Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature There was always going to be significant pressure on host nation France to deliver on the football pitch in these games. But while Les Bleus’ women were eliminated by Brazil in the quarter-finals – ensuring living legend Marta will have a … Read more
The world’s No 1 sprinter Noah Lyles ran the race of his life to win gold in the men’s 100m by beating the fastest man in the world this year by just five thousandths of a second. It was a photo-finish between seven of the eight sprinters competing in front of a raucous 80,000 spectators … Read more
Guardian writers’ predicted position: 1st (NB: this is not necessarily Ed Aarons’ prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 2nd Prospects The hangover from finishing as runners-up to Manchester City again has taken longer to clear this time after pushing Pep Guardiola’s side so hard in the Premier League. Despite a … Read more
The Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro has vowed to “pulverise” the latest challenge to his rule and told troops he is “willing to do anything” to protect his “revolution” amid growing criticism of the crackdown that followed last week’s disputed election. Maduro says more than 2,000 people have been arrested in the days since the 28 … Read more
Rieve Nesbitt-Marr was attacked in July 2023 by a man she had been seeing for 12 days A rape survivor who received multiple letters from her jailed attacker has criticised a prison for failing “to keep victims safe”. HMP Parc in Bridgend, south Wales, is already under pressure after 10 prisoners died in three months … Read more
Sara Allen Jamie Allen attached a love lock to the bridge shortly before he died Thousands of love locks are to be removed from a landmark bridge in the Peak District, despite a campaign to save them. Are they a dangerous eyesore, or is the lock-laden bridge a monument worth preserving? Jamie Allen knew he … Read more
Catrine Daoust Bars and clubs in Montreal must currently close by 3am When Frank Sinatra sang about “a city that never sleeps”, he probably wasn’t thinking about the economic boost that busy nightlife can provide to a metropolis. Yet a growing number of cities around the world are increasingly homing in on ways to strengthen … Read more
Getty Images There are no signs that Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, will be released any time soon Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has now been behind bars for a year – although there are times you would barely know it. Mr Khan is still the dominant force of Pakistan’s opposition politics; … Read more
Graeme Carroll Short-eared owls are a favourite of photographer Graeme Carroll’s When Graeme Carroll started taking pictures of birds during the coronavirus pandemic, he found a natural affinity with both the art and his avian subjects. He shared some of the secrets of his success with the BBC (but don’t expect him to reveal his … Read more
Google Missiles were thrown and fires lit at the Holiday Inn Express in Tamworth, police said Police have urged people to avoid an area around a hotel in Tamworth, Staffordshire, as they said officers were dealing with “violent acts of thuggery”. According to videos posted on social media, a large crowd had gathered on Sunday … Read more