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• Commonwealth Games day 10: closing ceremony brings Glasgow 2026 to an end after Isle of Man win Games’ final gold – as it happened

  02-08-2026 23:36
  Fireworks bring Glasgow 2026 to a close as the Isle of Man win first gold in 20 years and Scotland’s Mel Woods wins athlete of the Games. Australia delivered an unprecedented podium sweep in the women’s mile on the final day of athletics competition at the Commonwealth Games, after Abbey Caldwell upset Jessica Hull to secure one of seven track and field gold medals including a breakthrough victory for Lachie Kennedy’s 4x100m relay team.The haul exceeds the six gold medals from
  
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• Emma Finucane lands keirin to claim historic fourth Commonwealth gold

  02-08-2026 21:06
  Welsh cyclist had won in two sprints and time trialAustralia dominate Games with 171 medals, 70 goldThe Welsh cyclist Emma Finucane wrote her name into the history books on the final day of the Commonwealth Games, but Glasgow 2026 will be remembered most for Australia’s dominance.Before the Games, the Australia swimmer Sam Short had told reporters: “I’m so pumped – I can’t wait to go over there and smash those Pommies up.” And the whole Australia team seemed t
  
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• UCI president backs night-time drug testing after Tour de France controversy

  02-08-2026 21:00
  David Lappartient says selective night testing is justified‘We always have suspicion in cycling, due to our past’The UCI president, David Lappartient, has said there will “always be suspicion in cycling” and insisted this year’s men’s Tour de France was clean. Lappartient, speaking at the start of stage two of the Tour de France Femmes in Aigle, also said he supported night-time testing during races in “exceptional cases”.Lappartient added that the
  
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• It’s double Dutch as Lorena Wiebes wins second stage of Tour de France Femmes

  02-08-2026 20:24
  Dutch sprinter makes it two from two in GenevaHer team still intend to sue UCI over Giro disqualificationThe Dutch sprinter Lorena Wiebes took her second win in this year’s Tour de France Femmes in Geneva, further extending her overall lead in the nine-day race. Wiebes is proving untouchable in the sprint finishes and her turn of speed in the final 250 metres, on the lakeside finish of the Quai du Mont-Blanc, reduced her rivals to onlookers.Lone breakaway Riejanne Markus had led by more th
  
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• Wiebes claims back-to-back Tour de France Femmes stage wins

  02-08-2026 19:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dutch sprinter Lorena Wiebes claims stage two for back-to-back victories at the Tour de France Femmes.
  
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• Tour de France Femmes: Lorena Wiebes wins stage two as Markus’s brave bid falls short – as it happened

  02-08-2026 19:10
  Lorena Wiebes sprinted clear in the yellow jersey to win in Geneva after Riejanne Markus’s breakaway bid was denied in the final kilometre115km to go: We’re into the hills now, the first of the five climbs well under way as the riders head up to the summit of the Côte de Chexbres (3.2km at a 5.6% gradient). We’re in the hills for the next 70km or so.117km to go: Several more attacks, Alison Jackson pushing again and Idoia Eraso (wearing the green jersey) also involved in
  
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• Robertson breaks Games record to win cycling gold

  02-08-2026 19:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England cyclist Matthew Robertson broke the Commonwealth Games record for a second time to earn gold in the men's C1-C3 3,000m individual pursuit.
  
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• 'Gutted' Graham settles for cycling silver after 'goalposts change'

  02-08-2026 18:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fin Graham was "gutted" to claim silver in the men's C1-C3 3km individual pursuit final, setting his sights firmly on gold. He was also a bit perplexed at how this race was staged.
  
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• Finucane creates Games history with fourth gold

  02-08-2026 17:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Welsh star Emma Finucane creates history by becoming the first sprint cyclist to win four track gold medals at the same Commonwealth Games.
  
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