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The Independent on Sunday leads with the news that Russia , externalare likely to be banned in its entirety from the Paralympics by the International Paralympic Committee.

The International Olympic Committee opted to allow each sport governing body to make a call on Russian athletes' attendance at the Olympics rather than unilaterally bar them after allegations of state-sponsored doping.

Yes, it was a tough opening day for Ashley McKenzie and it's hard not to have sympathy watching his interview after his defeat in the second round of the men's -60kg. Will he be back? He says, yes.

Poor Ashley McKenzie. 

The British judoka broke down after going out of the Olympics in the second round of the men's -60kg. He lost by one point against world champion Yeldos Smetov.

He had a cry by the bins, before composing himself and thanking his fans on Twitter.

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The Sunday Times lead with a story, external about Kenyan athletics official Major Michael Rotich apparently offering to give athletes a 12-hour warning about impending drugs tests.

He was filmed by undercover reporters from the paper and German broadcaster ARD.

Rotich claimed that he was only going along with the sting because he wanted to find out who the undercover reporters were and "protect" athletes.

Anti-Doping Kenya is looking into the allegations. 

There were bizarre scenes at the match between China and Switzerland yesterday.

China were awarded the match after a net fault by the Swiss. They thought they'd won, and were were about to be interviewed by the host broadcaster... 

But the Swiss pair complained to the officials, who eventually overruled the decision. 

The match was back on - but points later the Chinese won anyway.

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There was no medal success for Great Britain on day one at Rio 2016 but no-one came as close as Hannah Miley to changing that.

She was pipped to bronze in the 400m medley by less than a fifth of a second as Spain's Mireia Belmonte Garcia finished third.

"I could see her. I knew she was coming back at me. I gave everything I had," Miley, who won gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, told BBC Sport.

"It is such a mixture of emotions. I was so close to getting it. It is happy and disappointment all coming together.

"I do this because I enjoy being in the pool. It has been great. I have had a full-time coach since April, so to do all that in such a short space of time with a full-time coach is incredible."

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Ever wondered what is going through the heads of the peloton as they slog themselves into a lactic mess over six hours of an Olympic road race?

Well, Barry Manilow, biscuits and beer, judging by the Twitter feed of Namibia road racer Dan Craven., external

While the action was unfolding yesterday, 'he' was tweeting away his thoughts from 'on his bike'.

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A lot of chat on day one surrounded the conditions on Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, with high cross-winds and waves causing all sorts of problems for the rowers.

Serbian pair Milos Vasic and Nenad Benik even capsized halfway through the two kilometre coure.

Speaking on BBC breakfast, three-time Olympic medalist Greg Searle said: "Those conditions are really bad. It's not a reflection on what rowing looks like. It makes for exciting TV but the boats aren't designed for these conditions. Accidents like that will happen.

"With the shape of the bay there's shelter at the start and finish but in the middle there's this big cross wind. 

"Rowing is meant to be safe, fair and row-able. The question is - is it row-able?

"The lake is so flat early doors. I think rowing should change their schedule. They should be saying 'let's get it done earlier'."

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It was a testing day for rowers yesterday but British duo Katherine Grainger and Victoria Thornley made it into the semi-finals of the women's doubles sculls at Rio 2016 after finishing second in their heat.

Thornley and Olympic champion Grainger, who won sculls gold at London 2012 with Anna Watkins, built up an early lead but were overhauled by Lithuania.

"To be honest, it's not a case of glad to get it done because each race in the Olympics is special, but I'm glad to get started," said Grainger. "It's nice to be back in the mix of racing."

Thornley added: "It was challenging conditions out there. Hopefully, won't be as bad going forward. The middle section is pretty hairy. It's just about staying in the moment."

It was all looking so good for Team GB's Geraint Thomas in the men's road race on Saturday.

The Welshman found himself not too far from the leading pack when on the final - and treacherous - decent, he crashed, along with Vincenzo Nibali and Sergio Henao.

Thomas dusted himself down and finished as Britain's best-placed rider in 11th, with Tour de France winner Chris Froome in 12th. 

Here's how the duo reacted on Twitter.

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Britain's Chris Froome had to be told to register for the men's road race by two BBC journalists, minutes before the start at Fort Copacabana.

Riders must sign in before the race, but the three-time Tour de France champion was unaware his name was being called over the public address system.

BBC News correspondent Natalie Pirks and colleague Andrew Cropper told Froome, who was at the start line.

"He was very calm, relaxed, but clearly in a world of his own," said Pirks.

"We barged our way through a load of camera crews and I said: 'Chris, they're calling your name over the system.'

"He looked at me as though to say 'what's she on about?' then he spoke to the Team GB representative who was with him and it was then that he heard it."

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Let's have a look back at what went down yesterday as well as relishing what is to come.

It would be over the top to claim that Great Britain had cycling's equivalent of the United States' Dream Team,, external but their squad of Steve Cummings, Iain Stannard, Adam Yates, Geraint Thomas and Chris Froome was pretty punchy.

But on a wild and winding Rio rollercoaster of a course, the fog of war descended. 

The best-laid plans were nearly wrecked even before the start...

Adam Peaty's preparation has been a whole lot smoother.

So smooth that he cut through the water in a new world-record time in the heats of the 100m breastroke.

His final in 02:53 on Monday morning British Summer Time.

Elsewhere Heather Stanning and Helen Glover - untouchable in the women's pair for the past five years - hit the water, Wimbledon champion Andy Murray is on court and Commonwealth judo champion Colin Oates gets his grapple on.

Come on, jump in, the action's warming up beautifully.

"Devastated. Absolutely devastated. 

"In this situation I'm never going to win. If I win, people will say it's because of something else."

Forty-eight hours ago, Lizzie Armitstead was on the point of tears as she considered the shade thrown on her career by three missed drugs test in a year.

If her brain is the bike riders' most important component, then frankly it sounded like she had suffered a major mechanical.

The world champion will try to put the controversy behind her when she climbs aboard for the road race today. 

But she will be riding against her own demons and doubts as well as 67 other competitors.