1. Track cycling

If you’re going to go after the king, you don’t want to miss him, to paraphrase a line from a popular TV show. Matthew Richardson sensed he had a chance after some strong performances in the men’s sprint qualification, but when he punched past Harrie Lavreysen in the final, he narrowly missed the Dutch cycling star defending his Olympic title. Silver was Richardson’s second medal of these Games, adding to the bronze in the team sprint he won earlier in the week. Read Kieran Pender’s report

2. Dive

An incredible, near-perfect dive – the best of any competitor in the women’s 3m springboard final – was enough for Maddison Keeney to win a silver medal at the Olympic Aquatics Centre. The dive, which involved two and a half forward somersaults with two twists, was quite difficult, but Keeney pulled it off on her final dive and was rewarded with a score of 78.20 points – and her second Olympic medal after winning bronze in Rio eight years ago. Read the full story

3. Canoe sprint

After breaking the Olympic 500m record in the semi-finals of the men’s K-2 canoe sprint, Australian pair Tom Green and Jean van der Westhuyzen went into Friday’s medal race as hot medal hopes. Unfortunately, they were unable to match their form of 24 hours earlier given the blistering pace set by eventual winners Germany. The Australians held the silver medal for much of the race but eventually crossed the finish line in third place with a bronze medal behind Hungary. Read Kieran Pender’s report

4. basketball

The Opals will be playing for a bronze medal at the Paris Games after failing to pull off a sweeping victory over the superior USA in the women’s basketball semifinals in Bercy. After largely keeping up with the WNBA-strong American team in the first quarter, their relentless opponents battled back before pulling away in the third quarter to take a comfortable win by a final score of 85-64. The Opals will face France or Belgium on Sunday in their final game of the Games. Read Jack Snape’s report

5. beach volleyball

With the Eiffel Tower in the background and a beautiful orange sky, Australian pair Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar’s Olympic medal hopes were dashed when they lost in straight sets to Tanja Hueberli and Nina Brunner. The Swiss duo grabbed the bronze medal with a 21-17, 21-15 win as Clancy and Artacho del Solar could not build on their silver medal from Tokyo. Read Jack Snape’s report

If there is a football title to be won, Spain are currently a pretty safe bet to win it, given their astonishing recent successes in both men’s and women’s international football. Their latest victory, a thrilling eight-goal extra-time thriller in the gold medal match, broke the hearts of the home fans at the Parc des Princes as Thierry Henry’s side fell at the final hurdle. Read Barney Ronay’s report

7. Other Bits

From the gold medal count to the “medals per capita” argument, ranking nations can be a competition in itself. Now there’s a new method – and its inventors say it’s the fairest of all. Read Jackson Ryan’s analysis

The chief executive of the Olympic Games Closing Ceremony has admitted he had to revise the script “for the umpteenth time” after the backlash against the opening ceremony on the Seine. Read Dan Boffey’s story

There was a roar of national pride in St Vincent and the Grenadines after Shafiqua Maloney reached the women’s 800m final – inspiring future generations on her climate-change-stricken island home. Read Natricia Duncan’s story