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The 2024 Olympic Games in Paris is well into its first week with Team GB’s medal count quickly rising. Britain has one of the most successful records in Olympic history and Team GB are once again fighting the likes of the United States and China in the medal table. The nation has secured 20 medals at Paris 2024 so far from the opening five days; six gold, seven silver and seven bronze, making it their…

Turkey’s Yusuf Dikec has been dubbed a ‘hitman’ by Olympics viewers after his cool and calm performance in the air pistol shooting. The 51-year-old is competing at his fifth Olympics, having previously participated in Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016, and Tokyo in 2021. Dikec had not won an Olympic medal before travelling to Paris but made history with his teammate Sevval Ilayda Tarhan as they won silver – Turkey’s first-ever shooting sport medal. During…

Chinese swimmer Pan Zhanle has accused his rivals of ‘looking down’ on him and ‘deliberately splashing’ his coach at the Paris 2024 Olympics. It comes after Pan broke his own world record as he won gold in the 100m freestyle on Wednesday night, further intensifying the doping row involving China’s swimmers. An investigation by the New York Times revealed in April that 23 Chinese swimmers who had competed at the last Olympics in Tokyo had…

Team GB’s Emma Reid was in tears after a disqualification ended her hopes of winning an Olympic medal in the women’s judo. The 29-year-old, who won gold at the Commonwealth Games two years ago, lost to South Korea’s Hyunji Yoon in the opening round of the under-78kg event on Thursday morning. Reid’s exit has now ended Team GB’s chances of winning a judo medal in Paris. ‘I think we had a really good preparation. We were…

BBC viewers are once again being forced to settle for scaled-down coverage of the Olympics in Paris this summer. For both London 2012 and Rio 2016, the BBC was able to provide wall-to-wall action of the Olympics, giving viewers their choice of every event to watch throughout the competition. However, the BBC lost control of the rights to the Olympics after they were sold to US broadcasting giant Warner Brothers Discovery (WBD) for £920 million…

Team GB star Luke Greenbank won his heat but was subsequently disqualified (Picture: Getty)Ian Thorpe has criticised Luke Greenbank for taking an unnecessary risk which led to the Team GB swimmer’s disqualification from the men’s 200m backstroke event at the Paris Olympics. Greenbank appeared to secure a spot in the semi-finals with ease, blowing away the rest of the field to win his heat with the fastest time from Wednesday morning’s qualifying session. However, Greenbank – a two-time…

It’s called the summer Olympics but didn’t always feel like that (Picture: Reuters/BBC/AFP)The security around Paris 2024 is so stringent that the city has been compared to a jail, with QR codes needed to access the centre. Police are taking no chances when it comes to attacks on the Games from people – but there’s not much they can do about sabotage from the weather itself. Late July should have been fairly safe for outdoor…

Cindy Ngamba trains with GB Boxing but isn’t allowed to represent Great Britain (Photo: Getty)Boxer Cindy Ngamba is hopeful of winning a medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics – but has vowed never to go back to her home country of Cameroon. Ngamba left the African nation aged just 11 with her family to head to the UK, where they settled in Bolton, eventually being granted asylum status years later. She picked up boxing a…

Khelif was awarded the win inside a minute (Picture: Getty/TNT Sport)Algerian boxer Imane Khelif won her boxing match against Angela Carini after her Italian opponent quit in the ring after just 46 seconds at the Olympic Games in Paris. Carini was on the receiving end of some heavy shots from the opening bell, one of which appeared to knock her head guard loose. After being caught with another vicious right hand, the Italian retreated to…

Belarusian and Russian athletes are competing under the Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) flag at the Olympics in Paris (IOC)Russian and Belarusian athletes are competing as Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) at the Olympics in Paris. At the previous Olympics in Tokyo, Russian athletes were forced to compete under the banner of the Russian Olympic Committee – or ROC for short – after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) handed Russia a four-year ban in 2019 for running…

Chinese teen Pan Zhanle made history in the men’s 100m freestyle final (Picture: Getty)Australian Olympian Brett Hawke has questioned the legitimacy of Pan Zhanle’s world-record swim in the men’s 100m freestyle final, claiming it is ‘not humanly possible’ to beat such a strong field by a full body length. Chinese sensation Pan, 19, blew his rivals away with a stunning 46.4-second victory to break his own record and clinch gold in Wednesday night’s pulsating race…

The final game of the group stages for the Women’s Olympic Football tournament – and it’s all to play for, with only the top two automatically qualifying from each group – and two extra places for the best-placed third-place teams. Olympics Women’s Football fixtures today – 31/07/2024 Groups Fixtures Kick-off Where to watchGroup ANew Zealand vs France20:00Discovery+Colombia vs Canada20:00Discovery+Group BZambia vs Germany 18:00Discovery+Australia vs USA18:00Discovery+Group C Japan vs Nigeria16:00Discovery+Brazil vs Spain16:00Discovery+

Team GB secure more gold, move into fourth on the medal table Team GB is up to fourth in the medal table after winning four on Wednesday morning, including two dramatic golds minutes apart. GB rowers took gold after a photo finish in women’s quad sculls final moments after Yee secured a stunning victory in men’s triathlon. Potter won bronze in the women’s triathlon earlier in the day, while British duo Spendolini-Sirieix & Toulson took…

Jhancarlos Gonzalez has issued an apology after he raised a middle finger to the camera during his Olympic street skateboarding heat. The 27-year-old finished bottom of the men’s street skateboarding prelims on Monday and failed to qualify for the final. During his run, Gonzalez was unable to land a trick on a rail and during one attempt he fell awkwardly on his back. As he got to his feet, the Colombian glared at the overhead…

Lucy Renshall suffered a heartbreaking elimination in her judo event at the Paris Olympics with the BBC criticised for their ‘cruel’ interview with the Briton just moments after her defeat. Resnshall, a four-time British champion, suffered a shock opening round defeat in Tokyo three years ago but arrived in Paris with fresh optimism in her chase for a medal. She began her 63kg campaign in the French capital with a dominant round of 32…

ITV bosses are giving soap fans an extra special treat as its soaps go up against coverage of the Olympics in the TV schedules. So Emmerdale and Coronation Street viewers don’t have to miss out on all the sporting action unfolding in Paris over on the BBC, episodes of both soaps are dropping early on ITVX over the next two weeks. On each day of transmission, fans will be able to stream new episodes of…

US flagbearer Coco Gauff claimed she was being ‘cheated’ by poor decisions as she was dumped out of the women’s singles competition at the Paris Olympics with a 7-6, 2-6 defeat to Donna Vekic. It was a tightly contested affair for the duration at Roland-Garros but Vekic had a golden opportunity to pull away in the second set, with the Croatian leading 4-30 on Gauff’s serve – and the point proved hugely contentious. As Gauff…

Olympic Football Tournament – U23’s Men’s – today’s fixtures The final game of the group stages for the men’s u23s Olympic tournament – and it’s all to play for, with only the top two from each group progressing to the Quarter-Finals. Groups Fixtures Kick-off Where to watchGroup AUSA vs Guinea18:00Discovery+New Zealand vs France18:00Discovery+Group BMorocco vs Iraq16:00Discovery+Ukraine vs Argentina16:00Discovery+Group C Dominican Republic vs Uzbekistan14:00Discovery+Spain vs Egypt14:00Discovery+Group DParaguay vs Mali 20:00 Discovery+Israel vs Japan 20:00Discovery+

German diver Timo Barthel has revealed the huge sacrifices Chinese athletes have made in order to win gold at the Olympics in Paris, claiming that some of his rivals have not seen their families for three years. Team GB’s Tom Daley and Noah Williams produced six superb dives in the men’s 10m synchro diving final on Monday but they were beaten to the gold medal by China’s duo of Lian Junjie and Hao Yang. Barthel and…

Some BBC viewers were left doing a double take while tuning into the Olympics after believing Clare Balding might have made an X-rated gaffe. The veteran sports broadcaster is currently in Paris presenting her seventh Olympic Games for the national broadcaster, leading the coverage for the three-week international sporting event. Clare, 53, has been fronting the swimming events from La Defense Arena over the past few days, but has also been keeping viewers updated on…

The triathlon at the Paris 2024 Olympics could be transformed into a duathlon if the water quality in the River Seine does not improve, confirmed event organisers. The men’s triathlon was due to take place today but has been postponed until Wednesday due to the pollution levels in the Seine making it unsafe for the swimming leg of the event. The men’s and women’s events are currently due to take place on Wednesday, while there…

Two female boxers at the Paris Olympics who were disqualified at the 2023 world championships after being judged to have failed gender eligibility tests have complied with all rules to fight at the games, the IOC said. Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan and Imane Khelif of Algeria are competing at their second Summer Games. Both finished outside the medals at the Tokyo Olympics held in 2021. ‘All athletes participating in the boxing tournament of the Olympic…

Scarlett Johansson’s husband Colin Jost has showed off a gruesome foot injury he sustained while reporting on the Olympics 2024. The Saturday Night Live star, 42, said he hurt himself on the reef shortly after arriving in Tahiti for the surfing competition. He posted a picture of his foot with bloodied toes on Instagram and captioned the post: ‘This might ruin my WikiFeet score but I just arrived in Tahiti for the surfing Olympics and…

An Olympics star’s celebrations were cut short after he appeared to dislocate his shoulder just moments after winning bronze in Paris. Adil Osmanov won only Moldova’s eighth Olympic medal in history on Monday in the Judo. Competing in the Men’s 73kg event, the 24-year-old defeated Italy’s Manuel Lombardo in one of the bronze medal matches and was clearly overjoyed with his victory. Osmanov fell to his knees and screamed in delight, before celebrating with a…