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Your support makes all the difference.After a wave of medals for Team GB on Thursday, British hopes of further success on day six were realised early as Katherine Grainger and Victoria Thornley took the silver medal in the women's double sculls. This was followed later on by British success at the velodrome as Callum Skinner, Jason Kenny and Philip Hindes cycled to gold in the men's team sprint. Follow the latest here.
- Two golds and two bronzes on day five puts Team GB ahead of London 2012 haul
- Great Britain are blown away by Fiji in Rugby Sevens final to take silver
- Grainger and Thornley claim silver medal in women's double sculls
- Britain's men’s quadruple sculls miss out on medal after fifth-place finish
- David Florence and Richard Hounslow take slalom canoe C2 silver
- Simone Biles wins gold at women’s gymnastics all-around final
- Team GB take gold in the men's team sprint
- 21 gold medals available on day six
- Michael Phelps makes history again to claim his 22nd gold medal
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Thursday, August 11
07:30 Golf Men's Individual Stroke Play Round 1
08:00 Badminton Men's Singles Group Play Stage: Group A
08:00 Badminton Men's Singles Group Play Stage: Group C
08:00 Tennis Order of play available evening before
08:30 Rowing Men's Pair Final B
08:40 Rowing Women's Double Sculls Final B
08:45 Badminton Men's Singles Group Play Stage: Group D
08:45 Badminton Men's Singles Group Play Stage: Group F
08:45 Badminton Men's Singles Group Play Stage: Group B
08:50 Rowing Men's Double Sculls Final B
09:00 Rowing Lightweight Men's Four Final B
09:00 Water Polo Women's Preliminary Round: Group A: Russia v Brazil
09:00 Archery Women's Individual 1/8 Eliminations
09:00 Fencing Women's Epee Team Table of 16
09:00 Fencing Women's Epee Team Table of 16
09:00 Fencing Women's Epee Team Table of 16
09:00 Fencing Women's Epee Team Table of 16
09:00 Shooting 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women's Qualification
09:10 Rowing Men's Single Sculls SemiFinal A/B 1
09:13 Archery Women's Individual 1/8 Eliminations
09:20 Rowing Men's Single Sculls SemiFinal A/B 2
09:26 Archery Women's Individual 1/8 Eliminations
09:30 Handball Men's Preliminary Group A: Tunisia v Qatar
09:30 Rowing Women's Single Sculls SemiFinal A/B 1
09:30 Badminton Women's Singles Group Play Stage: Group A
09:30 Volleyball Men's Preliminary: Pool A: Iraq v Cuba
09:30 Badminton Women's Singles Group Play Stage: Group C
09:30 Fencing Women's Epee Team Table of 16
09:30 Fencing Women's Epee Team Table of 16
09:30 Fencing Women's Epee Team Table of 16
09:30 Fencing Women's Epee Team Table of 16
09:30 Badminton Women's Singles Group Play Stage: Group D
09:39 Archery Women's Individual 1/8 Eliminations
09:40 Rowing Women's Single Sculls SemiFinal A/B 2
09:52 Rowing Men's Pair Final A
09:52 Archery Women's Individual 1/8 Eliminations
10:00 Equestrian Dressage Individual Grand Prix Day 2
10:00 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 64
10:00 Equestrian Dressage Team Grand Prix Day 2
10:00 Hockey Men's Pool B: Netherlands v India
10:00 Judo Women -78 kg Elimination Round of 32
10:00 Table Tennis Men's Singles SemiFinal 1
10:04 Rowing Women's Double Sculls Final A
10:05 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 64
10:05 Archery Women's Individual 1/8 Eliminations
10:05 Judo Women -78 kg Elimination Round of 32
10:09 Judo Women -78 kg Elimination Round of 32
10:10 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 64
10:13 Judo Women -78 kg Elimination Round of 32
10:15 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 64
10:15 Badminton Men's Doubles Group Play Stage: Group B
10:15 Badminton Women's Singles Group Play Stage: Group B
10:15 Badminton Men's Doubles Group Play Stage: Group D
10:17 Judo Women -78 kg Elimination Round of 32
10:18 Archery Women's Individual 1/8 Eliminations
10:20 Water Polo Women's Preliminary Round: Group A: Italy v Australia
10:20 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 64
10:21 Judo Women -78 kg Elimination Round of 32
10:24 Rowing Men's Double Sculls Final A
10:25 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 64
10:25 Judo Women -78 kg Elimination Round of 32
10:29 Judo Women -78 kg Elimination Round of 32
10:30 Fencing Women's Epee Team QuarterFinal 1
10:30 Fencing Women's Epee Team QuarterFinal 2
10:30 Fencing Women's Epee Team QuarterFinal 3
10:30 Fencing Women's Epee Team QuarterFinal 4
10:30 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 64
10:31 Archery Women's Individual 1/8 Eliminations
10:33 Judo Women -78 kg Elimination Round of 32
10:35 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 64
10:37 Judo Women -78 kg Elimination Round of 32
10:40 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 64
10:41 Judo Women -78 kg Elimination Round of 32
10:44 Rowing Lightweight Men's Four Final A
10:45 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 64
10:45 Judo Women -78 kg Elimination Round of 32
10:49 Judo Women -78 kg Elimination Round of 32
10:50 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 64
10:55 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 64
10:56 Judo Women -78 kg Elimination Round of 32
11:00 Badminton Men's Doubles Group Play Stage: Group A
11:00 Badminton Women's Doubles Group Play Stage: Group C
11:00 Badminton Men's Doubles Group Play Stage: Group C
11:00 Beach Volleyball Men's Preliminary: Pool A
11:00 Boxing Men's Bantam (56kg) Preliminaries
11:00 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 64
11:00 Hockey Men's Pool B: Ireland v Canada
11:00 Judo Women -78 kg Elimination Round of 32
11:00 Table Tennis Men's Singles SemiFinal 2
11:04 Judo Women -78 kg Elimination Round of 32
11:05 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 64
11:08 Judo Women -78 kg Elimination Round of 16
11:10 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 64
11:12 Judo Women -78 kg Elimination Round of 16
11:15 Boxing Men's Bantam (56kg) Preliminaries
11:15 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 64
11:16 Judo Women -78 kg Elimination Round of 16
11:20 Judo Women -78 kg Elimination Round of 16
11:20 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 64
11:24 Judo Women -78 kg Elimination Round of 16
11:25 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 64
11:28 Judo Women -78 kg Elimination Round of 16
11:30 Boxing Men's Bantam (56kg) Preliminaries
11:30 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 64
11:30 Handball Men's Preliminary Group B: Poland v Egypt
11:32 Judo Women -78 kg Elimination Round of 16
11:35 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 64
11:35 Volleyball Men's Preliminary: Pool B: Russia v Egypt
11:36 Judo Women -78 kg Elimination Round of 16
11:40 Water Polo Women's Preliminary Round: Group B: China v USA
11:40 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 64
11:40 Judo Women -78 kg QuarterFinal
11:44 Judo Women -78 kg QuarterFinal
11:45 Boxing Men's Light Welter (64kg) Preliminaries
11:45 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 64
11:45 Badminton Women's Doubles Group Play Stage: Group B
11:45 Badminton Women's Doubles Group Play Stage: Group D
11:45 Badminton Women's Doubles Group Play Stage: Group A
11:48 Judo Women -78 kg QuarterFinal
11:50 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 64
11:52 Judo Women -78 kg QuarterFinal
11:55 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 64
12:00 Beach Volleyball Women's Preliminary: Pool D
12:00 Shooting 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women's Finals
12:00 Boxing Men's Light Welter (64kg) Preliminaries
12:00 Fencing Women's Epee Team Classification 5-8
12:00 Fencing Women's Epee Team Classification 5-8
12:00 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 64
12:05 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 64
12:10 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 64
12:15 Boxing Men's Light Welter (64kg) Preliminaries
12:15 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 64
12:15 Basketball Women's Preliminary Round Group A: Belarus v Turkey
12:20 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 64
12:25 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 64
12:30 Rugby Sevens Men's Placing 11-12
12:30 Badminton Mixed Doubles Group Play Stage: Group C
12:30 Canoe Slalom Canoe Double (C2) Men Semi-Final
12:30 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 64
12:30 Badminton Mixed Doubles Group Play Stage: Group D
12:30 Boxing Men's Welter (69kg) Preliminaries
12:30 Hockey Men's Pool B: Argentina v Germany
12:30 Badminton Mixed Doubles Group Play Stage: Group A
12:35 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 64
12:40 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 32
12:45 Boxing Men's Welter (69kg) Preliminaries
12:45 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 32
12:50 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 32
12:55 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 32
13:00 Rugby Sevens Men's Placing 9-10
13:00 Water Polo Women's Preliminary Round: Group B: Spain v Hungary
13:00 Beach Volleyball Women's Preliminary: Pool F
13:00 Boxing Men's Welter (69kg) Preliminaries
13:00 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 32
13:02 Swimming Men's 50m Freestyle: Heat 1
13:04 Swimming Men's 50m Freestyle: Heat 2
13:05 Sailing Mixed Multihull: Nacra 17: Race 04
13:05 Sailing Men's One Person Dinghy (Heavyweight): Finn: Race 05
13:05 Sailing Men's Windsurfer: RS:X: Race 07
13:05 Sailing Women's Two Person Dinghy: 470: Race 03
13:05 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 32
13:06 Swimming Men's 50m Freestyle: Heat 3
13:08 Swimming Men's 50m Freestyle: Heat 4
13:10 Swimming Men's 50m Freestyle: Heat 5
13:10 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 32
13:12 Swimming Men's 50m Freestyle: Heat 6
13:14 Swimming Men's 50m Freestyle: Heat 7
13:15 Badminton Mixed Doubles Group Play Stage: Group B
13:15 Fencing Women's Epee Team SemiFinal 1
13:15 Fencing Women's Epee Team SemiFinal 2
13:15 Sailing Women's Windsurfer: RS:X: Race 07
13:15 Canoe Slalom Kayak (K1) Women Semi-Final
13:15 Boxing Men's Welter (69kg) Preliminaries
13:15 Sailing Men's Two Person Dinghy: 470: Race 03
13:15 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 32
13:16 Swimming Men's 50m Freestyle: Heat 8
13:20 Swimming Women's 800m Freestyle: Heat 1
13:20 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 32
13:25 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 32
13:30 Hockey Men's Pool A: Spain v Belgium
13:30 Boxing Men's Light Heavy (81kg) Preliminaries
13:30 Rugby Sevens Men's Placing 5-8
13:30 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 32
13:32 Swimming Women's 800m Freestyle: Heat 2
13:35 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 32
13:40 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 32
13:44 Swimming Women's 800m Freestyle: Heat 3
13:45 Boxing Men's Light Heavy (81kg) Preliminaries
13:45 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 32
13:50 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 32
13:55 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 32
13:56 Swimming Women's 800m Freestyle: Heat 4
14:00 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 16
14:00 Rugby Sevens Men's Placing 5-8
14:05 Sailing Mixed Multihull: Nacra 17: Race 05
14:05 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 16
14:05 Sailing Men's Windsurfer: RS:X: Race 08
14:08 Swimming Women's 800m Freestyle: Heat 5
14:10 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 16
14:15 Basketball Men's Preliminary Round Group B: Brazil v Croatia
14:15 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 16
14:15 Sailing Women's Windsurfer: RS:X: Race 08
14:15 Canoe Slalom Canoe Double (C2) Men Final
14:20 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 16
14:22 Swimming Men's 100m Butterfly: Heat 1
14:25 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 16
14:25 Swimming Men's 100m Butterfly: Heat 2
14:28 Swimming Men's 100m Butterfly: Heat 3
14:30 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 16
14:30 Sailing Men's One Person Dinghy (Heavyweight): Finn: Race 06
14:30 Rugby Sevens Men's Semi-Final 1
14:30 Sailing Women's Two Person Dinghy: 470: Race 04
14:30 Fencing Women's Epee Team Placement 5-6
14:30 Fencing Women's Epee Team Placement 7-8
14:31 Swimming Men's 100m Butterfly: Heat 4
14:34 Swimming Men's 100m Butterfly: Heat 5
14:35 Judo Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 16
14:37 Swimming Men's 100m Butterfly: Heat 6
14:40 Handball Men's Preliminary Group A: Denmark v Croatia
14:40 Judo Men -100 kg QuarterFinal
14:40 Sailing Men's Two Person Dinghy: 470: Race 04
14:42 Swimming Women's 200m Backstroke: Heat 1
14:45 Judo Men -100 kg QuarterFinal
14:47 Swimming Women's 200m Backstroke: Heat 2
14:50 Judo Men -100 kg QuarterFinal
14:52 Swimming Women's 200m Backstroke: Heat 3
14:55 Judo Men -100 kg QuarterFinal
14:57 Swimming Women's 200m Backstroke: Heat 4
15:00 Canoe Slalom Kayak (K1) Women Final
15:00 Archery Women's Individual QuarterFinal
15:00 Volleyball Men's Preliminary: Pool A: Poland v Argentina
15:00 Rugby Sevens Men's Semi-Final 2
15:02 Swimming Women's 200m Backstroke: Heat 5
15:05 Sailing Mixed Multihull: Nacra 17: Race 06
15:05 Sailing Men's Windsurfer: RS:X: Race 09
15:13 Archery Women's Individual QuarterFinal
15:15 Sailing Women's Windsurfer: RS:X: Race 09
15:26 Archery Women's Individual QuarterFinal
15:30 Badminton Men's Singles Group Play Stage: Group I
15:30 Badminton Men's Singles Group Play Stage: Group H
15:30 Basketball Women's Preliminary Round Group A: France v Brazil
15:30 Judo Women -78 kg Repechage contest
15:30 Judo Men -100 kg Repechage contest
15:30 Badminton Men's Singles Group Play Stage: Group G
15:30 Beach Volleyball Men's Preliminary: Pool B
15:39 Archery Women's Individual QuarterFinal
15:40 Judo Women -78 kg Repechage contest
15:40 Judo Men -100 kg Repechage contest
15:50 Judo Women -78 kg SemiFinal of Table A
15:55 Archery Women's Individual SemiFinal
16:00 Gymnastics Artistic Women's Individual All-Around Final
16:00 Judo Women -78 kg SemiFinal of Table B
16:00 Cycling Track Men's Team Sprint Qualifying
16:11 Archery Women's Individual SemiFinal
16:15 Badminton Men's Doubles Group Play Stage: Group A
16:15 Badminton Women's Singles Group Play Stage: Group F
16:19 Cycling Track Women's Team Pursuit Qualifying
16:27 Archery Women's Individual Bronze Medal Match
16:30 Judo Men -100 kg SemiFinal of Table A
16:30 Beach Volleyball Women's Preliminary: Pool F
16:35 Judo Men -100 kg SemiFinal of Table B
16:40 Judo Women -78 kg Contest for Bronze Medal A
16:40 Judo Men -100 kg Contest for Bronze Medal A
16:40 Handball Men's Preliminary Group B: Brazil v Germany
16:43 Archery Women's Individual Gold Medal Match
16:50 Judo Women -78 kg Contest for Bronze Medal B
17:00 Hockey Women's Pool A: Germany v Spain
17:00 Boxing Men's Bantam (56kg) Preliminaries
17:00 Judo Women -78 kg Final: Gold Medal Contest
17:00 Badminton Mixed Doubles Group Play Stage: Group B
17:00 Badminton Women's Doubles Group Play Stage: Group B
17:00 Fencing Women's Epee Team Bronze Medal Match
17:00 Badminton Women's Doubles Group Play Stage: Group A
17:05 Volleyball Men's Preliminary: Pool B: Canada v France
17:10 Cycling Track Men's Team Sprint First Round: Heat 1
17:10 Judo Men -100 kg Contest for Bronze Medal B
17:13 Cycling Track Men's Team Sprint First Round: Heat 2
17:15 Boxing Men's Bantam (56kg) Preliminaries
17:16 Cycling Track Men's Team Sprint First Round: Heat 3
17:19 Cycling Track Men's Team Sprint First Round: Heat 4
17:20 Judo Men -100 kg Final: Gold Medal Contest
17:23 Cycling Track Men's Team Pursuit Qualifying
17:30 Beach Volleyball Women's Preliminary: Pool D
17:30 Rugby Sevens Men's Placing 7-8
17:30 Boxing Men's Bantam (56kg) Preliminaries
17:45 Boxing Men's Light Welter (64kg) Preliminaries
17:45 Basketball Women's Preliminary Round Group A: Japan v Australia
17:45 Badminton Mixed Doubles Group Play Stage: Group A
18:00 Rugby Sevens Men's Placing 5-6
18:00 Boxing Men's Light Welter (64kg) Preliminaries
18:00 Hockey Women's Pool B: Australia v Argentina
18:15 Boxing Men's Light Welter (64kg) Preliminaries
18:21 Cycling Track Men's Team Sprint Finals: Bronze
18:25 Cycling Track Men's Team Sprint Finals: Gold
18:30 Rugby Sevens Men's Bronze Medal Match
18:30 Boxing Men's Welter (69kg) Preliminaries
18:30 Fencing Women's Epee Team Gold Medal Match
18:45 Boxing Men's Welter (69kg) Preliminaries
19:00 Rugby Sevens Men's Gold Medal Match
19:00 Basketball Men's Preliminary Round Group B: Nigeria v Spain
19:00 Boxing Men's Welter (69kg) Preliminaries
19:15 Boxing Men's Welter (69kg) Preliminaries
19:30 Hockey Women's Pool B: USA v India
19:30 Badminton Men's Singles Group Play Stage: Group K
19:30 Boxing Men's Light Heavy (81kg) Preliminaries
19:30 Badminton Men's Singles Group Play Stage: Group J
19:30 Badminton Men's Singles Group Play Stage: Group L
19:45 Boxing Men's Light Heavy (81kg) Preliminaries
19:50 Handball Men's Preliminary Group B: Slovenia v Sweden
20:15 Badminton Women's Singles Group Play Stage: Group J
20:15 Badminton Women's Singles Group Play Stage: Group G
20:15 Badminton Women's Singles Group Play Stage: Group I
20:30 Table Tennis Men's Singles Bronze Medal Match
20:30 Volleyball Men's Preliminary: Pool A: Italy v Mexico
20:30 Hockey Women's Pool B: Japan v Great Britain
21:00 Badminton Men's Doubles Group Play Stage: Group C
21:00 Beach Volleyball Men's Preliminary: Pool A
21:00 Badminton Women's Singles Group Play Stage: Group H
21:00 Badminton Men's Doubles Group Play Stage: Group D
21:30 Table Tennis Men's Singles Gold Medal Match
21:45 Badminton Women's Doubles Group Play Stage: Group C
21:45 Badminton Men's Doubles Group Play Stage: Group B
21:45 Badminton Women's Doubles Group Play Stage: Group D
21:50 Handball Men's Preliminary Group A: France v Argentina
22:00 Beach Volleyball Men's Preliminary: Pool B
22:03 Swimming Men's 50m Freestyle SemiFinal 1
22:10 Swimming Men's 50m Freestyle SemiFinal 2
22:17 Swimming Women's 200m Breaststroke Final
22:26 Swimming Men's 200m Backstroke Final
22:30 Badminton Mixed Doubles Group Play Stage: Group C
22:30 Basketball Men's Preliminary Round Group B: Lithuania v Argentina
22:30 Badminton Mixed Doubles Group Play Stage: Group D
22:35 Swimming Women's 200m Backstroke SemiFinal 1
22:35 Volleyball Men's Preliminary: Pool B: Brazil v USA
22:44 Swimming Women's 200m Backstroke SemiFinal 2
23:00 Beach Volleyball Women's Lucky Loser
23:00 Beach Volleyball Women's Lucky Loser
23:01 Swimming Men's 200m Individual Medley Final
23:18 Swimming Women's 100m Freestyle Final
23:34 Swimming Men's 100m Butterfly SemiFinal 1
23:42 Swimming Men's 100m Butterfly SemiFinal 2
23:59 Beach Volleyball Men's Lucky Loser
23:00 Beach Volleyball Women's Lucky Loser
More on the sad news Pele will not be able to attend tonight because of ill health.
"I'm not in physical condition to take part in the opening ceremony," Pele said.
"Only God is more important than my health. In my life, I've had fractures, surgeries, pain, hospital stays, victories and defeats. And I've always respected those who admire me."
And now the inexorable march of athletes. Hang in there folks, you can do it. Given my inability to correctly identify German table tennis players, I'll leave you in the capable hands of our sport guys.
Aruba looked a happy bunch. Didn't know where it was. Looked it up and now it's obvious why they're a happy bunch.
Egypt. That's with an E. Fifth letter of the alphabet. 21 to go if my maths are correct...
Flag carrying Rafa Nadal with a massive beam on his chops as he leads Spain out into the Marcana.
The U S of A ... Hundreds of em. Very preppy with the white chino look
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