Race is off

 Despite the Mayor of Paris taking a dip in the Seine to prove it was safe. But today's Men Triathlon was postponed due pollution levels in the river. What happens near remains to be seen.

Robert is Doom

 At this year's San Diego Comic Con Marvel Studios have announced the return of Robert Downey Jr. But not as the heroic Tony Stark aka Iron Man, instead he will be playing the villain in Avengers: Doomsday.

Today is the day

 The start of this year's Summer Olympics.

Five days to go

 Till the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics

The cliches

 Tonight sees the final of the European Football championship. England play Spain. Her are the kind of headlines to expect.

If England win elect Francis Drake references.

Demands for the referee to be burnt at the stake for any contersial decisions

If England narrowly lose, the phase brave boys will be used.

After the bell

 Today is General Election day in the UK. Voting stops at 10 pm. TV  channels will then broadcast an exit poll that will make a forecast of the forthcoming result. However there are Times when the pool base been wrong. In 1992 it predicted that there would be an hung parliament but instead there was as Conservative majority. We just have to see what tonight brings.

Permisson not given Jim

 Noted filmmaker James Cameron has been refused permission to build a new studio complex in England. The Aliens director plans were refused on environment grounds.