Badminton: Tiffany Ho bowed out of the women’s singles on Monday but the tenacious right-hander never gave up in her match against Thuy Linh Nguyen of Vietnam.

The Sydney nurse was defeated 21-6 and 21-3 by the world number 26 at Poret de La Chapelle Arena in front of a packed crowd.

But with fans very much behind Tiffany, including waving signs that said “Up the Tiffany”, she never gave up despite the onslaught from her in-form opponent.

Tiffany finished third in Group K, which was won by Beiwen Zhang of the United States.

Duo Angela Yu and Setyana Mapasa showcased their spirit and determination in a tough 21-12 21-17 loss to Korea. 

After a hard-fought defeat to world No.3 Japan in their opening match, the Aussies needed to upstage the powerful Korean team of Kong Hee Yong and Kim So Yeong to stay in medal contention. 

They gave it their all, showing great determination to recover from slow starts in both sets and go point-for-point with their rivals, before Korea showed their class to win the key points late in each set. 

Yu and Mapasa will play India in their final round-robin match tomorrow.

Basketball: Opals forward Alanna Smith has dubbed the team’s campaign-opener against Nigeria a “learning experience” after the Aussies lost a tough and physical encounter 75-62 at Pierre Mauroy Stadium in Lille on Monday.

Alanna led all Opals scorers with 15 points, making her first six shots in the contest, and Steph Talbot chipped in 12 rebounds, 10 assists and three steals but Nigeria resisted a third-quarter Opals fightback to win.

“This is a learning experience and we have a chance to play better in the coming games,” Alanna said. “That’s what we need to do.”

The Opals will have two days off before taking on Canada.

Beach Volleyball: Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar knew they would need to be at their best to win their pool match against the world number two Americans Kristen Nuss and Taryn Kloth.

Taliqua and Mariafe were able to trade blows with the Americans, and had their usual points of brilliance, but they couldn’t string enough of them together to seize the momentum. 

The Americans played well to force errors from the Australians and take the match 2-0 (21-16 21-16).

Earlier on Monday in Paris, Australian men’s team Mark Nicolaidis and Izac Carracher pushed the ninth seeded Italian pair, Samuele Cottafava/Paolo Nicolai all the way in two tight sets, going down 21-19 21-18. 

The Australian pair created opportunities early in the second set and again later on but weren’t able to capitalise and push it to a third set.

Boxing: Inspired by the memory of his late grandfather and spurred on by family in the crowd, Teremoana Teremoana has become the first Australian to win a Super Heavyweight fight in Olympic history.

The 26-year-old beat Ukranian Dmytro Lovchynskyi in a first-round knockout with a devastating display of power in their 92kg+ bout at the North Paris Arena.

Tokyo bronze medallist Harry Garside lost to Hungarian Richard Kovacs in the round of 16 of the men's 63.5kg division, and said he will put aside the personal pain of losing to support his teammates in their quest for gold.

The 27-year-old made a strong start and took the first of three rounds on points before Kovacs fought back to progress to the quarter-finals.

Fellow Australian Tyla McDonald lost her round of 16 bout to Maria Jose Palacios Espin from Ecuador in the women's 60kg division.

While disappointed with the result, the 21-year-old said she was determined to come back in four years' time.

Canoe Slalom: Olympic debutant Tristan Carter produced a gallant effort in the men’s Canoe Single (C1) final, placing ninth in an action-packed session at the Vaire-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium.

Tristan had a strong performance in the semi-final with a clean run to qualify eighth for the medal event.

Tristan was strong through the first half of the course. However, a mistake on gate 15, saw the Aussie take a two second time penalty, finishing in ninth place overall. 

“This is only the beginning. I feel I can get a lot better and, you know, goals haven't been achieved yet,” Tristan said.

Diving: Aussie divers Cassiel Rousseau and Domonic Bedggood have finished sixth in the Men’s Synchronised 10m Platform, taking on a highly-competitive field as they faced off against some of the world’s best.

Despite missing the podium, the pair was happy with their performance in Paris, finishing with a final score of 394.74 at the end of six rounds of diving.

“I’m really happy with our performance,” Domonic said. “This level of competition, we’re up against the top eight in the world, going up against the best of the best, so for us to put down five out of six great dives, we’re happy with that.

Equestrian: Australia’s Christopher Burton has claimed a silver medal in Equestrian Individual Eventing on the spectacular Château de Versailles jumping course outside Paris, riding a horse he joined up with just six months ago.

Entering the final jumping round in second place, Christopher and ‘Shadow Man’ executed a beautifully-composed clear round to win his first individual Olympic medal, adding silver to his bronze medal in Team Eventing from Rio 2016.

Christopher finished the three-day competition combining dressage, cross-country and showjumping with a final score of 22.4 penalty points, Jung on 21.8.

Hockey: The Australian Men’s Hockey Team are primed to face arguably their toughest pool game yet, defeating Ireland 2-1, one day before they take on defending Olympic champion Belgium.

Despite holding a clean sheet over Ireland, the Kookaburras knew today’s outing under the harsh European sun would be no easy feat, given the world number 11 side were coming into the Olympics in hot form, with recent victories over Belgium.

Also on day three, the Australian Women’s Hockey Team delivered a statement in Paris, firing a warning shot to their nearest rivals and cementing their spot at the top of Pool B dominating Great Britain 4-0.

Rowing: Australia’s Men’s and Women’s Eights are both headed for the repechage in their bid to make the Paris Olympic final.

The Men’s Eight finished second in their heat behind Great Britain and now move to the repechage at 6.20pm AEST on 1 August where the top four boats will qualify for the A Final on 3 August.

The crew of Ben Canham, Joshua Hicks, Spencer Turrin, Angus Widdicombe, Jack Hargreaves, Alex Purnell, Angus Dawson, Jack O’Brien and Kendall Brodie finished with a time of 5mins 37.04secs.

The Women’s Eight was also second in their heat which was won by Great Britain.

Katrina Werry, Lucy Stephan, Bronwyn Cox, Georgie Rowe, Jacqui Swick, Giorgia Patten, Sarah Hawe, Paige Barr, Hayley Verbunt finished in 6mins 18.61secs with Romania setting the fastest time of 6mins 12.31secs.

They will race their repechage at 6.10pm AEST on 1 August ahead of the A Final on 3 August.

Rugby Sevens: Australia’s Women’s Rugby Sevens team has moved a step closer to a second Olympic gold medal after progressing to the semi-final against Canada in Paris.

After completing a clean sweep of their group games, the Aussies faced Ireland for the second time in the day and dominated their quarter-final 40-7 thanks to a Maddison Levi masterclass.

Maddison scored three first-half tries at Stade de France, making it 11 for the tournament, and breaking the record for most tries at one Olympic Games.

Their semi-final against Canada - who beat host nation France - will be played at midnight AEST on 31 July.

Sailing: After a short delay, Australia's sailors tackled more light winds on the Mediterranean Sea as they moved into Day Two of competition.

Three races were completed for the Skiff classes in challenging conditions, with Olivia Price and Evie Haseldine finishing the day fifth overall.

The Windsurfing class managed its first and only race in five to eight knots of wind, with Sydney’s Grae Morris finishing 13th.

The second race was abandoned as the wind evaporated, leaving competitors becalmed.

Skateboarding: Dual Olympic skateboarder Shane O’Neill bowed out of the men’s Street Skateboarding in the preliminary rounds after a tough day at the office saw him finish with a score 107.50, putting him outside of the top eight finalists.

Despite not qualifying through to the final, the 34-year-old who hails from Melbourne, was pleased to be representing his country once again with strong crowd support. 

Surfing: The Olympic men’s Surfing will be an all-Australian quarter final with Jack Robinson and Ethan Ewing to meet in the round of eight. Both surfers battled mother nature in their tough-fought heats in Teahupo’o, Tahiti.

With the waves building throughout the session, Jack rallied from a slow start to notch a heat high of 7.17 on his third wave, finishing with a total of 13.94 to beat John John Florence (USA).

A front built throughout Ethan’s heat creating difficult conditions, but the 25-year-old from Stradbroke Island managed to find the one wave in the heat that defied the conditions, scoring a total of 14.17 beat Connor O’Leary (JPN)

Tyler Wright’s heat against Anat Lelior of Israel in the women’s event was postponed due to poor weather.

Jack and Ethan meet in the quarter-final at 4am AEST on Wednesday July 31.

Swimming: Mollie O’Callaghan has broken through for her first individual Olympic gold medal, surging past teammate Ariarne Titmus as the Dolphins went one-two in a 200m Freestyle final that lived up to its primetime billing at the Paris La Défense Arena.

Kaylee McKeown qualified second-fastest for the 100m Backstroke final as she sets out to defend the Olympic title she won in emotional scenes in Tokyo three years ago. Iona Anderson, the 18-year-old from WA, was fourth fastest and ensured a twin Australian presence in the final.

Tasmania’s Max Giuliani declared he would be back bigger and better in Los Angeles in 2028 after finishing seventh in a nail biting 200m Freestyle final, won by Romania’s David Popovici (1:44.72).

Ella Ramsay opened the night for the Dolphins in the final of the 400m IM, finishing fifth (4:38.01) behind Summer McIntosh from Canada (4:27.71), who dominated the race to collect her first Olympic gold medal.

Shooting: The searing heat was no distraction for James Willett and Mitchell Iles who competed in the first day of the Men’s Trap event at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre.

Against the world’s best, James opened competition with a perfect round of 25 out of 25 broken targets. He continued with great form, only missing his 31st target to score a total of 74 out of 75 targets.

Sharing the top of the leaderboard with Sweden’s Rickard Levin-Andersson, the humble James was reluctant to celebrate with two qualifying rounds left on Tuesday.

Mitchell finished day one with a score of 72 out of 75, closing out the day with a perfect 25 out of 25.

Surfing: The Olympic men’s Surfing will be an all-Australian quarter final with Jack Robinson and Ethan Ewing to meet in the round of eight.

Both surfers battled mother nature in their tough-fought heats at the Games venue of Teahupo’o on the island of Tahiti in French Polynesia.

Jack made a slow start, with his first waves scoring under one point. He rallied as the swell built to notch a heat high of 7.17 on his third wave.

He finished with a total of 13.94 to beat John John Florence (USA) on 9.07.

A front built throughout Ethan’s heat creating difficult conditions, but the 25-year-old managed to find the one wave in the heat that defied the conditions.

He scored a total of 14.17 with a best wave of 8.67 to defeat Connor O’Leary of Japan who totalled 11.00.

The all-Aussie quarter final takes place at 4.48am AEST on 31 July.

Table Tennis: Australian Olympic table tennis player Melissa Tapper received a dose of reality against hot-shot South Korean Shin Yu-bin at Paris 2024. And it had nothing to do with the scoreboard.

It came in the fourth and final set of her round of 64 match when her coach, Ricardo Oliveria, called ‘time out’ to tell Melissa a few heartfelt words on behalf of her nation.

Tapper gritted her teeth and rocketed to a 4-0 advantage before Shin launched a counter- attack that shut the contest down.

Earlier, Australian Min Hyung Jee lost to world top 15 player Nina Mittelham of Germany, in straight games 0-4 (7-11, 9-11, 7-11, 8-11).

Nicholas Lum is only 19 and a member of Table Tennis Australia’s ‘Generation Next’, to gain valuable experience in Paris.

He was seeded to beat Brazilian Vitor Ishiy in their round of 64 clash but it wasn’t to be for the disappointed Australian who also went down in straight games 0-4 (7-11, 5-11, 7-11, 6-11).

Tennis: Australian No.2 seeds Ellen Perez and Matt Ebden notched their first win in the Mixed Doubles competition on Day 3 with a 6-3 6-4 win over Spanish pair Sara Sorribes Tormo and Marcel Granollers at Roland Garros.

“Any time you’re winning matches at the Olympics, it’s a good feeling,” Perez, the world No.10 doubles player said after the match. 

The pair will play the winner of Chinese duo Qinwen Zheng and Zhizhen Zhang or Croatia’s Donna Vekic and Mate Pavic in the quarterfinals.

Earlier in the day Alex de Minaur and Alexei Popyrin fell to American No.4 seeds Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram in the first round of men’s Doubles.