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• Home hero Marchand celebrates 'unbelievable' week after clinching fourth Paris gold

  Leon Marchand capped off an "unbelievable" week in the pool as he claimed his fourth gold medal of the Paris Games.

  Home hope Marchand has dominated at La Defense Arena, and won the 200-metre medley to complete a remarkable set of golds.

  His win on Friday came on the back of success in the 400m medley, 200m butterfly and 200m breaststroke.

  The 22-year-old, who was cheered on by French president Emmanuel Macron, told BBC Sport: "It has been unbelievable for me this week.

  "I am enjoying every moment of it and this crowd was crazy. I was enjoying everything, it was so cool."

  Marchand, who was just 0.06 seconds shy of the world record, finished ahead of Duncan Scott of Great Britain.

  "He showed his class there, that is very quick," Scott told BBC Sport.

  "What he just went after what has been a busy schedule for the guy – it was special to race him.

  "It is a great way to finish it [his individual events] off."

  There were two medals for France, with Florent Manaudou clinching bronze.

• France 1-0 Argentina: Mateta header settles Olympics thriller

  France continued their 100% record at their home Olympics as they defeated Argentina 1-0 to advance to the semi-finals.

  Crystal Palace's Jean-Phillipe Mateta headed in from a cross from his former club-mate Michael Olise five minutes in, and that ultimately proved enough for Thierry Henry's men to progress.

  VAR disallowed France a second late on, but Argentina could not make their fortune count before tempers boiled over between the players at the final whistle.

  Argentina came out on top in the 2022 World Cup final between these great footballing nations, and there were an equal amount of thrills and spills this time around.

  Mateta's early goal set the tone for a dominant display from Les Bleus in the first half, with Enzo Millot going close before Geronimo Rulli denied France's goalscorer a second.

  While Giuliano Simeone should have done better before the break, it was a similar story in the second half as Mateta again met an Olise corner, but this time his header went just over.

  Olise seemed to have capped off a virtuous display with a goal of his own 10 minutes from time, but VAR disallowed the goal for a foul in the build-up.

  Loic Bade struck the woodwork just after, and Claudio Echeverri - just on as a substitute - may have made France pay had he kept his composure with the goal gaping, only to slice over as Les Bleus held on to set up a semi-final against Egypt, who beat Paraguay 5-4 on penalties.

  Data Debrief: France's Palace connection

  Two players who starred at Selhurst Park last season were the main men in Bordeaux on Friday.

  He was a constant threat, taking the most shots for France (three) and contributing 0.35 of their 0.97 expected goals (xG), while also having the joint-most touches inside the box (four, level with Olise).

  Olise shone in a central role behind his former team-mate, creating three chances, the joint-most of any player in the match. 

• Alcaraz relishing 'special' Olympics final against Djokovic

  Carlos Alcaraz is relishing what will be a "special moment" in his already remarkable career as he prepares for an Olympic gold medal match.

  Alcaraz defeated Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-1 6-1 on Friday to take his place in the final of the men's singles, which will take place at Roland-Garros on Sunday.

  And standing in the way of the Spaniard, who won the French Open earlier this year, and a gold medal is 24-time grand slam champion Novak Djokovic.

  Like Alcaraz, the 37-year-old Djokovic is into his maiden final at the Games, having previously claimed bronze in 2008.

  Alcaraz, who beat Djokovic in the final of Wimbledon in July, would be the youngest-ever champion of the men's singles should he triumph. He is the second-youngest male to have made it into a singles final at the Games, after Robert LeRoy in 1904.

  "It's going to be a really special moment for me, in my life, in my career, so I'm going to try and enjoy this moment, because it’s going to be really difficult," Alcaraz said.

  "It's going to be difficult, but it’s going to be special.

  "I will try to be focused on myself and try not to hear all this, all the fans, all the people that say 'I'm going to win'.

  "I just want to give 100% my best tennis and hopefully I reach my goal to get the gold."

  Auger-Aliassime, meanwhile, conceded he was simply second best.

  He said: "I just couldn't find a way to be comfortable in any pattern, any position.

  "Whether it was trying to dominate the forehand cross-court or change of direction, the forehand inside-out, the backhand side.

  "Every aspect. The movement. The defence. I was dominated.

  "He's improved a lot, every time we've played. I don't have the solutions right now."

  Auger-Aliassime swiftly shrugged off his disappointment by winning the bronze medal match alongside Gabriela Dabrowski in the mixed doubles.

  Their success against Dutch pair Wesley Koolhof and Demi Schuurs marked Canada's first medal in the mixed doubles.