the lengthy breaks are something City's boss swears by. Guardiola has told them to return when they want and feel able to.

On Saturday, the Americans completed their mission against host nation France, winning 98-87 in the gold medal game.

LeBron James and his men's teammates watched on with gold medals around their necks as the likes of A'ja Wilson and Kelsey Plum inspired their female counterparts to a hard-fought 67-66 victory.

Liverpool hosted Sevilla in the first of two friendlies at Anfield on Sunday and the Reds were in dominant form.

A man was seen climbing the Eiffel Tower just hours before the Olympics closing ceremony in Paris tonight with police evacuating the area.

Emma Raducanu's preparation for the US Open has been dealt a frustrating blow.