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Andrew Cuomo
personNew York Attorney General Letitia James released a 165-page report concluding that Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women while in office. Cuomo could resign from office or be impeached and removed by the state legislature. Investigators allege that Cuomo groped an executive assistant’s breast and in several other instances touched her ‘intimately’ without her consent.
Ed Clancy
personThe 36-year-old was due to compete in the men's team pursuit heats on Tuesday. Charlie Tanfield will join Ethan Hayter, Ethan Vernon and Ollie Wood in Britain's four-man team. Great Britain's reign as Olympic champions came to an end during Tuesday's semi-final with Denmark.
Sifan Hassan
personHassan picked herself up from a scary fall on the final lap of her 1,500-meter heat. Hassan won the race going away, in 14 minutes, 36.79 seconds. The day's other gold went to Morocco steeplechaser Soufiane el-Bakkali.
Krystsina Tsimanouskaya
personKrystsina Tsimanouskaya, 24, spent the night in an airport hotel after she went to Japanese police at Haneda airport seeking protection late on Sunday. She was spotted arriving at the Polish embassy in Tokyo around 5 p.m. local time on Monday in an unmarked, silver van.
Lindsey Graham
personSouth Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham tested positive for COVID-19 after being fully vaccinated against the virus. Graham is the first senator to disclose a breakthrough infection after being vaccinated. Graham, a leading conservative voice in the Senate, said he began experiencing flu-like symptoms on Saturday.
Harry Kane
personHarry Kane has failed to turn up for pre-season training with Tottenham. The 28-year-old England striker has been linked with a £160m move to Manchester City. Kane believes he has a 'gentleman's agreement' to leave Tottenham.
Tottenham
organizationTottenham striker Harry Kane failed to turn up for pre-season training. England captain has been linked with a move to Manchester City. Manchester City prepared to meet Aston Villa's £100m asking price.
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn
personJasmine Camacho-Quinn won only the second gold medal in Puerto Rican history. The 24-year-old athlete redeemed herself five years after she was disqualified from the Olympics when she crashed into a hurdle. She beat Team USA’s Keni Harrison by.15 seconds in a historic upset.
Square
organizationSquare announced Sunday it will acquire Australia's Afterpay Limited for $29 billion. Afterpay offers a “buy now, pay later” service that lets you pay for purchases in installments interest-free. Square also announced a Bitcoin business unit.
Charlotte Worthington
personCharlotte Worthington won gold in the women's BMX park freestyle final. The 25-year-old delivered an action-packed score of 97.50 to snatch gold on her second run. She became the first woman to land a 360-degree backflip in competition. Men's favourite Logan Martin won the men's event later.
Logan Martin
personAustralia's Logan Martin wins first ever gold medal in men's freestyle BMX. Natalya Diehm narrowly missed out on a podium finish in the women's BMX freestyle final. Emma McKeon won two gold medals in the space of 45 minutes to become Australia's most successful Olympic athlete of all time.
Alexander Zverev
personAlexander Zverev wins men's singles title in Tokyo. Beats Karen Khachanov 6-3, 6-1. Second German to win Olympic singles gold after Steffi Graf in 1988.
Lewis Hamilton
personLewis Hamilton takes his eighth pole position at Hungarian Grand Prix. Valtteri Bottas will start second with Red Bull's Max Verstappen third. Daniel Ricciardo missed out on the top-10 by just eight milliseconds. Sebastian Vettel has been stripped of his second-place finish.
Caeleb Dressel
personCaeleb Dressel becomes first man to win 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle and 100 butterfly in the same Games. Dressel also helped the U.S. men's 4x100 medley relay upset Britain and break the world record. Team USA's total swimming medal tally of 30 at the Tokyo pool fell just short of its 33 from Rio.
Max Whitlock
personBritain's Max Whitlock won gold in the men's pommel horse. Lee Chih Kai of Taiwan took silver and Japan's Kazuma Kaya took the bronze. Whitlock had swept out the Rio Games with the singular intention of emulating his Japanese idol Kohei Uchimura.
Emma McKeon
personEmma McKeon becomes first female swimmer to win seven medals at a single Olympics. She outsprinted the field to win the 50m freestyle before helping Australia win the women's 4x100m medley relay on the final day of the swimming competition in Tokyo. Australia overtakes Russia to claim fourth spot on the overall medal tally with 12 gold, three silver and 14 bronze.
Esteban Ocon
personFrench driver Esteban Ocon took his first Formula One victory with Renault-owned Alpine on Sunday. Sebastian Vettel took second for Aston Martin with Mercedes' seven times world champion Lewis Hamilton completing the podium. Hamilton re-took the Formula One championship lead from Red Bull's Max Verstappen.
Xander Schauffele
personThe 27-year-old Californian won the gold with a tense one-stroke victory over Slovakia's Rory Sabbatini. Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama was eliminated after bogeying the first hole. Emma McKeon became the first female swimmer to win seven medals at a single Games with two golds.
Jonny Brownlee
personGreat Britain win Games' first ever mixed team triathlon relay. The Brits beat home the US and France. Jonny Brownlee finally makes it to the top step of the podium. Australia finish a disappointing ninth.
Novak Djokovic
personNovak Djokovic loses 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3 to Spain's Pablo Carreño Busta. It was his third defeat in two days and came less than 24 hours after he was beaten by Alexander Zverev in the singles semifinals. World No 1 had already lost three matches before giving walkover to Ashleigh Barty and John Peers in mixed doubles. He threw his racket into spectator-less stands after losing a point.