Coached by Carl Lewis and the first European to win the NCAA title in the United States, Hinchliffe finished strongly and Lyles, not exactly easing up, took second in 10.04 to also go through safely.

Wasick first represented Poland at the 2008 Beijing Games and has since competed in London, Rio and Tokyo before arriving in Paris with one of the fastest times in the 50 freestyle.

"We are talking about women's boxing. We have two boxers who were born as women, raised as women, who have passports as women and who have competed for many years as women and this is a clear definition of a woman," Thomas Bach told a press conference.

The International Boxing Association (IBA) will award Italy's Angela Carini, who lost her welterweight round-of-16 bout against Algerian Imane Khelif at the Paris Olympics in 46 seconds on Thursday, $50,000 in prize money, it said on Friday.

The locker Kobe Bryant used for the majority of his legendary NBA career sold for $2.9 million on Friday in New York, as part of an auction of rare sports memorabilia at Sotheby's.

World number one Iga Swiatek of Poland withdrew from next week's WTA event in Toronto on Friday, citing fatigue from her run to a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics.

Simone Biles is set to compete for her third gold medal, this time on the vault, while China's Zheng Qinwen is aiming to make history by taking the country's first gold medal in women's tennis singles.

They started dating in 2020 but recently were rumoured to have split. "That's our personal life so you don't need to know that," said 29-year-old Siniakova.

The Frenchman becomes the first male swimmer since American record-breaker Michael Phelps at Beijing 2008 to win four individual golds in a single Games.

Tensions spilled over at full-time in Bordeaux with rival players and staff clashing on the pitch and confrontations continuing down the tunnel.

Ivan Litvinovich from Belarus on Friday became the first athlete competing as a neutral at the Paris Olympics to win gold as he retained his title in the men's trampoline final.

A fired-up Novak Djokovic on Friday reached his first Olympic Games final, where he will face Carlos Alcaraz in a dream gold medal showdown.

When Manizha Talash first saw a video online of an upside-down man spinning with his head on the ground, she decided she wanted to do that too. As a girl in Afghanistan, however, it was a difficult dream to bring to reality. But she found a way. In the Paris Olympics 2024, she will be participating in the new sport of “breaking”, a competitive form of breakdancing that blends artistry and dance with acrobatic moves.

The brothers made a late break for glory and crossed the line in a time of 6:32.66, 0.45 seconds ahead of the British crew.

Sagen Maddalena from the United States wins the silver while China's Zhang Qiongyue took the bronze.

"Why didn't anyone dare to question Phelps when he won?" Chinese swimmer Yufei responded to questions about Pan during Thursday's press conference.

The victory is Douglass's third Olympic medal following bronze in the 200m medley in Tokyo and silver in the 4x100m freestyle relay in Paris.

Olympic champions will also be crowned in badminton, equestrian, rowing, windsurfing and shooting.

She said she would likely hang up her competitive rash shirt and look to start a family after the Olympics.

Their time at La Defense Arena was second only to their own world best, set at the 2023 world championships.