Ireland’s Kellie Harrington remained on track to repeat Katie Taylor’s Olympic gold medal win at the London 2012 Olympics by guaranteeing herself a bronze medal at the Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo and becoming only the second Irish woman to win an Olympic medal in boxing.
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South Africa’s director of rugby Rassie Erasmus will face an independent misconduct hearing after his video rant about the officiating in the first British and Irish Lions Test. Erasmus was scathing about how the officials handled the match won by the Lions in a 62-minute video message.
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Sebastian Vettel has been disqualified from the Hungarian GP for a fuel rules breach after the race, losing his second place for Aston Martin. The win promotes Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton into second place with Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz now finishing third. It also means Williams now have 10 points in the Constructors’ standings.
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Alpine’s Esteban Ocon held off the Aston Martin of Sebastian Vettel to win his first ever Grand Prix win at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton finished third and regained the lead in the drivers’ Championship as Max Verstappen finished tenth after being hit.
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Lamont Marcell Jacobs carved out a very special place for himself in the annals of athletics with victory in the men’s 100m final at the Olympics. An unlikely successor to Usain Bolt has been crowned. America’s Fred Kerley picked up the silver medal and Canadian Andre De Grasse took bronze.
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