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Sarabjot Singh
personSarabjot Singh won bronze medal with Manu Bhaker in 10m air pistol mixed team. Pair won tense bronze playoff 16-10 against South Korea’s Lee Won-ho and Oh Ye-jin. Singh entered the senior ranks as a 2019 Junior World Championship gold medalist.
Huw Edwards
personHuw Edwards, 62, charged with three counts of making indecent images of children. Accused of having six category A images, 12 category B pictures and 19 category C photographs on WhatsApp. Alleged offences allegedly took place between December 2020 and April 2022.
Rafael Nadal
personWorld No. 1 Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal 6-1, 6-4 in the men's singles at the Olympics on Monday. The Serb led by a set and 4-0 before Nadal fought back. It is only the Spaniard’s fifth defeat in 118 singles matches at Roland Garros. Nadal revealed he will make a decision on his future at the end of the Olympics.
Manu Bhaker
personManu Bhaker won bronze in the women's 10m Air Pistol final. The 22-year-old is the first Indian markswoman to finish on the podium at the Paris Olympics. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty's men's doubles Group C clash for today has been cancelled due to the withdrawal of German shuttler Mark Lamfuss.
Rachel Reeves
personTreasury spending audit shows previous government overspent this year's budget by billions. Will remove winter fuel allowance from almost 7 million households. Asylum system costs were £6.4billion over budget this year, transport was £1.6billion over.
Laura Collett
personLaura Collett won two medals for Team GB in the equestrian events. The 34-year-old won their first gold of the Games alongside Rosalind Canter and Tom McEwen in the team eventing. Hours later Laura then won a bronze in the individual eventing competition. Tom Pidcock successfully defended his cross-country mountain biking title. Matt Richards took silver in the men’s 200m freestyle.
Adam Peaty
personAdam Peaty won silver in the men's 100m breaststroke event on Sunday. The Team GB star began to feel unwell ahead of the race. The 29-year-old tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday.
Tom Pidcock
personTom Pidcock beat Victor Koretzky to win gold in the men's mountain bike final. The 24-year-old was bidding to defend his Olympic title after securing gold in Tokyo three years ago in the same event.
UPSC
organizationThree civil services aspirants died on Saturday after the basement of a building housing a coaching centre in central Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar area was flooded. Rau's Coaching Centre had previously received notices for breaching building regulations and misusing its basement commercially.
Nicolas Maduro
personNicolas Maduro secured 51% of the vote, overcoming opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez, who garnered 44%. Head of the National Electoral Council said the results were based on 80% of voting stations. Opposition leaders were celebrating, online and outside a few voting centres, what they saw as a landslide victory.
Bob Ballard
personBob Ballard has been removed from Eurosport's Olympic coverage. The long-time commentator made an 'inappropriate' remark during the coverage of the women's 4x100 relay on Saturday. His female co-commentator, Lizzie Simmonds, immediately labelled his remark 'outrageous'
Tom Daley
personTom Daley and Noah Williams claim silver in men's synchronised 10m platform diving. Team GB finished second behind China, with Canada taking bronze. Daley is now a five-time Olympic medallist having competed at five Games since making his bow at Beijing 2008.
Adam Peaty
personTeam GB star missed out by 0.02 seconds to surprise winner Nicolo Martinenghi from Italy. The 29-year-old was battling for a third consecutive gold medal.
Mercedes
organizationMercedes driver George Russell disqualified and loses his Belgium Grand Prix win. Russell's car was found to be 1.5 kilogrammes below the minimum weight required. Red Bull boss Christian Horner has blamed Mercedes' strategists.
George Russell
personMercedes driver George Russell disqualified for underweight car. Lewis Hamilton promoted to race winner after Russell's exclusion. McLaren's Oscar Piastri second and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc third.
Hezbollah
organizationIsrael accuses Hezbollah of killing 12 children and teenagers in a rocket attack. Hezbollah denies any responsibility for the attack on Majdal Shams. Iran warns Israel against what it called any "new adventure" in Lebanon.
Katie Ledecky
personTeam USA's first medal of the games went to synchronized diving team Kassidy Cook and Sarah Bacon, who won silver. Australia made it 2-for-2 against the rivals from the U.S. in the women's 4x50 freestyle.
Ariarne Titmus
personTeam USA win their first gold medal of the Paris Olympics. Caeleb Dressel, Hunter Armstrong, Chris Guiliano and Jack Alexy powered away from their Australian rivals to win gold in 3:09.28. Ariarne Titmus claimed gold in the women's 400m freestyle.
Hezbollah
organizationThe White House National Security Council condemned the attack without directly blaming Hezbollah. Hezbollah chief spokesman Mohammed Afif says group “categorically denies carrying out an attack.
Bev Priestman
personBev Priestman has been suspended for the rest of the Paris Olympics. Assistant coach Jasmine Mander and Joseph Lombardi were also sent home. Canada beat New Zealand 2-1 in their opening match on Thursday.