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HOT OR NOT: From boxing hero Ben Whittaker to Lionel Messi's departure

It's Hot or Not time as Sportsmail's DANIEL MATTHEWS tells us what's been making him feel warm and what's left him feeling cold this week...

HOT

Ben Whittaker

Oh good, more of the most tiresome debate in modern sport: how happy must our athletes look when they fall just short of glory? Whittaker had dazzled and charmed us en route to the light-heavyweight boxing final in Tokyo.

He lost and made it plain he was not content with silver. That is fine. Others would be delighted. That is fine, too.

Ben Whittaker was entitled to choose how he revealed his emotions after his Olympics heroics

Ben Whittaker was entitled to choose how he revealed his emotions after his Olympics heroics

Ian Foster

No doubt there were heads in hands in the All Blacks' PR team when their coach said the Lions' second Test against South Africa 'put him to sleep'.