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South African swimmer Chad Le Clos has revealed he suffered a training injury ahead of Paris.

The 32-year-old, who beat USA giant Michael Phelps to 200m butterfly gold at London 2012, is at his fourth Games and seeking a return to the medals after drawing a blank in Tokyo three years ago.

“I had a bit of an incident,” he said of a training mishap. “I had a small tear in my upper trap, this is 16 days ago, but everything is good. I'm lucky to have amazing doctors and physios in the national team. We're doing everything we can. I've had a great, great camp and I'm in fantastic shape. May the best three guys win on the day.”

Le Clos, who will swim the 100 butterfly, said he planned to go on to the 2028 Los Angeles Games.

“I believe I will be in LA," he said. "Maybe not as competitive but we'll see what happens.”

Watch rugby stars show off their footballing skills during the pool matches at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

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Australian Olympic swimming coach Michael Palfrey has been spoken to by team bosses after he said he hoped South Korean swimmer Kim Woo-min beats his Australian rivals to the 400m freestyle gold at the Paris Olympics.

Palfrey, who in addition to being one of the coaches on the Australian team also works with Woo-min, made a "serious error of judgement" according to the Australian Olympic Committee.

Australia duo Sam Short and Elijah Winnington are contenders alongside current world champion Kim for the gold medal.

Speaking to South Korean media, Australian Palfrey said: "There will be three or four of them in the race that think they can win it.

"I think it's going to come down to that last 100 metres.

"We need Woo-min to lift, that's what I’ll be saying to him. He's got to race tough.

"I really hope he can win, but ultimately I really hope he swims well."

Australian Team chef de mission Anna Meares said Palfrey's comments were a "surprise and a shock".

Read more here.

All of today's rugby 7s results should be here, John.

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Middle-distance runner Phoebe Gill is becoming accustomed to her "teenage sensation" label but confesses comparisons to Tom Daley will still take some getting used to.

Gill turned 17 two months before claiming the British 800m title in June, while diver Daley, chosen as a Team GB flagbearer alongside Helen Glover for Friday's opening ceremony, was just 14 when he made his Olympic debut in 2008, finally winning his first gold alongside partner Matty Lee three summers ago in Tokyo.

The now 30-year-old father-of-two's five-Games journey is a reminder to Gill that whatever happens in Paris, her own maiden Games may well be just the first chapter of a long legacy.

The first-year sixth form student, one of 14 teenagers representing Great Britain at the Olympics, said: "I sometimes need to remind myself and ground myself that I am still a teenager and do have a long career left. It's weird seeing people compare myself to Tom Daley and other young Olympians.

"I hope that I have successful journeys like them. I remember watching them when I was younger and thinking they were such inspiring people. Hopefully I can be like that and a role model on my journey in athletics."

You know already that Paris 2024, the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, is about to get under way. That's why you're here.

But before it begins, we want to take you on a journey through the history of the summer Olympics, and how it became the spectacle that it is today.

The Games always delivers iconic moments and this summer should be no different.

Grab a brew, get comfy and click here to see our visual guide.

France is a hive of sporting activity as the best athletes in the world converge to fine-tune their Olympic preparations...

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At half-time in both of the ongoing women's football matches it is level at 1-1 as world champions Spain are drawing with Japan and Canada have fought back to equalise against New Zealand.

Arsenal's Cloe Lacasse scored in the third minute of injury time for Canada after Mackenzie Barry had put New Zealand in front.

In the Spain-Japan match, which you watch by pressing the 'watch live' tab at the top, Aitana Bonmati levelled for Spain after a free-kick from Aoba Fujino had given Japan the lead.

Matthew Henry
BBC Sport in Paris

I've taken the RER - Paris' rail system - from the centre of the capital out to the suburbs by the airport where the North Paris Arena is situated.

The arena will host the early rounds of the boxing competition before the action moves to the tennis courts of Roland Garros for the finals.

The draw takes place at 18:00 BST which is when Team GB's six boxers who they will face in their quest for a medal.

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BBC Sport at the Paris Olympics

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While almost all eyes are on Paris for the Olympics and the various French cities hosting the men's and women's football and the sailing competition in Marseille, it's easy to forget there will be an Olympic event taking place 10,000 miles away: surfing.

Tahiti, in French Polynesia, will showcase the men's and women's events and the Teahupo’o wave is predicted to be big.

Surfers have been training ahead of the competition, which starts on Saturday, where they could face 3m overhead waves.

“You’ve really got to face your fears, there’s no hiding out there,” said Australian medal prospect Molly Picklum after training.

“That west swell brings in a lot more chunk and grunt into the wave."

Sadly, no GB surfers qualified, which meant the chance for a BBC journalist to head to Tahiti to cover it sank among the waves.

Looks amazing, Jess. And a reminder that we've got you covered for Friday's opening ceremony with no shortage of ways for you to keep across the event.

It will be shown live from 17:45 BST on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app.

There will be radio coverage on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds from 19:00 BST.

There will also be live text coverage on the BBC Sport website and app bringing you the best of the event from Paris.

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BBC Sport in Paris

Most of the Seine is completely blocked off to the public at the moment as preparations continue for Friday's opening ceremony.

But there is one bridge in the city where you can catch a glimpse of a little of what is going on.

Several boats line the sides of the Paris river and a few installations are set up in the middle of the river.

It's difficult to tell from the below photograph but they almost looked like ramps from a skate park. Intriguing...

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Stands with spectator seats also line the river and speculation around who could perform at the opening ceremony has also been rife with Celine Dion and Lady Gaga just some of the names rumoured to be involved.

All will be revealed tomorrow...

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The final Para Athletics team for the Paris Games has been announced by ParalympicsGB today.

After 10 athletes were selected in the first wave of selection in June, 23 athletes join the squad to represent ParalympicsGB in the French capital next month.

Among the names added to the team are multiple Paralympic medallists Dan Greaves and David Weir who have both been called up to their seventh Games.

Two-time Paralympic champion Jonnie Peacock also joins the squad to contest the T64 100m and the Universal 4x100m relay, while reigning Paralympic champions Sophie Hahn and Thomas Young are called-up for the T38 100m, with Hahn also part of the relay squad.

There are seven athletes competing at their first Paralympic Games including Boston Marathon winner Eden Rainbow-Cooper and Commonwealth Youth Games champion, Madeline Down.

Karim Chan, Funmi Oduwaiye, Didi Okoh and Marcus Perrineau-Daley are the other first-time selected athletes, while Harrison Walsh, who was called up to Tokyo before having to withdraw due to injury, is also among the athletes in the team for Paris.

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For 128 years, Team GB has been competing against other nations in the modern Olympic Games.

But what if the regions and nations of Team GB turned against each other? Who would triumph?

At one point in 2012, Yorkshire would have sat 13th on the actual Olympic medal table. We've taken this one giant step further, looking atevery British medallist from every modern Olympics to determine which part of Team GB has performed best.

Since the modern Olympics started, the nature of the national team has shifted several times. We've used the current Team GB name, which refers to the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic team. When we've applied this to games before Team GB was used, athletes who would currently come under the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team have been included.

Click here to find out how well your region or nation has done, and see highlights from the last 128 years.

And here's Spain rapid reply - their first ever goal in women's competition at the Olympic Games.

The match remains 1-1 as we approach half-time. A reminder that you can watch live by clicking play above.

Here is that amazing Japan free-kick which opened the scoring in their match against Spain...

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Tom Daley has been speaking today about the diving competition and the prospect of trying to beat the Chinese swimmers to gold, as he did in Tokyo.

I cannot work out whether Daley's comments are innocent or if he's trying to throw down the gauntlet to China and ramp up the pressure.

The context here is that China have won seven out of eight diving golds at each of the past two Olympics.

"The Chinese diving team is strongest diving nation unquestionably," said Daley, who will compete in the 10m platform event with Noah Williams.

"On paper you would consider them to win every single event but it is the Olympic Games.

"I know every single one of the Chinese divers knows it is their competition to lose which brings a lot pressure and expectation.

"You go into a competition with a different mindset if you know you could and should win."

Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport at Roland Garros

So, Andy Murray has decided he is only fit enough to play Olympic doubles rather than singles in the final tournament of his career.

The layman, like me, would think that is because it means his body has 50% of the workload. Is it as simple as that?

Kind of. Doubles legend Mark Woodforde explains.

"In singles there is also the propensity of longer points because of the high bounce of the clay-court here at Roland Garros," the 16-time Grand Slam men's doubles champion tells BBC Sport.

"The pace is taken off because of the surface and then there is the need of sliding as well.

"You’re coming from the grass-court swing where it is more or less a transition going forward, but on clay you have to incorporate going back as well as side to side.

"In doubles you’re not going left and right and sliding quite as much, it’s still that up and back in theory.

"For these guys playing singles, that’s where different balls, higher bouncing, can affect the shoulders and the knees are an area where you are really tested out.

"So the tough part for both singles and doubles in this event is making sure your body can withstand the rigours."

Watch the key moments from Argentina and Morocco's opening game on Wednesday when crowd trouble forced the match to be suspended for nearly two hours at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Bryan Robson: Why can't we have seven-a-side football? There is already 3x3 basketball, 7s rugby, T20 cricket etc. Games would not be boring at all because teams could not sit back and defend all the time.

Is that you, Captain Marvel?