Michael Phelps takes his 19th Olympic gold: Rio Olympics 2016

Michael Phelps makes all the difference as he wins the 19th Olympic gold medal of his astonishing career and helps the U.S. men's team to victory in the 4x100 meters freestyle relay.
8 August 2016, 05:04 AM

Russian athletes banned

Russian athletes are banned from competing at the Rio 2016 Paralympics following the country's doping scandal.
7 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Hoang brings Vietnam first Olympic gold

Vietnamese rejoiced Sunday after their country won its first ever Olympic gold medal, a victory made all the more sweet by the
7 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Avermaet overcomes risky road race

Risk is part of the Olympic contest for Greg Van Avermaet who won a crash-filled Rio Games cycling road race.
7 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Aussie women set the pool on fire

Australia's women lowered the 4x100m freestyle world record to capture their country's second gold on the opening night
7 August 2016, 18:00 PM

QUOTES OF THE DAY

It was the hardest day I've ever had in my life on a bike. It was a brutal, brutal, strange old race, Ireland cyclist Dan Martin says.
7 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Iron Lady sets world record

Hungary's Katinka Hosszu fills a glaring gap in her resume, making her first Olympic medal a gold -- with a world record to boot.
7 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Hosszu's redemption

Kosuke Hagino was just 17 when he beat both Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte, two of the world's all-time best swimmers, to
7 August 2016, 18:00 PM

'I don't have time for drug cheats'

Australian Mack Horton ripped into Chinese giant Sun Yang for his doping record Saturday after robbing him of his Olympic men's 400 metres freestyle title.
7 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Social Media Corner

Nobel Laureate Professor Mohammed Yunus met with Indian cricketing icon Sachin Tendulkar during the opening ceremony
7 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Brazil cracks down on protestors

Rio Olympics organizers on Sunday threw their weight behind a police crackdown on Brazilians holding up signs in stadiums against unpopular interim president Michel Temer, despite accusations of censorship.
7 August 2016, 17:41 PM

Drone fired at media centre

A bullet that penetrated the roof of the media center at the Rio Olympics equestrian venue may have been a stray fired by a gunman aiming at police aircraft, Brazil's defense minister said Sunday.
7 August 2016, 17:22 PM

USA win 42nd in a row

Five-time defending champion United States stretched its Olympic women's basketball win streak to 42 games Sunday with a 121-56 rout of Senegal.
7 August 2016, 17:18 PM

Shooter wins China's first gold in Rio

Zhang Mengxue gets China off the gold medal mark at the Rio Games today, the Olympic debutant winning the women's 10m air pistol title.
7 August 2016, 15:27 PM

Records fall in explosive start

Olympic action begins in earnest with swimming records falling, bomb and bullet scares, and a sickening double leg break in gymnastics.
7 August 2016, 07:26 AM

Thrasher claims 1st Rio gold

American teenager Virginia Thrasher claimed the first Rio Olympics gold medal in the shooting on Saturday.
6 August 2016, 18:00 PM

What they said

Our admiration for you is even greater because you managed this at a very difficult time in Brazilian history. We have always
6 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Rio games starts in earnest

The honour was for Brazil's former long
6 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Shakil ends in 22nd place

International Master Abu Sufian Shakil became 22nd in the Commonwealth Chess Championship after losing the last round
6 August 2016, 18:00 PM

The party begins

Friday started in a frenzy in Rio. Brilliant sunshine had people swarming all over the sidewalks and beaches. Long tailbacks
6 August 2016, 18:00 PM