World champions Spain are going to be one of the favourites to win the gold medals in the women's football.

They made a bad start as they fell behind to an early wonder goal from Japan's Aoba Fujino, who curled a free-kick into the top corner after only 13 minutes.

But Spain were not behind for long as Barcelona's Aitana Bonmati equalised nine minutes later to make it 1-1 midway through the first half.

In the other match going on at the moment, Mackenzie Barry has given New Zealand a 1-0 lead over Canada.

You can watch the Spain v Japan match by pressing the 'watch live' tab at the top of this page.

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UK Anti-Doping (Ukad) says it has educated 937 competitors and support personnel set to represent Team GB and ParalympicsGB in Paris.

UKAD chief executive Jane Rumble said: “Every four years we as a nation tune in to the Olympics and Paralympics to celebrate our athletes and to see the result of their extraordinary dedication and talent.

"However, when an athlete is found to have a prohibited substance in their system, whether it was intentionally taken or not, it makes people question not only that athlete but their team, the sport, their values and whether what we’re seeing is fair and true.

“Our role at UKAD is to ensure athletes are equipped with the skills to thrive on the international stage, knowing they are competing 100% clean on behalf of their country.”

Diver Tom Daley and rower Helen Glover speak to BBC Sport's Katie Gornall after being chosen as Great Britain's flagbearers at the opening ceremony for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

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The United States' First Lady Jill Biden, wife of current president Joe Biden, has made a visit to Team USA's training camp in Eaubonne, France.

She met up with the American women's rugby team, chatting to the players, posing for a squad picture and also getting a signed picture of the side.

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Simone Biles, who is in fine form according to BBC Sport's Sonia Oxley (13:32), looked in relaxed mood during training today.

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Earlier today, Andy Murray pulled out of the Olympics singles as expected - meaning he will only play doubles in the final tournament of his illustrious career.

The 37-year-old Brit's decision increases his chances of winning an Olympic medal in Paris.

That's according to Australian doubles legend Mark Woodforde who I spoke to after the draws at Roland Garros earlier today.

"The doubles does present his best opportunity to medal," Woodforde, who won gold alongside Todd Woodbridge at the 1996 Games, says.

"He’s faced with the retirement issue and it is testament to his stature that he is willing to give it a crack in the doubles with Dan.

"It’s a wonderful opportunity for them to go deep and they will be a tough pair for any country to face.

"I think the Murray/Evans combination is really one of the dark horses for the medals."

We have some women's football that you can watch right now on the BBC Red Button as current world champions Spain take on Japan in Nantes.

You can watch all the action by pressing the 'watch live' tab at the top of this very page.

Rugby Sevens is appearing at the Olympics for just the third time this summer and Fiji are the nation with a target on their back after taking men's gold in 2016 and 2020.

Fiji booked their spot in the quarter-finals earlier with a 19-12 win against hosts France and they really are looking formidable.

During the Pool matches, no nation scored more than Fiji's tally of 97 points and they boasted the fifth tightest defence.

Fiji face Ireland in the quarter-finals at 21:00 BST.

There is no British team in the women's football competition, which begins today. But it was so close to there being one.

England, the reigning European champions, were the nominated side that could have earned qualification but missed out in dramatic style as the Netherlands scored two injury-time goals against Belgium in a 4-0 win to finish top of the Women's Nations League group and therefore qualify for Paris.

Sarina Wiegman's England side missed out by one goal on goal difference as a 6-0 final-day away win against Scotland was not enough.

Watch the moment England realised their Olympics dream was over and Wiegman's following interview with the BBC.

The women's football starts today with six group matches - Canada v New Zealand and Spain v Japan (both 16:00 BST), Germany v Australia and Nigeria v Brazil (both 18:00) and France v Colombia and USA v Zambia (both 20:00).

There will be plenty of familiar names on show as, unlike the men's competition, there are no age restrictions in the squads.

BBC Sport takes a look at some of the stars to watch out for at the Paris Olympics 2024, including Arsenal’s Caitlin Foord and Manchester City's Yui Hasegawa.

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Several athletes have complained about a shortage of food at the Olympic Village in Paris, according to reports.

Competitors have said the amount of food available, specifically eggs, which were rationed at breakfast on Wednesday, and grilled meats, is insufficient, according to the French newspaper L'Équipe, external.

The official catering partner to the Olympic Village, Sodexo Live!, confirmed "a very high demand" for certain products and said that "volumes will be increased" to "satisfy the needs of the athletes".

The Olympic Village is set to serve approximately 13 million meals during the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

"It was requested to revise upwards the quantities initially planned, which the group will be able to satisfy," a spokesman for the Carrefour group, which is in charge of supplying fresh products to the Olympic Village, confirmed.

Read more here.

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You could see this one coming a mile off...

France will play Argentina in the quarter-finals of the men's rugby sevens.

With Argentina losing to Australia, and France getting beaten by Fiji shortly afterwards, both teams have finished second in their respective pools.

That means they will go head-to-head in the second quarter-final at 21:30 local time (20:30 BST).

Feisty.

The French fans have been booing the Pumas in the Stade de France. This comes after some Argentine footballers were filmed singing a controversial song described as an "attack on French people".

We've already had some results in the women's handball and men's rugby sevens, so let's get you up to speed with what has happened today and what is still to come...

Handball - women's preliminary round (all times BST)

• Slovenia 19-27 Denmark, Netherlands 34-31 Angola, Spain 18-29 Brazil.
• 15:00 Germany v South Korea (Group A), 18:00 Hungary v France (Group B), 20:00 Norway v Sweden (Group A).

Archery - 13:15 - Men's individual ranking round - In progress

Men's rugby sevens

• Pool matches - Samoa 26-0 Kenya, Argentina 14-22 Australia, USA 33-17 Uruguay, Fiji 19-12 France, South Africa 49-5 Japan, 15:30 New Zealand v Ireland (Pool A)
• Placing matches - 19:00 9 v 12, 19:30 10 v 11
• Quarter-finals - 20:00, 20:30, 21:00, 21:30

Women's football

• 16:00 Canada v New Zealand (Group A), 16:00 Spain v Japan (Group C), 18:00 Germany v Australia (Group B), 18:00 Nigeria v Brazil (Group C), 20:00 France v Colombia (Group A), 20:00 USA v Zambia (Group B)

The Paris Olympics will be live across BBC TV, radio and online.

Paris is one hour ahead of the UK and the majority of the action will take place from 08:00 BST to 23:00 BST each day, although some events such as the marathons, race walks and triathlons are starting slightly earlier.

You can watch all the big moments live on two BBC channels as well as on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app.

BBC Radio 5 Live and Sports Extra will also bring you live commentary every day, and there will be live text, video clips and highlights on the BBC Sport website and app and across our social channels.

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Friday's eye-catching opening ceremony will take place across a 6km route along the Seine. It will begin at Austerlitz bridge and end among the gardens, fountains and palaces in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower at Trocadero.

There will be almost 100 boats carrying more than 10,000 athletes, plus a host of dignitaries, which sail past Paris' iconic landmarks, including Notre Dame cathedral and Pont Neuf.

The boats will transport the athletes in the parade but also be used in the artistic part of the ceremony, which will showcase the history and culture of Paris and France.

The identity of the performers, though, has been kept a tight secret.

Thousands of people are still expected to line the river and the streets with millions more watching on television around the world.

"I’d like to show France in all its diversity," said Thomas Jolly, the French actor and theatre director named as the ceremony's artistic director - the role performed by Danny Boyle at London 2012.

"Illustrate the richness and plurality shaped by its history, which has been influenced and inspired by the diverse cultures that have passed through it, while itself serving as a source of inspiration."

The ceremony will also include the official opening of the Games, carried out by France president Emmanuel Macron, and the lighting of the Olympic cauldron.

Again, many of the finer details have been kept as a surprise.

More from former marathon world champion Paula Radcliffe.

The 50-year-old has posted an apology via her account on X in the last hour.

Radcliffe wrote, external: "Last night I gave an interview and made some comments that I deeply regret.

"I want to sincerely apologise and emphasise how much I categorically condemn the crime of rape. I am ashamed that my words so inaccurately represented myself. It was a mistake not to clearly denounce this at the beginning.

"In trying to explain how the athlete in question could possibly be allowed to compete at the Olympic Games, my thought process referred to the legalities and regulations when I also intended to highlight the danger of these allowing an athlete convicted of such a crime to return.

"Competing in the Olympic Games is a privilege that should be reserved for those who uphold the Olympic moral ideals. I absolutely should not have wished him luck and genuinely have no explanation for why I said that.

"I am truly sorry for so wrongly expressing my intended views and understand that this statement can in no way repair the damage but hopefully conveys my deep regret."

Former marathon world champion Paula Radcliffe has said she is "very sorry" after wishing a convicted rapist competing at the Olympics the "best of luck".

Steven van de Velde, who was named in the Netherlands beach volleyball squad for Paris 2024, was sentenced to four years in prison in 2016 after pleading guilty to raping a 12-year-old British girl when he was 19.

The Dutchman, who met his victim on Facebook, travelled from Amsterdam to the UK and raped the girl at an address in Milton Keynes. The 29-year-old resumed his volleyball career after serving just 12 months of his four-year sentence and was selected in June for the Dutch Olympic team for the Games.

"I am mortified I expressed it so badly and didn’t condemn the rape out loud," said Radcliffe.

Earlier in an interview with radio station LBC on Wednesday she said: "It’s a tough thing to do to punish him twice and if he’s managed to successfully turn his life around after being sent to prison, and to qualify and to be playing sport at the highest level, then I actually wish him the best of luck.”

In a series of posts on social media, Radcliffe apologised and added: "I myself am shocked and disappointed at how I expressed this so badly. I am very sorry and should have done much better. I by no means meant to overlook the crime and meant to say those who don’t uphold ideals should be excluded but can’t be."

'Breakdancing is unique - you can be 12, 16 or 25'published at 14:52 British Summer Time 25 July

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Lithuanian Dominika Banevic, 17, is confident of winning the gold medal in breaking’s Olympic debut in Paris, despite her young age and coming from a country with no tradition in the sport.

Banevic, who won the 2023 world title in Belgium, is ranked world number three.

"Breakdancing is special because age is not very important. You can be 12, 16 or 25 – the only thing important is how well you can dance," Banevic said.

Paris could end up being the only Olympics to award breaking medals. Los Angeles has said the sport will not be part of the Games programme in 2028 and it is unlikely to return in Brisbane in 2032.

Banevic has been training on her own since she was 11 years old, when her first coach retired.

“The decision (to train alone) came naturally, I knew I want to devote all my life to breakdancing, I already knew the basics and I was at the level where I could begin creating my own moves. This helped me craft my own unique style," Banevic said.