Olympics day eight - in pictures

Norway's Else-Marthe Soerlie rounds Brazilian captain Lucila Silva to score a goal in their handball match.

Thw winning boat of Finland in the sailing 49er class against the backdrop of the Sydney Opera House.

Finnish pairing, skipper Thomas Johansson and crewman Jyrki Jarvi; Olympics gold medalist in the 49er sailing class.

World number one, Wang Nan of China makes a return to Chen Jing of Taiwan during their semi-final match.

Arnaud Di Pasquale of France during a hard-fought match against Magnus Norman. Di Pasquale won the match 7-6 7-6.

Adriana Behar of Brazil celebrates beach volleyball victory over the Japanese team in the semi-finals.