The second week of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games started out with loud cheers for a simple heat home win, built up to two shows of ‘grandeur’ from the usual suspect and a neighbouring hero and ended with a handshake and a couple of Caribbean surprises… and we don’t mean cocktails.

The Belgian became the first cyclist to win gold in both the individual time trial and road race at the same Olympics. After 273 kilometres, he crossed the finish line under the Eiffel Tower alone. The silver and bronze medals went to French riders Mouas and Laporte.

The crowd at La Defense Arena got to see several gold medals, Olympic and continental records on the same Saturday afternoon and the three stars of the show were the aristocracy of world women's swimming: Summer McIntosh, Katie Ledecky and Ariarne Titmus.

The first round of the men's basketball tournament is over and the quarter-final matches are USA-Brazil, Canada-France, Serbia-Australia and Germany-Greece. The Americans once again showed their potential against Puerto Rico on Saturday.

The Algerian boxer decisively advanced to the Paris semi-finals in the 60kg category on Saturday. Her Olympic journey continues despite the  gender controversy ensuing of her IOC-approved participation after being disqualified by IBA from the 2023 World Championships.

The IOC president defended boxers Imane Khelif of Algeria and Lin Yu-Ting of Taiwan amid controversy over their gender, stating that they both met the "clear definition of a woman" and underlined that "we are not going to engage in a politically motivated culture war".

Today was Team Ukraine's day as they won their first gold medal of the Paris Olympics with a victory in the women's sabre team competition. They triumphed over South Korea 45-42 in the final at the Grand Palais. Japan secured the bronze medal by defeating France 45-40.

The Holy See issued a statement on Saturday expressing its sadness at what it understood to be an "insult to many Christians and followers of other religions", despite an apology from the organisers of the Paris Olympics if anyone "felt offended".

Yesterday in men's matches, France beat Argentina 1-0 in a hard-fought encounter that was decided by an early goal from Jean-Philippe Mateta. They held on to their lead in Bordeaux. Henry's side will meet Egypt in the semi-finals, while Spain will take on Morocco in a match between Mediterranean nations.

The St Lucia athlete takes advantage of the last-minute absence of Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to win the sprint event. It is the first medal in the country's history. Ryan Crouser won his third gold in the shot put and the Netherlands won the 4x400 medley relay.

Afghan judoka Mohammad Samim Faizad has explained the positive result for steroids, a banned substance for which he has been suspended, as the result of medical treatment.

Saturday's session, which was dominated by the controversy surrounding Algerian boxer Amine Khelif, who won at least bronze after defeating Anna Luca Hamori, saw the semi-finals in various weight categories and the first final between Harrington and Derieuw in the women's -60kg category.

Jubilant and aware of her abilities, Simone Biles, has won a new gold medal for the United States, a third triumph of the Paris Games and her seventh career Olympic crown.

For the second day in a row, Teddy Riner brought the Champ-de-Mars Arena to its feet as France defended their Olympic judo mixed team title against Japan in a thrilling final. 

The speciality of dressage in equestrian sports already has a podium in these Olympic Games. The Grand Prix Special for teams held today at the Versaille arenas concluded with Germany winning gold, Denmark taking silver, and Great Britain earning bronze in an especially tight contest.