Badminton: Australian women’s Doubles Badminton pairing of Setyana Mapasa and Angela Yu have defeated India in straight games, 2-0 (21-15 21-10), to finish their Olympic campaign on a high.

The Australians had never played the Indian pair before and were determined to get the win. At one stage in the match, they trailed by two points before fighting back and taking control.

The pair has only been playing together since last year and are looking to play more competitions after Paris, gaining a confidence boost from playing together on the global stage.

Basketball: Canada showed the Boomers why many pundits have the Canadians as an Olympic medal contender, pulling off a 93-83 victory in Lille on Tuesday.

Dante Exum returned to the floor for the Boomers following a finger injury for his first minutes of these Olympics.

Australian coach Brian Goorjian thought the game was decided in the third quarter.

“Fifteen points off turnovers in the third quarter gave them the cushion that was the game,” Goorjian said.

Australia plays Spain in their final pool match.

3x3 Basketball: The Gangurrus fought through some “first game jitters” to finish a 22-14 loss to Canada strongly.

The match, Australia’s first in Olympic history in 3x3 Basketball, got out of control as Canada built a 15-2 lead. The Gangurrus ended the game on a 12-7 run against an opponent they had beaten twice previously to qualify for the Olympics.

They’ll get 24 hours to regroup for a match against Germany at 1:30am AEST on Thursday 1 August.

Beach Volleyball: Olympic debutants Thomas Hodges and Zachery Schubert had a tough opening match against Polish pair Michal Bryl and Bartosz Losiak, falling in straight sets 2-0 (21-16, 21-16).

Still in the pool stage, the pair will face Germany on 1 August. 

Boxing: It was a challenging day for the Aussies, with all three athletes bowing out of the competition in their respective weight divisions.

First up in the Men’s 51kg preliminary round of 16, Yusuf Chothia faced Rafael Lozana Serrano (ESP). The Olympic debutant put in a great effort, taking a winning point from round one.

But despite the early form, Yusuf faded in the second and third rounds with the judges awarding the final round and the fight to the Spaniard.

In the Men’s 80kg preliminary round of 16, Callum Peters was up against Nurbek Oralbay of Kazakhstan.

It was a close fight in round one, but Oralbay wouldn’t back down easily, the bout ending with the score 3:2 in favour of Oralbay in a judges’ split decision.

The final Australian in the ring for the day was Tiana Echegaray in the Women’s -54kg preliminary round of 16. It was not the Aussie’s day however, as she struggled against the quick feet of her Turkish opponent Hatice Akbas, bowing out of the competition.

Canoe Slalom: Jessica Fox showed no signs of fatigue from her K1 gold medal when she started her canoe title defence, with the Australian Flag Bearer the second-fastest qualifier from the heats to the semi-finals in the Women’s C1 Singles.

Australians had more reasons to celebrate with Tim Anderson producing two strong runs in the Men’s K1 Singles heats, clocking an impressive second run seeing him finish in fifth.

Jess will compete in the women's C1 semi-final on Wednesday 31 August at 11:30pm AEST, with the final to take place at 1:25am AEST (Thursday 1 August), while Tim will race in the men’s K1 semi-final on Thursday 1 August at 11:30pm AEST, aiming for a berth in the final at 1:30am AEST (Friday 2 August).

Cycling BMX: Australia’s BMX Freestyle riders Logan Martin and Natalya Diehm have defied a stacked field and scorching heat in Paris to progress to the Olympic final on Wednesday.

Logan produced a sizzling performance to be the third highest qualifier through to the final.

He posted an average score of 89.39 from his two runs at La Concorde behind Great Britain’s Kieran Reilly with 91.21 and American Marcus Christopher with 89.48.

Natalya qualified eighth for the nine-rider final. She averaged 83.89 points for her two runs - the second of which guaranteed her a shot at a medal. American Hannah Roberts was the top qualifier with a score of 91.45.

Logan and Natalya will both ride for gold when their respective finals get under way from 9.10pm AEST, with Logan attempting to defend his title from Tokyo.

Equestrian: The opening day of the Dressage competition in Versailles was scorching both in and out of the arena. Jayden Brown, who is making his Olympic debut in Paris, was the first Australian out in the Grand Prix competition riding Quincy B. The pair delivered a fluid test with a few small errors to post a score of 68.991%.

“It is hot out there. So I had to look after him a little bit, but I'm very happy with how it went. That's the first Olympics down,” said Jayden.

The Grand Prix competition takes place over two days and is a qualification round for both the individual and team competition.

Hockey: The Kookaburras took to the pitch against powerhouse Belgium for their third pool match of the Games. In extremely hot conditions, the Aussies struggled early against the talented opponent and lost the match 6-2 at Yves-du-Manoir Stadium. Lachlan Sharp and Blake Govers scored the goals for the Kookas.

The Kookaburras now have a day to regroup before facing New Zealand on 1 August.

Judo: Katharina Haecker was eliminated by Great Britain’s Lucy Renshall in the women’s 63kg event at Champ-de-Mars Arena. Giving her all in the elimination round of 32, Katharina took 3 penalties against the British athlete and lost with a golden score of 11-1. 

Rowing: Day Four of the Olympic regatta was one of mixed emotions for the Rowsellas who came to the Olympics with nine boats having qualified from 14 classes.

Tara Rigney won her quarter-final of the Women’s Single Sculls in another commanding performance to qualify for the semi-final on Thursday.

In the Women’s Double Sculls semi-final, Amanda Bateman and Harriet Hudson finished just 0.022 seconds outside of the top three places they needed to qualify for the A Final.

In the Women’s Four repechage, the crew of Olympia Aldersey, Jean Mitchell, Lily Alton and Molly Goodman finished sixth in their repechage where the first three made the A Final.

The women’s double sculls and four will now both race in their B Finals on Thursday.

Rugby Sevens: The Aussie Women’s Sevens team suffered a heartbreaking day at Stade de France, falling just short of an Olympic medal.

In the semi-final against Canada, they led 12-0 early, before being unable to finish them off. The Canadians came back strongly and dominated possession in the second half to win 12-19.

The women did well to regroup and started the bronze medal match against the USA with a quick try.

A late try to Maddison Levi, her 14th of the tournament, with only 90 seconds remaining, looked to have secured the bronze medal for Australia.

But the Americans kept fighting to break through the Australian defense with only injury time remaining. USA scored to win the bronze medal match 14-12, their first medal in Olympic Rugby Sevens. 

Maddison's 14 tries is the most ever-scored in Rugby Sevens at a single Olympic Games.

New Zealand won the gold medal, defeating Canada.

Sailing: Stronger winds propelled Australia's sailors in Marseille with Windsurfer Grae Morris, completing three exhilarating slalom races, navigating around markers at speeds up to 50 km/h on his hydrofoiling board.

Grae, 20, then tackled two tactical long-course races, securing a race win.

In the Men’s Skiff, Jim Colley and Shaun Connor showed significant improvement in their fiercely competitive fleet, clinching a third-place finish in one of their races.

Olivia Price and Evie Haseldine fought back after a rocky start, regaining points and remaining in the medal hunt for 1 August.

“The regatta is still wide open, and we can do a lot in the next three races. With similar conditions expected tomorrow, we’re well-prepared to leave it all out there,” Olivia said.

Shooting: James Willett has delivered Australia its highest finish in Men’s Trap shooting at the Olympics since 2012, with sixth place in the final at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre.

The 28-year-old scored 19 out of 25 in stage one of the six-man final, with his score not good enough to progress to stage two.

His sixth place is the highest finish by an Australian in the event since Michael Diamond finished fourth in London.

Swimming: A rapid start, an explosive turn and a trademark powerhouse finish with the race on the line - that’s how Kaylee McKeown defended her Olympic 100m Backstroke crown to continue Australia’s golden run in the pool at the Paris La Défense Arena.

Kaylee’s winning mark of 57.33 was an Olympic record, adding to her Tokyo tally to become just the seventh Australian to win three individual gold medals across any sport.

Iona Anderson (58.98) finished fifth and announced herself as one to watch as the Australian backstroke ranks.

Australia’s men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay team produced one of their most-courageous swims to claim bronze, finishing behind Great Britain and the USA.

In the men’s 100m Freestyle, Kyle Chalmers booked a spot in a third-consecutive Olympic final, winning his semi of the 100m Freestyle in 47.58. He was the second-fastest qualifier behind China’s world record holder Pan Zhanle.

Shayna Jack (52.72) and Mollie O’Callaghan (52.75) booked middle lanes for the women’s 100m Freestyle final, with Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey leading the pack into the gold medal race.

Zac Stubblety-Cook made his customary last-lap push to take out his semifinal of the men’s 200m Breastroke and qualify second-fastest for Wednesday night’s final.

Tennis: Alexei Popyrin has become the first Australian male since Lleyton Hewitt in 2012 to reach the Men’s Singles third round at the Olympics Games.

Alexei defeated three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka 6-4 7-5 on a packed Court 13 at Roland Garros.

Alexei didn’t lose a breakpoint during the match and was happy to compete in the hot conditions. 

“I think in some way it was beneficial for me, because the ball was more lively so that kinda helped me on my serve,” he said.

Alexei will face 2020 Tokyo gold medallist and No.3 seed Alexander Zverev in the next round.

In the men’s doubles, world No.3 Matt Ebden and John Peers have advanced to the quarterfinals. 

The pair defeated current world No.1 doubles player Marcel Granollers and Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain 6-2 7-5. 

In the women’s doubles, Ajla Tomljanovic and Olivia Gadecki forced their match against Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider (AIN) into a deciding super tiebreaker before falling 6-3 2-6 [10-6].

Water Polo: Australia has defeated defending Olympic Champion Serbia 8-3 in a major upset in the group stage of men’s Water Polo.

It was the first time the Sharks have beaten Serbia at the Olympics Games.

The Sharks led from start to finish at the Paris Aquatic Centre, scoring the opening six goals of the match in a dominant performance.

Four goals to Luke Pavillard, including an opening half hat-trick, as well as two goals to Matthew Byrnes solidified the performance.

Charlie Negus and Jacob Mercep also joined the score sheet with a goal apiece.

The Sharks will aim to use the momentum from their upset win when they face host nation France on Thursday.