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Afghanistan’s flag will be included in tomorrow’s opening ceremony for the Paralympics, even though the country’s athletes are unable to make it to Japan for the games. 

Well for half a century one man has become known as the ‘Voice of Anfield’ – George Sephton, who’s the stadium announcer and one of the club’s longest serving members of staff.

A number of Paralympic teams have withdrawn from Tokyo 2020, due to the difficulties of pandemic travel and quarantine measures.

The British Olympic silver medallist CJ Ujah has been named as one of four athletes who are now the subject of disciplinary proceedings, after being accused of violating anti-doping rules.

We spoke to Bethany Shriever, who won a BMX Olympic gold in Tokyo. She was left to crowdfund her way to the Olympic trials, after UK Sport cut its funding to the female BMX riders. We began by asking her what it was like when she won the title, celebrating alongside her team-mate Kye Whyte.

We spoke to Jonny Brownlee, who won gold in the mixed triathlon. The victory was his third medal in an Olympic career that began nine years ago in London and we began by asking how these Games have been different for him.

A sprinter from Belarus has been offered a humanitarian visa by Poland, after refusing an order to fly home early from the Tokyo Olympic Games. Krystina Timanovskaya is now under police protection in the Polish embassy, claiming she feared for her safety after she had criticised the Belarus team coaches on social media. Belarus claims…

Discovery’s £900 million rights deal allows the BBC to show just two live events at the same time.

Yayesh, an 18-year-old blind athlete, is defying the odds – and is determined to make it to the Paralympic Games in Tokyo this summer. 

Data shared exclusively with this programme shows just under 2,000 tweets specifically targeting young Black players were flagged as potentially abusive, with 167 considered “high risk” abuse.

We were joined by the writer, activist and author of Think Like a White Man, Nels Abbey, and assistant editor at The Daily Mirror, Darren Lewis.

The Euro 2020 final begins at 20:00 BST and Jordan Jarrett-Bryan is in Wembley Way.

We spoke to former professional footballer Lianne Sanderson. She played for Arsenal, Chelsea and Juventus and won 50 caps for England. And the football writer and broadcaster Nicky Bandini who covers Italian leagues for the Guardian.

Pubs around the country have been doing a roaring trade today, as fans get into the spirit of things.

Well it’s just two hours to go until kick-off and the excitement is building here in Wembley and across England.