Katarina Johnson-Thompson admitted to enjoying the “best day” in a long time as the Brit led the Olympic heptathlon after the first day of competition at Stade de France. The Liverpudlian got off to an excellent start on Thursday morning and sat top of the pack after the morning session’s 100m hurdles and the high…
Covid-stricken Noah Lyles missed out on an Olympic sprint double after falling short in the men’s 200m final in Paris, with Letsile Tebogo of Botswana taking gold and American Kenny Bednarek snapping up silver. The world champion at the distance was hoping become the first man since Usain Bolt at the Rio 2016 Games to…
Jade Jones’s dream of a third Olympic gold medal was shattered when she lost her first bout at Paris 2024. Any hopes she harboured of fighting her way into bronze medal contention evaporated too when her conqueror Milijana Reljiki was eliminated in her next bout. The GB star lost a close contest to North Macedonia’s…
Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from the US Open, a week after reaching the quarter-finals of the men’s doubles at the Olympics with Carlos Alcaraz. Nadal, who has not announced his retirement, will play at the Laver Cup in September but not the final Grand Slam of the year, the US Open – live on Sky…
Lin Yu-Ting, one of the boxers at the centre of a bitter eligibility row at the Olympic Games, has reached the women’s featherweight final. She beat Turkey’s Esra Yildiz Kahraman on points in their 57kgs semi-final at Roland Garros in Paris on Wednesday. Taiwanese boxer Lin and Algeria’s Imane Khelif were disqualified from the World…
Matthew Hudson-Smith narrowly missed out on gold to USA’s Quincy Hall in a dramatic men’s 400m final at the Paris Olympics. Hudson-Smith led into the final straight but Hall came roaring back and pipped the Briton by 0.04s as Zambia’s Muzala Samukonga took bronze. Hall had never won a major individual athletics title before and…
George Mills was involved in a heated altercation with France’s Hugo Hay after the Briton had a collision in his 5000m heat at the Stade de France. Hay remained upright after multiple men, including Mills, tumbled down on the final lap. After the men had crossed the finish line, Mills and Hay were seen arguing…
Algeria’s Imane Khelif beat Thailand’s Janjaem Suwannapheng by unanimous decision in the women’s welterweight semi-final to give herself a shot at a gold medal at the Paris Olympics. In the 66kg semi both fighters were at least guaranteed a bronze for reaching this stage and walked out to an electric atmosphere at the converted Roland…
Ireland’s Kellie Harrington won gold in the women’s 60kg at the Paris Olympics, but Team GB boxer Lewis Richardson was edged out of making the men’s 71kg final following defeat to Mexican Marco Verde. Harrington was crowned double Olympic champion after beating Wenlu Yang at Roland Garros in the women’s 60kg final. Following a cagey…
Team GB boxer Lewis Richardson was edged out of making the men’s 71kg Olympic boxing final following defeat to Mexican Marco Verde. Richardson had to settle for bronze after being beaten on split decision by Verde at Roland Garros. The Brit started well landing a solid punch to Verde’s face, but the Mexican grew back…
