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Aston Villa
organizationAston Villa complete £30m signing of Leon Bailey from Bayer Leverkusen. Dean Smith hails arrival of 'top professional' as club's busy window continues. Danny Ings has joined Villa on a three-year deal from Southampton. Jack Grealish is set to complete his £100m move to Manchester City.
Ed Clancy
personThe 36-year-old was due to compete in the men's team pursuit heats on Tuesday. Charlie Tanfield will join Ethan Hayter, Ethan Vernon and Ollie Wood in Britain's four-man team. Great Britain's reign as Olympic champions came to an end during Tuesday's semi-final with Denmark.
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.
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.
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.
Tottenham
organizationHarry Kane is a free agent this summer after signing a six-year deal. The 28-year-old has been linked with a £160million move to Manchester City. Kane won the Premier League Golden Boot with 23 goals last season. The England striker skipped training on Monday and Tuesday.
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.
J. Allen Brack
personJ. Allen Brack, president of the company's Blizzard division, announced his resignation on Tuesday. Brack was named in a lawsuit filed by the state of California. The suit alleged sexual harassment and discrimination at the video game studio.
Dylan Fletcher
personGiles Scott won gold in the Finn class on a sensational morning for Team GB. Dylan Fletcher and Stuart Bithell edged out New Zealand in dramatic fashion in the 49er skiff medal race. Jack Laugher finished third in the three metre springboard final. Laura Kenny took silver behind Germany in the women's team pursuit.
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"
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.