Preview of Day 9

Usain Bolt and his fellow sprint stars will command the attention at the end of another packed day, after Ben Ainslie attempts to become the greatest Olympic sailor of all time and Andy Murray takes on Roger Federer. Here are Sunday's events to watch out for (all times BST): Full schedule available on BBC Sport website ATHLETICS (21:50): Usain Bolt, men's 100m

There can be no question that Usain Bolt running the men's 100m final is the most eagerly awaited of Olympic events, but he might not have it all his own way after recent defeats by fellow Jamaican Yohan Blake and the memory of his false start at last year's World Championships. British medal hopes lie with Christine Ohuruogu in the women's 400m (21:10) and Yamile Aldama in the women's triple jump (19:35). SAILING (14:00): Ben Ainslie, Finn class

Ainslie has been involved in a dramatic battle with Denmark's Jonas Hogh-Christensen all week and he goes into Sunday's decisive Finn medal race knowing a fourth gold medal is tantalisingly close. Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson might be a safer bet (13:00) for Britain having dominated the Star class. TENNIS (14:00): Andy Murray, men's singles and mixed doubles

Murray returns to Centre Court for another crack at Roger Federer just four weeks after losing the Wimbledon final to the Swiss star, and as in Grand Slams the Olympic final will also be played over five sets. Murray could end the day as a double Olympic champion as he then teams up with Laura Robson to play Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka in the mixed doubles final. TRACK CYCLING (10:00-18:47): Ed Clancy, men's omnium

Clancy will start the second and final day of the multi-discipline omnium in fourth place after winning the flying lap, finishing 11th in the points race and fifth in the elimination race on Saturday. With his stronger events to come in the individual pursuit (10:00), scratch race (17:01) and time trial (18:16), a medal is a real possibility. GYMNASTICS (15:41): Louis Smith, apparatus finals

Smith won bronze on the pommel horse in Beijing and is a candidate for gold in London after finishing top in qualification with one of the most difficult routines in the world. BOXING (13:30-16:26): GB women

Women's boxing makes its Olympic debut with three excellent British medal hopes in the shape of Nicola Adams, Natasha Jonas and Savannah Marshall. OTHER GB TEAMS IN ACTION

Basketball women v Brazil 22:15, Handball women v Croatia 16:15, Hockey men v Australia 19:00, Volleyball women v Japan 14:45, Water Polo women v Spain (20:20). The big contest

You know the Olympics is about to reach its testosterone-fuelled climax when the synchronised swimming and the Greco-Roman wrestling (the only event with no Team GB competitors) commence. Oh, and there's also the small matter of the men's 100m final. Usain Bolt needs no further introduction, but the theme of the race may well be the US versus Jamaica once again. Bolt's main competition will be from compatriots Asafa Powell and Yohan Blake, as well as the American Tyson Gay. These four are the fastest four men in history. America's Justin Gatlin is the seventh fastest 100m sprinter ever after running 9.80 only last month. Men's 100m final, 9.50pm World record watch One word: Bolt. Then again, even more impressive records may be set if climate conditions are conducive to a fast race in the Olympic stadium. All eight finalists in the men's 100m could finish in under 10 seconds. Brit (and Irish) to watch Another historic day at the Olympics sees the first-ever women's boxing events, making the sport the last Olympic discipline to admit women. Britain's Natasha Jonas will take on America's Quanitta "Queen" Underwood in the last 16 for a place in the quarter-finals against Katie Taylor. Ireland's flagbearer is the hot favourite. Taylor, a teetotaller and devout Christian, fought in Ireland's first-ever official women's bout, at the young age of 15. Eleven years on, this year she won her fourth successive lightweight world title. And Jonas and Taylor have something else in common: both of them are excellent football players, with Taylor playing for the Ireland women's national team. Women's light, round of 16, 2.30pm Grudge match The British men's hockey team meet Australia in another spicy Anglo-Aussie Olympic encounter. Both sides harbour decent medal ambitions, but it will be difficult for Britain, currently ranked fourth in the world, to surpass the achievements of the 1988 team, who beat the Aussies in a semi-final on their way to gold this Australian team are the best in the world. Three hours earlier there is an equally tasty clash between the second- and third-ranked teams Germany and Holland. If their footballing encounters are so reliably aggressive, what will it be like when they are handed sticks? Men's hockey preliminaries, Netherlands v Germany, 4pm; Great Britain v Australia, 7pm The big question It has witnessed the formidable medley of Ryan Lochte and breathtaking butterfly of Chad le Clos, the precocious talent of Ruta Meilutyte and lightning speed of Ye Shiwen. But from today drumroll, please the Aquatics Centre will play host to the synchronised swimming, with the women's duets qualification kicking off a week of eggbeaters, flamingos and cranes (Google them). Will the centre take "synchro", as those in the know like to call it, to its heart? We will have to wait and see. Team GB's Jenna Randall and Olivia Federici, competing today, should give the crowd something to shout about. Duets, 3pm HISTORY CORNER Look out for a small slice of history at the ExCeL at 1.30pm when women's boxing joins the Olympic programme, 108 years after the men. Women will fight at flyweight (48-51kg), lightweight (56-60kg) and middleweight (69-75kg). Russia's Elena Savelyeva and Kim Hye-sung of North Korea get the momentous first bout, in the flyweight competition. MAN OF THE DAY British interest in the men's 100m final is high: the man with pistol in his hand is Alan Bell, a 61-yearold from County Durham. Bell, who was last seen firing the gun when Usain Bolt false-started at the world championships in September, is a former high jumper who was injured in 1976 and told he could never jump again so he became an official. Bell will not be paid for Sunday night. "To be able

to play a part in my sport, in my country, for my own people the privilege is off the scale," he says. "It doesn't get any better." SYNC AND SWIM Yes, the synchronised swimming starts in the Aquatics Centre at 3pm with the women's duets. So there you go. GYM'LL FIX IT British men's gymnastics is at an all-time high and the captain Louis Smith is a strong contender for gold on the pommel he qualified first with a higher difficulty tariff than anyone else. But beware Hungary's Krisztian Berki, who has beaten him every time they have met in international competition. WIN, WIN AT THE EXCEL 708BC Wrestling is held at the ancient Olympics 1896 Greco-Roman wrestling is included at the inaugural modern Games in Athens at 1pm on Sunday Greco-Roman wrestling arrives in North Arena 2 at Docklands' premier exhibition and conference centre. From Thursday look out for Britain's sole wrestler, the Ukraine-born Olga Butkevych, in the women's 55kg division. She has trained with the squad since 2007 and was granted a British passport in May. "If I get a medal I hope I can make wrestling more popular," she says. "In England it is not a popular sport so in the future I hope it can change." SHOOTING EVILS So far Victoria Pendleton has had what you might call a mixed bag: one disqualification and one gold. On Sunday she starts her women's sprint campaign at 11am with an expectation they will meet her great Australian rival Anna Meares in Tuesday's final. Look for glares across the velodrome, if those weird pointy helmets permit. FROM ASDA TO THE MALL Last Sunday Freya Murray was setting off for Asda when Paula Radcliffe texted her. As a result she is this morning setting off for the Mall, because Radcliffe's text revealed her foot injury would rule her out of the Games. The International Committee ratified Murray as stand-in on Monday. "It must have been a really tough call for [Paula] to make. I really felt for her, totally gutted," Murray says. WANT TO WATCH FOR FREE? The women's marathon is a chance to see the Olympics without spending a fruitless week on the tickets website. After the (ticketed) Mall start at 11am it swings via (unticketed) Trafalgar Square, Embankment, St Paul's Cathedral, Bank, Monument, Embankment, Parliament Square and Buckingham Palace before the returning to the Mall. They do that eight-mile loop three times, then a final 2.2-mile loop via Westminster Bridge and Buckingham Palace. Appointment to view Sailing Men's Star, 1pm; Men's Finn, 2pm So this is it, Ben Ainslie's big day out medal-hunting off Dorset's wonderful coastline. Laser class gold at Sydney 2000, Finn class gold at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 and, at 2pm, a chance to add Weymouth 2012 to the Finn collection. But that's only half the story for British sailing today. An hour earlier Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson, themselves reigning Olympic champions, set out in the men's Star medal race. Target time for both races is half an hour.

Athletics Men's 100m final, 9.50pm It's the centrepiece of the Games, with tickets sold for 725 a pop and a massive global TV audience expected. The session begins at 7pm so warm up by watching Robbie Grabarz, GB's in-form high jump contender (7.05pm), the Observer's Yamil Aldama go for gold in the triple jump (7.35pm) and the women's 400m final (9.10pm) the race won by Christine Ohuruogu four years ago. Usain, Yohan and co complete an exhilarating night. Tip: don't go to the loo at 9.49pm. Tennis Men's singles final, 2pm Is it really only four Sundays since Andy Murray wept after losing to Roger Federer on Centre Court? Today he gets another chance to become the first Briton to win a Wimbledon men's singles title since 1936 all right, all right, but there's a naughty pub quiz question forming here. Federer stands in his way again but Murray has hope, having seen off world No2 Novak Djokovic in Friday's semi-final. This one will be decided over five sets. Atmosphere prediction: phenomenal.