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Apropos of nothing much, I just found out from a very reliable source that Monika Jagaciak's sister Anna competed in the triple jump this year.

It briefly gave me a flashback to my younger days watching professional wrestling, when people would suddenly switch from good to evil for no other reason than to shock the crowd.

This is my favourite thing from the Olympics so far.

To be honest, having heard the 'details' of the supposed incident that led to Lochte's fabricated story, I still find myself wondering why anyone would want to invent such a ridiculous, overblown lie to cover up what seemed like a relatively innocuous (albeit really stupid) occurence. However, I reckon the following post probably explains it...

The boss is hoping to take a look at this and a couple of other issues next week, so with a bit of luck, he'll be able to get it fixed for you.

@PinkCouture Apparently, they've refilled the water polo pool with water from the practice pool in readiness for the aforementioned syncronised swimming event, so the swimmers can see and be seen. It's looking distinctly blue again this morning. I couldn't help noticing last night that the tennis court looks similarly unfinished.

I'm going to miss old Wiggo. What a fitting way to close a phenomenal career.

Damn you Canada, that was the one Great Britain really wanted! In all honesty though, despite not knowing beforehand that trampolining was in the Olympics, I couldn't help getting a lump in my throat watching a young woman I'd never heard of crying buckets after winning a silver medal she never expected.

Hello, good evening and welcome!

The identity of one of the main villains has been revealed, with Michael Chernus (Cal Chapman from 'Orange Is the New Black') confirmed to be appearing as The Tinkerer. What with the character of course being one of Spider-Man’s oldest enemies, it's very appropriate for the whole 'homecoming' angle. And we seemingly have our Flash Thompson now as well. Judging by his previous incarnations, this could strike people as a little odd, but it was revealed in some of the test footage that Tony Revolori (the young fellow from 'The Grand Budapest Hotel') will be taking the role. My guess is that this version will be less of a physical threat to Parker, which fits with a modern take on Spidey. Throw in him being rich and Peter being poor, and you have a pretty classic bullying dynamic.

It might be a bit harder to take the brothers seriously after Legends of Tomorrow, but I'm looking forward to seeing what they've come up with.

You weren't keen on Jessica? For me, that series might just have the edge over the first season of Daredevil, although they were very different and probably equally good in their own ways. I will admit to having been a little hesitant after the first teaser, but now, having seen the full-length trailer, I'm sold. Still, you'd think by now, the bad guys would have figured out never to try and fight these people in hallways.

That doesn't sound very good at all. I suppose you have to wonder if it would still have happened had there been a roof over it, I don't know if an open-air pool was a wise choice in a tropical climate. On the plus side of course, sitting right alongside the blue swimming pool, it really matches the Rio 2016 branding. I personally would have been tempted to claim it was deliberate.

Did they ever get to the bottom of why the pool turned green? I don't think I'd have fancied diving into it, it didn't look particularly healthy.

I was something of a latecomer to Studio Ghibli (although I had seen things like Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle), but recently made a concerted effort to start working my way through their catalogue and would recommend watching all of it. As loathe I am to make the obvious Disney comparison, they are similar in the sense that they're mostly high quality, enjoyable films that if you enjoy one or two, you'll likely enjoy most of their output. Anyway, are there other fans out there? Any particular favourite films?

Studio Ghibli, Inc. is a Japanese animation film studio based in Koganei, Tokyo, Japan. The studio is best known for its anime feature films, and has also produced several short films, television commercials, and one television film. Founded: June 15, 1985, Tokyo, Japan Headquarters: Koganei, Tokyo, Japan Founders: Yasuyoshi Tokuma, Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, Toshio Suzuki Music composer: Joe Hisaishi

The first full-length trailer for the series is finally here.

Hey @sanja Leave it with me, I'll see if I can find out.

Names don't get much better than Ginny Thrasher. Except when they're English Gardner.

If there's one thing I've learned from watching some of the action yesterday, it’s that water polo is brilliant.

Well done to Greg Van Avermaet for winning a men's cycling road race that bordered on apocalyptic at times. I was all in for Majka towards the end when he started turning himself inside out, but there were a lot of hard luck stories out there. Any number of them would have been deserved winners.

Can you get BBC iPlayer in the States? If so, it's all here. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b07nlqt7/olympic-ceremonies-2016-opening-ceremony-replay

That appointment was as leftfield as they come, although I can just about see the logic. In theory a manager like Martinez, who can inspire teams to excellent cup runs but appears to struggle with imposing his philosophy over the course of a full season in the league, should be quite well suited to the international game.

I don't remember the 1986 competition first hand, but I do miss the days when the Champions League was wide open and relative outsiders like Steaua, PSV and Red Star were in with a chance of winning. Since Porto in 2004 and at a push, Rafa Benitez's Liverpool, the whole thing has been dominated by teams you'd expect to win it.