Category: Sports

Heavy rain fell throughout Thursday morning in the French capital, with standing water present on the track in Stade de France. But Nicholson made light of the conditions as she threw 9.44 metres – just 0.03m short of her personal best – to claim third place. Mariia Pomazan of Ukraine and China’s Wang Jun were...

For so long, Andy Murray was the undisputed king of British tennis – but for much of his career, there was no obvious heir. Draper put himself in contention when he took a set off Novak Djokovic on his Wimbledon debut in 2021, but injuries and fitness issues over the next couple of years threatened...

Great Britain’s Dimitri Coutya has won his first Paralympic wheelchair fencing gold in the men’s foil B category. The world number one breathed a huge sigh of relief after overpowering China’s two-time defending Paralympic champion Feng Yanke 15-7 at the Grand Palais. The 26-year-old had dominated the contest from the start, quickly moving 8-4 ahead...

Zoe Newson had experienced the joy of bronze medals in London and Rio, then the pain of a fourth-placed finish in Tokyo, but on Wednesday in Paris the 32-year-old went one step further on the podium, winning silver in dramatic circumstances at Porte de la Chapelle Arena. On the first day of the powerlifting competition...

Wales’ Stephen Williams outsprinted Julian Alaphilippe to win stage two of the Tour of Britain in Redcar and claim the overall lead. Israel–Premier Tech rider Williams held off France’s two-time world road race champion Alaphilippe and Britain’s Oscar Onley as a three-man breakaway contested the finish to the 152.1km stage from Darlington. Britain’s Joseph Blackmore...

Cyclist Katie-George Dunlevy clinched Ireland’s first gold medal of the Paris Paralympic Games. Dunlevy, 42, earned a third successive gold in the women’s B time trial as she and pilot Linda Kelly finished one minute and 23.6 secs ahead of Great Britain’s Sophie Unwin and Jenny Holl. English-born Dunlevy, who competed in Para Rowing for...

Storey kicked things off for ParalympicsGB on Wednesday morning by extending her record as Great Britain’s most decorated Paralympian. An astonishing 32 years on from her Paralympic debut at Barcelona in 1992, Storey won by 4.69 seconds from France’s Heidi Gaugain, 27 years Storey’s junior. Gaugain, 19, was born in November 2004 – by then...

What’s happening on Thursday?published at 19:55 British Summer Time 19:55 BST Image source, Getty Images There are 63 golds up for grabs on Thursday – with plenty of British interest across Paris. Discus thrower Dan Greaves will aim for his seventh medal at his seventh Games in the F64 event (18:04), with team-mate Harrison Walsh...

Claire Taggart and her Great Britain team-mates will face Indonesia in the boccia BC1/2 quarter-finals at the Paralympics on Wednesday morning. The Great Britain trio of Larne woman Taggart, Kayleigh Haggo and David Smith edged out Portugal 5-4 on Tuesday evening. That came after a 13-1 defeat by China in their first pool match. Despite...

Great Britain’s Dame Sarah Storey wins an astounding 18th Paralympic gold medal in the Women’s C5 individual time trial at the 2024 Paris Games. Dame Sarah Storey, Great Britain‘s most decorated Paralympian of all time, won a record-extending 18th Games gold medal with a fabulous run in the Women’s C5 individual time trial on Wednesday...