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After her struggles three years ago at the Tokyo Games, Biles made a dazzling Olympic return with a stunning beam routine in gymnastics qualifying. There were concerns over the four-time Olympic champion as, after producing another impressive performance on the floor, she appeared to be limping. The 27-year-old came back out for the vault with...

Great Britain’s Rosie Eccles is out of the women’s 66kg boxing after a split-decision loss to Poland’s Aneta Rygielska in the last 32. Eccles was on the front foot throughout the three-round welterweight bout but after edging the first on the judges scorecards, the Welshwoman was deemed to be second best to Rygielska in the...

Sub-division two of women’s gymnastics qualifying was the hottest ticket in town, with rapper Snoop Dogg, actor Tom Cruise, Vogue editor Anna Wintour and singer Ariana Grande among those at the arena to watch Biles. It seemed fitting that Biles began her day on beam – the last apparatus on which she competed at Tokyo...

An online petition calling for 29-year-old Van de Velde to be banned from the Olympics had received 90,000 signatures before he played his first match. His inclusion in the Dutch team has been criticised by women’s and safeguarding groups. Fans speaking to BBC Sport before the match also felt he should not be competing. One...

Great Britain’s women missed out on a place in the team archery quarter-finals after a straight-sets defeat by Germany in the opening round. The trio of Penny Healey, Bryony Pitman and Megan Havers lost 6-0 in the best-of-four elimination round. Healey, who was inspired to take up archery after watching the Disney film ‘Brave’, looked...

Great Britain’s Ben Lane and Sean Vendy are out of the men’s doubles badminton after losing to China’s top seeds Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang in three games. Having lost their opening match on Saturday, the Brits needed to win to maintain any chance of qualifying from Group A. A close first game ended 21-18...

Official figures on rates of problem gambling in Britain – which have been put as low as 0.3% – can “mask” the scale of harms by including people who never bet, a report published by the industry regulator has warned. Various surveys suggest a problem gambling rate in Britain in a range of between 0.3%...

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Uh oh. Murray is break point down in the opening game of the second set. And a double fault hands it to his Japanese opponents. Murray stares down at the clay and then decides to fiddle with his shoelaces, as 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 Paris 2024 delivered a thrilling first day of the Olympics, with Sunday delivering another huge programme of events. Sunday’s highlights and stars to watch Simone...

Team GB won their first opening-day Olympic medals in 20 years as they took silver and bronze on the first day of Paris 2024. Divers Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen got Great Britain up and running with a bronze medal – via dramatic circumstances – in the women’s 3m synchronised springboard. The pair took...

There are 13 gold medals up for grabs on day two at the Olympics Games. We look at where those medals will be won and which Brits will be in action on Sunday. Team GB athletes and medal hopes Adam Peaty is searching for a historic third consecutive men’s 100m breaststroke Olympic title, with the...

Day one is in the books. It’s been a wet and wild opening to the Paris Olympics, both with the weather in Paris and the sports in which athletes from Northern Ireland have been competing. Now, what does the second day of action have in store? From rowing to boxing, let’s take a look. Aidan...