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Sunday

THRILLER ON THE GOLF COURSE

We're onto the 18th hole at the Olympic Golf Course with Great Britain's Justin Rose and Sweden's Henrik Stenson tied on 15 under. We're in store for quite a finish.

PUERTO RICAN STARS CONGRATULATE FIRST-EVER MEDALLIST
Close observers of the gold medal winners' twitter mentions will notice how many of them have celebrity fans. It's not uncommon for NBA stars to congratulate Phelps on another gold, or for Richard Branson to big up his mate Bolt. 

But when two 90s icons of pop culture tweet their joy over your achievment, that has got to feel pretty special. One can only imagine how Mónica Puig felt after winning gold in the women's singles and checking her phone to find these...



UNSTOPPABLE USA

The all-conquering USA men's basketball team are on course for another victory at Rio 2016. They are 55-46 ahead against France at half-time at Carioca Arena 1, Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson top scoring with 13 points each.

GYMNASTICS: TWO BRAZILIANS JOIN TEAM GB GYMNAST ON THE PODIUM
Matt Whitelock has won his second medal of Rio 2016 in the men's floor exercise competition. He is joined on the podium by two Brazilians; Diego Hypolito and Arthur Mariano. As you can imagine, the home crowd went wild.

TUNE IN NOW: RAFAEL NADAL GOES FOR SECOND MEDAL IN RIO
The former world no.1 is on court hoping to add to the gold he won in the men's doubles on Friday. Nadal's opponent in this bronze medal match-up is the Japanese Kei Nishikori, who has only beaten him once in ten meetings.

BOXING: BRAZILIAN ROBSON CONCEIÇÃO THROUGH TO FINAL
Brazil has a chance at gold in the men's lightweight boxing competition after the young fighter from Salvador won all three rounds of his fight against Lazaro Alvarez. Conceição's mother, Dona Márcia Conceição, was alongside the fighter's wife Erica and their young daughter Sophia in the crowd. 

Before the fight, Erica had told 2016: "He's already promised Sophia a medal. I hope it's going to be gold."

Crying tears of joy after the fight, Erica added: "He's going to be champion. I knew he would win. He was so confident."

<p><strong>BOXING: BRAZILIAN ROBSON CONCEIÇÃO THROUGH TO FINAL</strong><br>
Brazil has a chance at gold in the men's lightweight boxing competition after the young fighter from Salvador won all three rounds of his fight against Lazaro Alvarez.&nbsp;Conceição's mother, Dona Márcia Conceição, was alongside the fighter's wife Erica and their young daughter Sophia in the crowd.&nbsp;<br>
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Before the fight, Erica had told 2016: "He's already promised Sophia a medal. I hope it's going to be gold."<br>
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Crying tears of joy after the fight, Erica added: "He's going to be champion. I knew he would win. He was so confident."</p>

Sailing postponed
All sailing competitions have been delayed due to windy conditions on the courses. Sunday features two medal races in the men and women's RS:X. 

 

ALL EYES ON HIM: SHAKUR STEVENSON WINS OLYMPIC GAMES DEBUT
USA boxer Shakur Stevenson won his Olympic Games debut, beating Brazil's Robenilson de Jesus in their men's 56kg preliminary boxing match. It was a uniamous win for Stevenson.

 

TRIPLETS DANCE IN SAMBÓDROMO
With the marathon over, Estonian triplets Leila, Liina and Lily Luik may have been out of the medals but still had the energy to try some dance moves in the Sambódromo, the spiritual home of Carnival where the marathon finished today.

JUSTIN ROSE MAINTAINING ONE-SHOT LEAD IN FINAL ROUND
Great Britain's Justin Rose entered today's final round with a one-shot lead over Henrik Stenson of Sweden, but Stenson quickly erased the gap with a birdie on the second hole.
 

Rose, however, responded immediately on the following hole, taking a free drop and sinking the birdie putt to move to 14-under for the tournament.
 

Belgium's Thomas Pieters currently sits in third at 8-under while five others are tied for fourth at 7-under.

KENYA WINS GOLD IN WOMEN'S MARATHON
Jelagat Jemima Sumgong has won the women's marathon in a time of 2:24:04. Her closest competitor was Jepkirui Eunice Kirwa of Bahrain, finished in silver medal position nine seconds behind, while Mare Dibaba of Ethiopa took third place.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY RIO 2016
It's father's day here in Brazil, so below are some snaps of Brazilians dads out enjoying Olympic action with their children.

<p><strong>HAPPY FATHER'S DAY RIO 2016</strong><br>
It's father's day here in Brazil, so below are some snaps of Brazilians dads out enjoying Olympic action with their children.</p>

CHINESE FANS OUT IN FORCE FOR BADMINTON STAR
Fans of double Olympic champion Li Dan were out in force this morning as the star of men's badminton swept to a third win. Sitting pretty at the top of his group, Dan is looking to make the men's singles title at Rio his third in as many Olympics. He will be on court again tomorrow in the round of 16 and it's probably safe to say he won't be short of support. 

 

<p><strong>CHINESE FANS OUT IN FORCE FOR BADMINTON STAR</strong><br>
Fans of double Olympic champion Li Dan were out in force this morning as the star of men's badminton swept to a third win. Sitting pretty at the top of his group, Dan is looking to make the men's singles title at Rio his third in as many Olympics. He will be on court again tomorrow in the round of 16 and it's probably safe to say he won't be short of support.&nbsp;<br>
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DANCING IN THE SUN
Marathon runners aren't the only ones out in this glorious Sunday sun. Carnival dancers in the Sambódromo are also working up a sweat.

TUNE IN NOW: BRAZIL 26 MONTENEGRO 22
After beating London 2012 handball gold medallists Norway, Brazil are now on course to defeat silver medallists Montenegro as well. A win will place the Brazilian women at the top of group A going into the quarter-final stage of the competition.

UPDATE: Brazil triumph 29-23, ending a winless tournament for Montenegro.