Olympics

Australian runner Jessica Hull has won an emotional breakthrough silver medal in the final of the women’s 1500m — the country’s first on the track in more than a decade. 

West Australian Hannah Green has fallen agonisingly short of a golf medal for the second time with New Zealand’s Lydia Ko crowned the new Olympic champion.

Australia’s Stingers have suffered Olympic heartbreak, going down in the women’s water polo final to Spain as their frustrating 24-year wait for the biggest title in the sport goes on.

Australia’s Olympic chief has hit out at critics of the nation’s breakdancer Rachael Gunn, labelling them ‘trolls and keyboard warriors’.

It’s the penultimate day of the Paris Olympics. The Nightly looks back at the 50 best pictures of the Games so far.

The 36-year-old accidentally stole the show and is now destined to become an obscure trivia question.

Maddison Keeney and Matthew Richardson both earned their places on the podium, while a baton blunder had the USA’s biggest track stars blushing. Here’s the pick of the action from Day 14 in Paris.

‘It is time to blow up the system.’

Algerian fighter Imane Khelif has won her country's first women's boxing gold medal, defeating China's Yang Liu in the welterweight final in Paris.

The pain of having their gold-medal push in Paris fizzle out could drive Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar to extend their partnership out to a decade and fight again in Los Angeles. 

JUSTIN LANGER: She has wowed us at the Paris Games but the superstar’s journey back to greatness has been a long and painful one.

Breakdancing’s one-and-done foray into the Olympics has been widely panned after the opening day of competition in Paris. 

Perth’s Matthew Richardson might be the prince of the velodrome. Now he’s chasing the man they call the king of track cycling in a bid to ‘complete the set’ with a gold medal.

The Opals will play for bronze after their latest effort to unseat the all-conquering Americans was swatted away in a semifinal loss.