TEAM GB are off to a cracking start on day 15 as Galal Yafai became the country's latest Olympic champion.
The flyweight boxer beat Filipino Carlo Paalam via split decision in their bout and managed GB a boxing gold for the fourth successive Olympics.
Elsewhere, Tom Daley goes for Gold again from 7am in his men's 10m platform final.
Yesterday, Team GB added two golds, two silvers and three bronzes on a triumphant Day 14 of the Tokyo Games.
Laura Muir took home the silver in the 1500 metres and the women's team featuring Dina Asher-Smith won bronze in the 4x100m relay.
The men's 4x100m relay team missed out on gold by 0.01 SECONDS as Italy charged home on the line.
Laura Kenny bagged her historic FIFTH gold medal in the women's Madison alongside Katie Archibald, while Kate French won in the modern pentathlon.
And the cycling medals did not stop there – Jack Carlin added a bronze in the men's sprint.
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MEN'S 10m PLATFORM FINAL
Tom Daley continues to lead with 281.60.
China's Yang Jiangets 89.25 but doesn't close the gap to Daley .
Cao Yuan closes to within a point with a score of 97.20 on his third dive.
Cao is on 280.80 and Yang in bronze position with 273.85
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MEN'S 10m PLATFORM FINAL
Tom Daley nails his third dive!
Daley lands a 91.80, which adds to his stunning start of 98.60 and 91.20!
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MEN'S 10m PLATFORM FINAL
Team GB star Tom Daley leads in the standings!
China's world champion Yang Jian closes the gap with an impressive second dive whereas Cao Yuan can't hit the same numbers on his second dive
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MEN'S 10m PLATFORM FINAL
Team GB star Tom Daley takes his second dive.
Daley delivers once again and continues his excellent start!
The British superstar records 91.20!
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MEN'S 10m PLATFORM FINAL
Tom Daley moves second after China's Cao Yuan performs his opening dive.
The 10s come out for the two-time Olympic gold medallist, who scores 102.00
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MEN'S 10m PLATFORM FINAL
Team GB's Tom Daley enjoys a brilliant start!
Daley kicks things off with an impressive 98.60 to go straight to the top of the standings
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THE KNOCKDOWN
The decisive moment of Yafai's win over Paalam in Tokyo. Huge.
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BROTHERS
Galal's brothers, Gamal and Kal, are buzzing for him.
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AMAZING PERFORMANCE
He's done it! Yafai beats Paalam by split decision, what a brilliant performance from the Birmingham Buzzsaw.
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YAFAI VS PAALAM
Yafai makes it to the bell!
It'll be gold for the Birmingham man! ?
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YAFAI VS PAALAM
Just brilliant from Yafai, who takes the second on a 4-1 split.
If he can stay standing in the third, gold is his…
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YAFAI VS PAALAM
Well that was a blistering start from Yafai, sweeps the first round and comes out for round two with the same bad intentions.
Brilliant stuff from the Brit, coming forward with crushing blows and constant heavy pressure.
It's an absolute slug-fest in that Tokyo ring!
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YAFAI VS PAALAM
WOW!
What a start for Yafai!
He knocks Paalam down with a brilliant left hand in the opening stages of the fight!
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CONFIDENT FRAZE
All the confidence in the world in Galal Yafai from Frazer Clarke, who picked up bronze earlier this week.
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GB Boxing at Tokyo 2020 so far…
Here's how we've fared so far in the ring out in Japan:
- Pat McCormack (welterweight) ?
- Ben Whittaker (light-heavyweight) ?
- Karriss Artingstall (featherweight) ?
- Frazer Clarke (super-heavyweight) ?
- Galal Yafai (flyweight) ?
- Lauren Price (middleweight) ?
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YAFAI VS PAALAM
We're around 20 minutes away from Team GB's third crack at Olympic boxing gold as Galal Yafai takes on Filipino Carlo Paalam in the flyweight division.
Galal will be hoping to go a step further than his older brother Kal, who won silver in Beijing 13 years ago.
Paalam will be after the Philippines' first ever medal for boxing in Olympics history.
Their cracker gets going just after 6am BST.
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GOLD!
And it's GOLD for Team USA in the basketball as Kevin Durant rallies his troops and leads the side to a fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal.
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SAMBA SAMBA
Big news for Brazilians as Isaquias Queiroz dos Santos has just picked up GOLD in the men's canoe single 1000m!
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BASKETBALL FINAL
Team USA are up against France in the gold medal match in Tokyo right now.
USA have plenty of star-power on the court but they lost their first game of these Games to France, so they'll be out for revenge.
Gregg Popovich's team are currently sitting pretty with a 12-point lead at 38-26, but France have proven themselves to be a resilient side.
Stay tuned to see if Kevin Durant can bag a third consecutive Olympic gold medal.
- Matt Penn
CHINESE GOLD
China pick up their first gold of the day as they pick up the women's double 500m with Ukraine taking silver and Canada finishing third.
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LIGHT WORK
In the end, it was an easy semi-final for Tom Daley, who will be competing in the Men's 10m platform final from 7am BST, as he goes for his second gold of the games…
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GO TOM!
Tom Daley has produced another cracking dive off the 10m platform!
He is easing into the final…
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DALEY BACK IN BUSINESS
Tom Daley has produced an impressive fourth dive to push himself back up the leaderboard.
He remains on course for the final!
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HISTORY FOR QATAR
Qatar have won their first-ever beach volleyball medal at the Olympics!
Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan have picked up a bronze after a 2-0 victory against Latvia.
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AWKWARD FROM TOM
Tom Daley's third dive hasn't gone to plan, failing to nail his landing.
The Brit gets just fives from the judges and is expected to slip down the standings…
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