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A look at the first full day of action at Paris 2024.

The Spaniard has entered the final 12 months of his deal at City.

The Prime Minister backed the athletes to ‘inspire a new generation to take up sport’.

A no-fly exclusion zone was visible around Paris on Friday, 26 July, as the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony took place.

The armour-wearing horse rider was revealed but the torchbearer remains a mystery

The dramatic ceremony was the first to not take place in a stadium, with athletes parading down the Seine in boats

Tom Daley gave a secret signal to his young children during the opening ceremony for the Paris 2024 Olympics on Friday, 26 July.

A flaming balloon cauldron marked the start of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on Friday, 26 July.

A spectacular ceremony on the River Seine produced an embarrassing moment at the very start of the Olympics

The athletes’ parade down the Rivers Seine featured 85 boats.

Paris 2024 opted for a ceremony on the River Seine, but damp conditions provided problems for the audacious idea

Up to 800,000 passengers to face delays after French rail network attacked by suspected arsonists

We have three selections across three days in one of the undisputed highlights of the British flat racing calendar

A total of 85 boats sailed down the river carrying team delegations while the likes of Laga Gaga performed and the rain came down.

Watch as ParisOlympics athletes and guests arrived for the opening ceremony on Friday, 26 July.

Warner Bros. Discovery has sued the NBA after the league did not accept the company’s matching offer for one of the packages in its upcoming 11-year media rights deal.

Atkinson has taken 20 wickets in five innings since making his England Test debut.

Great Britain flagbearers Tom Daley and Helen Glover wave to the crowds as the British delegation sails down the river as part of a 85-boat flotila.

England will start day two at Edgbaston on 38 for three, trailing by 244 runs

With Joe Biden calling Trump’s alleged golfing prowess into question, is the 45th president as good as he claims to be?

The Scot will play his final tournament alongside Dan Evans in the men’s doubles

Alcaraz and Nadal are scheduled to play in the doubles for Spain, while Iga Swiatek and Novak Djokovic are also in action on the opening day at Roland Garros

The ban could be reduced to 26 weeks if Jaminet takes part in anti-discrimination activities.

One two-time Olympic champion says she does it ‘in every single pool I’ve swam in’

In the lead-up to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, The Independent’s Kate Gill looked into what it takes to train like a Team GB athlete ahead of competing on the world stage.

The overwhelming favourite for 800m gold in Paris is a ‘free spirit’ who has been given license by her coaches to be herself – and it’s working

Peta activists confronted Pharrell Williams during his Louis Vuitton party to celebrate the Olympics in Paris on Thursday, 25 July.

The Briton is favourite to win in Paris but wary of surprises like the one she sprang with a Tokyo silver at the age of 19.

Meanwhile, Leon Edwards and Belal Muhammad made weight for their own rematch, in the main event

Jaminet will miss six months of action after making a racist remark in a video posted on social media