Team GB's rowers carry the great hope for our first Olympic gold medal today.

Helen Glover and Heather Stanning are in red-hot form going into their pair final, having set a new Games record in their heat.

After that, there's the women's quadruple sculls final, followed by the men's eight.

Later, Bradley Wiggins is the odds-on favourite to win the men's time trial cycling.

***

Meanwhile, a disciplinary hearing will take place later after four women's badminton pairs were charged with deliberately trying to lose their matches, to get a more favourable draw in the next round.

They served into the net, hit shots wide and wasted time in their group games - leading them to be booed off.

***

And Barack Obama's tweeted US swimmer Michael Phelps to congratulate him after he made Olympic history last night by bringing his all time medal tally to a record 19.

Phelps tweeted back "Thank you Mr. President. It's an honor representing the best country in the world."