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Karsten Warholm
personNorway's Karsten Warholm smashed his own world record to win gold in the 400m men's hurdles final. The 25-year-old clocked 45.94sec to beat his old mark by more than 0.78sec as well as his great American rival Rai Benjamin. Rai Benjamin’s 46.17 for silver also broke the world record of 46.70 seconds. Team GB's women set a world record time of 4min 6.748secs to beat USA and go into the team pursuit final.
Giles Scott
personGiles Scott came back from last place after a mistake on the start line to overtake most of the field and claim the gold medal in the Finn class. His success made it two gold medals on the day - and 13 in total - for Team GB following Dylan Fletcher and Stuart Bithell’s equally dramatic win the men's 49er. Team GB won eight medals on day 11 of London 2012 and Rio 2016.
Harry Kane
personHarry Kane has missed two days of pre-season training with Tottenham. The 28-year-old has been linked with a £160million move to Manchester City. City are also closing in on a £100m deal for Aston Villa's Jack Grealish. Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy is said to be holding out for £150m.
Simone Biles
personBiles, 24, had been widely expected to be a multiple champion and one of the defining stars of these Games. The Chinese duo of Guan Chenchen and Tang Xijing took gold and silver, as Biles ended up with the same medal she won on this apparatus at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro five years ago. The 24-year-old had pulled out of all of her previous individual events due to a case of what she has called the 'twisties'
Stuart Bithell
personTeam GB scooped eight gongs in cycling, running, boxing, sailing, rowing, and diving, taking our games tally to 43. Jason Kenny became Britain’s most successful male athlete when he won silver in the team sprint cycle event. Keely Hodgkinson tookSilver in the 800 metres after racing into a second place finish from fourth. Jack Laugher bagged the third Olympic medal of his diving career with bronze in the three-metre springboard final.
Daniel Levy
personHarry Kane wants to leave Tottenham Hotspur this summer. The 28-year-old has been linked with a £160million move to Manchester City. City saw an opening offer of £100million rejected by Spurs chief Daniel Levy. Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy is desperate to keep his star man.
Harry Kane
personHarry Kane has failed to turn up for pre-season training with Tottenham. The 28-year-old England striker has been linked with a £160m move to Manchester City. Kane believes he has a 'gentleman's agreement' to leave Tottenham.
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn
personJasmine Camacho-Quinn won only the second gold medal in Puerto Rican history. The 24-year-old athlete redeemed herself five years after she was disqualified from the Olympics when she crashed into a hurdle. She beat Team USA’s Keni Harrison by.15 seconds in a historic upset.
Square
organizationSquare announced Sunday it will acquire Australia's Afterpay Limited for $29 billion. Afterpay offers a “buy now, pay later” service that lets you pay for purchases in installments interest-free. Square also announced a Bitcoin business unit.
Krystsina Tsimanouskaya
personKrystsina Tsimanouskaya, 24, spent the night in an airport hotel after she went to Japanese police at Haneda airport seeking protection late on Sunday. She was spotted arriving at the Polish embassy in Tokyo around 5 p.m. local time on Monday in an unmarked, silver van.
Sifan Hassan
personHassan picked herself up from a scary fall on the final lap of her 1,500-meter heat. Hassan won the race going away, in 14 minutes, 36.79 seconds. The day's other gold went to Morocco steeplechaser Soufiane el-Bakkali.
Lindsey Graham
personSouth Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham tested positive for COVID-19 after being fully vaccinated against the virus. Graham is the first senator to disclose a breakthrough infection after being vaccinated. Graham, a leading conservative voice in the Senate, said he began experiencing flu-like symptoms on Saturday.
Tottenham
organizationTottenham striker Harry Kane failed to turn up for pre-season training. England captain has been linked with a move to Manchester City. Manchester City prepared to meet Aston Villa's £100m asking price.
Alexander Zverev
personAlexander Zverev wins men's singles title in Tokyo. Beats Karen Khachanov 6-3, 6-1. Second German to win Olympic singles gold after Steffi Graf in 1988.
Xander Schauffele
personThe 27-year-old Californian won the gold with a tense one-stroke victory over Slovakia's Rory Sabbatini. Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama was eliminated after bogeying the first hole. Emma McKeon became the first female swimmer to win seven medals at a single Games with two golds.
Lewis Hamilton
personLewis Hamilton takes his eighth pole position at Hungarian Grand Prix. Valtteri Bottas will start second with Red Bull's Max Verstappen third. Daniel Ricciardo missed out on the top-10 by just eight milliseconds. Sebastian Vettel has been stripped of his second-place finish.
Caeleb Dressel
personCaeleb Dressel becomes first man to win 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle and 100 butterfly in the same Games. Dressel also helped the U.S. men's 4x100 medley relay upset Britain and break the world record. Team USA's total swimming medal tally of 30 at the Tokyo pool fell just short of its 33 from Rio.
Charlotte Worthington
personCharlotte Worthington won gold in the women's BMX park freestyle final. The 25-year-old delivered an action-packed score of 97.50 to snatch gold on her second run. She became the first woman to land a 360-degree backflip in competition. Men's favourite Logan Martin won the men's event later.
Max Whitlock
personBritain's Max Whitlock won gold in the men's pommel horse. Lee Chih Kai of Taiwan took silver and Japan's Kazuma Kaya took the bronze. Whitlock had swept out the Rio Games with the singular intention of emulating his Japanese idol Kohei Uchimura.
Esteban Ocon
personFrench driver Esteban Ocon took his first Formula One victory with Renault-owned Alpine on Sunday. Sebastian Vettel took second for Aston Martin with Mercedes' seven times world champion Lewis Hamilton completing the podium. Hamilton re-took the Formula One championship lead from Red Bull's Max Verstappen.