russia says its armed forces will deliver a "tough response" to ukraine's incursion into its western kursk region. the comment came as the ukrainian army forged ahead on day six of its surprise ground offensive. and the united states women's basketball team beat hosts, france, to win the last gold medal at the paris olympics — putting them top of the medals table. now on bbc news, let's stick with that subject and go to sportsday. hello and welcome along to sportsday on the final day of paris 202a. i'm ben croucher. coming up: a great day for emily in paris, as campbell secures team gb�*s 65th and final medal of the games.

it's been a tough old road to get here, you know, like people always say, it is hard getting to the top but it is even harder staying at the top. emma finucane makes it a medal treble. no british woman has done that for 60 years. and paris prepares to bid au revoir to the olympics. we'll be at the stade de france ahead of the closing ceremony. and away from the olympics: celtic at the double, as they cruise to victory at hibs in the scottish premiership. and it's pain for wayne, as rooney's start to life as plymouth boss ends in defeat. so, that's a wrap.

the 33rd olympic games — all but over. it kicked off with morocco and spain winning in men's football more than a fortnight ago. it finished with the most dramatic women's basketball gold medal match. sandwiched in between — we had photo finishes, world records, snoop dogg on horseback — a phrase no sports presenter thought they'd utter. we said farewell to andy murray, hello to a host of new global icons and the sport of breaking. we debated water quality on the seine, gender controversies in the boxing ring and saw chateaus and palais transformed into pistes and platforms. and with just the closing ceremony to come, the sport has come to a conclusion with 13 gold medals handed out today — two bronzes for great britain. our sports correspondent katie gornall reports on the final day's action at paris 202a. emma finucane was tipped to star at these games. here in paris, she has been a sensation. the 21—year—old already had two medals to her name and victory here in the individual sprint added another bronze to the collection.

a hat—trick of olympic medals! something no british woman has achieved at an olympics in 60 years. it is a dream come true and i know i had the expectation coming in and ijust took each day as it came i didn't think about the outcome and it two bronze medals and a gold literally feels like three golds to me. jack carlin had also been hoping to his medals in paris but it ended for him with a brutal crash in the final. thankfully, he was ok. and few have put in hard yards quite like sifan hassan for the netherlands. she ended with a brilliant finish just after taking bronze a few days ago in the 500 metres. but some of the largest cheers were reserved for the runners

who finished last, a runnerfrom bhutan coming in after five hours. britain's hopes rested on the shoulder of emily campbell for a gold medalfinish. emily campbell made history in tokyo and won silver in tokyo and she will want an upgrade here but this field is incredibly tough. but campbell was ready to give it her all and a personal best in the snatch list out third at the halfway stage and with the olympic rings weaved through her hair and through her hair, she certainly looked the part but china's competitor was in a class of her own. and after another personal best in the clean and jerk, campbell battled with her silver medal attempt.

the bronze, still something to celebrate. her opponents were unstoppable but this bronze for campbell means britain has now beaten their medal tally for the tokyo olympics by one and it was some way to close the show. katie gornall, bbc news, paris. let's get some more reaction from the weightlifting, then. emily campbell is a four—time european champion and commonwealth gold medallist too, and told katie just what today's bronze means to her. yeah, it really is special, and obviously tokyo was incredible, but the field was so hard today, you know? is was at such a higher level than it was in tokyo and i knew i would have to pull everything out to get a medal this time and the girls didn't make it easy for me but i pulled out and got it medal today and i am just so happy to get a medal and it has been a top medal today and i am just so happy to get a medal and it has been a tough old road and people say it is hard getting to the top but even harder to stay there and we pulled it out of the bag after some hard months and i thank all of my family and the national lottery and everyone that has put something into making that happen today and it wasn't easy but it was worth every minute. we spoke to some of your friends

and family outside and your friend and your former pe teacher and they were all buzzing for you but how special is it to have your friends and family this time and be supported here because it is night and day from tokyo, is it not? people ask me about tokyo and i say tokyo is great, but then i have just done that, and it is like, "oh, my gosh," it is not even close, and i had to take advantage of the fact i was the only european in this class because it was basically a british crowd with a few chinese and koreans in there and so i thank everyone for coming out and i hope they enjoyed the experience because when i could hear bits and bobs through my headphones it sounded like everyone was having a party so yes, it was amazing, absolutely amazing. as we saw, emma finucane claimed bronze in the women's individual sprint. emma's family were there in paris cheering her on, and our sports correspondent natalie pirks caught up with them immediately after she won that historic third medal.

i am speechless, just so proud. as a family, we're just so proud at what she has achieved. it isjust unbelievable, so... yeah, i'm lost for words. coming away with a gold... just the fact she is here is amazing but to— just the fact she is here is amazing but to come — just the fact she is here is amazing but to come away— just the fact she is here is amazing but to come away with _ just the fact she is here is amazing but to come away with three - just the fact she is here is amazing. but to come away with three medals, i don't _ but to come away with three medals, i don't know— but to come away with three medals, i don't know how— but to come away with three medals, i don't know how she _ but to come away with three medals, i don't know how she does— but to come away with three medals, i don't know how she does it. - we've lost all our- voices from screaming but it has been amazing and i am so, so proud of her. _ i can't even imagine as a parent watching my child to do something like that, so what is that like to watch? the nerves and the anticipation, but just for emma to be - here and to have qualified and at 21, to have come . away with three medals, we are just so happy- for her and just so glad we are all here to- share it with her. what do you think she can take from this and what will it mean for her?

it will mean the whole world and it was her dream as a little girl to be here and in four years' time she— will be four years more mature and i'm so excited for her. her future is so bright and we are justjumping for her. watch out, la 2028. plenty more golds today too, as italy beat defending champions usa in the women's volleyball. despite being world number ones, they'd never made it past the last eight in an olympics before. hungary's michelle gulyas won the women's modern penthalon with a world record score. britain's defending champion kate french had withdrawn earlier due to sickness, but kerenza bryson finished ninth. denmark won men's handball after beating germany 39—26, to become just the third reigning world champion to win olympic gold. they're led by mathias gidsel, who scored 11 goals, missing just two of his shots. there was drama right to the death of the women's baskeball. stay tuned to this one. with three seconds to go, usa took a three—point lead. france thought they'd taken the final to overtime only for their last basket to be just inside the arc — giving the us an eighth straight olympic gold.

the usa have plenty of pedigree in basketball. the same can't be said for great britain and artistic swimming — the sport you may know from it's former name of synchronised swimming. they'd never won a medal — until yesterday — when kate shortman and izzy thorpe took silver in the duet. we are the only set of non—twins but to be fair, we always get asked, "are you sisters, are you twins?" we always get asked that, so i guess it's quite handy and i always take it as a big compliment anyway. it is good and we obviously have had such a long journey together and we have known each other forever and definitely seen each other at our lowest points but also at our best points and we have shared some of those incredible moments together so i am very grateful. it was a bit of a shock because after the tech duet we were lying in fourth position

so we knew we had to do something big to bring us up to the middle position and to see our score and how well we swam the routine even though we didn't think it went the best, there was a bit of shock on our face. we were saying that the olympics are just such an addictive experience and you literally get so many emotions going through your whole body, it'sjust an incredible experience, and so it is very addictive and we will see if we are back. yes, we'll see what happens. well done to them. so, let's bring you that final medal table, then, and show you just how important that women's basketball gold was for usa. great britain down there on seventh. a0 golds a piece for them and china. japan finished third, just as they did in tokyo. australia enjoyed their best haul while host france's i6 golds is their best result since the 1900 games — also in paris. seventh is team gb's lowest finish since 2004 — 14 golds, 22 silvers,

29 bronzes. 65 in total. going by golds alone, it makes it their fourth most successful overseas games. how does that compare to previous years, then? their total of 65 is one better than tokyo. but with eight fewer golds. their target in paris was between 50 and 70. 13 fewer golds than they managed in rio — although their total medal haul isn't far off. compared to their home games in london, fewer than half the gold medals. but exactly the same number in total. and in beijing, they took 51 in total with 19 golds. so with 327 athletes sent to paris and more than £245 million in uk sport and lottery funding, how will team gb reflect on their games? we'll hear from the chieff exec later in the programme. we'll hear from the chief exec later in the programme. we'll be joined by our sports editor, dan roan, ahead of the closing ceremony, too.

but there's plenty going on outside paris, not least in scotland, where celtic cruised to a 2—0 win over hibernian made it two wins from two games to kick off the defence of their scottish premiership title. our correspondent andy swiss watched this one. after scoring four in last weekend's opener, celtic were out to make another statement and against hibs, they certainly got on with it. an early shot and an early save and after two minutes, an early goal. nicholas kuhn with a tap in and celtic with a perfect start. hibs were hardly helping themselves, some calamitous defending sending y°93 some calamitous defending sending yoga through. hibs were hardly helping themselves, some calamitous defending sending kiogo through. the reprieve didn't last long, as callum mcgregor showed exactly how it is done. the skipper with a stunner, celtic to apply the brake, and game surely over.

come the second half, mcgregor nearly did it again and celtic were so close to a third, although as the match wore on, hibs finally began to threaten and kieron bowie�*s brilliance was denied only by the crossbar. but it is played two, lost two for hibs, and for celtic, played two, won two, and the champions are off to a flying start. andy swiss, bbc news. aberdeen�*s 3—1 win at home to st mirren means theyjoin celtic as the only sides with an 100% record after 2 games. stjohnstone are up and running with adama sidibeh on target twice at pointless kilmarnock. aberdeen had a thoroughly miserable start to their season against rangers in the scottish women's premier league this afternoon. they'd conceded six goals by half—time — including this own goal by chloe gover — and went on to lose the game 11—0 at balmoral stadium. wayne rooney says if any of his plymouth players perform like they did today, they'll not play for the club again. he began life as argyle boss with a humbling 4—0 defeat at sheffield wednesday in the championship. nick parrott reports.

a trip to sheffield wednesday was an interesting test for new plymouth argyle manager wayne rooney and he had a point to prove after his last match with birmingham city ended afterjust 15 games. a drop might have been an acceptable result but the hosts dominated possession and it was another debutant and strike at that made the first mark of the match. jamal lowe, whojoined for a fee over the summer, proved an instant hit. they kept plymouth under pressure in the second half until galloway cracked and wayne rooney had seen enough and made some changes but that could not halt the slide or turn it around as josh windass added to his misery. if you didn't think to get get worse, it did, and with seconds remaining, substitute michael smith completed the round.

rooney may have arrived with optimism but he and his team have much to do. cricket now and in the hundred, manchester originals' batter beth mooney was left stranded on 99 not out as she ran out of balls to get her century against northern superchargers. mooney blasted 1a boundaries and three sixes in her 5a—ball knock to help the originals to 151—3 in the first innings. the superchargers didn't quite have enough in response though, making only 134 from their 100 balls to give manchester a 17—run win. it was ultimately in vain, however, as other results mean they've now been eliminated from the competition. originals men are currently defending 152 against the superchargers at old trafford. elsewhere, london spirit men were bowled out by home side and local rivals oval invincibles for only 96. the invincibles' jordan cox scored 61 not out to help them to a nine wicket win which keeps them at the top of the table — just one point from their next game

would put them straight into the final. earlier, the invincibles women's team also beat london spirit to go second. let's return to the olympic games, then, where paris 2024 is fini. the closing ceremony is just about to get under way over on bbc one. in contrast to the opening ceremony that took place along the river seine in pouring rain, it's blissfully dry at the stade de france, where we'll see a more di rigeur denouement. our sports editor dan roan joined me earlier and told me what we can expect. hi, ben. as you say, this reverts to the traditional closing ceremony, unlike that opening one 2.5 weeks ago on the river but we are told other than that, it will be as you would expect, there will be a parade of the athletes and british gold medal winning olympians alex yee and bryony page of triathlon and trampolining respectively, they will be given the honour of being the flag bearers for the british team when they emerge here into the stade de france behind me and they will obviously be a handover element

to the ceremony, looking ahead to la 2028, the next olympic games in four years' time, and we are told there may be appearances by tom cruise and performers such as snoop dogg and billie eilish, so lots to look forward to and it will be a lot shorter than the opening ceremony at around two hours and half the time as well, but it will hopefully be a fitting end to what has been a spectacular olympics. team gb finishing on 65 medals in total. in line with their target but down on gold so how do you think they will reflect on paris 202a? i think they will be delighted and it really reinforces team gb's status as an olympic superpower and it is their fourth successive games that they have recorded more than 60 medals, and only china and the us, two huge countries, have managed to achieve that as well, which gives you a sense of the degree to which they

continue to punch above their weight and those 65 medals takes them above the tally in tokyo and remarkably it equals the one they recorded in london 12 years ago, and it means they are the third highest in terms of the pure medal tally. a little earlier on, i spoke to andy anson, the chief executive of the british olympic association and he reflected on that success but also the fact they have slumped in terms of gold medals, seventh place in the medals table, the lowest placing since 2004 but nonetheless he told me he was pleased. it has been an incredible experience and there has been some fantastic performances and winning a medal on every day of the _ games has never happened before so itjust feels like it has been success after success. i think there were some incredible moments we should

celebrate and some of the medals that weren't gold, like the medals last night, were so brilliantly achieved that we have to celebrate. firstly, let's celebrate 65 medals because that is incredible and we can't take it for granted and i agree it would have been nicer to take more gold medals and i think one thing we have to do when we get back and we are all calmed down, we have to assess sport by sport and across the system, is that something that needs to be addressed in a _ different way going forward? and dan, you have been in paris for the last three weeks. how will you reflect on these games? how do you think these games will be remembered? i think the organisers, ben, will be relieved and pleased with how it has gone, especially when you consider that at the start there was, of course, that arson attack on the french railway system and i think that gave cause for concern that there could be other issues throughout these olympics that didn't materialise. so i think they will be delighted

on that score, and there were record sales and full crowds and iconic settings and they made great play of the fact they were going to use existing venues in famous locations and that all seems to have gone to plan and i think you could almost sense they started to win over the french public as well and they were sceptical initially but in the last few days, certainly, the atmosphere around paris certainly gives paris certainly gives you that impression. on the other hand, if you think back to the beginning and that opening ceremony, it was weather affected and it wasn't quite how they imagined it and it was a big gamble to stage it on the river and probably a gamble that did not pay off and there was a huge amount of destruction caused by that opening ceremony and a lot of security operation and it also affected the river in terms of sport on the river and it actually jeopardised the triathlon and its purest form and i think they got away with it but i think in the end they will look back on the judgment and wisdom of that decision as well. of course the gender eligibility row in boxing overshadowed that competition and i think it has left serious questions for the ioc and

sport generally to consider going into the future given the hateful, frenzied debate that that sparked over the last week and the fighters that found themselves at the centre of that, but i think when you reflect back on tokyo, ben, and how that was so affected by covid and effectively no spectators there, i recall it very well indeed from three years ago, the fact this felt like getting back to an olympics in all its glory, i think that is how many will remember paris 2024, and i think that is therefore a huge boost to the olympic movement. well, after 19 days of competition, across 32 sports at 35 venues, on two continents, that's seen 32 world records and 125 olympic records broken, 91 olympic committees win medals along with the refugee team too. over 2,500 athletes helped create an olympics that will live long in the memory. so, to the olympics, a bientot. to paris 2024, merci beaucoup.

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# when you are away, i will remember how you kissed me # keely hodgkinson gets the gold! gold for great _ keely hodgkinson gets the gold! gold for great britain! # _ for great britain! # waits for me to come home # hello there. it's been a very warm day today for all of us, but tomorrow some parts of the country could get even hotter. and i'll show you where in a moment. it won't be for northern areas, because here tonight and tomorrow morning we've got the threat of heavy rain, thunder, lightning and even some large hail that could bring some disruption. further south, where it's going to be dry, well, this is where we've got the core of the heat and high humidity. and tomorrow afternoon in cambridgeshire, perhaps, temperatures could reach 35 degrees. that'll easily be the hottest day of the year so far. through this evening and the first part of the night, many places still dry with clear skies. fewer thundery showers are beginning to break out, running northwards,

but the really wet weather, gusty winds, thunder and lightning sweeps into northern ireland later in the night and towards western scotland by tomorrow morning. eastern scotland — a little bit cooler. the rest of the uk — it's an uncomfortably warm and muggy night for sleeping. but we soon see the back of the rain from northern ireland. sunny skies follow. this heavy rain and thunderstorms pushes across scotland, perhaps northern england. to clear away during the afternoon, with some sunshine following on behind. further south, the threat of storms is much, much lower. there'll be a lot of sunshine around, and this is where we've got the core of the heat and humidity. midlands, parts of eastern england, temperatures in many places getting over 30 degrees. further west and further north, things are going to be quite a bit cooler and it will feel fresher, particularly after all that wet weather sweeps through. now, this sudden surge in the heat has come up from spain and from france. but all that heat is getting pushed eastwards across europe this week, and even the whole of western europe will turn cooler over the coming few days as we get atlantic

winds arriving as well. and those atlantic winds are steering in this weather system from the atlantic. that area of low pressure actually contains a little bit of what's left of tropical storm debby, that brought all the rain in the eastern side of the us. we're going to see some lighter, more patchy rain coming into western areas on tuesday, the winds picking up a bit as well. but ahead of that rain, the midlands and eastern england still dry, still sunny, not as hot or as humid as monday, but it is going to be a very warm day on tuesday. but after that noisy start to the week, with all those thunderstorms and heavy rain, and the heat and humidity, things get back to normal. the temperatures gradually slip away over the rest of the week, but it's still unsettled.

live from paris, this is bbc news spectators and athletes flock to the stade de france for the closing ceremony of the 2024 paris olympics, just getting under way. billie eilish, snoop dogg and the red hot chilli peppers are expected to appear. america tops the medal table after the us women's basketball team snatches the final gold of the games, with a thrilling victory over hosts france. i'm luxmy gopal in london. the other headlines today: a funeral is held for nine—year—old

alice da silva aguiar, one of three young girls killed in a knife attack in southport. and moscow says it's fighting ukrainian troops on its territory —— as the russian region of kursk is the scene of ukraine's cross—border incursion. welcome to paris. it's the last day of the olympics and the closing ceremony has just started. unlike the opening ceremony just over 2 weeks ago, the closing one will take place in the stade de france so lets take a closer look now at what we can expect from the ceremony this evening. there will be the traditional parade of athletes with flagbearers like antoine dupont for france katie ledecky for the us alex yee for team gb.