Rafa Maciel

and right on cue - disaster

Britain looked good in their win over Spain without ever looking spectacular. Likewise, Ireland did what they needed to do to put Portugal away without needing to bring their A game. The final could be close - 5-10 point difference - but if Ireland bring their A game, there is only going to be one winner.

Well you could go for speed chess - that would make it faster You could play it standing up - higher And you could use weighted pieces ranging from 1Kg to 25Kg to make it stronger. I think our German fencer friend at the head of the IOC could totally be persuaded of its merits.

Yeah - but this is showing who would have qualified for Tokyo at the 2020 European qualifier under the 2024 criteria. As the 54Kg class is a new division for 2024, there's no comparison that can be made to 2020.

As loses another boxer in the round of 16, I get the feeling that our squad is dramatically underperforming their own expectations but given that the number of places available at the European qualifiers has halved compared to 2020, I wanted to see how they are doing compared to the Tokyo squad. Men's 51 Kg quotas in 2020: Men's 57Kg quotas: Men's 63.5Kg quotas: Men's 71Kg quotas: Men's 80Kg quotas: Men's 92Kg quotas: Men's +92Kg quotas: So on the men's side we would have secured 5 quotas. As it currently stands, at best we could take 3 but more likely that we will end up with only 1 or 2. Women's 50Kg quotas in 2020: Women's 54Kg quotas: N/A as additional weight division Women's 57Kg quotas: Women's 60Kg quotas: Women's 66Kg quotas: Women's 75Kg quotas: For the women's events, the picture is equally bleak for GBR. They would have won 3 quotas in 2020 but again, we're likely to win 1 or 2 at best. Long story short, if want to continue their long history of being one of the largest boxing squads at the Olympics, they are going to have to come up with some stellar performances at the world qualifiers next year.

So after the fun of seeing the modern version of Ken Dodd's Tickling Stick in action, the women run out comfortable winners 36-12

They have the right tools!!

Things going from bad to worse - they're now bringing out the cheer leaders. Sadly their budget could only stretch to 3 actual cheerleaders and 8 others who look like they have been dragged out of an aerobics class at the local gym.

If anyone has a ladder or even just a long stick available, please can they get in touch with the organising committee as they don't seem to have a plan to get this sorted.

Most ridiculous thing I've seen at these games - the awning at the back of the pitch has blown up and over and is now caught on the top of the posts. Competition is delayed halfway through the first semi-final

Just catching up on the results of the weekend - hadn't realised that the mixed relay event had to be called off because of the air quality.

Yeah - I think this is probably just another symptom of how poorly designed the results site has been for these games.

So in all 7 of the HSBC events, the bracket structure was Quarterfinal 1: Winner pool B vs best third place team Quarterfinal 2: Winner pool C vs second pool A Quarterfinal 3: Second pool B vs second pool C Quarterfinal 4: Winner pool A vs second best third placed team And then semi finals would be winners of QF1 v QF2 and QF3 v QF4

And yet that's not how the bracket matches are arranged at the HSBC Rugby 7s events.

End of day 4 and over half of the weight classes are now at quarter-final stage. Turkey move to the top of the standings having lost no bouts today. They currently have 11 boxers still in the competition - including all 6 women. Italy lost a couple of close decisions today, so they move to 10 fighters still in with a chance of quota. Ireland's women continue to move serenely through the draw with all 6 still in contention although they did lose another male boxer today. Their total is now 9. France didn't lose anyone today so still have 9 fighters in play. Ukraine and Poland both have 8 fighters left. GBR lost another 2 bouts today to leave them with 7 fighters still in with chance of qualifying - 4 on the women's side and 3 on the mens.

That was just an embarrassing performance from GB They couldn't even kick the ball off the field to end the game cleanly.

Jeez are struggling in the first half to put away - just 2 points in it at half time. If Germany can keep their heads, they could just sneak this.

She didn't look great in her last bout and in this one she looked really sluggish.

OK so I tried, but after 5 minutes watching breaking, found myself having urges to gouge my eyes out and had to switch off. It's an embarrassment that this is deemed worthy of an Olympic spot.

Rebecca McGowan has withdrawn from her -73Kg taekwondo quarterfinal

Great win from Cunningham in the +87Kg quarter final against top seed and world number 5, Atesli of . After his recent performance at Rome Grand Prix, he is putting himself in great position to potentially qualify for Paris through his ranking

Although in other sports this week, GBR have been demonstrating uncanny ability to under perform when it really matters

FFS Liddon has one of her best precision shots all year to top the rankings only to follow it up with a car crash rapid round to finish 3rd from last

Where are you getting the scores? - the results page isn't showing anything for her rapid yet.

There's no quotas going to world ranking under the IOC qualification pathway although it was included in the original IBA proposal. France can qualify through the European Games and the 1st World Qualifier. After the 1st world qualifier, France will advise which, if any, host quotas they are going to use. Any that aren't used will be allocated through the 2nd world qualifier. Of the 9 weight classes where France could use a host quota, they are still active in 6 - 3 on the men's side and 3 on the women's.