Saturday the action at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro get underway in earnest, and the action begins bright and early in Brazil. all of the action will be streamed at NBCOlympics.com and on the NBC Sports app. Among the sports in action Saturday are men’s basketball, including Team USA’s opener against China, and women’s soccer with the top ranked American women facing FIFA No. 3 France in the most anticipated match of the group stage. All the action will be streamed live on NBCOlympics.com and on the NBC Sports app.
Men’s gymnastics will also get underway, with the United States men looking to earn a place in the team final and their individual competitors aiming for spots in the all-around and event finals. Swimming opens Saturday, with Americans such as Connor Jaeger (men’s 400m freestyle), Elizabeth Beisel and Maya DiRado (both in the 400m individual medley) looking to earn medals. Capping things off Saturday will be the women’s beach volleyball tandem of Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross making their Olympic debut at 11:15 p.m. at the beach volleyball venue on the famed Copacobana beach. Walsh-Jennings won gold in each of the last three Olympics, with Misty May Treanor serving as her partner in those triumphs.
Rowing Qualifying Heats – WATCH LIVE
The Games start early when the men’s cycling road race begins at 8:30 am ET, with Team USA’s Taylor Phinney trying to better his fourth-place finish from London as he furiously pedals through the streets of Rio.
Men’s Cycling Individual Road Race – WATCH LIVE
Men’s Water Polo
The United States men’s water polo team, which finished seventh at last year’s World Championships in Kazan, Russia, opens up competition at 8:00 a.m. against Croatia, and the Americans will look to build on a 2016 in which they won silver at the 2016 FINA Water Polo World League in Hong Kong. Croatia finished second in the last World Championships, falling to a Serbian team that enters the Olympics as the favorites to win gold in the gold medal match.
8:00 a.m.: Serbia vs. Hungary (Group A)- WATCH LIVE
9:20 a.m.: United States vs. Croatia (Group B)- WATCH LIVE
10:40 a.m.: Spain vs. Italy (Group B) – WATCH LIVE
12:00 p.m.: Greece vs. Japan (Group A) – WATCH LIVE
6:30 p.m.: France vs. Montenegro (Group B) – WATCH LIVE
7:50 p.m.: Brazil vs. Australia (Group A) – WATCH LIVE
Archery
8:00 a.m.: Men’s Round of 16 – WATCH LIVE
1:00 p.m.: Men’s Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Medal matches – WATCH LIVE
Table Tennis (Singles)
8:00 a.m.: Men’s prelims, Women’s prelims, Women’s round 1 (Table 1) – WATCH LIVE
8:00 a.m.: Men’s prelims, Women’s prelims, Women’s round 1 (Table 2) – WATCH LIVE
8:00 a.m.: Men’s prelims, Women’s prelims, Women’s round 1 (Table 3) – WATCH LIVE
8:00 a.m.: Men’s prelims, Women’s prelims, Women’s round 1 (Table 4) – WATCH LIVE
1:30 p.m.: Men’s round 1, Women’s round 1 (Table 1) – WATCH LIVE
1:30 p.m.: Men’s round 1, Women’s round 1 (Table 2) – WATCH LIVE
1:30 p.m.: Men’s round 1, Women’s round 1 (Table 3) – WATCH LIVE
1:30 p.m.: Men’s round 1, Women’s round 1 (Table 4) – WATCH LIVE
6:00 p.m.: Men’s round 1, Women’s round 2 (Table 1) – WATCH LIVE
6:00 p.m.: Men’s round 1, Women’s round 2 (Table 2) – WATCH LIVE
6:00 p.m.: Men’s round 1, Women’s round 2 (Table 3) – WATCH LIVE
6:00 p.m.: Men’s round 1, Women’s round 2 (Table 4) – WATCH LIVE
Fencing
8:00 a.m.: Blue Piste, Women’s individual epee fencing Rounds of 64, 32, 16 and quarterfinals – WATCH LIVE
8:00 a.m.: Red Piste, Women’s individual epee fencing Rounds of 64, 32, 16 and quarterfinals – WATCH LIVE
8:00 a.m.: Green Piste, Women’s individual epee fencing Rounds of 64, 32, 16 and quarterfinals – WATCH LIVE
8:00 a.m.: Yellow Piste, Women’s individual epee fencing Rounds of 64, 32, 16 and quarterfinals – WATCH LIVE
3:00 p.m.: Women’s individual epee fencing semifinals, bronze medal bout, gold medal bout – WATCH LIVE
Women’s Handball
8:30 a.m.: Norway vs. Brazil (Group A) – WATCH LIVE
10:30 a.m.: Netherlands vs. France (Group B) – WATCH LIVE
1:40 p.m.: Russia vs. South Korea (Group B) – WATCH LIVE
3:40 p.m.: Montenegro vs. Spain (Group A) – WATCH LIVE
6:50 p.m.: Angola vs. Romania (Group A) – WATCH LIVE
8:50 p.m.: Sweden vs. Argentina (Group B) – WATCH LIVE
Women’s Volleyball
8:30 a.m.: Japan vs. South Korea (Group A) – WATCH LIVE
10:30 a.m.: China vs. Netherlands (Group B) – WATCH LIVE
2:00 p.m.: Brazil vs. Cameroon (Group A) – WATCH LIVE
4:00 p.m.: United States vs. Puerto Rico (Group B) – WATCH LIVE
7:30 p.m.: Russia vs. Argentina (Group A) – WATCH LIVE
9:30 p.m.: Serbia vs. Italy (Group B) – WATCH LIVE
Men’s Field Hockey
9:00 a.m.: Argentina vs. Netherlands (Pool B) – WATCH LIVE
10:00 a.m.: India vs. Ireland (Pool B) – WATCH LIVE
11:30 a.m.: Belgium vs. Great Britain (Pool A) – WATCH LIVE
12:30 p.m.: Australia vs. New Zealand (Pool A) – WATCH LIVE
5:00 p.m.: Canada vs. Germany (Pool B) – WATCH LIVE
6:30 p.m.: Spain vs. Brazil (Pool A) – WATCH LIVE
Women’s Field Hockey
4:00 p.m.: United States vs. Argentina – WATCH LIVE
7:30 p.m.: Great Britain vs. Australia – WATCH LIVE
Judo
9:00 a.m.: Prelims and Quarterfinals, Women’s 48kg and Men’s 60kg (Mat 1) – WATCH LIVE
9:00 a.m.: Prelims and Quarterfinals, Women’s 48kg and Men’s 60kg (Mat 2) – WATCH LIVE
2:30 p.m.: Repechage, semifinals and medal matches, Women’s 48kg and Men’s 60kg – WATCH LIVE
Equestrian
9:00 a.m.: Eventing individual and team dressage Day 1 – WATCH LIVE
Men’s Beach Volleyball
9:00 a.m.: Preliminary Match, Carambula/Rangheri (Italy) vs. Doppler/Horst (Austria) – WATCH LIVE
10:00 a.m.: Preliminary Match, Alison/Bruno Schmidt (Brazil) vs. Binstock/Schacter (Canada) – WATCH LIVE
3:30 p.m.: Preliminary Match, Gibb/Patterson (United States) vs. Jefferson/Cherif (Qatar) – WATCH LIVE
4:30 p.m.: Preliminary Match, Brouwer/Meeuwsen (Netherlands) vs. Liamin/Barsouk (Russia)- WATCH LIVE
8:00 p.m.: Preliminary Match, Losiak/Kantor (Poland) vs. Bockermann/Fluggen (Germany) – WATCH LIVE
9:00 p.m.: Preliminary Match, Herrera/Gavira (Spain) vs. Huber/Seidl (Astria) – WATCH LIVE
Women’s Beach Volleyball
11:00 a.m.: Preliminary Match, Bawden/Clancy (Australia) vs. Alfaro/C.Charles (Costa Rica) – WATCH LIVE
12:00 p.m.: Preliminary Match, Elsa/Liliana (Spain) vs. Gallay/Klug (Argentina) – WATCH LIVE
2:30 p.m.: Preliminary Match, Agatha/Barbara (Brazil) vs. Hermannova/Slukova (Czech Republic) – WATCH LIVE
5:30 p.m.: Preliminary Match, Meppelink/Van Iersel (Netherlands) vs. Pazo/Agudo (Venezuela) – WATCH LIVE
10:00 p.m.: Preliminary Match, Forrer/Verge-Depre (Switzerland) vs. Wang/Yue (China) – WATCH LIVE
11:00 p.m.: Preliminary Match, Walsh Jennings/Ross (United States) vs. Artacho Del Solar/Laird (Australia) – WATCH LIVE
Shooting
9:30 a.m.: Women’s 10m air rifle final – WATCH LIVE
2:00 p.m.: Men’s 10m air pistol final – WATCH LIVE
Men’s Gymnastics
9:30 a.m.: Subdivision 1 – WATCH LIVE
9:30 a.m.: Subdivision 1 Floor Exercise – WATCH LIVE
9:30 a.m.: Subdivision 1 Pommel Horse – WATCH LIVE
9:30 a.m.: Subdivision 1 Vault – WATCH LIVE
9:30 a.m.: Subdivision 1 Still Rings – WATCH LIVE
9:30 a.m.: Subdivision 1 Horizontal Bar – WATCH LIVE
9:30 a.m.: Subdivision 1 Parallel Bars – WATCH LIVE
Subdivision 1 teams: Mixed Group 3 (Greece/2, Canada, Cuba/2, Republic of South Africa, Monaco), Japan, Brazil, South Korea, Mixed Group 6 (Lithuania, Belgium, Belarus, Chile, Colombia, Turkey, Israel) and the Netherlands.
1:30 p.m.: Subdivision 2 – WATCH LIVE
1:30 p.m.: Subdivision 2 Floor Exercise – WATCH LIVE
1:30 p.m.: Subdivision 2 Pommel Horse – WATCH LIVE
1:30 p.m.: Subdivision 2 Vault – WATCH LIVE
1:30 p.m.: Subdivision 2 Still Rings – WATCH LIVE
1:30 p.m.: Subdivision 2 Horizontal Bar – WATCH LIVE
1:30 p.m. Subdivision 2 Parallel Bars – WATCH LIVE
Subdivision 2 teams: Great Britain, France, Mixed Group 5 (Hungary, Vietnam, People’s Republic of Korea, Italy), United States, Mixed Group 4 (Norway, Azerbaijan, Chinese Taipei, Armenia, New Zealand), and Germany.
5:30 p.m.: Subdivision 3 – WATCH LIVE
5:30 p.m.: Subdivision 3 Floor Exercise – WATCH LIVE
5:30 p.m.: Subdivision 3 Pommel Horse – WATCH LIVE
5:30 p.m.: Subdivision 3 Vault – WATCH LIVE
5:30 p.m.: Subdivision 3 Still Rings – WATCH LIVE
5:30 p.m.: Subdivision 3 Horizontal Bar – WATCH LIVE
5:30 p.m.: Subdivision 3 Parallel Bars – WATCH LIVE
Subdivision 3 teams: Ukraine, Mixed Group 1 (Croatia, Mexico, Uzbekistan, Czech Republic, Algeria, Ireland), Switzerland, China, Mixed Group 2 (Romania/2, Finland, Spain/2, Cypress, Portugal) and Russia.
Tennis
9:45 a.m.: Men’s singles first round, Ramos-Vinolas (Spain) vs. Nishikori (Japan) – WATCH LIVE
10:00 a.m. Women’s singles first round, Keys (United States) vs. Kovinic (Montenegro) – WATCH LIVE
10:00 a.m.: Women’s singles first round, Strycova (Czech Republic) vs. Wick mayer (Belgium) – WATCH LIVE
10:00 a.m.: Women’s singles first round, Errani (Italy) vs. Bertens (Netherlands) – WATCH LIVE
10:00 a.m.: Men’s singles first round, Berankis (Lithuania) vs. Millman (Australia) – WATCH LIVE
12:00 p.m.: Women’s singles first round, Ivanovic (Serbia) vs. Navarro (Spain) – WATCH LIVE
12:00 p.m.: Men’s singles first round, Dimitrov (Bulgaria) vs. Cilic (Croatia) – WATCH LIVE
12:00 p.m.: Men’s singles first round, Sock (United States) vs. Taro (Japan) – WATCH LIVE
12:00 p.m.: Women’s singles first round, Wilson (Great Britain) vs. Peng (China) – WATCH LIVE
12:00 p.m.: Women’s singles first round, Bacsinszky (Switzerland) vs. Zhang (China) – WATCH LIVE
2:00 p.m.: Men’s singles first round, Jaziri (Turkey) vs. Tsonga (France) – WATCH LIVE
2:00 p.m.: Women’s singles first round, Zheng (Canada) vs. Radwanska (Poland) – WATCH LIVE
2:00 p.m.: Men’s singles first round, King (Barbados) vs. Johnson (United States) – WATCH LIVE
2:00 p.m.: Men’s singles first round, Baker (United States) vs. Sugita (Japan) – WATCH LIVE
4:00 p.m.: Men’s singles first round, Coric (Croatia) vs. Simon (France) – WATCH LIVE
4:00 p.m.: Women’s singles first round, Bouchard (Canada) vs. Stephens (United States) – WATCH LIVE
4:00 p.m.: Men’s singles first round, Dzumhur (Bosnia & Herzegovina) vs. Sela (Israel) – WATCH LIVE
5:45 p.m.: Women’s singles first round, Flipkens (Belgium) vs. V. Williams (United States) – WATCH LIVE
8:00 p.m.: Men’s singles first round, Monfils (France) vs. Pospisil (Canada) – WATCH LIVE
Boxing Carlos Balderas in morning session, Nico Hernandez in evening session
10:00 a.m.: Men’s Prelims (Light flyweight, flyweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight) – WATCH LIVE
4:00 p.m.: Men’s Prelims (Light flyweight, flyweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight) – WATCH LIVE
Rugby
10:00 a.m.: France vs. Spain (Pool B), New Zealand vs. Kenya (Pool B), Great Britain vs. Brazil (Pool C), Canada vs. Japan (Pool C), United States vs. Fiji (Pool A), Australia vs. Colombia (Pool A) – WATCH LIVE
3:00 p.m.: France vs. Kenya (Pool B), New Zealand vs. Spain (Pool B), Great Britain vs. Japan (Pool C), Canada vs. Brazil (Pool C), United States vs. Colombia (Group A), Australia vs. Fiji (Group A) – WATCH LIVE
Women’s Basketball
11:00 a.m.: Turkey vs. France (Group A) – WATCH LIVE
1:15 p.m.: China vs. Canada (Group B) – WATCH LIVE
4:30 p.m.: Brazil vs. Australia (Group A) – WATCH LIVE
6:45 p.m.: Belarus vs. Japan (Group A) – WATCH LIVE
Men’s Basketball
Day 1 also features the debut of the new-look U.S. men’s basketball team, led by NBA all-stars Kevin Durant and Carmelo Anthony at 6:00 pm ET. All six teams in Group A are in action Saturday, with the matchup between Australia and France boasting a number of current NBA players including San Antonio Spurs teammates Tony Parker (France) and Patty Mills (Australia).
1:15 p.m.: Australia vs. France (Group A) – WATCH LIVE
6:00 p.m.: United States vs. China (Group A) – WATCH LIVE
9:30 p.m.: Venezuela vs. Serbia (Group A) – WATCH LIVE
Swimming
12:00 p.m.: Heats (Men’s and women’s 400m individual medley; women’s 100m butterfly; men’s 400m freestyle; men’s 100m breaststroke; women’s 4x100m freestyle relay) – WATCH LIVE
9:00 p.m.: Finals (men’s and women’s 400m individual medley; men’s 400m freestyle; women’s 4x100m freestyle relay), women’s 100m butterfly semis, men’s 100m breaststroke semis – WATCH LIVE
Women’s Soccer
The United States’ matchup with France is the headliner on the women’s soccer schedule, with the teams currently ranked first and third respectively in the FIFA rankings. The two clubs met in the group stage of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, with the United States winning by the final score of 4-2 with Alex Morgan scoring twice. France scored twice in the first 14 minutes of the match, with the United States answering with four unanswered goals to grab all three points. Both teams won their opening match in Brazil Wednesday, with the United States beating New Zealand 2-0 and France rolling past Colombia by the final score of 4-0.
2:00 p.m.: Canada vs. Zimbabwe (Group F) – WATCH LIVE
4:00 p.m.: United States vs. France (Group G) – WATCH LIVE
5:00 p.m.: Germany vs. Australia (Group F) – WATCH LIVE
6:00 p.m.: South Africa vs. China (Group E) – WATCH LIVE
7:00 p.m.: Colombia vs. New Zealand (Group G) – WATCH LIVE
9:00 p.m.: Brazil vs. Sweden (Group E ) – WATCH LIVE
