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RECAP | All the wins and losses from yesterday

Day 8 of the Paris Games brought with it a chance for India to shine, but disappointment prevailed. Indian shooter Manu Bhaker suffered a heartbreak, as did all of India after the shooter bowed out of the 25m pistol women's final, shattering her dreams for a hat-trick. Deepika Kumari, however, kept India's hopes up and qualified for the archery QFs, only to be knocked out by South Korean Nam Su-hyeon. Nishant Dev's maiden Olympic campaign ended in heartbreak too after a devastating split verdict defeat to Mexico's Marco Verde Alvarez in the men's 71kg quarterfinal. Saint Lucian sprinter, Julien Alfred, delivered a brilliant performance to win the 100 metres final in a national record 10.72 seconds, beating world champion Richardson into silver and breaking Jamaica's recent stranglehold over the event. China, meanwhile, continued to rack up medals, as did US gymnast Simone Biles, who continued her winning streak. Under-fire boxer Imane Khelif also won her quarter-final clash, assuring Algeria of its first Olympic boxing medal since 2000.

SWIMMING | McIntosh makes Canadian history with third gold

Summer McIntosh became the first Canadian athlete to take three golds from a single Olympics when she won the 200 metres individual medley at the Paris Games on Saturday.

The 17-year-old swimmer did it in an Olympic record time of two minutes 06.56 seconds, taking down the 2016 record of 2:06.58 set by Hungary's Katinka Hosszu, to complete a medley double after winning the 400 last Monday.

SWIMMING | Walsh dedicates US relay world record to disqualified sister

American swimmer Gretchen Walsh said she was devastated when she heard her sister Alex had been disqualified in the 200 metres individual medley on Saturday, dedicating her US gold in the mixed 4x100m medley relay to her elder sibling.

Alex, the 2021 silver medallist, had touched the wall third in her event behind Canada's Summer McIntosh and American compatriot Kate Douglass.

But she was then disqualified for an illegal turn at the end of her backstroke leg, handing Australian Kaylee McKeown the bronze medal.

FENCING | Ukraine win first gold in Paris with women's sabre team event

Ukraine claimed the gold medal in the women's sabre team event as they rallied to edge South Korea in a thrilling final bout at the Paris Games on Saturday.

Olga Kharlan, who won individual bronze and Ukraine's first medal in Paris, put on a brilliant performance to lead her team to a comeback win for the country's first gold at the 2024 Games.

Backed once again by an ecstatic Grand Palais crowd, Kharlan scored 22 touches in total to earn her sixth Olympic medal and become Ukraine's most successful Olympic athlete.

"My strategy was to put my emotions aside, these are the Olympic Games," Kharlan told reporters.

BOXING | Nishant Dev's Olympic debut ends in heartbreak with quarterfinal loss

Nishant Dev's maiden Olympic campaign ended in heartbreak after a devastating split verdict defeat to Mexico's Marco Verde Alvarez in the men's 71kg quarterfinal here on Saturday.

Leading after the first round, the 23-year-old world championship bronze medallist Indian lost 1-4 to his second seed Mexican opponent in the quarterfinal at the North Paris Arena.

Nishant had defeated Alvarez in the 2021 World Championships.

Proud of myself, didn't want opponent to say bad things about me: Luca after loss to Khelif

In a bout that attracted global attention, Hungary's Luca Anna Hamari (66kg) braved intimidating gender row boxer Iman Khelif for three competitive rounds at the Paris Olympics and walked out feeling proud of herself as "not fighting was not an option" for her, here Saturday.

The Algerian, embroiled in a major gender controversy in the French capital, left the ring in tears after she guaranteed herself at least bronze by entering the women's 66kg semifinals.

PARIS GAMES | India's schedule on Day 9

Shooting

25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men's Qualification-Stage 1: Vijayveer Sidhu and Anish -- 12.30 pm.

25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men's Qualification-Stage II: Vijayveer Sidhu and Anish -- 4.30 pm.

Women's Skeet Qualification-Day 2: Raiza Dhillon and Maheshwari Chauhan -- 1 pm

Golf

Men's Individual Strokeplay-Round 4: Shubhankar Sharma and Gaganjeet Bhullar -- 12.30 pm

Hockey

Men's quarterfinals match between India and Great Britain -- 1:30 pm

Athletics

Women's 3000m Steeplechase Round 1: Parul Chaudhary -- 1:35 pm

Men's Long Jump Qualification: Jeswin Aldrin -- 2:30 pm

Boxing

Women's 75kg Quarterfinals: Lovlina Borgohain vs Li Qian of China -- 3:02 pm

Badminton

Men's singles semifinals: Lakshya Sen vs Viktor Axelsen (Denmark) -- 3:30 pm

Sailing

Men's Dinghy Race 7 and 8: Vishnu Saravanan -- 3:35 pm

Women's Dinghy Race 7 and 8: Nethra Kumanan -- 6:05 pm.

Action-packed day ahead with Lovlina Borgohain, Lakshya Sen and Indian hockey team in spotlight

Mixed relay swim training session cancelled over Seine water quality

Paris Olympics organisers have cancelled Sunday's swimming training session for the triathlon mixed relay event after recent heavy rain affected water quality levels in the Seine river.

The decision was made late on Saturday after tests showed water quality did not meet the required threshold following rain on July 31 and Aug. 1.

The mixed relay race is scheduled for Monday.

SHOOTING | Vijayveer Sidhu and Anish Bhanwala will represent India at this event. Here is all you need to know:

- There will be two stages in the qualification round both of which will have three series of ten shots each.

- Each shooter will only have 8 seconds in the first series, six in second and four in third.

- The top 6 shooters after both stages are completed will qualify.

SHOOTING | Vijayveer Sidhu currently at position 6 after the first series.

Skeet Women's Qualification Results | Maheshwari Chauhan & Raiza Dhillon in action

BADMINTON | Reigning world champion An Se Young advances to final

Se Young An of South Korea reacts after winning the match against Gregoria Mariska Tunjung of Indonesia.

HOCKEY | India's match men's QF against Great Britain commences

The Indian players huddle right before the start of the match.

HOCKEY | Indian goalkeeper P R Sreejesh star performer till now as he keeps Britain attackers at bay after series of saves

Parul Chaudhary finishes 8th in 3000m SC event

The national record holder in women's 3000m steeplechase Parul Chaudhary failed to qualify for the final round after finishing eighth in the heat race to end her campaign in the Paris Olympics.

The 29-year-old Parul, who underwent high-altitude training in the USA for a few months in the lead-up to the Games, ran the distance at 9 minutes 23.39 seconds, which was her season's best but well below her national mark of 9:15.31, clocked in the 2023 Budapest World Championships.

HOCKEY | First quarter ends with both teams failing to score

Score: India 0 - 0 Great Britain. Three more quarters remaining

HOCKEY | India's Amit Rohidas gets red card

Amit gets a red card as he lifts the stick to the face of Calnan. India will have to play with 10 players.

HOCKEY | Harmanpreet Singh scores from penalty corner taking India to 1-0 against Great Britain

HOCKEY | Morton Lee scores to get Great Britain level at 1-1 against India

With this, the second quarter concludes. Two more remaining.

HOCKEY | Third quarter gets under way. India and Great Britain currently tied at 1-1

ATHLETICS | India's Jeswin Aldrin to get in action soon Men's Long Jump (Qualification)

HOCKEY | Furlong’s flick is saved by Sreejesh in India vs GB quarters

HOCKEY | India inches ahead as Sumit gets the ball near the circle and dribbles past two defenders.

HOCKEY | India's Sumit gets green card at end of third quarter

HOCKEY | Great Britain's Rupert Shipperley gets green card as Sumit's suspension ends

Both teams playing with ten members each

HOCKEY | Great Britain's Rupert Shipperley's suspension ends.

HOCKEY |Saves by Sreejesh come to India's rescue as team loses possession of ball twice

HOCKEY | India, Britain tied at 1-1 after regular time; shootout to follow in men's QFs

BOXING | Lovlina Borgohain taking on top seed Li Qian in QF

BOXING | Very little to separate Borgohain and her opponent in first round, but advantage Li Qian

HOCKEY | India lead 3-2 in shootout in men's QF as Britain misses

HOCKEY | 10-man India beat Great Britain 4-2 in shootout to advance to semis

India beat Great Britain 4-2 in penalty shoot-out to enter the semifinals of the men's hockey event at the Paris Olympics, having played with 10 men for more than 40 minutes here on Sunday.

This is their second consecutive semifinal appearance at the Games.

India were reduced to 10 men after Amit Rohidas was shown a red card for raising his stick against a Great Britain player.

Veteran custodian PR Sreejesh, playing his last international tournament, stood like a rock in front of the Indian goal, making saves after saves.

Down by a man, it was India who took the lead through Harmanpreet Singh in the 22nd minute from a penalty corner before Great Britain drew level through Lee Morton from a field effort in the 27th minute.

Once Rohidas, a key defender and India's first rusher was given the controversial marching order, Great Britain attacked in numbers, constantly trying to take advantage of the one-man lead. (PTI)

BOXING | Taiwan's Yu-ting beats Staneva to ensure medal amid gender row

Lin Yu-ting beat Svetlana Kamenova Staneva of Bulgaria by a unanimous decision in a featherweight quarter-final fight on Sunday to ensure Taiwan's third boxing medal at the Paris Olympics.

Lin and Algerian Imane Khelif have been at the centre of a social media storm at the Paris Games due to them being disqualified at the 2023 World Championships after falling foul of unspecified International Boxing Association's gender eligibility rules.

The boxing tournament in Paris is being organised by the International Olympic Committee, which stripped the IBA of international recognition in 2023 over governance and finance issues.

IOC president Thomas Bach on Saturday said there "was never any doubt" that Lin and Khelif were women who had every right to compete at the Paris Olympics. (Reuters)

BOXING | Lovlina Borgohain loses 1-4 in QF to top seed Li Qian of China

Tokyo Olympics bronze-winning Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain (75kg) bowed out of the ongoing Paris Games after losing a hard-fought quarterfinal bout to China's Li Qian here on Sunday.

Borgohain went down 1-4 in a messy contest during which both the boxers were repeatedly cautioned for clinching and holding.

Her loss ended India's boxing campaign in the Olympics after Nishant Dev was ousted from the men's 71kg quarterfinals on Saturday night.

A six-strong contingent, comprising four women and two men, was representing India in the Games. (PTI)

FENCING | Hong Kong's Vivian Kong says farewell to fencing after winning gold

Hong Kong's newly crowned Olympic champion Vivian Kong announced on Sunday she would say goodbye to her fencing career.

"After competing in my third Olympics, I have decided to take a break and say goodbye to a full-time professional fencing career," she said in a post in Chinese on her Instagram account.

"I look forward to starting a new career and work towards having my own charity to help kids find joy again in sports," Kong said in the post.

Kong, 30, last Saturday won her first Olympic gold in a hard-earned epee final against local favourite Auriane Mallo-Breton, becoming Hong Kong's first female Olympic champion in fencing. (Reuters)

ATHELTICS | India's Jeswin Aldrin fails to qualify for final of long jump event

Aldrin's three attempts: X, X, 7.61m. The qualifying mark was 8.15m.

BADMINTON | Lakshya Sen in action against defending champ Viktor Axelsen in men's semifinal

BADMINTON | Lakshya Sen leading Viktor Axelsen 15-10 in opening game

BADMINTON | Lakshya Sen still leading Axelsen 17-12 as Dane attempts comeback in first game

BADMINTON | Lakshya Sen leading 18-17 as Axelsen mounts strong comeback

BADMINTON | Lakshya Sen tied 20-20 with Axelsen in nailbiting first game

BADMINTON | Despite valiant effort from Sen, Axelsen takes first game 22-20 in SF clash

BADMINTON | Strong start to second game for Lakshya Sen, leading 7-0 against Axelsen

India fans in attedance for Lakshya Sen's SF clash

BADMINTON | Axelsen mounts comeback again, trailing 7-8 to Lakshya Sen now

BADMINTON | From 7-0 down, Axelsen fights back to level second game 10-10; pressure on Sen

SHOOTING | India's Vijayveer, Anish still in contention for qualification in 25m rapid fire pistol event

At end of the first stage, Vijayveer is 5th and Anish is 7th. Both have scored 293 pts.

Second stage will start after a while and the top 6 will qualify for the final.

BADMINTON | Axelsen takes 19-14 lead against Sen in second game after brilliant comeback

BADMINTON | Valiant Lakshya Sen bows out to defending champ Axelsen in semi-finals

India's dream of a first-ever Olympic gold in badminton will remain unfulfilled after Lakshya Sen suffered a straight-game defeat to reigning Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen in the men's singles semifinals at the Paris Games here on Sunday.

The 22-year-old from Almora, a 2021 World Championships bronze medal, squandered a three-point advantage in the first game and a 7-0 lead in the second to surrender 20-22 14-21 to the two-time world champion Axelsen in a 54-minute semifinal clash.

Sen will have another chance to become the first Indian male shuttler to win an Olympic medal when he meets Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia in the bronze medal playoff. (PTI)

GYMNASTICS | Biles looks to join Ledecky with record nine Olympic golds

Simone Biles could join an elite club of greatest female Olympians as she goes for titles eight and nine in the balance beam and floor exercise finals on the last day of artistic gymnastics competition at the Paris Games on Monday.

The American phenom, who won team, all-around and vault golds in Paris, is the favourite on floor but not a shoe-in on beam, the apparatus where a mere centimetre of misjudgment can separate a medallist from last place.

If Biles wins both beam and floor, her nine Olympic golds will tie her with US swimmer Katie Ledecky and Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina for the most ever won by a female athlete. (Reuters)

ATHLETICS | American McLaughlin-Levrone glides through 400m hurdles opening round

American Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone got a winning start to her 400 metres hurdles Olympic title defence on Sunday, preserving her strength and jogging through the finish to advance from the opening round in Paris.

The world record holder did not need anywhere close to her best to cross the line first in the final heat in 53.60 seconds, as she closed out the morning programme at the Stade de France.

Her American compatriots Anna Cockrell (53.91) and Jasmine Jones (53.60) won their respective heats, while Jamaican Rushell Clayton jogged through the finish to win her race in 54.32, and the Netherlands Femke Bol cruised through in 53.38. (Reuters)

EQUESTRIAN | Germany's von Bredow-Werndl wins gold in dressage

German dressage rider Jessica von Bredow-Werndl continued her Olympic gold streak on Sunday, defending her title in the individual category with a sparkling freestyle routine, ahead of fellow German Isabell Werth and Briton Charlotte Fry. (Reuters)

Australian sex offender has left the Games, IOC looking into the issue

A convicted sex offender who coached women’s triathlon silver medallist Julie Derron of Switzerland has left the Paris 2024 Games and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Sunday it was looking into the matter.

Australian Brett Sutton appeared on an interview with Swiss TV channel RTS commenting on Derron's performance after Wednesday's triathlon.

He was wearing an Olympic accreditation and was also seen wearing a red jacket with the Chinese flag and Olympic rings on it.

The Chinese Olympic Committee did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

In 1999, Sutton pleaded guilty to five counts of sexual abuse of a 13-year-old Australian swimmer he had been coaching and was sentenced to two years in prison.

The sentence was suspended for three years.

"I understand that this person is no longer here at the Games, they have left the Games," IOC spokesperson Mark Adams told a press conference on Sunday.

"It is an issue for the Chinese Olympic Committee and the national federation will need to get involved," he added, referring to reports that Sutton had been accredited by the Chinese Committee. (Reuters)

TRIATHLON | Mixed relay swim training session cancelled over Seine water quality

Paris Olympics organisers have cancelled Sunday's swimming training session for the triathlon mixed relay event after recent heavy rain affected water quality levels in the Seine river.

The decision was made late on Saturday after tests showed water quality did not meet the required threshold following rain on Wednesday and Thursday.

The mixed relay race is scheduled for Monday. (Reuters)

GOLF | Schauffele and Rahm stay in front in tight Paris finale

US defending champion Xander Schauffele and Spain's Jon Rahm remained tied atop the leaderboard with popular Briton Tommy Fleetwood and world number one Scottie Scheffler close behind as the men's Olympic golf was set for a nail-biting finish on Sunday.

In the final group on the course, overnight co-leaders Schauffele and Rahm traded birdies to reach 16 under after five holes, one ahead of Fleetwood in third as the Englishman who starred in Europe's 2018 Ryder Cup win over the United States at the same course was again cheered on by the crowd.

Schauffele won gold in Tokyo in another close battle and came to Paris on the back of his first two major titles this year. Rahm, also a twice major winner, has similarly pointed to recent good form helping him negotiate Le Golf National near Paris. (Reuters)

BOXING | Bulgarian coach slams 'circus' after fighter's loss to Taiwan's Lin

Bulgarian boxing coach Borislav Georgiev said the gender debate engulfing the Paris Olympics had spilled over into the ring and influenced judges into awarding Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting a win over Svetlana Kamenova Staneva in Sunday's quarter-final fight.

Lin and Algeria's Imane Khelif have been at the centre of a social media storm in Paris due to them being disqualified at the 2023 World Championships after falling foul of unspecified International Boxing Association gender eligibility rules.

The boxing tournament in Paris is being organised by the International Olympic Committee, which stripped the IBA of international recognition in 2023 over governance and finance issues.

Lin and Khelif have ensured they will return home with medals after reaching the semi-finals of their respective categories. (Reuters)

IBA gender tests on Khelif and Lin were flawed and illegitimate, says IOC

The gender tests conducted by the International Boxing Association (IBA) on two female fighters at last year's world championships that led to their disqualification were illegitimate and lacked credibility, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Sunday.

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif and Taiwan's double world champion Lin Yu-ting were cleared to compete at the Paris Olympics despite having been disqualified during the 2023 World Championships after the IBA said they had failed a gender eligibility test.

The IOC said the testing process at that event, which only came towards the end of the competition after the boxers had already fought several bouts, was completely arbitrary.

"Those tests are not legitimate tests. The tests themselves, the process of the tests, the ad hoc nature of the tests are not legitimate," IOC spokesperson Mark Adams told a press conference. (Reuters)

ARCHERY | South Korea's Kim wins gold in individual men's event

South Korea's Kim Woojin won the gold medal in the individual men's archery event at the Paris Olympics on Sunday.

The United States' Brady Ellison took silver and South Korea's Lee Wooseok won the bronze medal. (Reuters)

BOXING | France claim back-to-back wins, China's women continue to shine

Home fans at a packed North Paris Arena had much to cheer for on Sunday as French duo Sofiane Oumiha and Billal Bennama claimed wins in their Paris Olympics boxing semi-finals, while China's women continued their impressive performances.

European Games champion Bennama beat Yunior Alcantara of the Dominican Republic by unanimous decision, before Rio Olympics silver medallist Oumiha clinched a hard-fought 4-1 win over Canada's Wyatt Sanford in the very next bout.

China's Asian Games and world champion Li Qian triumphed in a middleweight quarter-final against Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain of India, taking a 4-1 win to become the fifth woman from the country to ensure a medal at this Games.

Li's compatriot and former Asian Games champion Chang Yuan was also victorious, beating North Korea's Pang Chol-mi on a 3-2 split decision to progress to the final of the bantamweight category. (Reuters)

TABLE TENNIS | China's Fan wins gold in men's singles; Swede Moregard pockets silver

China's Fan Zhendong won the gold medal in the table tennis men's singles at the Paris Olympics by beating Sweden's Truls Moregard, who took the silver, on Sunday.

French player Felix Lebrun won the bronze. (Reuters)

GYMNASTICS | China's Liu wins men's rings gold medal

China's Liu Yang won the gold medal in the men's gymnastics rings event to defend his title at the Paris Olympics on Sunday.

China's Zou Jingyuan won the silver medal and Greece's Eleftherios Petrounias took the bronze. (Reuters)

GYMNASTICS | Algeria's Nemour becomes first African gymast to win Olympic gold

Algeria's Kaylia Nemour became the first African gymnast to win an Olympic medal when she secured the gold with a breathtaking routine on the asymmetric bars at the Paris Games on Sunday that wowed the crowd in Bercy Arena.

The 17-year-old's fast-paced routine featuring a number of complex release-and-catch manoeuvres delighted the crowd who came to support a gymnast who had previously represented France.

Fans roared and jumped to their feet as soon as Nemour completed her dismount. She immediately broke down in tears as she handed Algeria their first medal of the Paris Olympics, with her performance scoring a staggering 15.700 points. (Reuters)

FOOTBALL | Spain look for second straight final, Morocco aim for another surprise

Tokyo Games silver medallists Spain take on Morocco on Monday aiming to reach a second consecutive Olympic men's football final and avenge a painful World Cup last-16 loss to the African side two years ago.

Morocco reached their first Olympics semi-final with a 4-0 win over the United States in Paris, while Spain breezed past Japan 3-0 in Lyon in Friday's quarters. (Reuters)

SHOOTING | Chile's Crovetto Chadid wins women's skeet gold

Francisca Crovetto Chadid of Chile won the women's skeet gold at the Paris Olympics beating Britain's Amber Rutter via shoot-off at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre on Sunday.

Austen Smith of the United States took bronze. (Reuters)

India complains to IOC over refereeing 'inconsistencies' in hockey QF clash with Great Britain

Hockey India said several key issues had been raised in the complaint. They are:

1. Inconsistent video umpire reviews, particularly regarding the red card decision for an Indian player, which has eroded trust in the video review system

2. Coaching of a goalkeeper from behind the goalpost during the shoot-out.

3. Use of a video tablet by a goalkeeper during the shoot-out.

"These incidents have undermined confidence in the officiating process among players, coaches, and fans. Hockey India calls for a thorough review of these matters to uphold the integrity of the sport and ensure fair play in future matches," Hockey India said.

TENNIS | Djokovic beats Alcaraz to win men's singles gold

Novak Djokovic completed his career Golden Slam as the 37-year-old Serb fought off Spain's Carlos Alcaraz in a magnificent Olympic men's singles final battle at Roland Garros on Sunday.

After heartbreak in Beijing, London, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo, Djokovic simply would not be denied the one title that had eluded him for so long, winning 7-6(3) 7-6(2) in front of a enthralled crowd on Court Philippe Chatrier.

Top seed Djokovic delivered one of the finest performances of his career to deny Alcaraz and become only the fifth player to win all four singles Grand Slams and the Olympic title. (Reuters)

GYMNASTICS | Filipino Carlos Edriel Yulo wins men's vault gold medal

Carlos Edriel Yulo of the Philippines won the gold medal in the men's vault event at the Paris Olympics on Sunday.

Armenian Artur Davtyan won the silver medal and Britain's Harry Hepworth took the bronze. (Reuters)

JUDO | Peerless Riner claims fifth gold, secures his legacy

Frenchman Teddy Riner claiming his fifth Olympic gold medal in a dramatic mixed team final was the highlight of the judo competition and will go down as one of the great moments of the Paris Games.

To the roars of a packed house at the Champ-de-Mars Arena, Riner secured the decisive point in France's 4-3 victory over Japan on Saturday to add another gold to the individual title he had won the previous evening.

The heavyweight judoka joined biathlete Martin Fourcade, who won five titles at the Sochi and Pyeongchang Winter Games in 2014 and 2018, at the top of the list of most decorated French Olympians. (Reuters)

GOLF | American Scheffler wins men's gold

American Scottie Scheffler won the gold medal at the men's Olympic golf competition on Sunday with a final score of 19 under par at Le Golf National, south of Paris.

The world number one finished one shot ahead of Britain's Tommy Fleetwood who took silver. Japan's Hideki Matsuyama claimed the bronze medal a further shot back, improving on his tied fourth place on home soil in Tokyo three years ago. (Reuters)

BADMINTON | Taiwan's Lee, Wang beat China to win men's doubles gold

Taiwan's Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin beat Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang of China to take the badminton men's doubles gold at the Porte de La Chapelle arena in Paris on Sunday.

Malaysia's Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik won bronze after beating Kim Astrup and Anders Rasmussen of Denmark. (Reuters)

BOXING | Ngamba makes history for refugee team with medal

Cindy Ngamba became the first representative of the refugee team to win a medal at the Olympics after making it to the boxing semi-finals of the Paris Games on Sunday, guaranteeing her at least a bronze although she is gunning for more.

Ngamba beat France's Davina Michel by a unanimous decision in front of a crowd who were heavily behind their countrywoman at the North Paris Arena to progress to the last four of the women's middleweight category.

The 25-year-old who was born in Cameroon has lived in England for 15 years but is still awaiting citizenship, and is competing for the refugee Olympic team, which was established at the Rio Games in 2016. (Reuters)

BOXING | Cuba’s Lopez Cardona loses to Ukrainian Khyzniak

Cuba's twice Olympic champion Arlen Lopez Cardona was eliminated from the men's light-heavyweight boxing competition at the Paris Games on Sunday following a semi-final defeat to Ukraine’s Oleksandr Khyzhniak.

Lopez Cardona had no answer for the Tokyo Olympics silver medallist’s pace and power, losing by a split decision as Khyzniak progressed to the final. (Reuters)

SWIMMING | Sjostrom adds 50m freestyle gold to 100m title

World record holder Sarah Sjostrom won the women's 50 metres freestyle gold at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, adding to the 100 title the Swede won last week.

Australia's Meg Harris took the silver and China's Zhang Yufei the bronze.

The 30-year-old Sjostrom is swimming as well as ever in her fifth Olympics and smashed Hungarian Katinka Hosszu's Olympic record in the preliminaries. (Reuters)

SWIMMING | Finke breaks world record to win men's 1,500m freestyle gold

American Bobby Finke smashed the men's 1,500 metres freestyle world record at the Paris Games on Sunday as he retained the gold medal in a thrilling swim.

After 30 lung-busting laps, Finke touched the wall in 14 minutes, 30.67 seconds at La Defense Arena, eclipsing Sun Yang's previous mark of 14:31.02.

Italy's Gregorio Paltrinieri took silver, with Daniel Wiffen taking the bronze for Ireland. (Reuters)

SWIMMING | China end US reign over men's 4x100 medley relay

The United States' 64-year unbeaten run in the men's 4x100 metres medley ended at the Paris Olympics on Sunday as China swept to a seismic win at La Defense Arena.

The Chinese quartet of Xu Jiayu, Qin Haiyang, Sun Jiajun and Pan Zhanle won in a time of three minutes, 27.46 seconds, edging the US into silver by 0.55 seconds.

France took the bronze. (Reuters)

TRIATHLON | Belgium out of relay after athlete falls ill - Belgian Committee

Belgium will not take part in the triathlon mixed relay event at the Paris Olympics on Monday after one of their athletes, Claire Michel, fell ill, the Belgian Olympic Committee (COIB) said on Sunday.

"Claire Michel, a member of the relay, is unfortunately ill and must withdraw from the competition," the COIB said in a statement.

"The COIB and Belgian Triathlon hope that lessons will be learned for future triathlon competitions at the Olympic Games.

"We are thinking here of the guarantee of training days, competition days and the competition format, which must be clarified in advance to ensure that there is no uncertainty for athletes, entourage and supporters."

Training sessions for the swimming leg of the triathlon have been cancelled due to poor water quality in the River Seine river and the men's event was delayed to last Wednesday, eventually taking place on the same day as the women's. (Reuters)

Tennis | Italy's Errani and Paolini win gold in women's doubles

 Italy's Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini beat Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider 2-6 6-1 (10-7) to win Olympic gold in the women's doubles on Sunday.

Russians Andreeva and Shnaider, who were competing as individual neutral athletes, took the opening set but had to settle for silver after the Italian pair fought back.

Spain's Cristina Bucsa and Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Czech pair Linda Noskova and Karolina Muchova to win the bronze medal. (Reuters)

CYCLING | Faulkner claims upset win in women's road race

American Kristen Faulkner caused a major upset as she won the women's road race gold medal at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, making the most of the top guns' mind games to snatch the biggest victory of her career.

The US champion, along with Belgian Lotte Kopecky, caught the leading duo of Dutch great Marianne Vos and Hungarian Blanka Vas with 3.4km remaining and immediately produced a brutal acceleration.

Vas, Vos and Kopecky looked at each other, all three reluctant to burn the little energy they had left to chase, and let Faulkner ride to glory by the Eiffel Tower.

The 31-year-old seemed in such disbelief that despite her comfortable advantage on the Pont d'Iena, she did not even celebrate as she crossed the finish line.

"It's a dream come true," Faulkner said.

"I knew Kopecky wanted to catch the front two so I knew she'd ride with me and I also knew if we caught them I had to attack because I could not beat them at the line."

Vos won the three-women sprint to take silver and Kopecky claimed the bronze. (Reuters)

SWIMMING | US win women's 4x100 medley gold in world record time

The United States smashed their own world record in the women's 4x100 medley on Sunday to close the Paris Olympics swimming meet with one last gold medal that lifted them above Australia to the top of the medals table.

Australia, who finished with seven swimming golds to the United States' eight, took the silver at the La Defense Arena and China the bronze.

The U.S quartet of Regan Smith, Lilly King, Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske touched out with a final time of three minutes 49.63 seconds at the La Defense Arena to avenge their defeat to Australia by 0.13 in Tokyo three years ago.

The previous record of 3:50.40 was set by the United States at the world championships in Gwangju, South Korea, in July 2019.

Katharine Berkoff, Emma Weber, Alex Shackell, and Kate Douglass also swam in the heats.

The U.S. team led all the way, with Smith leading off and King increasing the advantage with her breaststroke leg before Walsh finished her stint 1.33 seconds inside the record and handed over to Huske.

Australia were beaten by 3.48 seconds.

The gold was a third of the Games for Huske, second each for Smith and Walsh and first since 2016 for King who was a double champion in Rio de Janeiro. (Reuters)

ATHLETICS | Britain's Hodgkinson dominates 800m semi-final

Briton Keely Hodgkinson asserted her authority in the Olympic 800 metres semi-finals on Sunday, decisively winning her heat and setting up a battle for gold with Kenya's Mary Moraa and Ethiopia's Tsige Duguma.

World number one Hodgkinson led the pack from the start with Prudence Sekgodiso on her shoulder, and pulled ahead with half a lap to go to finish in one minute 56.86 seconds, comfortably ahead of the South African who is making her Olympic debut.

Silver medallist in Tokyo, the 22-year-old Hodgkinson set a personal best two weeks ago in London with 1:54.61, the fastest time this year, making her the sixth-quickest of all time.

Hodgkinson was the only Briton to make it to the final.

Her teammate Jemma Reekie was in second place for most of her heat but could not find the final kick she needed to keep up with Duguma and finished fifth. Duguma won in a personal best of 1:57.47.

World number two Moraa, who beat Hodgkinson to win gold at the world championships last year in Budapest, won her heat in 1:57.86. (Reuters)

ATHLETICS | Ukraine's Mahuchikh wins women's high jump

Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh completed her trophy cabinet with the women's Olympic high jump gold medal on Sunday, clearing 2.00 metres in front of an adoring crowd at the Stade de France.

Australian Nicola Olyslagers took silver and Ukraine's Iryna Gerashchenko and Australian Eleanor Patterson shared the bronze.

Mahuchikh fled her home in Dnipro after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 but has kept her competitive career going and claimed Olympic gold weeks after breaking the world record.

The world champion cleared the winning height on her first attempt and took the gold over the Australian on the virtue of having fewer failures, bowing to the crowd as she took one shot at clearing 2.04m but knocked the bar down. (Reuters)

FENCING | Japan win historic gold in men's foil team event at Paris Games

Japan won gold in the Olympic men's foil team fencing event on Sunday.

Italy took silver and France claimed bronze.

ATHLETICS| Canada's Katzberg wins gold in men's hammer throw

Canada's Ethan Katzberg won gold in the men's hammer throw at the Paris Olympics on Sunday.

Hungary's Bence Halasz won silver and Ukraine's Mykhaylo Kokhan won bronze. (Reuters)

ATHLETICS | American Noah Lyles wins men's Olympic 100m gold

Noah Lyles of the United States won the men's Olympic 100 metres gold medal on Sunday.

Kishane Thompson of Jamaica took the silver and Fred Kerley of the U.S. claimed bronze. (Reuters)