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Great Britain enjoyed a rush of gold medals across a range of sports on Friday – including an unexpected triumph in team show jumping. The trio of Ben Maher, Scott Brash and Harry Charles qualified for the event in third place behind Germany and the USA, but with the scores reset to zero, all three...

British rowers Oliver Wynne-Griffiths and Tom George were pipped on the line as they missed out on men’s pair gold in agonising fashion. Wynne-Griffiths, from Wales, and George, of England, had to settle for silver after Croatia’s defending champions timed their row to perfection to pinch victory by 0.45 seconds. The British duo led for...

Ross Corrigan and Nathan Timoney finished in sixth place in the men’s pair final to bring their debut Olympics to a close. Just like in the semi-final, the Team Ireland crew went out hard in the early stages and ran third after the opening 500 metres. The Fermanagh duo had slipped to fifth at the...

Adam Peaty will not take part in the mixed 4x100m medley relay heats on Friday morning, as Team GB begin the defence of their Olympic title. Peaty, 29, tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday – a day after winning Olympic silver in the 100m breaststroke. Missing the heats does not mean Peaty could not come...

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Souza wins +78kg judo gold Brazil’s Beatriz Souza has won the +78kg women’s judo gold medal after beating Israel’s Raz Hershko 1-0. Souza scored a waza-ari early on and it was the score that made the difference. Earlier on the Republic...

tennis Murray’s career ends with Olympic defeatpublished at 06:50 06:50 Tennis – Men’s doubles – Fritz/Paul 6-2 6-4 Evans/Murray Jonathan JurejkoBBC Sport at Roland Garros Media caption, ‘Icon’ Andy Murray’s tennis career over after doubles defeat British tennis icon Andy Murray’s illustrious career ended with a straight-set defeat in the Olympic men’s doubles quarter-finals. Murray,...

Andy Murray cried. Dan Evans cried. Even BBC television presenter Clare Balding cried. In the moments after Murray’s illustrious career came to an end at the Paris 2024 Olympics, there was an outpouring of emotion. It was felt at Roland Garros by Murray, by his British team-mates, by the thousands of adoring fans chanting his...

PA Media Andy Murray’s glittering tennis career came to an end in Paris Sir Andy Murray has been hailed as Scotland’s “greatest ever sportsman”, as the three-time Grand Slam winner’s career came to an end at the Paris Olympics. Tributes poured in from the world of sport and beyond, as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer...

It’s hard to believe we are a week into the Paris Olympics already – and what a start it has been! There has been medal success (and lots of it), drama and even the odd tear shed – and we’re only halfway through. After the medal rush for athletes from Northern Ireland, there are more...

Earlier, Marchand – perhaps unsurprisingly – was the fastest qualifier for Friday’s 200m individual medley final, finishing in 1:56.31 after being given another huge reception by the crowd. Marchand made history on Wednesday with two golds in one night, winning the 200m butterfly title and the 200m backstroke title in the space of two hours....