ALL SQUARE AT HALF-TIME
Canarinhas are level with Sweden at half-time, in the women’s semi-final. Brazil’s women have been attacking, but Sweden are defending deep. Can Marta and Co. book their place in Friday’s gold medal match? The other semi-final kicks off later in Belo Horizonte, between 2012 bronze medalists Canada and three time Olympic bronze medalists Germany.
DUTCH DOMINATE THE WATER
What is it about the Dutch and the sea off the shores of Rio de Janeiro? Hours after completing a historic swimming marathon double, they've now added sailing gold to their collection.
Marit Bouwmeester triumphed in the women’s laser radial race, ahead of Ireland’s Annalise Murphy and Anne-Marie Rindom of Denmark
Super heavyweight boxing quarter-final number one is underway as Tony Yoka of France takes on Hussein Iashaish. Tune in to see these two big hitters.
BIG GAME: SWEDEN v BRAZIL
Team USA-slayers Sweden take on the home favourites at the Maracanã in the semi-final of the women's football tournament. It could be now or never for Marta, who is still looking for an elusive Olympic gold medal to add to her list of achievements.
It's Bolt time...
GOLD AGAIN FOR PERKOVIC
Croatia's Sandra Perkovic has won her second Olympic discus gold medal with a throw of 69.21, almost three meters further than her closest rival.
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STEVENSON AGAINST THE WORLD: SLEEK AMERICAN PROGRESSES TO THE SEMI-FINALS
Shakur Stevenson has made the semi-finals of the men’s bantam weight 56kg after defeating Mongolia’s Erdenebat Tsendbaatar 3-0.
In moves more akin to fencing, Stevenson continuously lunged in with his far superior reach to jab away at the Mongolian, whose flurries of punches often found nothing but air.
The 19-year-old American from Newark is already being hyped as boxing’s new sensation and the man to end USA boxing's gold medal drought. With sleek performances like that it is not hard to see why.
WHO'S READY FOR THE FOOTBALL SEMI-FINALS?
The metros in Rio on the way to Maracanã are becoming a sea of yellow and green as the crowds make their way to the football match between Sweden and Brazil at 1pm.
TEARS ON THE HANDBALL COURT AS BRAZIL CRASH OUT
Brazil have lost to the Netherlands 32-23 at the Future Arena, crashing out in the quarter-finals after a promising start to the competition when they beat reigning world and olympic champions Norway.
Will Claye has climbed into the stands to celebrate another silver medal with his family. The American won silver in London as well.
10km swimming has finished with a completely different top three to the one we saw during the race. Ferry Weertman of the Netherlands took gold, with Greek Spiros Gianniotis and Frenchman Marc-Antoine Olivier taking silver and bronze respectively.
10km marathon swimming: Six swimmers are neck and neck for the gold as they head towards the finish line.
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