Tokyo Olympics schedule: When to watch the Matildas, Kookaburras, cycling and swimming heats - ABC News

Australia's men's hockey team will begin their quest for a first gold medal since 2004 when they take on the hosts at the Oi Hockey Stadium at 10:30am AEST.

The highly-touted women's water polo team are also in action on Saturday, taking on Canada in their group A match at the Tatsumi Water Polo Centre at 4:30pm AEST.

Archery: The Aussie mixed team will go for gold in the first of the archery events at the Yumenoshima Final Field.

The quarter-finals start from 10:30am AEST.

Badminton: The badminton competition will start with some doubles action at the Mushashino Forest Sports Plaza, with Simon Wing Hnag Leung and Gronya Somerville taking on the Indonesian pairing of Praveen Jordan and Melati Daeva Oktavianti at 12:40pm AEST in the mixed doubles.

In the evening session, Somerville will again be in action, this time with female doubles partner Setyana Mapasa as they go up against Sohee Lee and Seungchan Shin from South Korea at 7:40pm AEST.

Beach Volleyball: Australia's men's pairing of Chris McHugh and Damien Schumann take on Anders Berntsen Mol and Christian Sandlie Sorum from Norway at 10:00pm AEST on the sand at Shiokaze Park.

Boxing: The women's featherweight competition, featuring Skye Nicolson, and welterweight competitions get underway from 12:00pm AEST.

The heats start at 9:30am AEST.

Softball: Australia will look to bounce back from their opening game defeat at the hands of Japan when they take on Canada at the Yokohama Baseball Stadium at 11:00am AEST.

Table tennis: Australia's Jian Fang Lay (10:00am AEST) and Michelle Bromley (4:00pm AEST) are in action in the women's singles, followed by Heming Hu and Melissa Tapper (12:25pm AEST) in the mixed doubles. Xin Yan (4:45pm AEST) and David Powell (10:00pm AEST) open their men's singles accounts too.

The heats start at 9:30am AEST.

Ash Barty and Storm Sanders will play their first women's doubles match at a similar time on Court 5, while John Millman's singles tilt will also get underway on Court 9.

The handball and volleyball competitions also start, but Australia has no team in either at the Games.

Australia has no entries in fencing this year, but if the action on the piste is what you've been waiting for, the women's epee and men's sabre competitions will start and finish today.