Olympics day one: Rhys McClenaghan storms into pommel horse final

Olympics

Day one of the games continues this evening with the action starting to wind down in Paris.

Dubliner Nhat Nguyen leads Misha Zilberman of Israel by 19 points to 17 in the opening game of his first group match in the men’s badminton.

And gymnast Rhys McClenaghan breezed into the pommel horse final with a near flawless qualifying score of 15.200.

Ireland's Men's Rugby Sevens team finished 6th overall after losing to New Zealand in the fifth place playoff.

Elsewhere at the games,

Canada women's manager Bev Priestman has been banned from football for a year following a spying row.

The country's Games chief David Shoemaker revealed yesterday it was "highly likely" she knew a drone was used to snoop on opponents' New Zealand's training session.

The side have also been docked 6 points in this year's competition which makes their title defence a huge uphill task.

Meanwhile, Antoine Dupont lead from the front as France took gold in the Rugby Sevens event.