Radio Times: Review by:; James Gill

GB women’s wheelchair basketball team open the action with their first preliminary match against the Dutch. Later (from 7.30pm) the 2008 bronze medal-winning GB men’s team, featuring London-bred star Ade Orogbemi, begin their campaign in the Basketball Centre against perennial rivals Germany.

Wheelchair basketball keeps many of the rules of basketball, with two teams of five players, a standard sized court and a 10ft-high hoop. Dribbling, passing and moving at speed require exceptional hand coordination. See if you can spot how the defending team anticipates where the attacking dribbler will go: the secret is to watch the hand position on the wheels and the direction of the footplates.

About this programme

Netherlands v Great Britain (Tip-off 1.00pm). Georgie Bingham and Arthur Williams present coverage of the opening women's wheelchair basketball Group A match at the Basketball Arena. The top four nations in each group will progress to the quarter-finals, the stage at which both sides exited the competition four years ago in Beijing. Plus, track cycling at the London Velodrome, where Darren Kenny and Rik Waddon compete in the men's individual C3 1km time-trial. Paralympic coverage continues on Channel 4 HD and More4.