Keely Hodgkinson has set her sights on breaking the long-standing women’s 800m record following her gold medal at the Olympics. The 22-year-old took gold in Paris on Monday evening in a time of 1min 56.72sec after silver medals at the Games in Tokyo three years ago, and the World finals in 2022 and 2023. The…
Keely Hodgkinson lived up to her billing as pre-Olympic favourite by storming to an impressive gold in the women’s 800m, one of five medals won by Team GB on day 10 in Paris. Hodgkinson produced a commanding performance to become the first British woman to win an Olympic 800m title since Dame Kelly Holmes in…
There are 15 medals to be won on day 11 of the Paris 2024 Olympics. We look at where those medals will be won and which Brits will be in action on Tuesday. Keep track of the latest developments and results in our live blog – Olympics 2024 live: Paris news and updates. Team GB…
“Extraordinary, chaotic and shambolic”. The IBA’s press conference transcended into chaos on Monday as the organisation attempted to outline its position on the ongoing eligibility row within Olympic boxing. The row centres around the participation of Algerian boxer Imane Khelif and Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting. Both have been allowed to take part in the Olympics,…
USA sprinter Noah Lyles won the men’s 100m title at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games by the smallest of margins in a dramatic photo finish. The 27-year-old took gold ahead of Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson by just five-thousandths of a second in a time of 9.79 seconds at the Stade de France. Lyles’ official time was…
Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz will meet in blockbuster gold medal match at the Paris Olympics with the Serb targeting revenge for his Wimbledon drubbing last month. Djokovic left Roland Garros on Thursday evening very concerned that he had sustained more damage to his right knee, which has been strapped up since he underwent surgery…
Rowers Emily Craig and Imogen Grant secured Great Britain’s seventh gold of the Paris Games after a dominant win in the women’s lightweight double sculls. Craig and Grant – unbeaten in this event since an agonising fourth-placed finish in Tokyo three years ago when they missed out on a medal by just 0.01 seconds –…
Rafael Nadal revealed he is unlikely to play the US Open as he dropped his strongest hint yet that his career could very soon be at an end. Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz’s crowd-pleasing run in the men’s doubles at the Olympics came to an end with a 6-2 6-4 loss to American fourth seeds Austin…
Lauren Price knows exactly what it takes to win an Olympic gold medal. The Welsh star triumphed at the Tokyo Games in 2021. She thinks Cindy Ngamba and Chantelle Reid could potentially inherit her mantle as Olympic middleweight champion. Ngamba, who trains with GB but will box for the refugee team, and Britain’s Reid, both…
Team GB boxer Delicious Orie feels Olympic gold has been “taken away” from him after losing by split decision to Davit Chaloyan. A cagey start in the men’s super-heavyweight category saw Chaloyan throw some good hooks, but Orie grew into the round and took control with some solid jabs. A closer contest followed in the…
