It was on this day in 1984 that the Los Angeles Olympics kicked off. In 2028, they will return.

Even though the LA Games are still years away, our swimmers have started preparing for pool dominance with a powerful showing on the first night of the World Aquatics Championships.

In today’s two-minute read, we get you across all the night one action.

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The number of singles titles Alex de Minaur has won on the ATP tour, securing his latest overnight at the D.C. Open with a win over Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. It was de Minaur’s second finals appearance and first win this year.

“I actually played the whole tournament with a fractured tibia, but no-one knew.”
England football player Lucy Bronze speaking to the BBC following her side’s successful defence of the women’s Euro title. For more on the Lionesses’ penalty shoot-out win, scroll down!

Major League Baseball player Randy Johnson once accidentally killed a bird that happened to fly in front of home plate as he threw a pitch. Johnson’s team, the Arizona Diamondbacks, went on to beat the San Francisco Giants.  

🏎️ Oscar Piastri won the rain-delayed Belgian F1 Grand Prix, beating McLaren teammate Lando Norris to extend his F1 points lead to 16. Piastri negotiated wet and dry conditions to secure his sixth victory of 2025. It marks the first time an Australian has won six races in an F1 season, surpassing records set by Alan Jones and Jack Brabham. Piastri is also now one of only three F1 drivers to score points in 31 consecutive races, joining Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen. The next race on the calendar is the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday.

🏐 The Melbourne Vixens staged a dramatic 11-goal comeback to defeat the NSW Swifts 66-65 in the Super Netball preliminary final on Sunday. The fourth-seeded Vixens trailed 51-41 entering the final quarter, before storming home in the last stages. Coach Simone McKinnis, who announced in May she would step down after more than a decade and two championships, has led the Vixens to win six of eight games since her announcement. The victory sets up a grand final against the West Coast Fever at Rod Laver Arena, giving the Vixens a chance for redemption after losing last year's championship 59-57 to Adelaide.

🏉 St Kilda's Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera kicked a goal after the siren to complete the greatest comeback in VFL/AFL history, overturning a 46-point three-quarter time deficit to defeat Melbourne 96-90 at Marvel Stadium on Sunday. Wanganeen-Milera took a mark seconds before the siren after Melbourne gave away a free kick for a centre bounce infringement. The 22-year-old slotted the winning goal from 45 metres out, completing a performance that included 34 disposals and four goals. The victory broke the previous record set by Brisbane in 1995 when they overcame a 45-point deficit against Hawthorn, and ended St Kilda's six-game losing streak while denying Melbourne a seventh straight win.

🏉 The British and Irish Lions beat the Wallabies 29-26 on Saturday night, thanks to a controversial last-second try in the second Test at the MCG. The visiting side has won the best-of-three series with one match remaining. Hugo Keenan crossed in the corner after the Lions overcame a 23-5 halftime deficit. Still, the winning score sparked fury from Australian players, who believed Jac Morgan committed a penalty in the buildup when clearing out Carlo Tizzano at the ruck. Former Wallabies captains Michael Hooper and Tim Horan criticised officials for not awarding a penalty, with Morgan Turinui saying referees were "too weak" to make the call.

🚴‍♂️ Tadej Pogačar has won his fourth Tour de France title with a commanding lead of more than four minutes. It means the Slovenian is tied with the UK’s Chris Froome with four total Tour wins, only one win away from the all-time record. The final stage of the race was won by Belgian cyclist Wout van Aert, who led the pack into Paris. Pogačar also took out the polka-dot jersey awarded to the strongest rider across the mountain stages. Australia’s Ben O’Connor finished in overall 11th position, having won stage 18. 

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England defeated world champions Spain in a penalty shootout to secure the 2025 Women’s Euro in Basel, Switzerland.

The Lionesses prevailed 3-1 on penalties to avenge their 2023 World Cup final loss to Spain.

Both teams had a strong start with multiple goal attempts, before a clean cross from Ona Batlle saw Mariona Caldentey head the ball into the back of the net for Spain. The world champions held England off to finish the first half 1-nil.

The Lionesses responded with an equaliser early in the second half. Chloe Kelly placed her cross on the head of club-mate Alessia Russo, who cleared the ball past Spain’s keeper.

Neither team were able to take the lead before 90 minutes, with the tie still unbroken after 30 minutes of extra time.

Spain and England headed to a penalty shootout to decide the European champions, the first women’s Euro finals to do so since 1984.

Spain and England were tied before a save from Hannah Hampton and a shot on goal from substitute Niamh Charles put the Lionesses in front.

Hampton was also able to block Ballon d’Or winner Aitana Bonmatí to hold on to the lead for England.

Spanish keeper Cata Coll stopped captain Leah Williamson’s shot, but England’s hopes were solidified when Salma Paralluelo hit the goalpost.

Chloe Kelly stepped forward and calmly cleared her shot to win it for England.

Kelly called it “an incredible game of football,” with “two incredible teams going head to head, leaving nothing on the pitch.”

Head coach Sarina Wiegman led England to their first Euro in 2022, and was once again at the helm to bring the trophy home. She called it “the most chaotic Euro I've been involved in.”

“The togetherness, the fight, the belief in this team is so incredible, I'm so proud of them,” Wiegman said.

Reporting by Rosa Bowden.

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Australia’s swimming team has claimed two gold medals and a silver on the opening night of competition at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. 

Here’s what you need to know about the event.

The World Aquatics Championships (formerly called the FINA World Championships) is considered the most significant global swimming competition outside of the Olympics.

Held every two years, it includes six sports: swimming, water polo, diving, artistic swimming, open water swimming, and high diving. It is contested by athletes from 209 member countries.

This year’s championships were originally set to be held in Russia, but were relocated to Singapore in early 2023.

The women’s 4x100m relay team of Mollie O'Callaghan, Meg Harris, Milla Jansen, and Olivia Wunsch continued the team’s remarkable run in the event across international competitions with a time of 3:30.60.

Australia has now won gold in the event at the past four Olympics, and four of the past five World Championships finals.

In the men’s race, Australian sprint veteran Kyle Chalmers delivered a final leg time of 46.53, overcoming both the U.S. and Italy, who led going into the final 100m, to lock in gold. The team of Flynn Southam, Kai Taylor, Max Giuliani and Chalmers set a new World Championship record of 3:08.97, only 0.73 seconds behind Team USA’s world record set at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

In the individual events, Sam Short fell 0.02 seconds short of gold in the men’s 400m freestyle, losing to German world record holder Lukas Martens. The 21-year-old finished fourth in the event at the 2024 Olympics, having battled illness throughout the Games.

Meanwhile, Canadian swimming sensation Summer McIntosh won the women’s 400m freestyle event, the first of five individual gold medals the 18-year-old is hoping to secure at the Championships. McIntosh and Australian swimmer Ariarne Titmus share an intense rivalry, but Titmus is not competing at the Championships while she takes a year-long break from competitive swimming.

The Championship continues until 3 August.