Category: Sports

Britain’s Tommy Fleetwood secured a silver medal in the men’s golf at the Paris Olympics behind American world No 1 Scottie Scheffler at Le Golf National. Fleetwood fired a final-day 66 to fall one stroke short of Scheffler’s 19 under par total after the world No 1 had tied the course record of nine-under 62,...

Britain’s Amber Rutter won a controversial silver medal in the Olympic women’s skeet shooting final in Chateauroux on Sunday. Just over three months after giving birth to her son, Tommy, Rutter kept her cool during a tense six-athlete shoot-off to seal her place in the gold medal showdown. After Rutter and Chile’s Francesca Crovetto both...

Great Britain’s Tommy Fleetwood had to settle for Olympic silver in the men’s golf after falling agonisingly short of American world number one Scottie Scheffler in an enthralling finale. On an exciting last day in Paris, Fleetwood was tied with Scheffler on 19 under walking on to the 17th hole. But a bogey after missing...

In a statement on Thursday, the IOC said that Khelif and Lin had been “victims of a sudden and arbitrary decision by the IBA”. “Towards the end of the IBA World Championships in 2023, they were suddenly disqualified without any due process,” the IOC said. “According to the IBA minutes available on their website, this...

Earlier, Becky Downie – competing at her third Olympics – finished seventh (13.633) in the uneven bars final after falling during her high-risk routine as Kaylia Nemour secured gold (15.700) to win Algeria’s first ever gymnastics medal. The 32-year-old went all out on difficulty to challenge for the gold medal but missed the bar on...

Great Britain’s Amber Rutter had to settle for silver in a dramatic and controversial final of the women’s skeet shooting. The 26-year-old finished in a tie of 55 shots out of 60 targets with Chile’s Francisca Crovetto Chadid. They went to a shoot-off and were still tied after three rounds but, in a moment of...

Great Britain’s Daryll Neita, Dina Asher-Smith and Bianca Williams reached the semi-finals of the women’s 200m after world champion Shericka Jackson withdrew. Neita narrowly missed out on a medal in the 100m on Saturday and refocused to cruise to victory in her 200m heat. Lina Nielsen progressed to the semi-finals of the women’s 400m hurdles...

Lee Morton sat on the blue pitch and did not move for several minutes. Some teammates stood and watched India’s celebrations, stunned, with hands on heads. Others sank to their knees, unable to take it in. A shootout defeat by India in the quarter-finals means 36 years of hurt will become 40 before Great Britain’s...

Lottie Fry continued Great Britain’s equestrian medal success at the Paris Olympics with bronze in the individual dressage. On Glamourdale, she scored 88.971% as Germany’s Jessica von Bredow-Werndl successfully defended her title. Fellow German Isabell Werth, competing at her seventh Games, took silver. It marks a third Olympic medal for 28-year-old Fry, who made her...

Jamaican Jackson withdrew from the 100m to focus on the 200m, in which she is the two-time reigning world champion, but did not line up on Sunday morning. Jackson’s withdrawal from the competition means American Gabrielle Thomas, the fastest woman in the 200m this year, is the gold-medal favourite in the event. Tokyo Olympics bronze...