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The i says the girlfriend of England football star Jack Grealish has revealed she received 200 death threats each day during the Euros – predominantly from teenage girls.

The Times says the link between dementia and heading a football is now so strong that balls should be sold with health warnings, the scientist leading a landmark study has said.

Team GB has bagged a gold medal in team eventing at the Tokyo Olympics for the first time in almost 50 years. 

The Guardian says the Belarus athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who alleges she was taken against her will by team officials to Tokyo airport, is being protected by police and the UN Human Rights Commission are also involved

The Times says Bethany Shriever won Great Britain’s sixth gold medal of the 2020 Olympics, and Kye Whyte claimed silver, as Great Britain enjoyed a superb morning on the BMX track.

Mallory Franklin has won the silver medal in the women’s single slalom and Matt Coward-Holley picked up shooting bronze in the men’s trap final.

The Guardian says Wayne Rooney has apologised to his family and Derby after images emerged appearing to show him asleep in a hotel room surrounded by a group of young women.

The i says Mallory Franklin has qualified for the final of the women’s C1 canoe slalom as Team GB seeks a 17th medal at the Olympic Games.

Team GB’s Georgia Taylor-Brown has won an Olympic silver medal in the women’s triathlon

Diver Tom Daley has finally won gold alongside Matty Lee, as Adam Peaty and Tom Pidock were also crowned Olympic champions on day three

The Times says Andy Murray’s defence of his Olympic title ended in crushing anti-climax today as he pulled out of the men’s singles with a thigh injury.

Tottenham says they have no plans to sell Harry Kane this summer, despite rumours a record-breaking £160 million move is close. 

France24 says the most troubled Olympics in history finally get underway in Tokyo on Friday, struggling to emerge from Covid-19 after a postponement following a build-up marred by scandal

A police officer has claimed the force was “held back” from confronting the Wembley chaos, as ticketless intruders tried to force their way into the Euro 2020 final.

The i says In May, the tennis champion Naomi Osaka – at present ranked the number two women’s player in the world

The Telegraph says the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games has been plunged into turmoil after the show director was fired over a joke he made about the Holocaust

BBC News says the show director of the Olympics opening ceremony has been dismissed, one day before the event is due to be held.

The 2032 Olympics and Paralympics will be held in Brisbane. The Australian city was the only bidder in a race steered by the International Olympic Committee. 

Saudi Arabia is aiming to encourage people with disabilities into sport through a new country-wide initiative to foster inclusion and diversity.

TRT World says the pandemic-postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics has begun with Japanese women’s softball pitcher Yukiko Ueno getting Games competition under way

The footballer, a senior international, was arrested by police and has been suspended by his club as police continue their investigations.

Sky News says an independent review to investigate the “disgraceful scenes” which marred the Euro 2020 final has been commissioned by the Football Association (FA)

Lewis Hamilton racially abused online after British GP win with racist messages including monkey emojis sent as replies to a post by his Mercedes team on Instagram.

The Guardian says no matter who you are, or what sports you enjoy, the Olympics remains the greatest show on earth. It’s bigger than anything in football

The Times says England won this most unusual of matches by a distance to level their Twenty20 series with Pakistan at 1-1 before what will now be the decider at Emirates Old Trafford