Rio de Janeiro

China win v'ball gold

China won their third Olympic Games women's volleyball gold on Saturday with a 3-1 victory over Serbia in the final. China also won gold in 1984 and 2004 while they were runners-up to Cuba in 1996.
21 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Brazil win first football gold

Brazil superstar Neymar strikes the winning penalty as the hosts claim a first ever Olympic football gold medal before announcing his intention to step down as captain of the national team.
21 August 2016, 03:00 AM

Australia's Esposito wins women's modern pentathlon gold

Chloe Esposito wins the women's modern pentathlon gold at the Rio Olympics, giving Australia its first medal in the five-discipline event.
20 August 2016, 05:56 AM

Stefanidi wins pole vault gold for Greece

Greece's Ekaterini Stefanidi wins the Olympic pole vault and her country's first athletics gold since the 2004 Athens Games.
20 August 2016, 04:51 AM

Felix hits gold record as US women win relay

Allyson Felix becomes the first woman athlete with five gold medals as she powers the US sprint relay team to victory.
20 August 2016, 04:23 AM

Hickey jailed in Rio

European Olympics chief Pat Hickey, who is accused of involvement in a black market tickets ring, has been jailed in Rio de
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

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

Kozak wins kayak gold

Hungary's Danuta Kozak wins the women's single kayak 500m gold at Rio de Janeiro, capturing her second gold of the Games.
18 August 2016, 18:00 PM

If it's happening, it's in Copacabana

Copacabana is a happening place. It is probably one of the most happening places in the whole of South America.
18 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Former slave to run for South Sudan in Olympic marathon

South Sudanese Olympic athlete Guor Marial may not be a hot medal tip for Sunday's marathon, but the former slave's road to Rio is one of the most astonishing stories of the games.
18 August 2016, 06:10 AM

Arrests of IOC official, swimmers overshadow Rio Olympics

Brazilian police arrest two US swimmers and a top International Olympic Committee official as scandal overshadows the Rio Games.
18 August 2016, 04:37 AM

China's Cao Yuan wins men's 3m springboard

Cao Yuan shakes off the pressure of being the only Chinese diver left in the field -- a rarity in Olympic finals -- to deliver China's fifth diving gold medal.
17 August 2016, 06:22 AM

Drouin joins Canadian greats with high jump gold

Canada's Derek Drouin overcomes a quality field to add the Olympic high jump crown to his world title after a cliff-hanger of a final in Rio.
17 August 2016, 04:50 AM

Kenya's Kipyegon trumps Dibaba for 1500m gold

Kenya's Faith Kipyegon produces a startling last-lap sprint to outpace favourite Genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia to win the Olympic women's 1500m gold.
17 August 2016, 04:34 AM

Brazil going after gold

The only major silverware missing from Brazil's glittering cabinet is an Olympic gold. The five-time world champions came
16 August 2016, 18:00 PM