olympic gold here gabriel. it feels amazing, the olympic says it feels amazing, the olympic says coming up, it s really big for us, says coming up, it s really big for us, you says coming up, it s really big for us, you know, for the sport. for us, you know, for the sport. and for us, you know, for the sport, and i m excited to go to japan sport, and i m excited to go to japan it sport, and i m excited to go to japan. it will be a good event. hopefully we get some good waves, hopefully we get some good waves, you know and we will make waves, you know and we will make the waves, you know and we will make the best of it. i know that make the best of it. i know that we re not going to have people that we re not going to have people on the beach there, not many, people on the beach there, not many, know, like we used to but, many, know, like we used to but. yeah. many, know, like we used to but, yeah, i know everyone will be on but, yeah, i know everyone wil
to be selected as a rower and be the flag bearers in a very 0lympic based sport, is a sport of pride, it sport, it is a sport of pride, it does not create superstars, so to be front of house for the team, to be the face alongside hannah, i think is such a phenomenal role. ijust hope we will show the countries back home that a normal kid from normal comprehensive secondary school, 18 years later, can be the person that is leaving out the team at an olympic games. is a leading out. is a leading out. andy murray was the team gb flag bearer in rio five years ago, when he went on to win the gold medal. he s been talking today about the covid situation in tokyo, after shooter amber hill was forced to pull out following a positive test. 12 new cases have been identified at the games, including two unnamed athletes in the olympic village.
it takes the total number of 0lympic related cases to 87. murray says he and the rest of the team are wary of the dangers. if you have been preparing for something for five years and something for five years and something like that were to happen to you, it would be brutal, so i think there is more anxiousness, which is understandable, but from what i have seen, everyone is taking the protocols and measures seriously, so hopefully there won t be too many more issues. the men s football tournament is now under way and brazil gold medallists in rio five years ago got off to the perfect start with a big 4 2 win over germany in yokohama. it was a rematch of the 2016 final, which brazil won penalties. and they took the game by storm everton s richarlison opening the scoring. and he was in the mood for more too. he scored a first half hat trick to put brazil 3 0 up. germany then scored two of their own but this brilliant goal from paulinho put the result beyond any doubt for brazil.
nagging to have to turn round to their players, their men, their women and their disability athletes and say that because we, because of their decision, they are not able to participate in a world cup attribute pinnacle of their career. i think thatis pinnacle of their career. i think that is going to be very difficult. players want to come and i think leadership in our sport in as countries have taken that away from them. ,, ., g ., ,., the olympics officially starts in tokyo tomorrow, with the opening ceremony but the show director kentaro kobayashi has been sacked, after a comedy sketch from 1998 emerged in which he referenced the holocaust. 0rganisers are still deciding what form the ceremony will take. we do know that two gold medallists from rio will be leading out team gb. sailor hannah mills on the left here says she s overwhelmed to be chosen as a flag bearer, alongside rower moe sbihi. in a break from tradition, each nation has been allowed to nominate one female and on
sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s gavin. good afternoon. australia and new zealand have pulled out of the rugby league world cup, due to take place in england this autumn, citing player welfare and safety concerns related to covid 19. they ve asked organisers to postpone it until next year. they re the two biggest sides in the men s and women s games and their withdrawal will also affect the wheelchair competition. the rugby football league say they ve done all they can to alleviate their fears. the rugby league world cup organisers have been bending over backwards for many months to accommodate all the concerns raised by the australians and the kiwis and we believe that they were in a situation and place where they were willing to come. so this decision has come as a huge blow and i am sorry to say that i have no choice but to call this selfish, parochial and cowardly decision. they are