Bolt brings Rio carnival to presserpublished at 02:15 British Summer Time 9 August 2016
Bolt's Rio carnival press conference
Usain Bolt says he 'likes to entertain' whilst he dances with Rio carnival dancers in his press conference.
Summary
Swimming: King beats Efimova to gold
Rugby sevens: Australia make history with gold
Diving: Bronze for GB's Daley & Goodfellow
Shooting - GB's Ed Ling wins shooting bronze
athletics Bolt brings Rio carnival to presserpublished at 02:15 British Summer Time 9 August 2016
basketball Basketballpublished at 02:14 British Summer Time 9 August 2016
USA too strong for Venezuela
The USA put in a dominant display defeating Venezuela 113-69 in Group A match of the Men's Basketball. Indiana Pacers' Paul George bagged himself 20 points.
swimming Swimmingpublished at 02:14 British Summer Time 9 August 2016
swimming Swimmingpublished at 02:14 British Summer Time 9 August 2016
Women's 200m freestyle semi-final
Sarah Sjostrom wins in 1:54.65, Katie Ledecky second and Federica Pellegrini in third.
table tennis Table Tennispublished at 02:14 British Summer Time 9 August 2016
Drinkhall 0-3 Samsonov
Britain's Paul Drinkhall now three down against Vladimir Samsonov and fighting to stay in the tournament,
table tennis Table Tennispublished at 02:13 British Summer Time 9 August 2016
swimming Swimmingpublished at 02:13 British Summer Time 9 August 2016
Women's 200m freestyle semi-final
Federica Pellegrini leads after 50m, but Katie Ledecky motors past at 100...
swimming Swimmingpublished at 02:12 British Summer Time 9 August 2016
Women's 200m freestyle semi-final
Katie Ledecky has won the 400m, is nailed on for the 800 - can she win the 200 as well? Here we go...
swimming Boom!published at 02:10 British Summer Time 9 August 2016
Swimming
swimming Too many distractions?published at 02:09 British Summer Time 9 August 2016
Women's 200m freestyle semi-final
Five-times Olympian Mark Foster: "Missy Franklin just seems to have gone off the boil. She has started university so I would say leave school - joking - but she has a lot of distractions."
swimming Swimmingpublished at 02:08 British Summer Time 9 August 2016
Women's 200m freestyle semi-final
Here's the start list for semi number two. BIG NAMES in here.
1 Katerine Savard Canada
2 Siobhan Haughey Hong Kong
3 Federica Pellegrini Italy
4 Katie Ledecky United States
5 Sarah Sjöström Sweden
6 Michelle Coleman Sweden
7 Veronika Popova Russia
8 Femke Heemskerk Netherlands
swimming Swimmingpublished at 02:07 British Summer Time 9 August 2016
Women's 200m freestyle semi-final
Adrian Moorhouse
1988 Olympic 100m breaststroke champion on BBC TVA great swim by Shen - very strong down that third 50. This is the slower of the two semi-finals, so very important to get that top three place.
swimming Swimmingpublished at 02:06 British Summer Time 9 August 2016
Women's 200m freestyle semi-final
Duo Shen of China wins it in 1:56.03, Emma McKeon second and Charlotte Bonnet third.
The great Missy Franklin was last.
table tennis Drinkhall goes two behindpublished at 02:05 British Summer Time 9 August 2016
Drinkhall 0-2 Samsonov
Britain's Paul Drinkhall is in deep trouble as he seeks a historic quarter-final spot.
Drinkhall is now two games behind, trailing 9-11 6-11, and his 40-year-old opponent Vladimir Samsonov needs two more to progress.
You can follow all the action right here
Image source, Getty Imagesswimming Swimmingpublished at 02:05 British Summer Time 9 August 2016
Women's 200m freestyle semi-final
Charlotte Bonnet of France now moving into the lead, Bronte Barratt and Shen Duo also going well. Very tight race...
swimming Swimmingpublished at 02:04 British Summer Time 9 August 2016
Women's 200m freestyle semi-final
There's a 14-year-old in lane six! Incredible.
Emma McKeon qualified fastest for this race and she's ahead after 50m...
Get involvedpublished at 02:02 British Summer Time 9 August 2016
#bbcrio2016
Lewlew#44: Why do they have white lines defining the outer edge of a table-tennis table?
One of those great questions...
swimming Swimmingpublished at 01:59 British Summer Time 9 August 2016
Women's 200m freestyle semi-final
Here's the start list for the first semi.
1 Manuella Lyrio Brazil
2 Bronte Barratt Australia
3 Shen Duo China
4 Emma McKeon Australia
5 Charlotte Bonnet France
6 Ai Yanhan China
7 Missy Franklin United States
8 Brittany MacLean Canada
swimming Swimmingpublished at 01:56 British Summer Time 9 August 2016
Here we go, into the pool. Four medals at stake tonight, one GB finalist as James Guy goes for gold in the 200m freestyle at 02:21 BST.
table tennis Table Tennispublished at 01:55 British Summer Time 9 August 2016
Drinkhall 0-1 Samsonov
This is a big, big night for British table tennis as Paul Drinkhall bids to become GB's first ever player to make the Olympic quarter-finals.
But the 26-year-old from Middlesbrough will have to come from behind. He loses a tight first game 11-9 against Belarusian Vladimir Samsonov in the best-of-seven encounter.