The excitement emanating from the Rio Olympic Games over the last 14 odd days has been a thrilling experience for any Bangladeshi sport lover.

My flat's right outside the McDonald's so every day I look and think, 'One more week and I'll be in that queue'.

Ukrainian gymnast Oleg Verniaiev wins Olympic gold on the parallel bars on Tuesday.

Joao Havelange, Brazil's corruption-tainted former FIFA president who helped bring the Olympic Games to Rio, has died at the age of 100.

Reigning champion Christian Taylor retains his Olympic triple jump title on Tuesday.

Egyptian judoka Islam El Shehaby has been sent home from the Rio Olympics after refusing to shake the hand of Israeli Or Sasson following the end of their bout.

China's hopes of repeating their 2012 Olympic sweep of all five badminton gold medals are shattered when both their pairs are knocked out in the semi-finals of the mixed doubles.

David Rudisha seals a historic Olympic 800m double as Shaunae Miller's audacious dive and Thiago Braz da Silva's pole vault gold for Brazil light up a wet Monday night in Rio.

Kenyan-born Ruth Jebet produces an astonishing piece of front running to win Bahrain's first Olympic gold when she claims the women's 3000m steeplechase.

Poland's Anita Wlodarczyk smashes her own world record on her way to victory in the women's hammer throw at Rio Olympics 2016.

The 36-year-old Englishman Justin Rose beats Sweden's Henrik Stenson in a tension-packed Rio final-round thriller to capture the first Olympic golf title in 112 years.

In London I spent the final night of racing watching Michael Phelps swim his "last race". Today, I did the exact same in Rio. What an honour.

Neymar led Brazil into the semi-finals of the Olympics with his first goal of the competition to edge the third of a trilogy of grudge matches with Colombia in three years 2-0.

Nineteen-year-old American swimmer Katie Ledecky turns her last race at the Rio Olympics into a pool party by winning the 800m freestyle.

Rafael Nadal describes his second Olympic gold as "unforgettable" after marking his return from his latest injury misery by partnering close friend Marc Lopez to the men's doubles title in Rio.

US sensation Simone Biles adds the Olympic women's all-around to her team title for a second gymnastics gold title in Rio on Thursday.

Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana smashes one of the longest-held records in athletics to win the 10,000m race.

South Korean gymnast Lee Eun-Ju, who found herself in the international spotlight after taking a selfie with a North Korean

I'm not the next Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps, I'm the first Simone Biles.

Michael Phelps of the United States wins the Olympic 200 metres individual medley to capture the 22nd gold medal of his career and becomes the first swimmer to win the same event at four consecutive Games.