The back pagespublished at 08:05 British Summer Time 5 August 2016
Daily Star
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Olympic Games opening ceremony at midnight
Champions League play-off round draw: Steaua Bucharest v Man City, Celtic v Hapoel Beer-Sheva, Dundalk v Legia Warsaw
West Ham to play Romanian side Astra Giurgiu in Europa League play-off
Liverpool and England midfielder James Milner retires from international football
GET INVOLVED: Who or what are you looking forward to at the Olympics? #bbcrio2016
The back pagespublished at 08:05 British Summer Time 5 August 2016
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Daily Mail
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Guardian
There's a mixture across today's sport pages ranging from stories about the Olympics, Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho's treatment of Bastian Schweinsteiger and England's fortunes in the cricket.
Image source, .We've got you coveredpublished at 08:02
The way problems with getting everything ready in Rio has been depicted, builders at the Maracana will probably be leaving through a door at one end of the stadium as the dancers and athletes enter at the other end for the opening ceremony.
But, after after all the building delays, doping controversies, worries and withdrawals over the Zika virus and plenty of other issues we are set for all the drama, intrigue, joy and despair of the Games to start.
Here on Sportsday, we'll have all the build up as well as all the latest football transfer news and the latest from the rest of the sporting world.
First, let's take a look at the papers...
Welcomepublished at 08:00
The wait is nearly over folks. After all the build-up and hype the greatest show on earth is drawing closer and we can hardly wait.
No, we're not talking about Fulham v Newcastle kicking-off the Football League (sorry EFL) season tonight - but the OLYMPICS.
The Games officially start in Rio on Friday with the opening ceremony at the Maracana Stadium.Does that deserve a wooo - let's have one anyway as it is Friday - WOOO.
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