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Lets speak to jane dougall, whos in the bbc sports centre. great to see you. a lot is happening and good news in the sailing for team gb. it and good news in the sailing for team gb. ., , , , and good news in the sailing for teamgb. , ,, team gb. it has been griping because great britain — team gb. it has been griping because great britain went _ team gb. it has been griping because great britain went into _ team gb. it has been griping because great britain went into today - team gb. it has b...

This is bbc world news, im lewis vaughanjones. our top stories... an olympic sprinter from belarus who was ordered home is granted a humanitarian visa by poland and is due to fly to warsaw on wednesday. we need to establish the full facts, we need to hear everyone involved. that obviously can take time. and in the meantime, obviously ourfirst concern is for the athlete. team gb�*s sailing team make history, winning the countrys first ever gold the mens 49er class. norways karsten warholm smash...

Twenty-four hours a day, the latest national and international stories as they break.

The latest national and international news from the BBC. [SL]

Within the last hour, elaine thompson—herah has completed the womens sprint double. the jamaican has won the 200 metres, to go with her 100 metres title — she surged to victory in 21.53 seconds, just short of a long standing world record held by florence griffithjoyner. it means that thompson—herah completes the "double—double" after achieving golds in the same events at rio in 2016. namibias christine mboma and usas gabrielle thomas took silver and bronze respectively. there were three ...

Britain rules the waves at the olympics in tokyo — with double gold in the sailing. dylan fletcher and stuart bithell in the mens 49er class and giles scott in the finn. and teenager keely hodgkinson takes silver in the womens 800 metres — breaking the british record set by kelly holmes. and beaming biles — after struggles with her mental health — superstar american gymnast simone biles takes bronze on the beam. in afghanistan, government forces are fighting to stop the taliban from taki...

Including two golds — the first from dylan fletcher and stuart bithell getting first place in the mens 49er, then giles scott successfully defended his olympic finn title. and there was a silver for anna burnet and john gimson in the mixed nacra 17 class. jess softley was watching. team gb has never won gold in the mens 49er class until now. british pair dylan fletcher and stuart bithell were well placed for a medal but would need to get ahead of new zealand to keep their points up. it came do...