The delivery of Bermuda's first ever Olympic gold medal on Tuesday by triathlete Flora Duffy is a victory shared by the whole island, her parents told AFP #AFPSports u.afp.com/URkH
"It was just unbelievable": Family and friends of Bermuda's first Olympic gold medalist celebrate.
Triathlete Flora Duffy made history as the first person from Bermuda to win gold at the #Olympics
Olympic golds.
Romania's Ancuta Bodnar and Simona Radis and France's Hugo Boucheron and Matthieu Androdias celebrate winning gold in the double sculls finals at the Tokyo #Olympics
#UPDATE Australia's Ariarne Titmus wins gold to dethrone USA great Katie Ledecky in #Olympics 200m freestyle final.
Titmus set a new Olympic record time of 1:53.50, with Ledecky relegated to fifth. Hong Kong's Siobhan Haughey took silver and Canada's Penny Oleksiak bronze
World record holder Kristof Milak powered to the 200m butterfly gold medal but complained a tear in his trunks cost him a new world record.
The Hungarian hit the wall in a new #Olympics record time of 1min 51.25sec
#UPDATE Japan's Yui Ohashi stormed to the #Olympics 200m individual medley #gold , making it a Tokyo double after her earlier triumph in the 400m medley.
Ohashi touched the wall in 2min 08.52sec, with Americans Alex Walsh and Kate Douglass coming second and third
#UPDATE World record-holder Katie Ledecky claims the first ever women's #Olympics 1500m #gold medal, producing a commanding swim to annihilate the field.
The American clocked 15mins 37.34secs ahead of teammate Erica Sullivan (15:41.41) and Germany's Sarah Kohler (15:42.91)
Britain stormed to victory in the #Olympics 4x200m relay, narrowly missing the world record.
Led off by Tom Dean and brought home by Duncan Scott, they touched in 6min 58.58sec to win #gold .
Russia were second, with Australia claiming bronze
Siobhan Haughey brings home 🇭🇰 Hong Kong's first ever #Olympics medal in the pool by winning #silver in the 200m freestyle.
People in a Hong Kong shopping mall watch and cheer as Haughey rips through the water just behind Australia's record setting Ariarne Titmus
Hungary's Andras Szatmari battles USA's Daryl Homer.
Spain's Nikoloz Sherazadishvili and Sweden's Marcus Nyman hit the mat.
Philippines' Nesthy Petecio reacts after beating Colombia's Yeni Marcela Arias Castaneda.
USA try to block a shot from Tunisia
Residents in the Houston area talk about their support for Simone Biles, after the US gymnast's withdrawal from the team final in Tokyo over mental health concerns
Daniil Medvedev struggles with the heat before defeating Italy's Fabio Fognini 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 to set up a last-eight meeting with Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain and leave him on course for a heavyweight clash with Novak Djokovic #Olympics
#UPDATE Simone Biles has withdrawn from the final of individual all-around gymnastics at the #Olympics due to concerns over her mental health, USA Gymnastics confirms.
A decision on whether Biles will compete in individual event finals will be taken after daily evaluation
Recovering from their #Olympics opening loss to France, USA won a resounding 120-66 victory over Iran in a group A basketball match at the Saitama Super Arena
US superstar #SimoneBiles has pulled out of a second Tokyo #Olympics gymnastics competition to protect her mental health, raising serious doubt over her participation in the rest of the Games
#Tokyo2020 - Japan's Yui Ohashi has secured an unprecedented golden double for the #Olympic hosts with a win in the women's 200m individual medley, less than two years after she considered quitting swimming because of depression u.afp.com/URU5 #AFPSport
#Tokyo2020 - Slovenia's Primoz Roglic put his Tour de France nightmares behind him, powering to Olympic gold in the men's time trial u.afp.com/URUN #AFPSports
#Tokyo2020 - The USA easily beat Iran 120-66 in the Olympic men's basketball tournament on Wednesday to bounce back from their shock opening defeat -- and players and coaches from the geopolitical rivals chatted afterwards u.afp.com/URU7 #AFPSports
#Tokyo2020 - Fiji defended their Olympic rugby sevens title with an entertaining 27-12 victory over New Zealand at the Tokyo Stadium u.afp.com/URUD #AFPSports
#Tokyo2020 - Japan's Kei Nishikori will look to draw inspiration from his Olympic gold-medal winning compatriots when he plays world number one Novak Djokovic in the quarter-finals of the men's tennis tournament u.afp.com/URwu #AFPSports
#BREAKING Romania's constitutional court orders recount of first round of presidential vote: statement
#UPDATE Romania's constitutional court on Thursday ordered a recount of votes cast in the first round of the presidential election, after a rival far-right contender filed a legal challenge ➡️ u.afp.com/597X
#BREAKING TikTok gave 'preferential treatment' to far-right candidate who won Romania election first round: presidency
#UPDATE A referendum on Moldova joining the EU passed with a razor-thin majority on Monday as pro-Brussels President Maia Sandu blamed the outcome on foreign meddling in a veiled reference to Russia, which denied the accusations ➡️ u.afp.com/5zL7
BREAKING France's high-speed train system disrupted by vandalism: operator
#UPDATE Hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris #Olympics , France's high-speed rail network has been hit by "malicious acts" including arson attacks that have disrupted the transport system, train operator SNCF says.
"This is a massive attack on a large scale to paralyse the TGV network," SNCF told @AFP, adding that many routes will have to be cancelled and the situation would last "at least all weekend while repairs are conducted"
BREAKING The arson attacks on France's high-speed rail network were coordinated acts of "sabotage", a source close to the investigation tells @AFP
#BREAKING 104 police, 30 journalists among injured in Bangladesh clashes: TV
#UPDATE Protesters in Bangladesh set fire to several government buildings during a day of deadly nationwide clashes between students and riot officers, a police statement said.
"The miscreants have already torched, vandalised and carried out destructive activities," on the offices of state broadcaster BTV and the national disaster management agency along with "various" police and government buildings, said the statement, issued after a nationwide internet shutdown
Bangladesh wakes to torched government buildings, internet blackout.
This week's unrest has killed at least 39 people including 32 on Thursday, with the toll expected to rise further after reports of clashes in nearly half of the country's 64 districts
#BREAKING Biden says still considers Xi a 'dictator'
#UPDATE US President Joe Biden said after a summit with Xi Jinping that he still considers the Chinese president a "dictator", after he sparked fury from Beijing by making the comparison earlier this year.
"Well look he is, I mean he's a dictator in the sense that he's a guy who's running a country, a Communist country, that's based on a form of government totally different than ours," Biden said at the end of a news conference when a reporter asked if he would still use the term to describe Xi
#BREAKING China will not begin armed conflict with any nation, President Xi Jinping said Wednesday, after a high-stakes summit with US President Joe Biden.
"China does not seek spheres of influence, and will not fight a cold or hot war with any country," he told a gathering of business leaders in San Francisco