The Times says a Belarusian Olympic athlete who escaped efforts to fly her back home after she publicly criticised her coaches has left Japan for Vienna, after changing her flight to Warsaw at the last minute.

The Guardian says an unbeatable leader in times of crisis, New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern’s soaring popularity has teetered on the country’s slow road to vaccination.

The i says scientists have launched a study into whether long Covid is caused by the reactivation of dormant viruses such as those behind glandular fever, cold sores and chickenpox.

The i says to see where Harry Kane’s tactics to push through a transfer away from Tottenham Hotspur are headed, one only has to look at what happened with Luka Modric.

The Guardian says a group of armed men who boarded a tanker off the coast of the United Arab Emirates in the Gulf of Oman have left the targeted ship, the British navy has said without elaborating.

The Times says a senior civil servant who lost sensitive Ministry of Defence documents at a bus stop has been identified for the first time amid questions over how he kept his job.

The i says Boris Johnson said he is “on the side” of the Belarusian opposition leader as he welcomed her to No10 amid heightened international scrutiny of Alexander Lukashenko’s regime.

The Times says President Biden led calls for the resignation of Andrew Cuomo, the New York governor, after an investigation found that he sexually harassed numerous women

The Guardian says Joe Biden has led calls from both parties for New York governor Andrew Cuomo to resign after an investigation found he had sexually harassed 11 women.

The Guardian says Prof Sarah Gilbert has had quite a year. The co-creator of the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab has been made a dame, been given an emotional standing ovation at Wimbledon – and now a Barbie doll has been made in her honour.