Summary

  • Tokyo 2020 day one: 11 gold medal events

  • Football: GB women edge past hosts Japan

  • Swimming: Adam Peaty fastest into men's 100m breaststroke semi-finals

  • Hockey: GB men beat South Africa 3-1

  • Shooting: China's Yang Qian wins first gold of the Games in women's 10m air rifle final

  • Cycling: Ecuador's Richard Carapaz wins road race gold; GB's Adam Yates misses out on medal while Geraint Thomas out after earlier crash

  • Tennis: Heather Watson beaten; Andy Murray & Joe Salisbury win in doubles

  • Rowing: GB's Helen Glover & Polly Swann qualify for women's pairs semi-final

Live Reporting

Stephan Shemilt and Ellie Thomason

  1. From Marshall Islands to Mexico

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    With more than two weeks of wall-to-wall action in 33 different sports, the Olympic Games is simply the greatest sporting celebration.

    Competitive, inspiring, joyous, magical.

    From surfing to skateboarding, the Marshall Islands to Mexico, new stars will emerge and tears of joy - and sorrow - shed.

    And it all officially starts NOW.

  2. Get involved - your favourite Olympic moments

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    So after an extra year of waiting, Tokyo 2020 is finally upon us. Over the next two weeks the world's best athletes will get to show off the results of their last five years of hard training.

    Who are you looking forward to seeing most? Will Team GB bring home the medals? What's your favourite Olympic memory? What are your Olympic plans? Anyone out there got any tips about getting through a stint of night shifts without nodding off?

    Tweet your Olympic photos and messages to #bbcolympics

  3. Watch now on BBC One

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    The BBC will bring you live round-the-clock coverage of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics across BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, radio and online.

    BBC One and BBC Two will broadcast more than 350 hours of action - covering all 33 sports with a second stream available on BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button, the BBC Sport website and the BBC Sport app.

    BBC One's coverage of Saturday's action is just getting under way. JJ Chalmers introduces all the action - including the beginning of the men’s road race in cycling.

  4. Sailing into the Olympics like

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  5. 'The positivity will be flowing'

    Sonja McLaughlan
    Reporter on BBC Radio 5 Live in Tokyo

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    You cannot escape the fact Tokyo is a city in the middle of a state of emergency. They're still in lockdown. Unless you go past the harbour area where you can see the athletes village with all the flags hanging out and the Olympic rings in the bay, you would struggle to know there was an Olympic Games.

    This is so different because of Covid-19. But once the sport gets under way I think we will be in raptures. The positivity will come oozing out.

  6. Down to business

    After a 12 month delay and lots of 'will it, won't it happen' speculation, it's finally here.

    The Tokyo Olympics officially opened in a blaze of colour several hours ago - but sadly no spectators.

    This will be an Olympics like no other, staged against the backdrop of a pandemic.

    How will the 11,000 competitors representing more than 200 nations cope without fans and lack of atmosphere? We're about to find out.

  7. Let the Games begin

    Anyone else got Olympic tingles?

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