:00:00. > :00:36.time to cross to the BBC Sport Centre for Sportsday.
:00:37. > :00:43.Hello, and welcome to Olympic Games Sportsday.
:00:44. > :00:51.Our main headlines this evening. It has not always been smooth riding,
:00:52. > :00:55.but can Chris Froome become the first man to wind the Tour de France
:00:56. > :01:01.and the Olympic road race in the same year? Katherine Grainger and
:01:02. > :01:02.Vicky Thornley eased into the semifinals of the women's double
:01:03. > :01:04.sculls. Ashley McKenzie's Rio dream
:01:05. > :01:06.is over though. The British Commonwealth champion
:01:07. > :01:22.losing in the second round of judo's A powerful half-century from Jonny
:01:23. > :01:24.Bairstow helps England and a commanding position on the third
:01:25. > :01:28.test against Pakistan. And Rangers needed an equaliser
:01:29. > :01:30.from Martyn Waghorn against Hamilton to secure a draw on their return
:01:31. > :01:36.to the Scottish Premiership. Good evening, so much to come,
:01:37. > :01:39.including England at the cricket But there's only one
:01:40. > :01:47.place we can start, that of course in Rio De Janiero,
:01:48. > :01:53.it's the first full day of competition after
:01:54. > :01:57.the Opening Ceremony last night and Chris Froome, the Tour de
:01:58. > :01:59.France winner, is Team GB's first medal hope
:02:00. > :02:01.in the men's road race. Our correspondent Natalie
:02:02. > :02:04.Pirks is there for us - Natalie, could Froome be
:02:05. > :02:16.nearing another accolade? They are on the toughest part of
:02:17. > :02:19.this course. They have completed two claims, they have to complete the
:02:20. > :02:25.claims before the come down and there is a flat sprint finish. There
:02:26. > :02:29.is a breakaway group and pain that there is a chase group. Currently
:02:30. > :02:46.Geron Mrs Britton's best placed rider. -- Geraint Thomas. Chris
:02:47. > :02:51.Froome will need to make his move. 237 kilometre course, very
:02:52. > :02:58.mountainous. Chris Froome described it as savage. We have seen a couple
:02:59. > :03:03.of nasty pushes. -- clashes. One of the early favourites has already
:03:04. > :03:05.dropped back. 45 kilometres to go before we see who's going to emerge
:03:06. > :03:11.at the front. We're just going to
:03:12. > :03:14.have a look at the live pictures now from BBC One -
:03:15. > :03:28.but Froome almost didn't make Every Raider has two sane and at the
:03:29. > :03:34.start, it is a formality. A very relaxed to start the race. They were
:03:35. > :03:42.calling his name over the PA system. He just looked so relaxed and in a
:03:43. > :03:47.world of his omen that he did not realise that they needed him to sign
:03:48. > :03:51.a crucial piece of paper -- a world of his own. Luckily he was able to
:03:52. > :03:59.start the race and was not thrown out on a technicality.
:04:00. > :04:01.Thank you very much indeed. We will be back in the next error to see how
:04:02. > :04:05.Chris Froome gets on. Strong winds blowing across the open
:04:06. > :04:08.water in Rio have made for very difficult racing
:04:09. > :04:10.conditions in the first heats The conditions got so challenging
:04:11. > :04:14.that the Serbian team fell They have been permitted to take
:04:15. > :04:20.part in the repacharge, which gives boats finishing just
:04:21. > :04:22.outside the qualifying places There've been very choppy waters
:04:23. > :04:29.for all the teams to deal with, and one five-time Olympic medallist
:04:30. > :04:42.in this sport thinks Because of the size of the lake, and
:04:43. > :04:48.I know you keep saying that it is picturesque, and it is very good
:04:49. > :04:52.pictures, but it is not good rowing waters. Some of the top athletes
:04:53. > :04:56.from around the world have said it is absolutely awful. Even the warm
:04:57. > :05:03.they are taking on so much water that it is becoming a bit of a joke.
:05:04. > :05:06.Because it is the first day, everybody gets a second chance. I am
:05:07. > :05:11.guessing that the organiser will say, let us keep going as long as we
:05:12. > :05:16.possibly can, because if we delay on day one we will get behind schedule.
:05:17. > :05:18.If kayaking comes and afterwards, we have no leeway of extending the
:05:19. > :05:24.days. We have to finish on Saturday. London 2012 gold medallist
:05:25. > :05:26.Katherine Grainger and her new racing partner Victoria Thornley
:05:27. > :05:28.came through a difficult heat to secure a place in the semi-finals
:05:29. > :05:31.of the women's double skulls. The British pair were winning
:05:32. > :05:34.at the halfway stage but they were hauled in and
:05:35. > :05:36.involved in a three-way battle for the line with
:05:37. > :05:39.the Lithuanian and French teams. In the end they finished second -
:05:40. > :05:42.which does secure a place But afterwards they admitted there's
:05:43. > :05:53.plenty of room for improvement. We are reasonably happy with how
:05:54. > :05:57.that race went, with everything considered with the conditions and
:05:58. > :06:04.everything. We got out of the start well. When we look back, we will be
:06:05. > :06:09.a bit disappointed, we probably call the vet more water.
:06:10. > :06:14.Boy-mac little disappointed. The first race in a while and conditions
:06:15. > :06:19.or challenging. We want to be ahead of the field but it was competitive
:06:20. > :06:23.race and we will not be happy with that in a few days's time.
:06:24. > :06:28.Earlier in the day, Britain's Alan Cambell came
:06:29. > :06:31.through his heat very comfortably to go through to the quarter-finals
:06:32. > :06:33.of the men's single skulls competition.
:06:34. > :06:35.Campbell was the bronze medallist in this event in London.
:06:36. > :06:37.And the man from Coleraine in Northern Ireland thinks
:06:38. > :06:41.conditions in Rio could prove an advantage for the British team.
:06:42. > :06:51.The wind came right down off their Christ the Redeemer statue. They
:06:52. > :06:55.were difficult, tough, but to be honest British crews tend to do well
:06:56. > :07:00.in these conditions. I think our boys will do well.
:07:01. > :07:04.Well, if Campbell is to win gold in this event he'll have to get past
:07:05. > :07:07.the defending Olympic champion, Mahe Drysdale.
:07:08. > :07:09.The New Zealander comfortably progressed to the quarter-final
:07:10. > :07:17.Britain's men secured a semi-final place in the men's quads,
:07:18. > :07:22.finishing just behind Denmark here in second place in their heat.
:07:23. > :07:24.Elsewhere, in the quadruple skulls event, Britain finished fourth
:07:25. > :07:27.in a tough heat, so will have a chance to go
:07:28. > :07:39.when they race in the repacharge on Monday.
:07:40. > :07:45.Britton's James Guy has started his campaign for a medal with a
:07:46. > :07:52.disappointing first heat. He finished in fifth place, behind an
:07:53. > :07:56.American summer. But he has qualified for a final later this
:07:57. > :08:02.evening as he was the sixth fastest overall from the heat. If he can
:08:03. > :08:08.make improvements, he can still hope to secure a medal in the final.
:08:09. > :08:12.And Britain's Max Litchfield saved a lifetime best performance
:08:13. > :08:15.for his opening heat of the 400 metre medley.
:08:16. > :08:17.He goes straight into the final of that event,
:08:18. > :08:23.And there was the first success of the Games for Team Refugee
:08:24. > :08:30.and the remarkable swimmer Yusra Mardini.
:08:31. > :08:33.This is the 18-year-old who swam for her life to escape war-torn
:08:34. > :08:38.She won her heat in the women's 100 metre butterfly but wasn't quite
:08:39. > :08:41.quick enough to qualify for the semi-finals.
:08:42. > :08:44.She'll also compete in the 100 metre freestyle later this week.
:08:45. > :08:50.You can read more on her story on the BBC Sport website.
:08:51. > :08:52.There was bad news in the judo earlier
:08:53. > :08:53.for Britain's Ashley McKenzie.
:08:54. > :08:59.The Commonwealth champion is out of the Olympics already.
:09:00. > :09:04.He won his opener against Turkey's Bekir Ozlu
:09:05. > :09:08.in the men's 60 kilogram competition,
:09:09. > :09:11.but then lost this round-of-16 match.
:09:12. > :09:13.The 27-year-old losing by a single yuko point to 2015
:09:14. > :09:18.World Champion Yeldos Smetov of Kazakhstan.
:09:19. > :09:32.I did the best I could. It is my second Olympics. I will not know if
:09:33. > :09:36.I get funding next year because I did not get in the top seven of
:09:37. > :09:40.British judo. I just want to thank my family, my friends at home, thank
:09:41. > :09:45.you for being here. The boxing tournament is under way
:09:46. > :09:47.featuring the first men's bouts without headgear
:09:48. > :09:51.since 1980 in Moscow. Britain's Galal Yafai dominated
:09:52. > :09:56.against Cameroon's Simplice Fotsala in a unanimous-decision
:09:57. > :10:02.victory to open the action. The 23-year-old from Birmingham
:10:03. > :10:09.knocked his opponent's mouthguard out four times in what was
:10:10. > :10:11.a comfortable win in the light
:10:12. > :10:14.flyweight preliminaries. Well, of course, if you can't make
:10:15. > :10:17.it to one of the Rio venues there are fan parks up and down
:10:18. > :10:20.the country here at home, where you can enjoy the BBC's
:10:21. > :10:22.coverage of the Games. There was a party atmosphere
:10:23. > :10:35.in Rio too, but that has In the past hour, police and
:10:36. > :10:40.security services at the Copacabana Beach area, next to where the road
:10:41. > :10:47.races due to finish, carried out a controlled explosion on a package.
:10:48. > :10:49.They have since confirmed that it was an unattended backpack, but that
:10:50. > :10:53.was obviously a worrying situation for some time. People round about
:10:54. > :11:00.Howard an explosion, possibly fearing the worst. As you can
:11:01. > :11:05.imagine, security is extremely tight and it is a bit of a nightmare to
:11:06. > :11:09.secure that area in particular because it is so fast, running the
:11:10. > :11:14.length of Copacabana Beach. Security services are in the process of
:11:15. > :11:20.leaving the scene, but a controlled explosion took place and it seems it
:11:21. > :11:33.was an under ten did -- unattended backpack. Police security services
:11:34. > :11:39.and Army the curative services -- army security services are here.
:11:40. > :11:48.Worrying news initially, but it appears that the moment nothing
:11:49. > :11:50.sinister. It was an unattended back at, but a controlled explosion took
:11:51. > :11:53.place nonetheless. And how have the locals received
:11:54. > :11:56.the Games, there were protestors on the streets last night
:11:57. > :12:06.is there a better mood today? The fanpark and the Olympic Park at
:12:07. > :12:13.the moment is full. People seem to be enjoying themselves. Europeans,
:12:14. > :12:17.locals, people from America. Earlier on were some problems getting into
:12:18. > :12:26.the Olympic Park, there were two male cues, in particular, and it
:12:27. > :12:35.looked pretty early Asch mac two-mile queues. Organisers later
:12:36. > :12:43.apologised and said that the repeating -- they are putting more
:12:44. > :12:51.security services on the gates. Thank you for joining us. In the
:12:52. > :12:54.cricket, England have consolidated their advantage against Pakistan on
:12:55. > :13:04.the fourth day of the third test at Edgbaston. They finished on 414-5.
:13:05. > :13:11.It is a lead of 311 in the second innings.
:13:12. > :13:15.Pakistan had allowed England back into this game, but two wickets
:13:16. > :13:22.should be added to the total, which is what Pakistan did. Alastair Cook
:13:23. > :13:28.and then Alex Hales succumbed. England were only 23 ahead with
:13:29. > :13:34.eight wickets remaining, no time and place the wrong turnings. Sometimes
:13:35. > :13:38.there is just nowhere to hide. Pakistan had the chance to get rid
:13:39. > :13:45.of Joe Root but it slipped from their fingers. Shots were taken on
:13:46. > :13:49.only where there was no risk. The batsmen were making Pakistan think
:13:50. > :13:55.but then gave them the answers. Joe Root's concentration swept away in
:13:56. > :13:59.an instant, gone for 52. Men's's judgment failed him, which has
:14:00. > :14:06.happened before. After tea, England set about quietly adding to the
:14:07. > :14:10.score, building a stronger leader is possible whilst trying to avoid
:14:11. > :14:15.Pakistani traps. Behind the Cheers, England could send the ball is
:14:16. > :14:21.retiring. Moeen Ali responded accordingly to this, guiding the
:14:22. > :14:26.lead into more comfortable territory. But alongside runs and
:14:27. > :14:29.wickets, time is now playing a factor.
:14:30. > :14:32.And this morning, the number one test nation Australia have
:14:33. > :14:37.They were beaten inside three days in the second Test,
:14:38. > :14:42.with the home side taking an unassailable 2-0 lead
:14:43. > :14:47.On to football now, and the Scottish Premiership
:14:48. > :14:54.After being sent to the lowest division in Scottish
:14:55. > :14:55.football in 2012, following liquidation,
:14:56. > :14:57.Rangers marked their return to the top-flight with
:14:58. > :15:00.a point against Hamilton in the lunchtime kick-off.
:15:01. > :15:06.After four years away from the top league in Scotland, Rangers
:15:07. > :15:09.returned, back where they belong. In fact, it looked like they had never
:15:10. > :15:16.been away against Hamilton academical. They would have been
:15:17. > :15:22.ahead after 60 seconds. But having dominated, they then went behind.
:15:23. > :15:28.Martyn Waghorn whacked the post shortly after, manager murk
:15:29. > :15:33.Warburton would have to make calculations to get them back into
:15:34. > :15:40.this. They quickly made a difference. A perfect pass from
:15:41. > :15:44.substitute Harry Forrester straight into the path of Martyn Waghorn. You
:15:45. > :15:47.would have expected Rangers to go on and win, but they did not. For the
:15:48. > :15:53.goalkeeper it could've been a lot worse. One item on was how it ended.
:15:54. > :16:00.-- 1-1. Elsehwere, Kilamarnock started
:16:01. > :16:02.with a 2-1 defeat at home Partick won 2-0 against
:16:03. > :16:10.Inverness, and Ross County Norwich City began life back
:16:11. > :16:14.in the EFL with a 4-1 win at Blackburn Rovers
:16:15. > :16:16.in the Championship. Birmingham and Cardiff
:16:17. > :16:18.finished goalless. Wigan were beaten 2-1
:16:19. > :16:21.at Bristol City in their first game Derby County against
:16:22. > :16:31.Brighton finished 0-0. Huddersfiel beat Brentford 2-1,
:16:32. > :16:34.whilst Grant Ward scored a hat-trick Burton's first match
:16:35. > :16:39.in the Championship was eventful but ended with a 4-3 defeat at
:16:40. > :16:42.Nottingham Forest. Jaap Stam
:16:43. > :16:47.won his first competitive game as Reading boss - 1-0
:16:48. > :16:50.against Preston. And Rotherham
:16:51. > :17:03.and Wolves shared a 2-2 draw. Liverpool are currently 3-0 up
:17:04. > :17:09.against Barcelona at Wembley. Jurgen Klopp side took the lead in the
:17:10. > :17:15.first half and have since added goals after the break.
:17:16. > :17:23.Bit of transfer news, and West Ham are set
:17:24. > :17:34.to pay ?20 million for the Swansea forward
:17:35. > :17:36.Andre Ayew. The 26-year-old Ghanan
:17:37. > :17:38.international scored 12 goals in 34 Premier League appearances
:17:39. > :17:45.Ayew only joined Swansea on a free transfer 12 months ago.
:17:46. > :17:49.England centre Kallum Watkins scored four tries as Leeds made
:17:50. > :17:52.an impressive start to the Super 8s Qualifiers with a 62-6
:17:53. > :17:55.The Rhinos had to overcome some early anxious moments
:17:56. > :17:58.in their first league game outside the top flight since 1903,
:17:59. > :18:01.but they found their rhythm in the second half when they scored
:18:02. > :18:23.Catalan Dragons lead against witness. -- Widnes.
:18:24. > :18:25.Let's turn attentions back to the Olympics now and the Games
:18:26. > :18:28.opened in Rio last night with a ceremony to mark
:18:29. > :18:30.the first to be held in a South American country.
:18:31. > :18:32.Demonstrators against the cost of the event were kept
:18:33. > :18:42.One of sport's most iconic settings for the start of what remains
:18:43. > :18:52.The evening's key themes of world peace and sustainability immediately
:18:53. > :18:55.apparent. An acoustic rendition
:18:56. > :18:57.of the national anthem setting a simple but classy tone before
:18:58. > :19:00.the country's flag was raised. Then came a vivid portrayal
:19:01. > :19:02.of Brazil's history, the stadium floor transformed
:19:03. > :19:04.first into an ocean, home to the start of life,
:19:05. > :19:06.and then a rainforest. The people of the country's native
:19:07. > :19:09.tribes performing a dance with a transparent screen
:19:10. > :19:11.and huge elastic bands. Next came the arrival
:19:12. > :19:12.of the Portuguese, the first
:19:13. > :19:17.Europeans to land here, and a reminder that
:19:18. > :19:19.slavery lasted 400 years in Brazil,
:19:20. > :19:20.with an emphasis on the role that African culture has
:19:21. > :19:24.played in the country's development. Many Brazilians believe
:19:25. > :19:27.they were the real inventors of the aeroplane, and in this
:19:28. > :19:32.segment homage was paid to aviator Santos-Dumont, as we were taken
:19:33. > :19:35.on a journey outside of the Maracana and treated to a night
:19:36. > :19:41.flight across Rio. Soon it was carnival time -
:19:42. > :19:44.1500 dancers filling the stage and the audience joining them
:19:45. > :19:46.as the party got into full swing. But then the tone became serious -
:19:47. > :19:49.the global audience reminded of the threat posed
:19:50. > :19:51.by climate change. The voice of Dame Judi Dench
:19:52. > :19:53.helping to get across the That then continued
:19:54. > :20:00.as the traditional parade of athletes began, each handed
:20:01. > :20:03.a seed to be planted to create part of a new forest in Rio,
:20:04. > :20:07.before being presented to the crowd. Andy Murray leading out Team GB
:20:08. > :20:10.as their bid to win more medals A large Russian contingent
:20:11. > :20:20.received a mixed reception, after the doping scandal
:20:21. > :20:22.that led many to call for them to be
:20:23. > :20:26.banned from these Games. The loudest cheers of the night
:20:27. > :20:31.reserved for the 10-strong Refugee Team competing under
:20:32. > :20:36.the Olympics flag and, of course, the hosts.
:20:37. > :20:38.Brazil! A proud moment for
:20:39. > :20:40.this sporting nation. We welcome you in Rio,
:20:41. > :20:45.the Olympic city. Acting President Michel Temer
:20:46. > :20:48.declaring the Games officially the football icon ruled
:20:49. > :21:03.out through ill health, marathon runner Vanderlei Cordeiro
:21:04. > :21:05.de Lima had the honour of lighting the Olympic flame -
:21:06. > :21:07.a cauldron designed to be deliberately small
:21:08. > :21:09.and environmentally friendly, The first gold medal
:21:10. > :21:22.of the Rio Olympics was won by American shooter
:21:23. > :21:27.Virginia Thrasher. She was taking part in the women's
:21:28. > :21:32.20 metre air-rifle competition. Two Chinese shooters,
:21:33. > :21:34.Du Li and Yi Siling, won silver Britain's Jen McIntosh finished
:21:35. > :21:43.15th, the highest position ever achieved by a British woman
:21:44. > :21:45.in the 10 metre air rifle. That was in spite of a rifle
:21:46. > :21:48.malfunction which caused problems She'll next compete
:21:49. > :22:02.in the 50 metre rifle three There is a great atmosphere. I was
:22:03. > :22:05.actually pretty nervous, which surprised me. The head was quite
:22:06. > :22:18.calm but the body had other ideas. All in all, a great experience.
:22:19. > :22:24.Heather Watson has taken the opening set in her tennis match.
:22:25. > :22:25.Colin Fleming and Dom Inglot lost in the first round of the men's
:22:26. > :22:31.doubles. There was a good start
:22:32. > :22:33.for the British women's rugby sevens team as they beat Brazil
:22:34. > :22:38.in their opening group match. They found the going tough
:22:39. > :22:43.in the first half as the hosts threatened an upset,
:22:44. > :22:50.but this lung-bursting run and try more comfortable for Team GB
:22:51. > :22:57.after the break though. Two tries from Natasha Hunt,
:22:58. > :22:59.along with scores for Jasmine Joyce and Emily Scott helped them
:23:00. > :23:02.to a healthy victory in the end. Not the best starts for the men's
:23:03. > :23:07.hockey team though. They lost their opening
:23:08. > :23:12.game to Belgium. One down at half-time,
:23:13. > :23:14.they got back on level terms after the break,
:23:15. > :23:17.but the Belgians proved too strong, scoring two more goals
:23:18. > :23:20.to give them a 3-1 win. Team GB's women start their campaign
:23:21. > :23:37.against Australia later today. And William Fox-Pitt was taking part
:23:38. > :23:40.in the team eventing session today, just months after an accident which
:23:41. > :23:53.left him in a coma which nearly ended his career.
:23:54. > :23:58.Chris Froome, the true difference winner, losing touch with the
:23:59. > :24:05.leading group at the moment. Under 30 kilometres to go. You can keep on
:24:06. > :24:17.track with that on BBC Radio Cornwall on BBC One. British raiders
:24:18. > :24:19.Yates and Thomas R.N. Touch of the