BOA chief executive Andy Anson praises 65-medal tally‘Eighteen sports represented on medal table is brilliant’Britain’s performance at the Paris Olympics was incredible and should be celebrated, despite falling from fourth in the medal table in Tokyo to seventh. That was the bullish message emanating from Team GB house after an extraordinary 16 days of …

Closing ceremony had the feel of a victory lap from the start in the most beautiful and cloudless of Games Au revoir les jeux! As ever it just sounds a little better in French. And frankly, everything has looked softer and more joyful seen through the lens of the Paris 2024 Olympics over the past 19 days. The last of which came to a formal end in Saint Denis …

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: At 21, this descendent of a World War II spitfire ace became the first British woman since Mary Rand in 1964 to claim three medals at one Olympics.

MIKE KEEGAN: The squad took over the 'Roberta' restaurant and bar in nearby Bercy Village to party the night away, oblivious to who was winning the final.

JACK GAUGHAN: Grealish took a knock in training ahead of Saturday's Community Shield penalty shootout win over Manchester United and was left out as a precaution.

Welsh cyclist Finucane and weightlifter Emily Campbell claimed bronzes on the last day in Paris to take Britain's final medal tally to 65, one better than at Tokyo three years ago.

IAN HERBERT AT THE STADE DE FRANCE: The Paris Olympics have triumphed most, though, because of the absence of ostentation.

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

ROSS HEPPENSTALL: Misspelt names on players' shirts, four goals, 30 shots conceded, and utterly abject throughout, this was an awful start to life as Plymouth Argyle boss for Wayne Rooney.

Nobody I know has taken more joy from sport, or provided it with more fun in return, than my lunch guest, the once-in-a-century athlete Daley Thompson.

SIMON JONES: The right-back was scheduled to undergo a medical at 4pm on Sunday but that was postponed until Monday as United tried to reach a solution.