Category: Sports

Keely Hodgkinson has clinched Team GB’s 12th gold medal of the Paris Olympics after winning the 800 metres on Monday evening. The 22-year-old won silver at the Tokyo Games three years ago and was the overwhelming favourite to win the 800m this year. She raced away in the closing stages to cruise to victory as […]

The coach of Olympics 200 metre champion Andre De Grasse has reportedly been kicked out of the Paris Games due to sexual abuse allegations. Rana Reider, who is American, had his accreditation withdrawn by Canada’s National Olympic Committee after they learnt of the lawsuit. Canadian star De Grasse has won six Olympic medals during his […]

BBC bosses were red-faced during Keely Hodgkinson’s sensational 800m triumph at the Olympics on day 10 as a broadcast blunder was spotted before the victory celebration. Hodgkinson, 22, delivered a flawless race to snatch the gold medal from rivals Tsige Duguma of Ethiopia and Kenya’s Mary Moraa. However, the BBC coverage didn’t quite match up […]

Harriet Dart was taken off court in a wheelchair during her Canadian Open qualifier against Louisa Chirico. The British tennis star retired from the match with what seemed to be a concerning injury. Dart had been trying to reach the first-round proper in Toronto and comfortably defeated Robin Montgomery in straight sets in her first […]

Team GB won their 11th gold medal of the Paris Olympics as their record-breaking trio defeated New Zealand inside the velodrome. Katie Marchant, Sophie Capewell and Emma Finucane beat the world record three times; twice during qualifying. There has been vast expectation hanging over Britain’s cycling team ahead of this week’s events. Marchant, Capewell and […]

Team GB skeet shooter Amber Rutter questioned the absence of a VAR system in the 2024 Olympics final after controversially missing out on a gold medal on Sunday. Rutter won silver in Paris but was cruelly denied the Olympic title after slow-motion replays appeared to show she hit a shot that went down as the crucial […]

Imane Khelif has pleaded with critics to stop bullying her over the gender row that has engulfed the 2024 Olympics, warning it could have “massive effects” on the mental state of people. The Algerian boxer has courted controversy in Paris after breezing through the female category of boxing, despite previously being banned from a competition […]

Simone Biles underlined her professionalism and sportmanship at the 2024 Olympics after missing out on a gold medal in her final event in Paris. Biles was hoping to win her fourth gold medal of the 2024 Olympics after emerging victorious in the team event with USA, before coming back to seal the individual all-around gold […]

Team GB sprinter Zharnel Hughes has withdrawn from tonight’s 200m heats. Despite failing to make the final in the 100m, the 29-year-old had been expected to go again over the longer distance. However, the British record holder has now pulled out, citing hamstring tightness. A British Athletics statement says Hughes will be monitored over the […]

BBC viewers have called for investigation following a dramatic men’s high bar final that saw a number of gymnasts fall. In what proved a bizarre competition, only two athletes managed to avoid coming off the bar, with Japan’s Shinnosuke Oka winning gold. Colombia’s Angel Barajas took silver, while Zhang Boheng of China overcame a stumble […]