Fittingly, the largest stadium in the nation is hosting the must-watch action as the Games kicks off on Day -2.
With France playing - and led by the irrepressible Antoine Dupont, who is one of the poster boys of the Olympics - this is the hottest ticket in town today.
Over 70,000 fans are expected to pile into this place over the next hour or so.
Expect a fevered Six Nations atmosphere.
There are eight matches today in the men's football Olympics competition and play has just started in the Argentina v Morocco and Uzbekistan v Spain games.
Group A: Guinea v New Zealand (16:00 BST, Nice), France v United States (20:00, Marseille)
Group B: Argentina v Morocco (14:00, Saint Etienne), Iraq v Ukraine (18:00, Lyon)
Group C: Uzbekistan v Spain (14:00, Paris), Egypt v Dominican Republic (16:00, Nantes)
Group D: Japan v Paraguay (18:00, Bordeaux), Mali v Israel (20:00, Paris)
We're moments away from the first fixtures getting under way in the football.
It's a double-header in the men's event with Argentina facing Morocco in Group B and Uzbekistan meeting Spain in Group C.
The national anthems have been belted out and the games will begin at 14:00 BST.
Athletes have been on their way to Paris from all corners of the globe for the past week or so.
The first group of Team GB athletes made the short trip across the Channel on 15 July.
Below you can see members of the boxing and archery teams getting a send big send-off as they boarded Eurostar's Golden Train at St Pancras International Station.
The opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics promises to be an event like no other.
In a first for the Games, the spectacle will not be in a stadium, instead taking place on Paris' famous River Seine.
The ceremony begins at 19:30 local time (18:30 BST) on Friday, 26 July.
It is expected to last just under four hours, with the final stages taking place as the sun sets across the French capital.
Thankfully, the Paris weather forecast for Friday evening is good.
One of the big questions still to be answered is who are the Team GB flagbearers?
Sailor Hannah Mills and rower Moe Sbihi had the honour at Tokyo 2020 and we'll be hearing later this evening (around 19:45 BST) who has been chosen this year.
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Spain strike first
published at 14:40
14:40
Men's football - Uzbekistan 0-1 Spain
We have our first goal in the men's football at the 2024 Olympics and it has come from Spain defender Marc Pubill, a 21-year-old who plays for Almeria, in their match against Uzbekistan.
Pubill volleyed in from close range at the back post after a free-kick from the left, which was taken by former Manchester City man Sergio Gomez, had been flicked on by Abel Ruiz.
Spain became men's European champions earlier this month, is this the start of a campaign that leads to Olympic gold as well?
Marc Pubill scoring for Spain
There are 16 nations in the men's Olympics football competition, divided into four groups of four in the round-robin phase with the top two from each section moving into the knockout quarter-finals.
But how did they get their places in the competition?
France qualified as hosts, with 14 of the other 15 nations coming through one of six qualifying events held around the world, while Guinea won an Asia-Africa play-off to be the last country to qualify.
Group A: France, Guinea, New Zealand, United States.
Group B: Argentina, Iraq, Morocco, Ukraine.
Group C: Dominican Republic, Egypt, Spain, Uzbekistan.
Group D: Israel, Japan, Mali, Paraguay.
Men's teams are restricted to under-23 players (born on or after 1 January 2001) with a maximum of three overage players allowed.
Fittingly, the largest stadium in the nation is hosting the must-watch action as the Games kicks off on Day -2.
With France playing - and led by the irrepressible Antoine Dupont, who is one of the poster boys of the Olympics - this is the hottest ticket in town today.
More than 70,000 fans are expected to pile into this place over the next hour or so.
Expect a fevered Six Nations atmosphere.
After resounding success at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo's delayed 2020 Games, rugby sevens is back on the agenda at Paris 2024 as the 24 best men's and women's sides in the sport's high-octane shortened version arrive at the Stade de France ahead of this year's competition.
Both the men's and women's tournaments will feature 12 teams, and 16 nations overall are represented with half of those fielding teams in both editions of the sevens at Paris 2024. Argentina, Kenya, Samoa and Uruguay are solely represented by their men's teams, and all four will be looking to go all the way.
So too, of course, will be the USA Eagles, as a relatively experienced side arrives in Paris led by a legend of sevens in the form of Perry Baker. However's it's Fiji who are the team to beat having won the gold medal in both 2016 and 2021, while other big-hitters like New Zealand and South Africa will certainly be in contention.
STREAM:Men's Olympics rugby sevens matches LIVE with a FREE trial on Fubo
One side who won't be causing the Eagles any worries are Great Britain, who despite winning bronze in Rio and recording a fourth-place finish in Tokyo, failed to qualify for the 2024 Games after losing the 2023 European Games title to Ireland, as the men in green secured an historic victory.
There's still plenty to get excited for ahead of the men's rugby sevens tournament at the 2024 Olympics, and The Sporting News has all the details you'll need to ensure you don't miss a second of the action.
How to watch men's rugby sevens at the 2024 Paris Olympics
It's one of the events in which the US men's team could be near the top of medal contention, and as such there's a plethora of TV coverage of the rugby sevens at this year's Paris Olympics.
Broadcasting of the men's sevens will be held both live and on catch-up with TV channels including NBC, USA Network, CNBC and E! – while for fans who want to stream the action from the Stade de France there's also several options, with Peacock and Fubo being your best bet to ensure the best coverage either live or on catch-up, the latter of which are currently offering a FREE trial to new subscribers.
All signs point to the Stade de France.
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Fittingly, the largest stadium in the nation is hosting the must-watch action as the Games kicks off on Day -2.
With France playing - and led by the irrepressible Antoine Dupont, who is one of the poster boys of the Olympics - this is the hottest ticket in town today.
Over 70,000 fans are expected to pile into this place over the next hour or so.
Expect a fevered Six Nations atmosphere.
There are eight matches today in the men's football Olympics competition and play has just started in the Argentina v Morocco and Uzbekistan v Spain games.
Group A: Guinea v New Zealand (16:00 BST, Nice), France v United States (20:00, Marseille)
Group B: Argentina v Morocco (14:00, Saint Etienne), Iraq v Ukraine (18:00, Lyon)
Group C: Uzbekistan v Spain (14:00, Paris), Egypt v Dominican Republic (16:00, Nantes)
Group D: Japan v Paraguay (18:00, Bordeaux), Mali v Israel (20:00, Paris)
We're moments away from the first fixtures getting under way in the football.
It's a double-header in the men's event with Argentina facing Morocco in Group B and Uzbekistan meeting Spain in Group C.
The national anthems have been belted out and the games will begin at 14:00 BST.
Athletes have been on their way to Paris from all corners of the globe for the past week or so.
The first group of Team GB athletes made the short trip across the Channel on 15 July.
Below you can see members of the boxing and archery teams getting a send big send-off as they boarded Eurostar's Golden Train at St Pancras International Station.
The opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics promises to be an event like no other.
In a first for the Games, the spectacle will not be in a stadium, instead taking place on Paris' famous River Seine.
The ceremony begins at 19:30 local time (18:30 BST) on Friday, 26 July.
It is expected to last just under four hours, with the final stages taking place as the sun sets across the French capital.
Thankfully, the Paris weather forecast for Friday evening is good.
One of the big questions still to be answered is who are the Team GB flagbearers?
Sailor Hannah Mills and rower Moe Sbihi had the honour at Tokyo 2020 and we'll be hearing later this evening (around 19:45 BST) who has been chosen this year.
Share
football
Spain strike first
published at 14:40
14:40
Men's football - Uzbekistan 0-1 Spain
We have our first goal in the men's football at the 2024 Olympics and it has come from Spain defender Marc Pubill, a 21-year-old who plays for Almeria, in their match against Uzbekistan.
Pubill volleyed in from close range at the back post after a free-kick from the left, which was taken by former Manchester City man Sergio Gomez, had been flicked on by Abel Ruiz.
Spain became men's European champions earlier this month, is this the start of a campaign that leads to Olympic gold as well?
Marc Pubill scoring for Spain
There are 16 nations in the men's Olympics football competition, divided into four groups of four in the round-robin phase with the top two from each section moving into the knockout quarter-finals.
But how did they get their places in the competition?
France qualified as hosts, with 14 of the other 15 nations coming through one of six qualifying events held around the world, while Guinea won an Asia-Africa play-off to be the last country to qualify.
Group A: France, Guinea, New Zealand, United States.
Group B: Argentina, Iraq, Morocco, Ukraine.
Group C: Dominican Republic, Egypt, Spain, Uzbekistan.
Group D: Israel, Japan, Mali, Paraguay.
Men's teams are restricted to under-23 players (born on or after 1 January 2001) with a maximum of three overage players allowed.
Fittingly, the largest stadium in the nation is hosting the must-watch action as the Games kicks off on Day -2.
With France playing - and led by the irrepressible Antoine Dupont, who is one of the poster boys of the Olympics - this is the hottest ticket in town today.
More than 70,000 fans are expected to pile into this place over the next hour or so.
Expect a fevered Six Nations atmosphere.
After resounding success at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo's delayed 2020 Games, rugby sevens is back on the agenda at Paris 2024 as the 24 best men's and women's sides in the sport's high-octane shortened version arrive at the Stade de France ahead of this year's competition.
Both the men's and women's tournaments will feature 12 teams, and 16 nations overall are represented with half of those fielding teams in both editions of the sevens at Paris 2024. Argentina, Kenya, Samoa and Uruguay are solely represented by their men's teams, and all four will be looking to go all the way.
So too, of course, will be the USA Eagles, as a relatively experienced side arrives in Paris led by a legend of sevens in the form of Perry Baker. However's it's Fiji who are the team to beat having won the gold medal in both 2016 and 2021, while other big-hitters like New Zealand and South Africa will certainly be in contention.
STREAM:Men's Olympics rugby sevens matches LIVE with a FREE trial on Fubo
One side who won't be causing the Eagles any worries are Great Britain, who despite winning bronze in Rio and recording a fourth-place finish in Tokyo, failed to qualify for the 2024 Games after losing the 2023 European Games title to Ireland, as the men in green secured an historic victory.
There's still plenty to get excited for ahead of the men's rugby sevens tournament at the 2024 Olympics, and The Sporting News has all the details you'll need to ensure you don't miss a second of the action.
How to watch men's rugby sevens at the 2024 Paris Olympics
TV channels: NBC, USA Network, CNBC, E!
Streaming: Fubo, Peacock, NBCOlympics.com, NBC.com, NBC app, NBC Olympics app
It's one of the events in which the US men's team could be near the top of medal contention, and as such there's a plethora of TV coverage of the rugby sevens at this year's Paris Olympics.
Broadcasting of the men's sevens will be held both live and on catch-up with TV channels including NBC, USA Network, CNBC and E! – while for fans who want to stream the action from the Stade de France there's also several options, with Peacock and Fubo being your best bet to ensure the best coverage either live or on catch-up, the latter of which are currently offering a FREE trial to new subscribers.