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The best of the week
Olympics  
Live schedule to keep you on top of all things Paris 2024
Live schedule to keep you on top of all things Paris 2024
Olympics  
Paris 2024 explained: all you need to know but were afraid to ask
Paris 2024 explained: all you need to know but were afraid to ask
Interview  
Joe Clarke’s journey from despair to Olympic double gold favourite
Joe Clarke’s journey from despair to Olympic double gold favourite
Interview  
Zhan Beleniuk: ‘I will fight Russians at Olympics but will I shake hands? No’
Zhan Beleniuk: ‘I will fight Russians at Olympics but will I shake hands? No’
The Spin  
‘I’m not a drugs cheat, it’s proven’: Chris Wright raring to return
‘I’m not a drugs cheat, it’s proven’: Chris Wright raring to return
Tour de France  
Pogacar and team bask in glory after ‘a perfect job’
Pogacar and team bask in glory after ‘a perfect job’
Comment and analysis
After Tokyo’s Covid Olympics, Paris has been reframed as the Conflict Games
After Tokyo’s Covid Olympics, Paris has been reframed as the Conflict Games
Any relief at moving back to normality has disappeared but at least there will be fans (and no bears) at the Paris Olympics
Schauffele’s Open triumph adds to Parisian intrigue for golf
Fans deserve better than ad industry’s cynical stereotypes
Watch and listen
British sprinter slows before finish line and gets overtaken in 'disaster' race
Athletics  
British sprinter slows before finish line and gets overtaken in 'disaster' race
The 16-year-old was leading the race before he slowed down far too early, enabling half of his competitors to beat him to the finish line
Football Weekly  
Revisited: the life and times of Troy Townsend
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From the vault
Olympics  
50 stunning moments: when Bolt first stunned the world
50 stunning moments: when Bolt first stunned the world
Coming up this weekend
Our live coverage is already rolling, with updates from the third Test between England and West Indies at Edgbaston. And then at 6.30pm (all times BST) on Friday evening, it will be time for the Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony. Follow it with our liveblog.

Into Saturday and day one of the Games. We'll be up bright and early from 6am every day, with the action in Paris due to begin from around 8am. And we'll also have coverage of the second day of England v West Indies from 11am.

On Sunday, the Olympics liveblog will return from 6am, while there will also be coverage of Australia's clash with Zambia in the women's football at 6pm. There will also be more intrigue from Edgbaston, with live updates from the third day of the third Test from 11am, while the F1 returns with the Belgian GP at Spa: follow all the action from 2pm.
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