2024 Paris Olympics LIVE: Adam Peaty and Katie Boulter both in action for Team GB as the first medals of the Games are to be awarded as USA’s Katie Ledecky can become the most successful female swimmer of all time

Great Britain have doubled their lead over Spain as Gareth Furlong scores his fifth international goal. Congratulations!

A special moment for Nick Park, who is the first to score for Great Britain against Spain. He has the honour of being the first man to score in hockey at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, doing so towards the end of the first quarter.

Keely Hodgkinson has embraced comparisons to Jessica Ennis-Hill, saying she feels “privileged” to be compared to the legend as the “poster girl” for Team GB’s middle-distance racing hopes.

She said: “If someone sees me as the poster girl like she (Jessica Ennis-Hill) was, then it’s quite an achievement. I’m privileged to be in this position. And it’s a great tribute to follow in her footsteps. I hope I can carry on and do what she did and bring home the gold.”

Great Britain’s men’s hockey team will play their opening game in Pool A against Spain. It is the first of five group stage encounters.

Team GB reached the quarter-finals last time out and are well placed to build on that advantage.

We had our first setback of the Games!

After the heavens opened up last night, the ground has been deemed too wet for the cool people to ride their scooters. They will have to wait two days to get going. I would hate the wait with all the nerves!

Our expert writers Oliver Holt and Ian Herbert gave their take on last night’s frankly bizarre opening ceremony.

At the first ceremony held outside a stadium, my worst moment was seeing the half-naked Smurf-colored man sitting in a compromising pose surrounded by a fruit platter. I didn’t like that part very much…

Get your Holt and Herbert fix below, and let us know what you think in the comments.

This is just a part of what awaits us today.

• Women’s 3m Synchronised Diving at 10:00: Jasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen in the final
• Josh Tarling in the men’s time trial at 15:32, with Anna Henderson in the women’s at 13:30
• Adam Peaty begins his quest for a third breaststroke gold medal in the heats starting at 10 a.m.

Who better than a man who won five gold medals in five consecutive Olympic Games?

Sir Steve Redgrave has his finger on the pulse of Paris. He gives us an exclusive preview of what’s coming up in Paris, from the mood at Team GB HQ to our best medal hopes for today.

He also reflects on Friday night’s opening ceremony, which divided opinions, to say the least…

Read the article below and hear Redgrave give his take.

The Olympic dressage eventing event begins today at 8.30am BST, but the sport has been rocked by the scandal surrounding Charlotte Dujardin in recent days.

Major sponsors cut ties with her after a video emerged of her whipping a horse, posted by a whistleblower.

Now Mail Sport can reveal damning comments made by Alicia Dickinson, the dressage trainer who has denied being that whistleblower, about abuse at the top of the sport.

A little later, we’ll bring you an exclusive video preview of today’s action with Sir Steve Redgrave giving his verdict on who our best hopes are for a medal today.

He has set a target of six medals for Team GB today and says the team headquarters is “buzzing with excitement” with anticipation.

Hello and welcome to Mail Sport’s live coverage of the first Saturday of the Olympic Games!

We have a very full schedule for today and at the end, some athletes will go to bed with a gold medal by their side.

There are high hopes for British medals, so stay with us. More on them in a moment.