Category: Sports

“I mean yeah, obviously it’s unbelievably emotional,” Murray said after another escape act allowed him to extent his professional tennis career. “You’re obviously unbelievably happy and then for whatever reason, I don’t know why it happens, it’s like happy tears.” Laughing at his own reaction, the two-time gold medallist added: “I don’t know why that’s […]

Duncan Scott powered home Team GB’s fourth gold medal of the 2024 Olympics with victory in the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay on Tuesday night. Scott followed James Guy, Tom Dean and Matt Richards as the Brits soared to defend the Olympic title they won at Tokyo 2020, pipping the USA and Australia to the wall. […]

Team GB rugby sevens player Amy Wilson-Hardy has been removed from the 2024 Olympics after the British Olympic Association launched an investigation into an alleged racist WhatsApp message. On Monday, the BOA confirmed it was looking into a leaked screenshot that appeared to show Wilson-Hardy and an unnamed party making racist comments over text. An […]

Simone Biles marked her return to the Olympic stage in style by helping the USA to strike gold in the women’s team gymnastics final. Biles was the star of the show as she claimed her first gold medal since 2016, three years after suffering the ‘twisties’ in Tokyo. The 27-year-old kicked off her day with […]

A member of the Team USA triathlon team has come up with an unusual method to cope with the River Seine’s dirty water at the Paris 2024 Olympics.  Paris organisers have come under fire for failing to eliminate the issue of E.coli levels in the water, with the triathlon events postponed after water quality tests […]

Joey Barton has pleaded not guilty to an offence of malicious communications in relation to a series of social media posts he made about football pundit Eni Aluko. The former Premier League football has been granted bail on the condition that he does not mention the ex-Lioness forward. Barton appeared at Warrington Magistrates’ Court accused […]

Jack Draper hit out at the brutal conditions he faced during his second-round defeat at the Olympics. As temperatures in Paris hit the mid-30s, the Brit explained that the players were forced to drink hot water and spent the changeovers filling up their bottles instead of resting. Draper blew a one-set lead to lose to […]

Nathan Hales won Team GB’s third gold medal of the Olympics with a record-breaking display in the trap shooting final. The 28-year-old, making his debut at the Games, edged out Qi Ying of China to claim the spoils with a dominant performance. Hales led for almost the entire event and was head and shoulders above […]

Rory McIlroy has reignited his feud with the golfers that left to join LIV Golf, explaining that the standard of play on the Saudi Arabian tour contributed to many golfers missing the 2024 Olympics. The Northern Irishman has been a vocal critic of the Saudi-backed breakaway venture, which has lured in dozens of high-profile stars […]

As Gauff claimed she was being cheated, co-commentator Naomi Cavaday added: “Clare Wood just telling her to be careful here with the language she’s using. Vekic is waiting. We don’t have video review for the players to use for this. It is a judgement call. “If Gauff had hit the ball into the court it […]