Basketball: Men's quarter-finals to come (2024)

Football: USWNT reach gold-medal game

The USWNT are into the final!

After disappointment at both Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, the U.S. women will play for gold for the first time in 12 years after beating Germany 1-0 after extra time.

Sophia Smith's 95th-minute effort was the difference.

Wrestling: Fumita Kenichiro (JPN) wins men's Greco-Roman 60kg gold

The first medals of the Paris 2024wrestling competition have just been confirmed in themen's Greco-Roman 60kg weight category.

Japan'sFumita Kenichiro becomes his country's first champion in Greco-Roman wrestling in 40 years with a 4-1 victory on points overCao Liguo of People's Republic of China.

Bronze medals went to Kyrgyzstan'sZholaman Sharshenbekov and Democratic People's Republic of Korea'sRi Se Ung.

Track cycling: Netherlands smash world record again to win men's team sprint gold

Wow. There are no words.

As if taking three-hundredths off the men's team sprint world record in the first round earlier wasn't enough, theNetherlands have justobliterated their own mark by nearly a quarter of a second.

They cross the line in a barely believable 40.949 seconds, the first team to go under 41 seconds, to win gold against Great Britain.

Australia won bronze by beating hosts France.

Basketball: France beat Canada to advance to semi-finals

It got close - six points, in fact - but France were able to pull away when it mattered most, courtesy of a huge Evan Fournier three from what was almost half-court, to seal a 82-73 win.

The French players stay on court to soak in the applause from their home fans. Real Madrid forward Guerschon Yabusele was unstoppable in the post, scoring 22 points.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander did all he could (27 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists), but it simply wasn't to be for Canada.

France will now face world champions Germany in the semi-finals, whom they lost to in the group stage of the competition.

Athletics: Men's 400m final line-up set

We had themen's 400m semi-finals a short while ago, and we now know the eight men who will race in the final.

They are London 2012 championKirani James (GRN),Muzala Samukonga (ZAM),Quincy Hall (USA),Matt Hudson-Smith (GBR),Michael Norman (USA),Christopher Bailey (USA),Jereem Richards (TTO), andSamuel Ogazi (NGR).

Samukonga's 43.81 was a Zambian national record, while Bailey (44.31) and Ogazi (44.41) ran new personal bests.

Football: USWNT score early into extra time

TheUSWNT are into extra-time againstGermany in the first women's football semi-final, andSophia Smith has just put them ahead in the 95th minute!

Mallory Swanson picks up the assist.

Track cycling: Australia dethrone team pursuit reigning champions Italy, taking their world record

Wow, I think we can consider this a big surprise in the men's team pursuit.

Reigning Olympic champions and world record holdersItaly, whose world record had stood since their race to gold three years ago in Tokyo, have been dethroned byAustralia – who've only gone and taken the world record too!

Oliver Bleddyn,Sam Welsford,Conor Leahy, andKelland O'Brien come home in 3:40.730 – more than 1.3 seconds faster than that previous world record!

Australia will race Great Britain for gold while Italy take on Denmark for bronze.

Basketball: Canada cut into French lead

We've got one quarter to go, and Canada have cut the French lead down to 11.

France still lead 61-50, but its a much tighter affair now. I wouldn't say nerves are building inside Bercy Arenajustyet, but if it gets any closer I think we'll start to see some concerned expressions from some of the France fans.

Track cycling: Netherlands break men's team sprint world record

Roy van den Berg,Harrie Lavreysen, andJeffrey Hoogland have just broken their own men's team sprint world record!

The Dutch trio, facing off against Canada, clock a speedy 41.191 seconds, taking 0.034 seconds off their best mark from the 2020 World Championships in Berlin.

That qualifies them for the gold-medal race againstGreat Britain later tonight at 8:10pm.

Athletics: Duplantis receives gold medal

TheStade de France, as one, rises to presentArmand 'Mondo' Duplantis a standing ovation as he collects his men's pole vault gold medal from the legendarySergii Bubka.

It was a remarkable final last night!

Football: USWNT and Germany goalless at half-time

The firstwomen's football semi-final in Lyon is currently goalless at half-time, as theUnited States andGermany duke it out for a spot in the final at the Parc des Princes on 10 August.

Which team will break the deadlock first?

Basketball: France lead Canada at half-time

Huge roars greet France as the buzzer goes, with the French team leading 45-29.

Canada mounted a mini-comeback midway through the second quarter to bring themselves within 10, but have been unable to get any closer despite the best efforts of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (13 points).

Mathias Lessort (10 points) and Isaia Cordinier (13 points) have been sensational for France.

Basketball: France lead Canada after one quarter

This is INTENSE.

Every basket made by France - even a free-throw -is met with huge cheers from the crowd, andLes Bleushave ridden that wave of support to build a 23-10 lead.

It'sveryphysical on the court too, and the refs are letting them play. Does Canada have a response?

Skateboarding: Arisa Trew wins women's park gold on final run

Australia's 14-year-oldArisa Trew, who had been in third after the first two runs, throws down a massive third round including a big body varial 540that has her support staff erupting in joy!

Trew earns a massive 93.18 to shoot to the top of the standings with just five riders to go. Heili Sirvio of Finland can't get into the top three.

Sky Brown is next, riding with a dislocated shoulder. It's a great run! She is thrown up in the air by her dad. It's 92.31 and moves her ahead of Hiraki Cocona!

Japan'sKusaki Hinano falls on her last run and so won't be moving up the standings. Trew is guaranteed a medal.

Only Hiraki and USA'sBryce Wettstein can prevent that medal being gold.

But Wettstein, too, can't complete one of her tricks! So Trew and Brown are guaranteed medals!

All eyes on Hiraki. It's a clean run! It looks good and solid! The Japanese raises both arms in the air then goes over to get hugs from all her competitors.

92.63! She beats Brown for silver! Brown is standing right behind her and can barely look - they then hug, both with massive smiles on their faces.

Arisa Trew is Olympic champion – and the Australian also sports a wide grin as she hugs her fellow medallists.

She's the youngest Paris 2024 medallist so far these Olympic Games!

Basketball: France - Canada ready for tip

We've just had a powerful rendition ofLa Marseillaise following the Canadian anthem inside Bercy Arena, which is jammed full of French fans and a smattering of red for those supporting Canada.

With plenty of NBA talent on both sides, this should make for an epic game.

Here we go!

Skateboarding: Hiraki leads with one run left in women's park final

At La Concorde, Japan'sHiraki Cocona, the top skateboarder from this afternoon's qualifying session, leads the evening final after two runs.

Each of the eight finalists have three runs, with the best score counting – and Hiraki's 91.98 from her first attempt has herjust ahead of Great Britain'sSky Brown, who landed a 91.60 in the second run.

Basketball: Victor Wembanyama warms up ahead of France - Canada quarter-final

One of the biggest French stars - literally - has been preparing for Les Bleus' quarter-final clash against Canada, which is set to tip-off in about 15 minutes.

At 7-foot-4, Victor Wembanyama will need to have an impact on both sides of the ball if France are to get by the world bronze medallists.

Water polo: Spain to face Netherlands in semis

The first of our twowomen's water polo semi-final matches is set:Spain will take onNetherlands – the first time the Dutch women have reached this stage since Beijing 2008.

Spain comfortably beat Canada 18-8 in this morning's first quarter-final with four goals fromElena Ruiz, while the Netherlands have just beaten Italy 11-8.

Australia face Greece and Hungary take on USA in the other two quarter-finals.

Basketball: Serbia beat Australia in overtime

What. A. Game.

In the end, it's one of the best basketball players on earth who makes the difference.

In a sequence of about two minutes, Nikola Jokic produces a tough hookshot score, a key steal on Mills as he looked set to score, and a ridiculous fadeaway shot to effectively seal the game for the world silver medallists.

Australia has a chance to tie things yet again with a few seconds remaining, but a bad inboud pass from Josh Giddey is stolen and Serbia escape with the win, 95-90.

Serbia fans serenade their heroes as one, with more MVP chants for Jokic - well deserved.

Next up? Hosts France against 2023 world bronze medallists Canada.

Volleyball: Recap of first two quarter-finals

The first twowomen's volleyball semi-finalists are set.

Türkiye are one of the two teams after a brilliant five-set clash against People's Republic of China which saw the two teams not only split the first four sets equally 2-2, but also on points, 95-95, before Türkiye won the decider 15-12.

Brazil have also reached the last four after beatingDominican Republic 3-0 in straight sets.

Italy or Serbia await Türkiye, while Brazil will face USA or Poland, in the semi-finals.

Basketball: Serbia - Australia headed to overtime!

What a shot by Patty Mills!

Serbia are up two with about 8 seconds left, and Mills navigates his way to the top of the key and hits ahuge shot over Nikola Jokic to even the scores at 82 and send this game to overtime!

What a moment!

Handball: Denmark, France reach women's semi-finals

Over in handball, hosts and defending championsFrance are one step closer to another women's gold after beating Germany 26-23 at the Stade Pierre Mauroy in Lille.

They will play either Hungary or Sweden in the semi-finals.

In the other half of the draw,Denmark beat Netherlands 29-25 this morning, and face Norway or Brazil next for a spot in the gold-medal match.

Skateboarding: Hiraki Cocona (JPN) leads top eight qualifiers into finals of women's park

That score from Hiraki in her second run (88.07) did end up being the best of all the athletes in the preliminaries, but the big news is that defending Olympic champion Yosozumi Sakura (JPN) doesn't make the cut; her opening run score of 79.70 is only good enough for 10th.

Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist Sky Brown (GBR) is safely through with a score of 84.75 despite competing with a dislocated shoulder.

Diving: Quan Hongchan (CHN) retains women's 10m platform gold

After that first-dive perfect score,Quan Hongchan led from start to finish to win her second consecutive gold medal in thewomen's 10m platform!

She scored a total of 425.60 points and ranked first for four out of the five dives, with only her third-round dive ranking second among the 12 finalists.

Her Chinese teammateChen Yuxi took silver in a repeat of the top two steps of the podium from Tokyo 2020 on 420.70 points.

And Democratic People's Republic of Korea won their first Olympic medal in an individual diving event, asKim Mi Rae took bronze with a score of 372.10 points.