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since the UK voted to leave the European Union. Those are the

headlines. Now let's get much more on the Olympics and go to the BBC's

Sportsday. Hello and welcome to Olympic

Sportsday with me, Will Perry. Here are your headlines

from Rio on Day 12. Great Britain are sailing

in second in the medals table with Saskia Clark and Hannah Mills

about to make it gold number 20. Mo Farah stumbles into the men's

5000 metres final with And the head of the Olympic Council

in Ireland has stood down from his role after being arrested by police

in Rio over illegal ticket sales. Sir Dave Brailsford hits back

at Great Britain's rivals who've questioned their dominance

in track cycling. And after Irish boxer

Michael Conlon is controversially knocked out of the Games,

we'll have the story of a 5-year old boy who's sent him his school

medal as a consolation prize. 18 sports and 16 golds up for grabs

on Day 12 at the Rio Olympics, One of them is about to be taken by

Great Britain. It was all but won yesterday, it will be hanging around

the necks of Saskia Clark and Hannah Mills today when eventually went the

women's 470 sailing. It was due to start earlier, there wasn't enough

wind, not ideal for sailing. They had a 20-point lead

going into the finale after finishing 2nd and 3rd

yesterday having missed out on gold at London 2012 having settled

for silver behind New Zealand but today Saskia Clark

and Hannah Mills will become Olympic champions securing gold number

20 for Great Britain. That was about half an hour ago.

These are life pictures, and the wait for that medal goes on. Delayed

by around 90 minutes -- live pictures. It should start in about

15 minutes's time, it does not look like they've got a lot of wind

there. When it does begin it is guaranteed that they will be another

gold for Great Britain. From the Marina da Gloria

to the Olympic Stadium in Rio where Mo Farah's bid to become

Olympic double double champion over 5 thousand and 10

thousand metres continues. Our Sports correspondent

Natalie Pirks is there for us and Natalie you watched Farah come

through his heat in the 5000 but not as straight forward

as he would have liked? Remember the stumble in the final of

the 10,000 metres when he was on the floor and got up and everyone's

hearts was in their mouths, it was almost at the moment today in the

home straight like that when he had a little stumble although he breezed

through and finished third and made the final on Saturday. With all the

news and the News of the rest of the athletics here is Rob Heath. It's

been that kind of day in Rio, no hiding from the temperature. It is

expected to be only the heat that Mo Farah needed to worry about,

qualification surely a formality. But after falling during his gold

medal winning 10,000 metres run on Saturday he got tangled up again on

the final lap. COMMENTATOR: Mo Farah in trouble again. Be careful, Mo,

just get on the outside. All you've got to do is run. You don't want to

worry about it any more. You've been very lucky. Thankfully, no more

alarms on the home straight and he was safely through. How well have

recovered after the 10,000? Not as well as I wanted. I just need more

rest now, but my feet up, chill in my room, that's all I have to do.

Your place in history is assured but you will take it up another notch if

you win gold in the 5000. Have you began to think about that

achievement and what it would mean? Not at all. Thank you to all the

people who supported me, people have sent me great messages on Snapchat

and social media, thank you everyone back home, I love you all. His

team-mate Andrew Butchart also booked his place in the final on

Saturday with a brave fifth place in his seat and through to the

semifinals of the women's 800 metres is shown in Oskan-Clarke, here under

the watchful gaze of Caster Semenya. Oskan-Clarke wasn't able to stay

ahead of the eventual winner. More impressive was Lynsey Sharpe who

lived up to her name with this incisive winning performance. It was

a little difficult because I've never run against any of those girls

before so I did not know how they ran or how it would go but I was

happy, it was good. I know it's going to take that to get among the

medals but I'm close I can get close to the times that the girls were

running -- I'm confident I can get close to the times they were

running. For all the success that Britain has had at these games we're

still waiting for a modern Daley Thompson, this time the man to beat

in the decathlon is the American Ashton Eton. He is bidding to retain

his title and there isn't much in the way to stop him after three

events. Not much in the way of the steeplechase gold medallist either.

He skipped to victory in a manner more befitting of a lap of honour

than one good enough to break the Olympic record. The gold medal for

him and an award for the day's most joyful performance. Rob Heath, BBC

News. Natalie, we heard from Lynsey Sharpe, what news of Caster Semenya

who also ran in the 800 heats? She breezed through to the semifinals

seemingly not affected by the controversy that swirls around her

everywhere she goes, remember back in 2009 she had to undergo gender

testing and the results were leaked and it showed that she suffered from

a condition which means that she has elevated levels of testosterone. The

governing body of athletics, the IAAF, basically said that you could

only compete if she took medication to suppress those levels. Iraq that

she could only compete. When that was happening the times were not as

good as they had been but that changed when another intersex

athlete challenged by drooling at the Court of Arbitration for Sport

and the court basically agreed that it was not fair that the governing

body had not done enough to prove that testosterone did help a female

athlete's times. So since then that rule had been suspended until next

year is that these Olympics female athletes can race without having to

take those suppressants. After that, basically, Caster Semenya's times

have got much better and she is now the hot favourite to win the 800

metres. But in many ways she can't win, what can she do? Either win a

great race and win gold but always have this swirling around her or

maybe go out and be less dominant and then not get a medal. So in many

ways it's an incredibly difficult moral situation for the sport and a

personal situation for Caster Semenya. Thank you, not Brooks, our

sports correspondent live in the Olympic Stadium in Rio. Let's show

you what else has happened. Britain's London 2012 silver

medallists Liam Heath and John Schofield have won a place

in the final of the men's Kayak The British pair led

from the start in their semi-final and powered to the line

with an impressive display. Having recorded the fastest time

in the semis, they'll receive a favourable lane

in tomorrow's final. Rajiv Ouseph's chance of a medal

in Badminton was ended by European champion and fourth seed

Viktor Axelsen from Denmark. The world No 15 lost

his quarter final Ouseph's ambition before

the Olympics was to reach Good news from the individual show

jumping where Britain's Nick Skelton and Ben Maher both made it

through to Friday's final. Skelton went through on five faults

on Big Star, while Maher and Tic Tac jumped a fine round in today's

qualifying, recording just one time The British pair are among 35 riders

who go in that final. Police in Rio meanwhile

have arrested the head of the European Olympic Committees,

Patrick Hickey, over The 71-year-old Irishman

is suspected of passing on tickets for the Games to be sold

on at extortionate prices according to a Brazilian media report and has

stood down temporarilly. We can speak to our Brazil

correspondence, Wyre Davies. An extraordinary story, what more can

you tell us about this? Pat Hickey, 71 years old, was one of the most

senior figures in European Olympic circles until he stood down a few

minutes ago, he was president of the Olympic Council of Ireland.

According to Brazilian police who have since held a press conference

he was arrested at his luxury hotel earlier this morning. Initially has

wife had said he wasn't in the hotel and had returned to Ireland but

police decided to dig a little deeper and they found Mr Hickey in

another room. He has been arrested on allegations of being part of a

wider scheme to distribute and illegally sell at inflated prices

some top Olympic tickets for events like the athletic finals and the

opening ceremony and the closing ceremony. According to police, this

scheme could have generated at least ?2 million in illegal profits.

They've already made several other arrests earlier in the week,

executives from a company called T H G, that company denies doing

anything illegal and says any tickets it may have thought were

done so legally but the police are adamant they've recovered more than

1000 tickets, and while this refers to a couple of thousand tickets out

of several million Olympic tickets it is embarrassing for the IOC and

four Rio in 2016 when ticketing itself has been such a huge story at

these Olympics. Thank you. Another interesting story, one Brazilian

judge has ordered that the passport of the American swimmer Ryan Lochte

and one of his team-mates be seized and ordered them to remain in the

country as authorities investigate the claim that they were robbed at

gunpoint during the games. It is not clear if the swimmers are still in

Brazil. It is said that officials want to collect the passports yet

the team were out. The swimmer and his team-mates claimed that they

were robbed at gunpoint when they returned to the Olympic Village

several hours after the events ended. Please have found little

evidence to support their account and said the swimmers were not able

to provide key details in police interviews.

Catriona Matthew and Charley Hull are both taking part

in the women's golf tournament which started earlier today.

The pair are looking to emulate Justin Rose and take gold

Hull was the last to tee off at the Reserva de Marapendi course,

but made three birdies on the front nine.

This chip here on the fifth helping her to one of those.

And the 20 year-old then sent this long range putt close to make

She's currently three under through 12 holes.

While Catriona Matthew is already back in the clubhouse

She scored a double bogey on the third but went

on to make three birdies, finishing level par on 71.

And these are live pictures from Marapendi.

She is back in the clubhouse on a round of five under par.

Hull is playing alongside the favourite for gold,

After a dismal start to the men's football,

with two goalless draws, the hosts Brazil have come into form

They thrashed Denmark in their final group game and beat Columbia 2 nil

in the last 8 to reach their 3rd straight Olympic semi-final.

They couldn't have started much better in their semi

with their captain and talisman Neymar giving them the lead

Former Tottenham and Wigan midfielder Wilson Palacios

with the mistake and Neymar who's been in the wars

New Manchester City signing Gabriel Jesus added two more

Gabriel Jesus will not join City until January.

They'll face either Nigeria or Germany in the final,

they play in the other semi at 8 o'clock tonight.

From one semi final to another...it's the last 4

of the women's hockey today, and the first team into gold medal

match are the Netherlands, who came through a thrilling

1-1 at full time, the match went to a penalty shoot out,

You would expect the Germans to win but the Dutch won it, 4-3.

Cue wild celebrations from them, and some tears from the Germans.

The Netherlands will face either New Zealand or Great

They play their semi-final at 9 o'clock this evening.

A win for Team GB would of course guarantee them another medal.

British cycling's former performance director Sir Dave Brailsford has hit

back at Great Britain's rivals, who've questioned their dominance

in the sport which has seen GB win 11 medals in the Velodrome in Rio

Kristina Vogel, the German sprinter, described their success

French riders Michael D'Almeida and Laurent Gan-ay have also

Brailsford, who's masterminded Britain's recent success

on the track, says it's their "marginal gains"

and attention to detail which has given GB the edge.

I think from the point of view of the other nations, we dominated in

Beijing on the track and in London on the track and all of a sudden I

don't think they thought that we were to dominate in Rio on the track

and we have. And I think it's very, very difficult for the nations to

take, they are scratching their heads and asking, how did they do

it. It seems to me that the period between the World Championships in

March and the summer Olympics which happens once every four years, when

you perform in the middle of the summer, that period, Team GB

absolutely nailed it. They almost always step up their performances

from the World Championships. But the recipe, there is no magic wand.

There is no secret, as it were. It's very good performance planning, its

friends attention to detail, everyone pulling in the right

direction and getting the periodisation right between March,

through to the August games where it really matters and your best

performance once every four years on the day, on a minute, that it

counts. The investment by lottery across the board in sport now, we

are starting to see the fruits of that investment because we are

seeing the gymnastics team doing an amazing job at this games. I think

it's quite similar to cycling. Prior to the year 2000, cycling, we had

one gold medal in 76 years and suddenly we had this accumulation

and the gymnasts are doing the same. Before this games I think they had

won seven or eight medals previously and they now have one in seven or

eight in one games. It's a similar type of story. What was it like last

night watching Jason and Laura doing what they did in the velodrome? I

was doing what everyone else was which was jumping up and down and

running around the room, screaming and shouting! And then they both put

in fantastic performances. Laura is untouchable, absolutely untouchable.

She is so good. When you see her straight afterwards and Jesus, I

can't believe what happened and everyone else says, bolder, you are

so good, and it is authentic, real, it's not put on, that is Laura,

she's brilliant. And Jason, so calm and collected, such a fierce

competitor, his feet on the ground, a really nice guy, and he absolutely

did not put a pedal revel wrong in the whole. That Sir Dave Brailsford.

So as Britain's golden couple Jason Kenny and Laura Trott

celebrate their ten Olympic golds - this afternoon they spoke

Realistically argue ready for this upsurge of interest in the two of

you when you get home? We still feel like Laura and Jason, you know, like

the couple who, like you say, we were together before London, it's

just that no one knew about that and we like to live a normal quiet life,

we live literally in the middle of nowhere. It's nice that we go out

for dog walks and we don't see anybody for miles and miles! That's

the way we've always kind of been. I guess it might change and if

it does we will take it in our stride, but we still feel like the

same two people. Laura, you are the greatest female British Olympian in

history. How does that feel? You are only 24! Weird! It's not something

you go out to achieve. In London it felt like all my dreams had come

true. I did not know how I was going to do it, it feels insane, it does

not feel like something I could have achieved. You have levelled so Chris

Hoy's record, how does that feel? It feels so real. It's not something

we'd ever thought about. We have a system where we just go through the

process and take any change as it comes and that's kind of what I've

done and this morning at work and with three gold medals and it feels

like a dream. Bizarre. -- I woke up with three gold medals. I could

retire happy man. You've just witnessed Laura achieving her third

gold. How proud you? Massively. She phenomenal in the Omnium. There is

no doubt about it. She dominated it which makes it easier to watch

because it is harder to watch other people than race yourself, even

watching your mates because we are all friends and they all go racing,

you want them to do well, it is doubly so when you are watching your

fiance and you are hoping that all her dreams come true. I'm massively

proud and dead happy for her. Some of Britain's rivals struggled to

handle it, Kristina Vogel has said it is questionable, what do you make

of that kind of comment from arrival? Understandable. We went to

the last championships and did well and came here and did slightly

better. Sometimes some listeners do slightly worse which seems bizarre

because the Olympics is everything to our team and we would be

devastated if we were not going on the form of our life here. We just

kind of concentrate on ourselves and make sure we do everything right.

The International Boxing Association, has dropped a number

of officials after a review of their decisions at the Olympics.

The reaction to Irish fighter Michael Conlan's controversial

defeat prompted a reaction from AIBA.

Conlan lost by unanimous decision to Russia's Vladimir Nikitin

yesterday, when many felt he had won comfortably.

The Belfast fighter, who was Ireland's last boxing hope

in Rio, was expected to turn professional after this Olympics

but this defeat means he'll leave amateur boxing

The AIBA has released a statement today saying: "The AIBA

R Commission has reviewed all decisions and determined

that less than a handful of the decisions were not

at the level expected, and consequently it has been decided

in accordance with the AIBA R evaluation committee

that the concerned referees and judges will no longer officiate

In accordance with AIBA rules the result of all

AIBA will not shy away from its responsibilities and is

fully committed to a zero tolerance policy

towards fair play in boxing, always acting in the

Well, Conlan may not have won an Olympic medal

after his controversial defeat in Rio, but to one young

A young lad from Dublin has sent a touching letter to his hero,

it reads: My name is Finn McManus and I am five years old.

should have won because you are the best boxer in the world.

I want you to have my school medal because you are a winner.

Conlon responded on Twitter, describing it as a "very

He's also promised to send Finn a gift.

Great Britain could add to their medal tally tonight

with one or two opportunities of getting on the podium.

we can speak to our sports correspondent Andy Swiss who's live

Andy, a couple of medal shouts for Gb but perhaps a bit of a stretch

for Dina Asher-smith in the 200 metres?

Yes, you're right, it may be a little bit of a stretcher her. She

had a great year last year, got to the World Championships final and

became the fastest British woman in history but she had a battle in her

semifinal and she finished fourth. She only just scraped into the final

as a fastest loser. It's going to be quite some battle for her from one

of the inside lanes, also runners like the world champion Daphne

Schippers from Holland, Elaine Thompson, the new 100 metres

champion in Rio, they will be setting the pace. Dina Asher-Smith

is going to produce something very special indeed to have a chance of a

medal tonight. The noise levels at

the Olympic Stadium will be off the scale come 10 o'clock tonight

with Usain Bolt back in action And what else will happen tonight?

Usain Bolt is always the big attraction at the Olympics. He

pretty much ambled through his heat yesterday, it was so casual and so

comfortable, classic Usain Bolt, safely through to today's semifinals

in style. He's going for his second gold medal of these games, his third

consecutive 200 metres title. Adam Gemili is also going in the same

semifinal for Great Britain so can he get a place in that final? Two at

finals today. The women's long jump, sharper Proctor, who won silver at

the World Championships for Great Britain yesterday failed to qualify

but we have to entrance through Great Britain. And is also the

semifinal and the final of the women's 100 metres hurdle, Tiffany

Porter won bronze at the World Championships last year, can she get

into the final? She didn't in London 2012 but she will have higher hopes

this evening. And Britain could guarantee a gold or silver medal

tonight in the hockey if they beat New Zealand in the semifinal. Yes,

they have been making quiet, steady, comfortable progress through the

tournament. Six wins out of six. They were so impressive in the

quarterfinal when they beat Spain by three goals to one. Tonight, as you

say, it is the semifinal against New Zealand, ranked number four in the

world. They beat New Zealand in that bronze medal play-off in London

2012, if they beat them again tonight they through to the play-off

for either gold or silver. That will be better than buttons women's

hockey team have ever done in Olympic history so it's a very big

night for them indeed. Andy, thank you, live in the Olympic Park, the

full-time whistle has gone and it has finished, Brazil, six, Honduras,

zero. Brazil will go into the final where they will face either Nigeria

or Germany. Six goals scored by Neymar, his second of the night

coming from the penalty spot. This is how the medals table looks

halfway through Day 12. Great Britain have already assured

that it will be their most successful overseas games and as it

stands, the United Stands lead Britain not too far behind

in 2nd ahead of China. Later on tonight, Britain are

guaranteed a gold medal, these are live pictures from the sailing that

you can follow on the website, or on BBC for this evening. Hannah Mills

and Saskia Clark will take gold in the 470 sailing race which has been

delayed because there hasn't been enough wind. That's all from Olympic

sports day with me, will Perry. More sport here on BBC News

throughout the evening.