Tennis and soccer players are allowed water breaks, BMX riders sit under umbrellas in between runs and horses are being monitored with thermal cameras as the summer Olympics adapt to a heatwave that is hitting Paris and much of France.

Andy Murray again staved off the end of his illustrious career as he and British doubles partner Dan Evans beat Belgium’s Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen in another Paris Games cliffhanger at Roland Garros.

Kaylee McKeown lost her father to a terminal illness a year before the Tokyo Games, but his memory continues to drive her to ever-higher achievement at the Olympics.

The Fijiana has finished last at the Paris Olympics after going down 21-15 to South Africa 11th and 12th place playoff.

Discipline has been an area of focus for the Ratu Navula College under-18 side, who are currently preparing for the Deans Trophy National Quarter-Finals next weekend.

Nadi is set to make a strong bid to end their 28-year title drought in the Battle of the Giant tournament this weekend.

Zion Tokona is set on creating more upsets in weightlifting competitions.

New Zealand’s women avoided – just – the curse of being “too good” that dogged their men’s XVs team for so long, as they were forced to dig deep and show their ultimate professionalism in their Olympic rugby sevens final 19 -12 victory over Canada.

Hosts France secured a place in the quarter-finals of the men’s Olympic football tournament with a 3-0 win over New Zealand that put them top of Group A, while the United States edged Guinea 3-0 to progress on the final day of the group stage.

Spain’s dream team of Rafa Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz reached the quarter-finals of the Olympic men’s tennis doubles with a 6-4 6-7 10-2 defeat of Dutchmen Tallon Griekspoor and Wesley Koolhof at Roland Garros.

Simone Biles clinched her fifth Olympic gold medal as she made a triumphant return to the women’s gymnastics team final at the Paris Games this morning, reinforcing her status as one of the world’s greatest athletes just three years after abruptly withdrawing from the same event at the Tokyo Games.

Katie Ledecky shrugged off her disappointing 400 metres freestyle bronze to top qualifying for the 1,500m final at the Paris Olympics as Leon Marchand mania returned to a buzzing La Defense Arena.