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    Medal table gold medals silver medals bronze medals Total medals
    1 United States 24 31 31 86
    2 China 22 21 16 59
    3 Australia 14 12 9 35
    4 France 13 16 19 48
    5 Great Britain 12 15 19 46
    • Cole Hocker celebrates as he crosses the line to record his shock victory.

      Hocker has last laugh after tiresome war of words

      Jonathan Liew
      You may have been led to believe that this 1500m final was a two-man showdown. We apologise for any confusion
    • Mondo Duplantis celebrates with his family and friends after winning pole vault gold, then setting a new world record.

      Interview
      Mondo Duplantis: ‘Pole vaulting is a strange sport but it’s so special’

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    News and features

    • Head Coach, Thomas Frank of Brentford talks to his players during the Pre-Season Friendly match between AFC Wimbledon and Brentford at The Cherry Red Records Stadium on July 20, 2024 in London, England.

      Premier League previews 2024-25
      No 4: Saga of Toney’s future rumbles on at Brentford

      New signings and a fast start may be needed to avoid a relegation scrap
    • Arne Slot on the training pitch.

      Football
      Liverpool striving to reach ‘really high bar’ in pursuit of midfielder

    • Remi Allen

      Interview
      Southampton manager Remi Allen: 'I'm proud of journey'

    • Rugby union
      Twickenham to be renamed Allianz Stadium

    • Baseball
      ‘It sucks. It hurts’: White Sox lose record-tying 21st straight game

    • NFL
      Chiefs sign Butker to record contract after controversy

    • Premier League previews 24-25
      No 2: Emery has high hopes for resurgent Villa

    • Harvey Barnes interview
      Howe is always there for me but he didn't furnish my house

    • Chess
      Boy, 15, becomes youngest British grandmaster

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    In depth

    • Simone Biles finished with four medals at the Paris Olympics

      Why Biles is arguably bigger than the entire US Olympic movement

      Bryan Armen Graham
      • Graham Thorpe sways inside a bouncer from South Africa’s Makhaya Ntini in 2003.

        Clear-headed Thorpe was the batter a captain craves

        Vic Marks
      • Australia's Noemie Fox crosses the line to win gold in the kayak cross at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

        Noémie Fox reframes family dynamic and writes her own story with gold

        Jack Snape
      • Graham Thorpe and Mark Ramprakash after an epic partnership against South Australia in 1998

        Thorpe never shied away from a challenge

        Mark Ramprakash
      • FBL-FRIENDLY-ARSENAL-LIVERPOOL<br>Arsenal's players pose for pictures ahead of the pre-season club friendly football match between Arsenal FC and Liverpool FC at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 31, 2024. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP) (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

        Premier League previews 2024-25
        Will Arsenal go one better and win the title?

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    Football Weekly

    Join Max Rushden and the pod squad as they pick over the latest action and news

    Football Weekly

    Join Max Rushden and the pod squad as they pick over the latest action and news

    • Arne Slot on the training pitch.

      Liverpool
      Slot's ‘really high bar’ in pursuit of defensive midfielder

      Arne Slot and Liverpool fans are awaiting a crescendo in the club’s transfer strategy
    • Taras Mykhavko (right) and Mykola Shaparenko close down Rangers’ Ross McCausland.

      Champions League
      Dessers' late goal earns Rangers draw against Dynamo Kyiv

    • Julián Álvarez

      Transfer window
      Man City agree €95m deal to sell Álvarez to Atlético

    • Football Daily
      Atlético and the hoovering up of unwanted Premier League talent

    • League One preview
      The contenders, hopefuls and strugglers

    • Football Weekly
      Where will Mbappé play at Real Madrid?

    • Leverkusen’s Nathan Tella
      I look at a picture of my medal every day

    • Transfer news
      Newcastle close to £60m Guéhi deal with Palace

    • Manchester United
      Onana vows to ‘take a lot of risks’ this season

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    Video

    • Football
      Argentinian forward scores sensational bicycle kick

      Lanús forward Walter Bou scored a potential new contender for the Puskas Award as he secured a 3-2 lead against Tigre in Argentina
    • Simone Biles put her fifth place finish in Paris 2024 Olympic beam final down to a 'weird and awkward' atmosphere at Bercy Arena

      Olympics
      Biles says routines affected by 'weird and awkward' atmosphere

    • Former England cricketer and coach Graham Thorpe, one of the finest Test batters of his generation, has died at the age of 55

      1:37

      Graham Thorpe
      One of England's finest and most fluent batters

    • Algerian boxer Imane Khelif speaks to the press after beating Hungary's Anna Luca Hamori in the women's 66kg quarter-final

      Olympics
      Khelif speaks of 'bullying' in gender eligibility row

    • The Olympic Committee president, Thomas Bach, has defended boxer Imane Khelif's right to compete at the Paris Games after the athlete had previously failed gender test.

      1:36

      Olympics
      'We will not take part in a culture war': Bach defends Khelif's right to fight

    • Andy Murray once described himself as 'boring, unfunny and miserable,' but his personality and humour have made him one of tennis's most popular players

      1:53

      Andy Murray
      Colourful moments from his stellar tennis career

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    Regulars

    • Chess 3931

      Leonard Barden on chess
      Erdogmus on verge of 2600 and closing on age record

    • Ben Brereton Díaz

      Football Daily
      Assessing the shrewdest transfer moves of summer

      • Football Weekly Extra
        Canadian spying scandal and Hayes’ USWNT start

      • County cricket review
        Ever-entertaining One-Day Cup deserves more respect

      • Cartoon
        David Squires on … Everton’s game of chance with owners

      • The Spin
        Life of a groundskeeper: ‘I’ve seen world’s best players’

      • Talking Horses
        New leaders need to attack poisonous gaming betting

      • Quiz of the week
        Olympics, sturdy beds, cheating and money

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    Catch up

    • Beach volleyball underneath the Eiffel Tower in Paris at dusk.

      Beautiful party in Paris still searching for moments of true unity

      Barney Ronay
    • Sharon Firisua (right) of Solomon Islands, gets a hug from Temalini Manatoa, of Tuvalu, after a heat in the women's 100m’s.

      The slowest fastest women all have a story to tell

      Jonathan Liew
    • Ruud Van Nistelrooy at PSV in 1998, with Sir Alex Ferguson in 2005, coaching at PSV in 2018.

      I loved the way Sir Alex asked us to play at United

      Ruud van Nistelrooy
    • Simone Biles with her show-stopping floor routine.

      Biles’ narrative arc reaches full extension on golden night

      Barney Ronay

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