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Letitia James
personNew York Attorney General Letitia James released a 165-page report concluding that Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women. James' investigation interviewed 11 former female workers who claimed Cuomo made inappropriate comments or touched them inappropriately. In a video statement, Cuomo denied James's findings, saying, "I never touched anyone inappropriately"
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.
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.
Alexander Lukashenko
personU.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken took to Twitter late Monday to criticize Belarus' political regime. He said the Lukashenka regime sought to force Olympian Krystsyna Tsimanouskaya to leave simply for exercising free speech. Poland and Czech Republic have indicated they will offer her political asylum. Her husband Arseni Zhdanevich has fled to Ukraine.
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.
Andrew Cuomo
personNew York Attorney General Letitia James released a 165-page report concluding that Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women while in office. Cuomo could resign from office or be impeached and removed by the state legislature. Investigators allege that Cuomo groped an executive assistant’s breast and in several other instances touched her ‘intimately’ without her consent.
Vitaly Shishov
personVitaly Shishov, who led the group Belarusian House, was discovered hanged in a park. Police looking into whether death was murder made to look like suicide. Comes after Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya was granted a humanitarian visa by Poland after refusing to fly home.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.