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The Polish FA is investigating “reports of improper behaviour” following a late change of VAR officials for Rangers’ Champions League third round qualifying tie against Dynamo Kyiv. Bartosz Frankowski and Tomasz Musial were replaced by Uefa before the match in Lublin, Poland. The pair were scheduled to act as VAR and assistant VAR for the...

Team GB’s Sky Brown overcame a shoulder injury to claim Olympic bronze in a thrilling women’s skateboarding park final in Paris. Brown, 16, was seen clutching the left shoulder she dislocated last week after a heavy fall during Tuesday’s preliminary round. But a sensational final run of 92.31 ensured she added to the bronze she...

Team GB failed to add to their five equestrian medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics as Germany’s Christian Kukuk won gold in the individual jumping final. Defending champion Ben Maher and Scott Brash – winners of the team jumping event last week – both featured but missed out on the top three. It was better...

Great Britain were denied in their bid to return medals from every equestrian event at the Paris Olympics as Ben Maher and Scott Brash missed out in the showjumping individual final at Versailles. The British pair, who combined with Harry Charles to win team gold last week, both knocked down the same fence early in...

Laura Muir is refusing to be drawn on talk about her potential Olympic medal hopes, insisting all she is thinking about is the 1500m semi-final. The Scot, who is ranked fourth in the world, coasted through her heat on Tuesday, finishing second in a time of three minutes 58.91 seconds. It was an assured start...

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Monday in Paris started with early-morning drama in the mixed relay triathlon and ended in the Stade de France with 800 metres gold for Keely...

Olympic fans try to match Team GB runner Keely Hodgkinson’s speed Team GB eye more medals at the Olympics on Day 11 of Paris 2024 following a superb gold from Keely Hodgkinson to win the women’s 800m final at the Stade de France in Paris. After Simone Biles won an 11th Olympic medal to end...

It is a tribute to Hodgkinson’s maturity and character that, even at this stage in her career, she is expected to win every race she contests. The ‘big three’ have dominated recent global podiums, but until Monday Hodgkinson was the only one still yet to triumph. It was Mu who denied Hodgkinson in Tokyo, and...

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...

Great Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson dominated the Olympic 800m final to win gold in Paris and end her wait for a global title. The 22-year-old finished second at successive World Championships after claiming a stunning silver on her Olympic debut as a teenager in Tokyo three years ago. But Hodgkinson put that series of near-misses on...

Great Britain’s Daryll Neita and Dina Asher-Smith qualified for the women’s 200m final at Paris 2024, as 100m champion Noah Lyles progressed in the men’s event. Neita, who finished four-hundredths of a second off the 100m podium on Saturday, finished second behind the United States’ Brittany Brown (22.12 seconds) in her semi-final in 22.24. An...

Analysis by BBC Sport NI’s Andy Gray in Paris: “On the eve of her heats, Ciara Mageean’s withdrawal is the latest in a number of Olympic heartbreaks for the county Down athlete. Despite her success in other major events, Mageean had yet to reach a final in her previous two Games – she didn’t make...