After sharing the position as Great Britain’s most successful Paralympian of all time for two days and saying it was a "dream come true", Sarah Storey has now won a record-breaking 17th gold medal. She no longer has to share the top spot on the podium with previous record holder Mike Kenny - who has 16 golds - after defending the women's C4-5 road race title at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo. "I'm a bit overwhelmed, I feel like it's happening to someone else," Storey says. "I can't really explain or compute anything about the race, but crossing the line first felt so good," she adds.
The 43-year-old, who made her Paralympic debut at the 1992 Games in Barcelona competing in swimming before switching to cycling, punched the air as she crossed the finish line in two hours, 21 minutes and 51 seconds. Britain's Crystal-Lane Wright finished seven seconds behind to take silver and France's Marie Patouillet won bronze. “My mum and dad said to me when I was 12, when I wasn't winning anything in school - I'd been swimming and couldn't make national age groups - and they kept saying to me 'focus on you Sarah, just focus on your best', and that's what I keep doing," Storey adds. She's carried on being the best she can, says former Paralympian and our columnist Tanni Grey-Thompson. Storey now has 28 Paralympic medals and has won only gold since making her cycling Paralympic debut at Beijing 2008.

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab left for talks with Qatari leaders after facing questions from MPs over UK’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. During the session with the Foreign Affairs Select Committee on Wednesday, Mr Raab revealed the government was not confident about the number of people still in Afghanistan who are eligible to come to the UK. Evacuation flights stopped after US troops withdrew on the agreed Tuesday deadline and the Taliban - after being removed from power 20 year ago - has taken control. Mr Raab, who faced calls to resign after it emerged he was on holiday and was unavailable to take calls about evacuating interpreters, has flown to Doha to look at how to help British nationals and Afghans trying to flee. He’s in Qatari capital as Qatar has become a key negotiator with the Taliban, which has a political office in the country. Mr Raab will also briefed on talks between UK officials and the Taliban.

Long Covid is somewhat of a mystery but it seems being fully vaccinated cuts the risk of developing the condition. Research led by King's College London suggests that the odds of getting symptoms lasting longer than four weeks are cut by 50% in the minority of people who have caught the virus despite having two jabs. It’s not known for sure what causes long Covid but symptoms include extreme tiredness, changes to taste and smell and joint pain. "In terms of the burden of long Covid, it is good news that our research has found that having a double vaccination significantly reduces the risk of both catching the virus and if you do, developing long-standing symptoms," says lead researcher Dr Claire Steves. So far, 42.9 million people in the UK have had two doses of a Covid vaccine and experts say a third jab should be offered to the most vulnerable 1% of the population.

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and Defence Secretary Ben Wallace are "at war" in a "blame game" over the UK’s exit from Afghanistan, reports the i. The foreign secretary was grilled by MPs on Wednesday and blamed bad intelligence for the chaotic withdrawal. His appearance before MPs is also covered by some of the other papers including the Guardian which claims the Foreign Office was "warned" of a rapid takeover by the Taliban. This story also appears in the Daily Telegraph but its main focus is that there will be a third Covid jab for vulnerable people. The Daily Mail is among the other papers also covering this development. Take a look in the newspaper review.

Gossip Girl and Sex and the City - albeit with new title And Just Like That - are having one and now The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is joining them. It’s the latest show to have a reboot and the original Fresh Prince, Will Smith, surprised his successor Jabari Banks to tell him he was finally there, to sit on his throne as the Prince of Bel Air. Check out his reaction.
It's safe to say Banks’s reaction might make you smile or even giggle and so might these photographs. Photographers have captured - and captioned - some comedy pictures of wildlife including a grey seal that looks like it's giggling and another of an owl titled Shhhh! I'm so hungover it hurts. Take a look.

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