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Merritt clinches shock 400m gold
LaShawn Merritt claims a surprise gold in the 400m final to lead a clean sweep of the medals for the United States.
Campbell-Brown takes 200m gold
Jamaica's domination of the sprint events at the Olympics is completed as Veronica Campbell-Brown wins gold in the women's 200m.
Idowu takes silver behind Evora
Britain's Phillips Idowu has to settle for a silver medal in the triple jump after being out-jumped by Portugal's Nelson Evora.
Lamaze clinches show jumping gold
Canada's Eric Lamaze wins Olympic gold in the individual show jumping after winning a jump-off against Sweden's Rolf-Goran Bengtsson.
Olympic horses fail drugs tests
Four of the horses who competed in the Olympic show jumping event test positive for banned substances.
Blonska thrown out of long jump
Olympic heptathlon silver medallist Liudmyla Blonska is removed from the start list for Friday's long jump final failing a drugs test.
GB sailors take Star gold medal
Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson win Britain's fourth sailing gold as they hold their nerve in a thrilling climax to the Star class event.
Extra-time winner gives US gold
Carli Lloyd's extra-time winner hands United States a 1-0 victory over Brazil in the Olympic women's football final.
Kaniskina beats rain to win walk
World champion Olga Kaniskina sets a new 20km walk Olympic record in atrocious conditions, with Britain's Johanna Jackson breaking the British best.
US retain beach volleyball crown
Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor became double Olympic champions with victory over China's Tian Jia and Wang Jie
Japan stun US in softball final
Japan deny the US Olympic softball team a fourth straight gold medal with a 3-1 win in Beijing's grand final.
Spotakova takes gold in javelin
Czech world champion Barbora Spotakova wins the women's javelin, as Goldie Sayers finishes fourth with a new British record.
GB & US both out of sprint relay
The Great Britain and US 4x100m relay teams crash out in the heats after botching their baton handovers during the heats.
Spanish stun champions Australia
Spain will face Germany in the Olympic men's hockey final after a stunning 3-2 win over defending champions Australia.
ATP boss De Villiers to step down
Etienne de Villiers will step down as executive chairman and president of the governing body of men's tennis at the end of 2008.
