CLARKE SHOWS CANOE ATTITUDE

Great Britain have won their second gold medal of Rio 2016 after Joe Clarke powered to victory in the men's canoe kayak. 

The unheralded 23-year-old finished 0.17 seconds ahead of Slovakia's Peter Kauzer, while the Czech Republic's Jiri Prskavec took bronze. 

FRANCE'S NBA CLASS SHINES THROUGH AS THEY DEFEAT SERBIA
A long three from Tony Parker of the San Antonio Spurs rounded off France's comeback in the final quarter of the match-up this afternoon. Despite leading during the first two quarters, France found themselves chasing the game until the its dying seconds when a turnover gifted them possession. 

"It's awesome. It's not everyday you hit almost a buzzer beater, a game-winning shot. It was great, against a great team," Parker told Rio 2016 after the game. 

On France's performances so far, he said: "We had a rough start and now I feel we're back to our identity and we're playing a lot better."

The result should not greatly affect the qualification of either team.

SHOOTER AL DEEHANI IS FIRST INDEPENDENT OLYMPIC CHAMPION

Fehaid Al Deehani has won gold in the men's double trap to become the first 'neutral' competitor to win an Olympic title.

The shooter has represented Kuwait in the past five Olympic Games, with his best result coming at London 2012 when he won bronze in the trap.

CONGOLESE REFUGEE SAYS HE'LL BE BACK
The man who sought political asylum in Brazil in 2013 has vowed to train harder and return to defeat his Korean opponent, Donghan Gkwak, who knocked him out in the second round of the men's 90kg earlier today. Popole Misenga's mother was killed when he was six years old. He fled fighting at the age of nine and discovered judo at a centre for displaced children in Kinshasa. 

His story, like most of those coming from the Olympic Refugee Team, has captured the hearts of Brazilians and earned him pre-fight receptions worthy of a local boy.

"I won a fight, and that was amazing. I lost the second, but I know I already made history," he told Rio 2016 after his loss. "I had little training, so I'm going to train more and I'll be back to get him," he joked.

What does the future of his training look like?

"I need more support, and funding to be able to take part in more competitions and get better." 

HONDURAS HAVE DONE IT
Argentina, football gold medallists at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, are out. They could only draw 1-1 with Honduras. The central Americans are no pushovers and also made it to the quarter-final stage at London 2012.

WHERE'S MESSI WHEN YOU NEED HIM?

There's a huge shock on the cards in the men's football tournament. Antony Lozano's penalty has given Honduras a 1-0 lead against Argentina and, if it stays like this, the two-time Olympic champions are going out. Just 10 minutes to play.

(Photo: Getty Images/Celso Junior)

MEDAL NO.26 IN SIGHT

Michael Phelps has won his heat in the men's 200m individual medley in a time of 1 minute, 58.41 seconds, which makes him the third fastest qualifier for the semi-finals behind fellow American Ryan Lochte and Germany's Phillip Heintz.

You'd have thought he might be a bit tired after last night's exertions, wouldn't you? Nope.

It's Phelps time...

RUGBY QUARTER-FINAL DRAW
New Zealand have scraped through to the quarter-finals of the men's rugby sevens, while South Africa find themselves drawn against the Australia that beat them earlier today. See the full fixture list below: 

17:00: Fiji v New Zealand
17:30: Japan v France
18:00: Great Britain v Argentina
18:30: South Africa v Australia
 

SWITZERLAND TAKES GOLD
Swiss cyclist Fabian Cancellara won the 54.5km men's individual time trial event at the Rio Olympics with a time of 1:12:15.42. 

British cyclist Chris Froome was a minute behind, finishing in 1:13:17.54 to win a bronze medal just weeks after he won the Tour de France for a third time.

Dutchman Tom Dumoulin took silver in 1:13:02.83.

GB DIVER GOING FOR GOLD 7 YEARS AFTER NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE
Chris Mear's was given a 5 per cent chance of survival when he ruptured his spleen during training for the Youth Olympics in Sydney. Soon ater the incident, he suffered a seven-hour seizure that left him in a coma for three days.

The 23-year-old told The Telegraph, “That was a very difficult time for me, but now it is something that makes me stronger. After being through that, an injury doesn’t seem quite as big deal as it would to other people because hey it could be a lot worse." 

Mears made a full recovery, defying the doctors who said he would likely end up with brain damage and physical disability. He will be going for gold in the 3m synchronised springboard at 4:00pm today. 

(Photo: Getty Images/Nigel Roddis)

ITALY DEFEATED BY CANADA
Italy's Ariana Errigo, ranked no.1 in the world, fell to Canada's Eleanor Harvey today in the women's foil individual table of 16. Despite being ahead earlier in the bout, Errigo lost 15-11.

"I lost clarity of thought, right from the first bout I felt shattered," Errigo said. "I've been training for one year just for this competition and if I am running out of breath and a reddened face right from the start of the first bout, so it means that I [made] some mistakes (in the build-up of Rio 2016)."

Looking forward to the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, Errigo, 28, feels like this was her last chance. 

"I'm not that young anymore," Errigo said. "(28) was the right age to do well...I knew this was the decisive year, because of my age and of my experience."

TENNIS DELAYED AGAIN
Due to the rain, today's tennis events have been delayed another hour and are expected to pick up at 2pm with women's doubles quarterfinals and the first round of mixed doubles. 

BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA SHARE SOME BROTHERLY LOVE
Rivalry between South America's two football powerhouses is nothing new. It has even made the odd appearance in the form of playful jeering in the stands of Rio 2016. But the secretaries of sport from both countries are trying to change that. In an initiative aimed at bringing Brazilian and Argentine fans together over the next 11 days of competition, Luiz Lima, national secretary of sport for Brazil, and Carlos McAlister, the secretary of sport for Argentina, were pictured posing with each other's national flag.

TUNE IN NOW: GREAT BRITAIN v NEW ZEALAND
Team GB are three converted tries up against the All Blacks at Deodoro stadium. With Japan's 37-7 win over Kenya earlier today, this could be the end for the pre-tournament favourites.

Team GB held on to record a 21-19 despite a second half totally dominated by the All Blacks.