WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR DAY-BY-DAY GUIDE TO THE ACTION
DAY 1 Tomorrow
The opening ceremony at Baku’s Olympic Stadium will have a cast of more than 2,000 and celebrate traditional Azerbaijani culture.
DAY 2 Saturday
Double world champion Helen Jenkins is out of the women’s triathlon because of an ankle injury but Heather Sellars represents Team GB.
DAY 3 Sunday
Gordon Benson, Thomas Bishop and Philip Graves go in the men’s triathlon.
DAY 4 Monday
GB Olympic canoeing champion Ed McKeever (right) launches his bid for glory in the K1 200m.
DAY 5 Tuesday
Antony Fowler (75kg) and Joe Joyce (+91kg) are among several Team GB boxers in action while McKeever will hope to seal canoe sprint gold.
DAY 6 Wednesday
All eyes will be on Olympic champion Jade Jones as she goes for taekwondo gold in the -57kg category.
DAY 7 Thursday
Former British world No1 Aaron Cook competes for Moldova in taekwondo. He will be vying for a medal in the -80kg with Lutalo Muhammad, who was controversially selected instead of Cook at the London 2012 Olympics.
DAY 8 Friday 19 June
Nicola Adams starts her bid to add a European Games title to her Olympic gold when she fights in the 48-51kg class. Bianca Walkden goes for a taekwondo medal in the +67kg.
DAY 9 Saturday June 20
British champions Millie Fowler and Millie Hafferty compete in the 3m synchronised diving.
DAY 10 Sunday June 21
There is no Tom Daley but he has picked out his “mini me” Matthew Dixon (right) as one to keep an eye on. Dixon, competing in the 10m platform, is only 15 but was ninth at the Commonwealth Games last year.
DAY 11 Monday June 22
The action hots up in the boxing as it
reaches the quarter-finals. Team GB have 12 boxers in Baku.
DAY 12 Tuesday June 23
Swimming gets under way with Team GB’s promising juniors hoping to make their mark in the pool.
DAY 13 Wednesday June 24
The beach soccer competition begins. Russia are the favourites in the eight-team event.
DAY 14 Thursday June 25
Providing everything goes to plan,
DAY 15 Friday June 26
The 3 on 3 basketball reaches its climax for the men and women.
DAY 16 Saturday June 27
Gemma Gibbons (left) won a silver in one of the most memorable moments of London 2012 andd she will be amining for judo gold in the -78kg. Elsewhere, Britain’s Fowler will be hoping to be fighting foror the middleweight title.
DAY 17 Sunday June 28
8 Golds are up for grabs in badminton, beach soccer, BMX, judo and volleyball before the closing ceremony ends the Games.