Great Britain vs Chile LIVE: Ellen White double earns Team GB victory in Tokyo 2020 opener

45 min: More great play from Hemp sees her create a yard of space and cut the ball back to Little on the edge of the box. The midfielder is quickly closed down and her shot is blocked.

The corner is met by Houghton but the captain’s header goes wide of goal.

A solid opening 45 minutes from Team GB, with some lovely flashes of quality dashed in. It’s a comfortable 1-0 lead, secured by Ellen White’s 17th-minute goal from close range. Lauren Hemp has been the standout performer so far out on the left and is giving Chile’s right back a torrid time.

South Korea’s Olympic coach Kim Hyoung-ryul sought to remove any doubt over the fitness of top ranked Oh Sang-uk, claiming the sabre fencer has recovered from a bout of COVID-19 that sidelined him in March.

Kim confirmed the right-hander is back to peak fitness as he prepares to lead the team on an assault on the podium places at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

“He’s already had his treatment, and he’s fully healthy,” the coach told Yonhap news agency. “He’s doing great now.”

Oh will compete in the individual sabre, which takes place on Saturday, before joining Gu Bon-gil, Kim Jung-hwan and Kim Jun-ho next Wednesday in the team event.

Oh, currently the world’s No. 1 ranked sabre fencer, won the world indivudal and team titles in Budapest in 2019 while Gu and Kim Jung-hwan were members of the Olympic gold medal-winning South Korean team in 2012.

With that pedigree, the Koreans are among the favourites for the gold medal in Tokyo and coach Kim is confident his team have done the groundwork necessary to be successful.

“We came here all prepared,” he said.

“For the final few days before the competition, it will come down to repeating what we’ve been practicing.”

Here’s the goal that gave Team GB their breakthrough against Chile, and first Olympic goal in nine years.

Who else could it be but Ellen White to score it.

Dutch skateboarder Candy Jacobs said she tested positive for COVID-19 and cannot participate in the Olympic Games, but added her teammates would still be able to compete.

“I am heartbroken,” she said on her Instagram account. “Luckily we’ve been following the protocols so my fellow skateboarders still get to shine bright.”

Elsewhere in the women’s football competition, Brazil are leading China 2-0 while the USA have just kicked off their bid to win the gold medal in Tokyo. They’re up against Sweden and will be out for revenge after the Swedes dumped them out of the 2016 Olympics at the quarter-final stage five years ago.

In the Brazil match, legend Marta scored the opening goal and has now scored in her fifth Olympic Games - a record. The 35-year-old has also scored in five straight World Cups, a legend of the game.

The second half is underway at the Sapporo Dome. No changes at the break, but Stanway and Hemp seemed to have swapped flanks early on.

46 mins: And Hemp picks up where she left off from the first half. This time on the right, she picks the ball up and drives inside before curling a left-footed shot over the bar.

48 min: Hemp threatens again with another left-footed shot from the angle. It came from a lovely turn from Weir on the halfway line, before the ball was worked to Hemp on the right of the box.