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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Emma McKeon
personEmma McKeon becomes first female swimmer to win seven medals at a single Olympics. She outsprinted the field to win the 50m freestyle before helping Australia win the women's 4x100m medley relay on the final day of the swimming competition in Tokyo. Australia overtakes Russia to claim fourth spot on the overall medal tally with 12 gold, three silver and 14 bronze.
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.
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.
Logan Martin
personAustralia's Logan Martin wins first ever gold medal in men's freestyle BMX. Natalya Diehm narrowly missed out on a podium finish in the women's BMX freestyle final. Emma McKeon won two gold medals in the space of 45 minutes to become Australia's most successful Olympic athlete of all time.
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.
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.
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.
Novak Djokovic
personNovak Djokovic loses 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3 to Spain's Pablo Carreño Busta. It was his third defeat in two days and came less than 24 hours after he was beaten by Alexander Zverev in the singles semifinals. World No 1 had already lost three matches before giving walkover to Ashleigh Barty and John Peers in mixed doubles. He threw his racket into spectator-less stands after losing a point.
Elaine Thompson-Herah
personElaine Thompson-Herah wins her second consecutive gold in the women's 100 meters. The Jamaican finishes in 10.61 seconds, breaking Florence Griffith-Joyner's record of 10.62 set in 1988. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce took silver and Shericka Jackson won the bronze medal to make it a clean sweep for Jamaica.
Dina Asher-Smith
personDina Asher-Smith failed to reach the women's 100 metre final at Tokyo 2020. The 25-year-old clocked a below-par 11.05 seconds in the semi-final. GB team-mate Daryll Neita took the final lane with a time of 11.00.
Jonny Brownlee
personGreat Britain win Games' first ever mixed team triathlon relay. The Brits beat home the US and France. Jonny Brownlee finally makes it to the top step of the podium. Australia finish a disappointing ninth.
Greg Abbott
personTexas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) issued an Executive Order on Wednesday, directing the Texas Department of Public Safety to stop'migrants who pose a risk of carrying COVID-19 into Texas communities' US Attorney General Merrick Garland (D), who heads the DoJ, issued a memo to Abbott on Thursday, warning the Texas Governor that he must "immediately rescind" his "dangerous and unlawful" EO. Garland said Abbott’s order cannot be lawfully enforced.