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Great Britain’s Freya Colbert and Katie Shanahan have both qualified for the final of the women’s 400m individual medley. Backed by a vocal GB support, Colbert was third fastest in the first heat as she chased home the USA’s Emma Weyant and Katie Grimes. Shanahan was fourth but faced a nervous wait to see if...

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 Tom Daley has been a household name in British sports ever since he became Great Britain’s second-youngest male Olympian ever at the 2008 Olympics. The...

Team GB’s Kirsty Gilmour got her Olympic badminton campaign under way with a comfortable two-set win over Azerbaijan’s Keisha Fatimah Azzahra. The Scot admitted afterwards she still feels nerves despite it being her third appearance at the Games, but that was not evident from her performance as she romped to a 21-13 21-11 victory. “We...

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Time to bid you adieu; I’ll leave you with our wrap from Team GB’s “Magic Monday”. Thanks for reading and commenting, and join us again tomorrow for much more Olympic action. Share Andy Bull was at La Défense Arena to watch...

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 Paris 2024 delivered a thrilling first couple of days of the Olympics, with Monday bringing the first full week and looking set to deliver a...

Adam Peaty was unable to join the great Michael Phelps in the record books after suffering his first individual defeat in an Olympics final in the men’s 100m breaststroke. Peaty was seeking to become just the second male swimmer after Phelps to win the same event at three successive Olympics but Italy’s Nicolo Martinenghi claimed...

There are 19 gold medals up for grabs on day three at the 2024 Olympic Games. We look at where those medals will be won and which Brits will be in action on Monday. Team GB athletes and medal hopes Tom Daley will be joined by Noah Williams as the British pair compete for a...

Monday blues? Not in Paris! It’s been a busy start to the Paris Olympics for athletes from Northern Ireland, and day three is no different. Let’s take a look at who will be in action on the third day of competition. At Le Defense arena, which has provided one of the best atmospheres at the...

An emotional Becky Downie booked a place in the uneven bars final at the Olympics and helped a sometimes shaky Great Britain reach the women’s team final. Downie, 32, is competing at her first Games since Rio 2016 after controversially missing out on selection for Tokyo 2020. She had thought she would have retired by...

Great Britain’s men twice came from behind to rescue a point against South Africa in the hockey pool stages at the Olympic Games. Welshman Rupert Shipperley equalised with just two minutes left on the clock for it to finish 2-2 at Yves-du-Manoir Stadium. South Africa’s Andrew Hobson opened the scoring in the first quarter from...

Just last year Peaty was considering quitting the sport for good, describing his troubles as a “self-destructive spiral”. Those issues came to a head after he broke his foot in 2022, which led to the end of his incredible eight-year unbeaten run over 100m. After returning last autumn, he won bronze at this year’s World...