Hello and welcome to live coverage of the Olympics,

Six miles left in the marathon. There's four in the leading pack left.

This video is worth a watch, too. There's relatively little action elsewhere.

Neymar has already got himself a tattoo, according to his latest 'snap' 'chat', to celebrate his Olympic success.

Tsegai Tewelde has pulled up injured, and that'll be the end of his participation in the tournament. The crowd is thinning out. Here's a photo of the weather they're running in.

In the volleyball bronze medal match, the Russians lead the US of America by one set, which they won 25-23. Four more (maybe, it's best of five_ to go.

Callum Hawkins and Tsegai Tewelde, the two Britons who should perform best ,are at the rear of the main group. Fellow Brit Derek Hawkins is a minute of the pace.

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Later today, the US take on Serbia in the gold medal game for the Basketball. The US are heavy favourites today, obviously, but Serbia pushed them almost to overtime in the preliminaries.

Brendan Foster has said this on the BBC, about the marathon conditions today:

"The water has made cornering quite difficult here. That was a bit revealing.

"It could come into play more later on when the corners become a little tighter.

"I hope we don't see people falling, this is the real test of pure distance running."

Here's Bianca Walkden celebrating her bronze, planning for gold.

Here's something that the young people call a 'selfie photo'.

STOP PRESS! The American's won the women's basketball against Spain.

Here's the look of relief on Neymar's face after Brazil's win.

The marathon is about to get underway. It's overcast and raining today, so a little cooler for the athletes. They'll be grateful for that respite, even if it ends up being temporary.

Britain are second in the medal table at the moment. It certainly puts 'Great' into 'Great Britain', though Britain's awful imperial history probably takes it back out again.

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Britain will also be competing in the marathon today, but its entrants are expected to finish well down the field.

England's new manager, Samuel Allardyce, has suggested Great Britain might return to the Olympics football tournament in future:

"It is a fantastic venue once every four years and to turn it down is a great shame.

"It's something we may look at in the future and try to compete in.

"When you see the delight on Justin Rose's face after winning the gold medal in golf it shows what it all means."

This isn't strictly the Olympics, but don't miss live coverage of the game between Super David Moyes and Middlesbrough.

Here's a photo of the women's 4x400m with their bronze medals.

Martyn Rooney, along with Nigel Levin, Delano Williams and Matthew Hudson-Smith were disqualified from the 4x400m relay, and Rooney is unimpressed. Hudson-Smith was ruled to have placed his foot incorrectly, outside the takeover zone. Replays, however, were inconclusive, and Rooney is miffed:

"It's a track judge's opinion," said Rooney. "Unfortunately, there wasn't a Hawk-Eye on the line.

"In other sports, like tennis and football, they have Hawk-Eeye. We've basically got a track judge who has decided that that's what he has seen and there's no conclusive evidence to prove it either way.

"I've just seen it now and I'm even angrier. Matt has been very badly treated."