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A top 5 finish in the medal table would be fabulous. Top 3 as achieved in Tokyo could be a bit too much an ask.

Just a one-off from Taiwan. Probably an honest mistake. They will pay the fines and comply with the orders - because Taiwanese respect and love Japan.

Can't be compared in any way to the regular illegal fishing by the PRC in Japanese waters.

Personal drone transportation would solve this congestion.

Drones?

Providing water, food and basic medicine should be the first priority - things Congo does not have.

Congo has had a miserable history, especially since the Belgians invaded. Punishment given to the locals was barbaric. And what the US and Belgium did to Patrice Lumumba was unforgiveable.

The place has been independent from Belgium for 64 years. There's only so long Africans can continue blaming corruption, lack of any human rights and total incompetence of their "leaders" on outsiders.

Pretty sure the corrupt Congolese rulers are living very comfortably and public transport, lack of water, food, human rights and education is of no concern for them.

All the very best to these departing athletes - may each and every one of them achieve their PBs in Paris. Hopefully they will all shock the world and bring home an extraordinary haul of medals!

His money will buy him protection in jail.

People with zero experience in these matters should'nt comment.

Sure, only ex-cons and prison officers in the US prison system should be commenting here.

Riiiight.

Gotta love the globalists on here who believe it is perfectly acceptable for the CCP to produce and dump products in markets - at cheap, subsidised prices - with the intention of obliterating the local industry.

If it is "protectionism" - then good on the EU for protecting their industries and jobs. The globalists who promote unfettered "free trade" need to admit that a Communist dictatorship with zero human or workers rights has already destroyed so many industries worldwide - flooding the world with shoddy goods that are soon in landfill.

Nothing but a little coward woman-basher.

Lock the thug gangster up and throw away the key. Won't be so "tough" without his color gang by his side.

Two absolute cowards and scum - taking out their frustration at being such losers in life on a man who was vulnerable.

Karma is going to catch up with these lowlives.

Andy Murray will be remembered for his Major wins - but most of all for his fight in coming back from many major injuries. The Scot was tough, and at his best could match it with anyone on court.

Take a bow, Andy!

Hats off to PM elect, Sir Keir Starmer. Comes across as a moderate and sensible voice of the centre.

Here's hoping this thumping election win will give a boost to the UK economy which has been struggling since the Brexit fiasco. Hopeless little boy Sunak is now in history's dustbin.

In a perverse way I can respect China here : they know their coaches and athletes are guilty as sin, that they have been regularly administering these PEDs to their athletes.

But they also know that mega-corrupt sports authorities such as the notorious WADA and the IOC can be paid off. The made-up story about a synthetic heart medication finding its way somehow into the food of 23 athletes is hilarious - but China knows they can get away with pretty much anything with WADA able to be "flexible" for the right money.

The biggest cheats and criminals here are the IOC and WADA.

Good. He deserves more punishment, but this is a start.

I hope those 17 years are long and it breaks him. Singapore Changi prison is brutal and notorious, it is not unknown for inmates to be bashed. So all in all it will suit this scum very well.

Malaysia is another disaster of an attempted "democracy" - like fellow Asians South Korea, Thailand and more. Most political effort seems to be put into jailing rivals in these places, rather than improving the lot of everyday citizens.

This animal - who brutally killed two innocent children and their mother - needs to hang. The thought that he may one day be free among the public is sickening. 30 years of this evil killer being clothed, fed and sheltered at the taxpayer expense is beyond comprehension. I can only wish misery and agony upon him for every day he sadly lives.

Rest in Peace to Tomoko, Chiyu and Tora.

For those interested : play suspended due to the (inevitable) London rain. Kei 7-5, 4-6, 1-1 in the third.

Cmon Kei, you got this. Fabulous to see him back on the famous lawn!

Why are we reading far too many stories like this during the past, oh, three years or so? Young, healthy people, even elite athletes, collapsing and even dying of heart-related events.

Because - newsflash - young, seemingly healthy people occasionally die. For a million reasons. Always have, always will. I know some who died very young, sadly - and so do you.

There is ZERO evidence that this is an increasing phenomena.

There are certain people out there who genuinely believe everyone should be living until a default minimum age of 83. That is just not how biology works.

Rest in Peace to this young man.

Good news for once. This animal is getting less than he deserves. No tears will be shed, that's for sure.

Rest in Peace to the innocent elderly mother and her son.

What's with the masks!!??

I'm going to assume you are yet to visit Japan.

Good for Fuji Film. Hopefully digital cameras make a massive comeback. Real cameras are infinitely better quality than cellphone ones.

12, 13, and 14 year olds? Should there be a higher minimum age requirement to participate in the Olympics? 

What's the old saying - "If you're good enough, you're old enough".

If a kid of 11 or 12 is physically capable of skating, snowboarding, breakdancing etc - and mentally mature enough - why not? It seems Japanese kids mature a lot faster than kids in many other places.

Japanese kids are born to skateboard, BMX - and break-dance too! They sure are into urban street culture.

Good luck to all these youthful competitors in Paris.

Wow - people aren't rushing to this pedo's defence like usual and/or trying to throw smokescreens about "consent", "we need to see all the facts first", "the child could have made it all up" and so on. Amazing.

If convicted, this "man" needs decades locked up in solitary.

Football is a passionate game - and Ronaldo is one of its GOATS - but seeing him weeping after missing a penalty was pretty embarrassing. Not sending a great message to the millions of kids out there who idolize him and mimic his every mannerism.

Hats off to Portugal, and for CR redeeming himself in the shootout - but I feel les Bleus with their mean-spirited defence will take care of them in the QF.

Dr.Catejan Coelho -

Rice keeps growing on the German football fields.

I see what you did there!

An absolute zinger from the Good Doctor!

Jordan Bardella, the RN's choice of prime minister if it wins a majority, focused his attacks on left-wing parties, describing the far-left as "an existential threat" to France.

Bardella is the child/grandchild of immigrants, from Italy and Algeria. Yet he is the President of a party that has as its core a policy to deny birthright citizenship to children born in France of immigrant origin. Some could argue he is "not French", just as they argue other children of immigrants are "not French".

Going to be an interesting second round election.

The South Korean custom is to jail the ex-president once he or she is voted out. The same will almost surely happen to President Yoon. Which is a shame, since he is the most pro-Japan president in living memory (which is why he is despised by the public).

Anti-Japanese sentiment in China stems from bitter memories of the neighbor's World War II aggression, leading some to celebrate the targeting of its citizens in the attack.

A good number of Chinese people are truly warped, bitter and twisted.

Those who celebrated this attack on innocent children and women are vermin - and should be dealt with as such.

Congrats to La Roja on reaching the QF. While favourites England have a superior team in my opinion, Spain cannot be ruled out for the tournament if they can manage to get past die Mannschaft - no mean feat!

Hats off to the Three Lions, they have well and truly launched their campaign now.

Excitement machine Jude Bellingham and talisman Harry Kane were outstanding. England very relieved it didnt go to penalties! The Lions should take care of the Swiss in the QF - and fully deserve outright favouritism.