Jamaica continued its assault on United States dominance of the Olympic track when Omar McLeod gave the Caribbean island its first 110 metres hurdles champion in Rio on Tuesday.

Athletics legends Sebastian Coe and Sergey Bubka comforted distraught French pole vault star Renaud Lavillenie after he was booed for the second day by a hostile Brazilian crowd on the Olympic medal podium.

Top American sprinter English Gardner is seeking “sweet redemption” in the women’s Olympic 4x100 relay after bombing in the 100m — as long as Baby Beast doesn’t have the night off again.

Reigning champion Mo Farah survived a “nerve-wracking” trip from behind to secure his place in the Olympic final of the men’s 5,000m in Rio yesterday.

Qatar’s Ashraf Amgad Elseify competes in the men’s Hammer Throw qualifying round at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro yesterday.

Conseslus Kipruto stormed to victory in the men’s 3000m steeplechase at the Rio Olympics yesterday to extend Kenya’s remarkable winning streak in the event.

The Netherlands came out top in a sudden death shootout against Germany yesterday to go into the final of the Olympic women’s hockey and keep the target of a third successive gold medal in their sights.

Women’s football legend Marta insisted the Brazil team will keep getting better despite an agonising semi-final Olympic exit on penalties to Sweden, which goalkeeper Barbara described as being like losing a family member.

India’s shuttler PV Sindhu will face reigning All England champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan for a place in the final of the women’s singles event at the Rio Olympics here today.

China continued to show why they are the goliath of table tennis yesterday with a dominant win over Germany to take the women’s team gold, the champions dropping only one game in the final.

Twice-Olympic champion Lin Dan survived a huge scare against India’s Kidambi Srikanth in the men’s badminton singles in Rio yesterday to set up a semi-final with Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei, the man he beat for the gold medal in Beijing and London.

Pakistan launch their quest to make sure of an automatic qualifying spot at the 2019 World Cup in England when they face Ireland in two one-day internationals at Malahide, near Dublin, today and Saturday.