Rory McIlroy says he was 'wrong' to be 'so sceptical' about the Olympic Games and that he is enjoying the competition after moving into contention for a medal in Japan. McIlroy - who is representing Team Ireland - carded a third-round 67 at Kasumigaseki Country Club to move inside the top-five and push for an Olympic medal. The four-time major champion says he is happy to be 'proven wrong' about the Olympics and says it would be 'pretty cool' to pick up some silverware after moving within three strokes of 54-hole leader Xander Schauffele.

Olympic gold medalist James Cracknell (right) launched a scathing attack on Team GB rowing's lack of leadership and blasted the decision to let legendary German coach Jürgen Gröbler (left) walk ahead of the 2020 Tokyo games. His comments come comments come amid a furious fallout over the worst British rowing performance (inset bottom left) at an Olympics since 1976 - despite the team being funded by £24.6million in the last five-year cycle. Team GB rowers Matt Rossiter and Josh Bugajski (bottom right) this week blasted the German coach and ex-rowing luminaries as British rowing continues to tear itself apart.

Team GB boxer Karriss Artingstall missed out on Olympic gold after beating beaten by Japan's Irie Sena on points in the women's featherweight semi-final. She lost the first round to her busier opponent on all five of the judges' scorecards before bouncing back with more aggression in the second, and four of the five officials had it level going into the last three minutes.

Alex Scott (right) hit back at Lord Digby Jones (left) who said she needed elocution lessons and was 'spoiling' the BBC's coverage. The former minister appeared to criticise Scott's London accent and said she had a 'very noticeable inability' to pronounce the letter g at the end of words. Scott, who was awarded an MBE and accrued 140 caps for England, said she is proud of her East London roots (inset) and the journey she has made to where she is today.

Novak Djokovic has hit the headlines once again for losing his cool against Pablo Carreno Busta as they battled it out from the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. The world No 1 from Serbia missed out on the Golden Slam after losing to Alexander Zverev on Friday. However, it was when he returned to the court to win a second career bronze on Saturday that he let his frustration out. Djokovic let his emotions out early in the third set when he failed to break, hurling one racket into the empty stands and then smashing another against the net post.

American BMX racer Connor Fields suffered a brain haemorrhage after a horror crash in Thursday's Olympic semi-final. The 28-year-old won gold in the 2016 Rio Olympics and was favourite to defend his title but went over this handlebars and fell face-first into the asphalt, taking two other competitors down with him. Fields had to be carried away from the course on a stretcher and in a neck brace after receiving medical attention for several minutes.

Dina Asher-Smith broke down in tears as she revealed she will be pulling out of the 200m because of a hamstring injury she suffered just weeks before the Olympics.  The British sprinting star's Olympic dreams were in tatters on Saturday after she failed to qualify for the 100m final and then withdrew from the 200m.  In a huge anti-climax, the leading lady of British athletics could manage only a third-placed finish in her semi-final in 11.05sec.

IAN HERBERT IN TOKYO: The story and the hearts of the women's rugby 7s tournament belonged to Fiji on Sunday. The team broke British hearts, edging them out from a medal in the match to contest bronze. Team GB's place in that game was also remarkable, given that the players had started to fundraise to get themselves to Tokyo until the National Lottery stepped in seven months ago. But it was the Fijians who really overcame the odds, in the year that the Pacific Island has been ravaged by Covid and a cyclone. Some of the team's players had never left the Pacific Island before and coach Fuli Saiasi tonight described trying to help them through homesickness during 16 weeks away from their families.

Novak Djokovic will leave Tokyo without a singles medal after losing his cool and the match to Pablo Carreno Busta in the battle for bronze. The world number one was back on court less than 24 hours after his shock defeat by Alexander Zverev, which ended his hopes of becoming the first man to complete the Golden Slam of all four major titles and Olympic singles gold in the same year. Djokovic's dejection was clear afterwards, especially when he then lost his mixed doubles semi-final with Nina Stojanovic, and rousing himself to finish on the podium proved beyond him.

The 31-year-old won gold in the mixed triathlon relay on Saturday morning with Jess Learmonth, Georgia Taylor-Brown and Alex Yee. It means he has won a medal of every colour, after winning bronze at London 2012 and silver in Rio 2016 in the individual men's triathlon - both races won by his brother Alistair.

Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis (left) has revealed his lucky escape at the Olympics - because a phone chat with his girlfriend dragged on a bit. Duplantis had arranged to have a coffee with his American rival Sam Kendricks (right) but didn't make it because he was chatting to his glamour model partner Desire Inglander (top). Kendricks then tested positive for Covid-19, ruling him out of the Olympics, and three members of the Australian track and field team are now isolating after being identified as close contacts.

Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard, 43, could make history by becoming the first transgender woman to compete at the Olympics at this year's Tokyo games. The New Zealander was pictured on Saturday morning warming up and practicing her lifts (left and right) under the watchful eyes of her coaches. In a statement read on her behalf at a press conference on Friday, Hubbard praised the games' organisers and described the Olympics as a 'global celebration our hopes, ideals and values.' Hubbard's qualification has been divisive, however, with some questioning the fairness of transgender athletes who have been through male puberty competing against women, especially in power sports.