Sindhu wins silver in badminton

P V Sindhu's gallant attempt to win a coveted gold medal for India ends in heart-break when she goes down fighting against Spain's Carolina Marin.
19 August 2016, 18:00 PM

'Mammoth' leads Brazil

Alison "The Mammoth" Cerutti and Bruno Schmidt spark wild scenes at a rain-soaked Copacabana stadium as they power to men's beach volleyball gold.
19 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Lochte, USOC say sorry

US gold medallist swimmer Ryan Lochte apologises for his behaviour at the Olympics.
19 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Dalilah powers to hurdles gold

Dalilah Muhammad powers to a brilliant victory in the women's 400m hurdles to become the first winner of the event from the United States in Olympic history.
19 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Argentina win first ever hockey gold

Argentina beat Belgium 4-2 to claim the Olympic title on Thursday and win their country's first Games medal in men's hockey,
19 August 2016, 18:00 PM

QUOTES OF THE DAY

You should always want to be the best. I respect him [Andre De Grasse] for that but I tell every youngster, I don't allow young
19 August 2016, 18:00 PM

'Trying to be one of the greatest'

With the Rio 2016 Olympic Games expected to be the last Games for Usain Bolt, the Jamaican sprint king spoke elaborately
19 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Isinbayeva retires

Barred from competing at the Rio Games, Russia's double Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva announced her retirement on Friday and
19 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Canadians add insult to injury

Brazil's female footballers suffered a second heartbreaking defeat in three days on Friday as a 2-1 bronze medal match loss to Canada in Sao Paulo saw the hosts fail to make the podium.
19 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Former SA all-rounder wins javelin silver

Sunette Viljoen, who represented the South Africa women's cricket team from 2000-02, wins silver in the Javelin event.
19 August 2016, 17:21 PM

Celebrities hail Sakshi Malik's olympic win

A string of celebrities including Amitabh Bachchan, Karan Johar, Ajay Devgn and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra praise wrestler Sakshi Malik, who has ended India's long wait for a medal at the ongoing Rio Olympics.
19 August 2016, 08:17 AM

Abughaush wins Jordan's first Games medal with taekwondo gold

Ahmad Abughaush makes history by winning Jordan's first ever Olympic medal, claiming gold in the men's under 68kg taekwondo division in Rio.
19 August 2016, 07:50 AM

Brazilian Ramos, China's Chen barred from Olympic Games for doping

Brazilian cyclist Kleber Ramos and Chinese swimmer Chen Xinyi are disqualified from the Olympic Games for having failed doping tests, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) says.
19 August 2016, 05:22 AM

Usain Bolt factfile

Factfile on Usain Bolt after his victory in the 200m at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics Thursday.
19 August 2016, 04:35 AM

US swimmers quit Brazil after admitting to inventing mugging

US Olympic authorities apologize to Brazil on Thursday as two US swimmers are allowed to go home having retracted a fabricated story about being mugged in Rio.
19 August 2016, 04:10 AM

Teenager Alizadeh wins first women's medal for Iran

Kimia Alizadeh wins the first ever Olympic medal by an Iranian woman after claiming taekwondo bronze in Rio.
19 August 2016, 03:52 AM

USA race alone to relay final spot

The United States grasp a second chance to reach the Olympic women's 4x100 metres final with both hands on Thursday, racing alone around the Rio track in 41.77 seconds to knock China out of the last eight.
19 August 2016, 01:57 AM

Bolt stays on track for historic treble-treble with 200m win

Usain Bolt of Jamaica wins the men's 200 metres gold for the third successive Summer Games, crossing the line in 19.78 seconds at the Rio Olympic stadium.
19 August 2016, 01:45 AM

Bolt eyes record as Jamaica reign

In its first 14 Olympic appearances, Jamaica won only seven gold medals. But in the next three Olympics -- 2008 Beijing
18 August 2016, 18:05 PM

QUOTES OF THE DAY

He was supposed to slow down. I said 'What are you doing, it's a semifinal?'
18 August 2016, 18:03 PM