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Tuesday, 3 October, 2000, 05:06 GMT 06:06 UK
Double gold medalist Venus Williams

Williams sisters become golden girls

Venus and Serena Williams add Olympic gold to their long list of achievements this year by winning the women's doubles in style.

Kafelnikov

Kafelnikov clinches gold

Russia's Yevgeny Kafelnikov clinches gold in the Olympics men's tennis final, defeating German Tommy Haas in a five-set thriller.

Daniel Nestor

Woodies stunned by Canadians

Defending champions Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde lose to Canadian pair Daniel Nestor and Sebastien Lareau in the men's doubles final.

Williams storms to Olympic gold

Venus Williams adds the Olympic crown to her Wimbledon and US Open titles with a straight sets win.

Di Pasquale wins bronze battle

France's Arnaud di Pasquale ousts Roger Federer in a tight three-set encounter to claim third place in the men's tennis competition.

Haas faces Kafelnikov in final

Unseeded German Tommy Haas has to beat a former world No.1, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, for the men's tennis gold medal.

China complete clean sweep

China's total domination of table tennis is further enhanced with a clean sweep of the gold medals for the second consecutive Olympics.

Kafelnikov favourite for tennis gold

Yevgeny Kafelnikov is the only seed left in the men's singles after beating Gustavo Kuerten in straight sets to reach the last four.

Williams sets up Dementieva clash

Venus Williams reaches the final of the Olympic women's tennis by beating Monica Seles and now faces Elena Dementieva.

Wang seals second gold

China's Wang Nan defeats her doubles partner Li Ju in the women's singles table tennis final.

Haas sends another seed crashing

Germany's Tommy Haas beats sixth seed Alex Corretja to move into the last eight of an event that only contains three seeded players.

Williams survives Sanchez scare

Venus Williams fights back against Arantxa Sanche-Vicario to joins Monica Seles, Jelena Dokic and Elena Dementieva in the last four.

Norman out but Kuerten progresses

Second seed Gustavo Kuerten moves into the quarter-finals of the men's singles, but Magnus Norman and Mark Philippoussis crash out.

China's badminton brilliance

On the badminton competition's final day, China wins the men's singles and completes a 1-2-3 sweep of the women's doubles.

Brits win bronze battle

Simon Archer and Jo Goode claim bronze in the mixed doubles to become the first Britons to win an Olympic badminton medal.

Rafter suffers Olympic KO

Australian Pat Rafter is knocked out of the Olympic tennis tournament in straight sets by little-known Canadian Daniel Nestor.

Indonesia's golden boys

Indonesians Tony Gunawan and Candra Wijaya strike gold in the Olympic badminton men's doubles amid signs of wild jubilation.

Williams wins as Davenport exits

Venus Williams racks up her 28th straight victory but rival Lindsay Davenport is out of the Olympics due to injury.

Philippoussis delights home crowd

Aussie favourite Mark Philippoussis eases his way into the third round of the Olympic tennis along with Brazilian Gustavo Kuerten.

Seeds tumble as tennis suffers

The BBC's Iain Carter sees the big names fall by the wayside and assesses the damage to tennis' hopes of true Olympic recognition.

Safin and Hewitt out

US Open champion Marat Safin and home favourite Lleyton Hewitt crash out in the first round of the Olympic tennis tournament.

Henman's Olympic dreams shattered

British No.1 Tim Henman crashes out of the Olympic tennis competition with a straight sets defeat by Karol Kucera.

Rusedski falls to Clement

Britain's Greg Rusedski and US Open champion Marat Safin crash out of the men's singles event losing to French opponents.

Badminton pair blow it

British badminton medal hopes Simon Archer and Jo Goode squander a lead to lose the mixed doubles semi-final

Goode news for British pair

Britain's Badminton medal hopes were boosted as Donna Kellogg and Jo Goode cruised into the quarter-finals of the women's doubles.

Cowan dream debut ends in defeat

Britain's Barry Cowan surrenders a one-set lead against Daniel Nestor as his Olympic tennis fairytale suffers a disappointing twist.

Rafter responds to Sydney crowd

Australian superstar Pat Rafter kicks off the Olympic tennis competition in emphatic fashion - but Todd Martin slumps to sorry defeat.

Seles leads the way

Monica Seles sets the standard for the formidable US women's tennis team - but Amelie Mauresmo becomes the first seed to fall.

Rusedski lashes out at LTA

Greg Rusedski launches a bitter attack on the governing body for tennis in Britain - but apologises for raising the matter during the Olympics.

Vaughan out in straight sets

Richard Vaughan follows Kelly Morgan in crashing out of the Olympic Games badminton singles in the third round.

Morgan's Olympic dreams dashed

Wales' badminton medal-hope Kelly Morgan crashes out in Sydney, but Richard Vaughan cruises through to the last 16.

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