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Croatia pipped the British pair for gold in the closing stages.

Following his defeat with partner Dan Evans in the Olympic men’s doubles quarter-finals, Andy Murray has retired from professional tennis after nearly two decades on the circuit. This ends a storied career in which he won three grand slam singles titles (including two Wimbledon championships), reached world number one, won…

Double Olympic medallist Elia Viviani of Italy will be one of the top contenders

Glover and the rest of the women’s coxless four were beaten on the line by the Dutch boat after a thrilling race

Can Denmark hold gold or will it be Great Britain or France or The Netherlands to unseat the reigning champions?

Great Britain looks to repeat as champions with reigning world champions Neah Evans and Elinor Barker

Richardson survived a split decision to sink Serbia’s experienced Vakhid Abbasov and book his place in the quarter-finals.

Based in England but not yet a citizen, she can’t compete for Great Britain. In her native Cameroon, homosexuality is criminalized. But under a different flag, the boxer has plenty to fight for in Paris.

The duo finished fifth and seventh respectively in a high-calibre competition won by Japan’s outstanding Shinnosuke Oka