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Today is water polo semi-final time in the men's competition, with Montenegro v Croatia at 16:20 BST and Italy playing Serbia at 20:30 BST.

It can get rough in there.

In 1956. the infamous Blood in the Water match between Hungary and the Soviet Union descended into a fist-fight.

The New York Times have done this funky graphical piece, external looking at some of the more sneaky pieces of skulduggery.

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China seems to have developed a new appreciation for the old maxim regarding winning and taking part in the wake of the country’s disappointing medals haul in Rio, according to the state-run media.

China Daily, external says that "In contrast with China's previous obsession with gold medals, the general public is learning to enjoy the sports themselves rather than focusing on the medal count".

The state-run Global Times, external said although there was "sluggish medal winning" from the Chinese athletes, the public were "unfazed" and stressed global interest in swimmer Fu Yuanhui following her "charming response" to winning bronze in the women's 100m backstroke.

"This took many Chinese viewers by surprise, as they are used to their athletes focusing in interviews on their desire to win glory for the country," the paper said.

Thousands of people have turned out at a victory parade for swimmer Joseph Schooling, who clinched Singapore's first Olympic gold medal.

The 21-year-old pulled off a stunning victory against his boyhood idol Michael Phelps.

Schooling waved to crowds from an open-top double-decker bus while sporting a new tattoo of the Olympic rings on his right arm.

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Here's what's in store on Thursday evening/Friday morning (all times BST):

17:05: Sailing - Britain will finally get their 470 women's gold as the medal race gets under way following Wednesday's postponement due to light winds.

18:00: Boxing - Reigning Olympic flyweight champion Nicola Adams, who is guaranteed at least a bronze medal, faces China's Cancan Ren in the semi-finals.

18:35: Sailing - Team GB's Dylan Fletcher and Alain Sign, currently fourth, will be looking to force their way onto the podium in the 49er men's medal race.

02:15: Women's 400m hurdles final - Eilidh Doyle competes for Britain. 

02:30: Men's 200m final - Usain Bolt will be bidding for his second gold in Rio - and eighth in the Olympics in total. 

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Here's how the morning/afternoon pans out on day 13 (all times BST): 

11:30: Women's golf - GB's Charley Hull is three shots off the lead as the second round begins.

13:40:Men's kayak double 200m - British pair Liam Heath and Jon Schofield qualified fastest and have a chance of a medal.

14:00: Diving - Tonia Couch in the women's 10m platform semi-finals. The final is at 20:00.

14:30: Taekwondo - Jade Jones starts the defence of her London 2012 title. Should Jones make the -57kg gold medal match, it will be at 02:00.

15:00: Triathlon - Alistair Brownlee seeks to retain his London 2012 triathlon title with brother Jonny - bronze medallist four years ago - likely to be in hot pursuit.

15:00: Badminton - Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge have the chance to claim Great Britain's first Olympic medal inthe event since 2004 when they face Chinese duo Wei Hong and Biao Chai in the men's doubles bronze medal match. 

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The second round of the women's golf tournament gets under way at 11:30 BST with Thailand's world number two Ariya Jutanugarn setting the pace at six under.

Great Britain's Charly Hull is well within range at three under with team-mate Catriona Matthew on level par.

Jutanugarn won the Women's British Open at Wentworth in July and has been reflecting on how it has raised her profile in her home country.  

"I was really surprised when I got off the plane because I thought it was going to be only my friend to pick me up," he said.  

-6 A Jutanugarn (Tha); -5 I Park (Kor), S Kim (Kor); -4 N Larsen (Den), C Kung (Tpe), C Ciganda (Spa). Selected others: -3 C Hull (GB); -2 L Ko (NZ); Level C Matthew (GB)  

"I knew nobody was going to catch me. So I started celebrating, I was so happy because I knew I was going to win the gold in the last 200m."

Men's 3,000m steeplechase gold medallist Conseslus Kipruto can't wait until passing the finishing line to start his celebrations.

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The Times lead on Great Britain runner Laura Muir's fears that the 1500m final - in which she finished seventh - might have been tainted by doping., external

Britain's Tonia Couch advanced to the final in the women's 10m platform competition - but compatriot Sarah Barrow went out on Wednesday.

Couch accumulated 332.80 points to place fifth and qualify for Thursday's semi-finals, while Barrow scored 277.40 from her five dives to finish 23rd.

Barrow sent a lengthy tweet to her followers after her exit in Rio

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ITV is to stop broadcasting as part of a tie-up with Britain’s Olympians to encourage people to play sport, according to the Guardian., external

The UK’s biggest commercial TV company will stop broadcasting for one hour on Saturday, 27th August, as thousands of sports clubs take part in the post-Olympic event.

ITV will switch off all seven of its channels from 9.30am, and will have an on-screen message saying: “We’ve gone running – why don’t you join us?”

The move is part of I Am Team GB, which has been organised by the National Lottery and ITV as part of the celebrations for the returning Olympians.

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A heavy dose of Olympic fever is infecting the BBC News front page with seven of the most-read stories having a Rio 2016 tinge.

Number three on the list relates to comedian Ellen DeGeneres' tweet which featured her getting a piggy-back from Usain Bolt and the context of similar photos from history.

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A summer getaway to Mauritius? Maybe a romantic winter holiday in a log cabin? 

Or...selfie-spotting at the Rio Olympics. Yep, this couple chose the latter for their honeymoon.

Newley-weds Kirsty and Matt Hardman have spent the last two weeks in Brazil and have watched sixteen different sports - over 30 Olympic sessions - as well as getting snap-happy with the Team GB athletes and pundits. 

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GB's Dina Asher-Smith may not look too happy in the photo but at 20 she can say she finished fifth in the Olympic women's 200m final. She ran her fastest time of the year but was 0.24secs under her personal best with a time of 22.31.

"I'd like to see myself higher up the placings in future," said Asher-Smith.

"I am really happy, I think I still could have done a bit better but I can't be disappointed with that.

"It is a learning curve and hopefully I'll have more world championships and Olympics to get it right."

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Television sports presenter Charlie Webster is seriously ill in a Brazilian hospital with an infection following a 3,000-mile charity cycle to Rio.

The 33-year-old, who has worked for Sky and ITV developed a severe complication from a bacterial infection after completing the six-week ride to raise funds for cancer charity the Jane Tomlinson Appeal.

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There weren't many German fans at the throbbing Beach Volleyball Arena last night, but those that were, including Louisa and Heinrich Eufinger, were eager to stand out. 

The couple from near Frankfurt bought their tickets for the final six months ago and didn't expect to be watching German duo Laura Ludwig and Kira Wilkinhorst take on Brazilian world champions Agatha Bednarczuk and Barbara Seixas in the gold medal match.

However, Heinrich told me before the match that Ludwig's serve was a secret weapon and so it proved. Did they feel like they spoiled the party? "No," Heinrich says. "The Brazilians are welcome to party with us. We thought they had a medal chance but to win gold is amazing."

Those home-made hats certainly proved worthwhile! 

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If you're just waking up, the late, late news from last night was that Germany beat Brazil in the gold medal match of the women's beach volleyball, spoiling the 12,000-strong party on Copacabana Beach.

World champions Agatha Bednarczuk and Barbara Seixas looked on course for a first Brazilian gold since 1996 after their semi-final win over the defending champions United States.

But in blustery conditions they could not handle Germany's Kira Walkenhorst, who brilliantly blocked at the net, nor Laura Ludwig's serving as the European champions went on to win a first medal for their country in this sport.

Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross won bronze after defeating the other Brazilian pair of Larissa Francha and Talita Rocha, but at least the hosts have another chance of gold in the men's final on Thursday night.

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UK Sport chief executive Liz Nicholl has explained to BBC Radio 5 live how the levels of funding for Olympic cycles are decided, and what UK Sport believe their investment should contribute to.

"If you're surrounding athletes with world-class support, there is a correlation between the number of athletes and the amount of money that is needed in terms of coaching, sports science, sports medicine, competition costs, training costs. All that is covered by our strategic investment in the sports," Nicholl said.

"It's a partnership in terms of the investment and the way we work with sports."

Just 15 days ago, Canada's Janine Beckie scored the fastest goal in Olympic history finding the net after just 20 seconds against Australia.

Neymar needed only 15 seconds to beat that mark and put Brazil 1-0 up against Honduras yesterday.

It only got worse for the Hondurans who went down 6-0.

Brazil will play Germany - 2-0 winners over Nigeria - in the gold-medal match on Saturday

The Germans? On home soil? With the weight of a nation on their shoulders? What could possibly go wrong?