Rio 2016 live: Mo Farah wins 10,000m gold, Jess Ennis-Hill battles to silver and Greg Rutherford takes bronze
Team GB win a gold, silver and bronze in the athletics after dominating in cycling and rowing
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Usain Bolt, Jessica Ennis-Hill, Mo Farah and Andy Murray are among the athletes in action in day eight of the Rio Olympics, which promises to live up to the expectation of "Super Saturday". Here are the latest updates:
- Mo Farah retains his 10,000m title to win Olympic gold No 3
- Jessica Ennis-Hill takes silver in the women's heptathlon
- Greg Rutherford clinches bronze in exhilerating long jump final
- Women's team pursuit race to gold against the USA
- Becky James gets silver in the Women's Keirin
- Great Britain win gold in men's eight final
- Women's eight take silver to continue rowing medal success
- Andy Murray beats Kei Nishikori to reach men's tennis final
- Usain Bolt eases through 100m heats
- Michael Phelps ends Olympic career with 4x100m medley relay gold
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Bolt is to make his first appearance at Rio this afternoon in the men's 100m heats, while Jessica Ennis-Hill will continue the heptathlon with the long jump after finishing Friday's events in the lead.
British rowers will be hoping for a podium finish in both the women's and men's eight finals and medals are also up for grabs in the cycling women's team pursuit and keirin, featuring Team GB's Laura Trott and Joanna Rowsell.
Andy Murray continues his defence against Kei Nishikori in the tennis semi-finals, and will next face Rafael Nadal or Juan Martin Del Potro in the gold medal match if he emerges victorious.
Britain's Greg Rutherford will be going for another long jump gold after midnight, and in the early hours of Sunday morning Mo Farah will be running the 10,000m race.
Michael Phelps and Adam Peaty will be swimming in the men's 4x100m medley relay final at around 3am.
Team GB is hoping to add to its haul of gold medals, which put Britain third on the medal table behind only the US and China at the start of Saturday's action.
Women's flyweight: Adams raises her arms in victory as she's awarded the fight. A fantastic performance as she makes history to become the first woman to win two boxing titles back-to-back.
Nicola Adams on her gold medal victory: "The gold rush continues. I can't believe it I am now officially our most accomplished amateur boxer ever and it is such an amazing feeling.
"It is well up there ( with London). They are both on the same level. It takes a lot to win an Olympic medal and I would just like to thank everybody. It feels absolutely amazing. I've made history.
"I'm going to go on a nice holiday, take some time out and think about what comes next."
Men's Football: Nigeria have won their first Olympic medal at Rio 2016, after beating Honduras 3-2 in the bronze medal match. The Brazil v Germany gold medal final gets underway later tonight at 9.30pm.
Men's 80kg Taekwondo: The Briton ends the first round 3-1 to the good. He's in control and will be looking to build upon his lead.
Men's 80kg Taekwondo: Cho goes flying as the pair lash out at the same time with two kicks. The Briton gets his legs tangled in the Iranian's though and ends up loosing his footing before stepping out of the arena. He's penalised with a yellow card and will need to keep his cool to keep his lead.
Men's pentathlon: Joe Choong has sadly dropped down in the 3,200m combined run and shoot race. After starting the final event in second, he's dropped down to tenth after his efforts in the shooting range let him down.
Men's football: The Brazilians are starting to pick up after a slight lull following Meyer's goal. They're getting a real grasp on the game now as they commit more and more players forward. It eventually pays off as Neymar is brought down on the edge of the box and is awarded a free-kick. He steps up to deliver and dinks his effort to the far-post where it's headed back across the goal...and into the hands of Germany's Horn.
Men's football: A late corner for Brazil after Neymar's effort from the edge of the box is deflected. It's driven in by the superstar but easily cleared by the German defence. It's booted to the half-way line where the whistle blows for extra-time. Another 30 minutes to follow...
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