Category: Sports

France’s Leon Marchand delighted a raucous home crowd by setting a new Olympic record to dominate the 400m individual medley and win gold at his home Games. The first of what the rising star hopes will be four individual golds in Paris was secured by a margin of 5.67 seconds over Japan’s Tomoyuki Matsushita in...

Playing at a fifth Olympics marks the last stop-off on a tumultuous journey which has taken Murray to three Grand Slam titles and the top of the world rankings. He is the only tennis player to have won two Olympics singles titles, having taken back-to-back gold medals at London 2012 and Rio 2016. Paris 2024...

Andy Murray and Dan Evans produced a sensational comeback to survive five match points and claim a dramatic first-round victory in the men’s doubles. Murray previously announced he was retiring from tennis following the conclusion of this year’s Games, with the Scot withdrawing from the singles competition to focus on the doubles event. The Team...

Team GB’s Rosie Eccles was left in tears after a controversial defeat to Poland’s Aneta Rygielska that she said “really shocked” her. The Welsh boxer, who missed the Tokyo Games three years ago through illness and injury, was eliminated from the women’s 66kg division on a 3-2 split decision that drew boos and jeers around...

British athletes to watch on 29 July at Paris 2024: Tom Daley, Tom Pidcock, Laura Collett, and Matt Richards Tom Daley makes his first outing in diving at Paris 2024, and it’s a cracker as he aims to repeat the emotional gold he won alongside Matty Lee in Japan in the men’s synchronised 10m platform....

Great Britain’s Kimberley Woods clinched Olympic bronze in a dramatic women’s kayak single (K1) final at the Vaires-Sur-Marne Nautical Stadium. The 28-year-old qualified third-fastest with an impressive semi-final performance and produced another clean run in the final, clocking 98.94 seconds to clinch her first Olympic medal. Woods, third from last to start, moved into second...

Great Britain’s women fought back to beat Ireland 21-12 in their opening Pool B match of the rugby sevens competition at Stade de France. Ireland led 12-7 at half-time thanks to two tries from Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe, with Britain’s Isla Norman-Bell scoring in between. Britain responded in the second half and went ahead after veteran...

Great Britain remain top of the team eventing standings after the cross country despite a jumping penalty against Ros Canter drastically reducing their lead. Team GB are looking to defend their Olympic title for the first time since 1972 and looked well placed to do so after a flawless run from Tom McEwen on JL...

Great Britain women’s bid to win a hockey medal at a fourth-straight Olympics started with a narrow 2-1 defeat by Spain at Yves-du-Manoir Stadium. Laura Barrios bundled the ball in to put Spain ahead in the second minute, only for Giselle Ansley to equalise for Team GB from a penalty corner two minutes later. Spain...

Welshwoman Eccles appeared bewildered when it was announced she had lost 3-2 on points. The 28-year-old narrowly won the first round, was edged out in the second, and then lost the final round despite her opponent being docked a point for failing to keep her head up. Only one of the five judges had Rygielska...