US gymnastics star Simone Biles launches her bid for Olympic immortality at the Tokyo Games as surfing and skateboarding make their debuts as part of a drive to attract young audiences
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Australia’s Cate Campbell, Emma McKeon, Meg Harris and Bronte Campbell shatter the women's 4x100m freestyle world record to win gold clocking 3mins 29.69 secs to better their own mark set three years ago #Olympics #AFPsports
#BREAKING Defending champion Andy Murray out of Olympics singles with injury: Team GB
#UPDATES A “really disappointed” Andy Murray makes “the difficult decision” to withdraw from the men's singles #Olympics due to muscle injury, but says will stay to play doubles with Joe Salisbury, after medical staff advise against “playing in both events”
#UPDATES In a shock opening round defeat, Australia’s Ashleigh Barty crashes out of #Olympics women's singles 6-4, 6-3 to Spain's 48th-ranked Sara Sorribes Tormo
Reigning Wimbledon champion Barty drops serve twice in each set and makes 27 unforced errors
Japan's Yuto Horigome holds his nerve to be crowned skateboarding's first ever Olympic gold medallist after winning a tense street competition
Horigome landed three huge tricks in a row to eclipse American favourite Nyjah Huston #Olympics #AFPsports
VIDEO: Fans queue in Sendai to hop on buses that will take them to Miyagi Stadium to watch the women’s football clash between the Netherlands and Brazil, some of the rare fans who will be able to watch #Olympics action
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