'I am the greatest'

"There you go, I am the greatest," announced Usain Bolt emphatically as the Jamaican drew the curtains on his incredible
20 August 2016, 18:32 PM

Quotes of the day

We bought the land in 2014, in the year 2015 we build the house and in the year 2016 we've painted the house.
20 August 2016, 18:25 PM

Stefanidi new pole vault queen

Greece's Ekaterini Stefanidi won the Olympic pole vault on Friday and her country's first athletics gold since the 2004 Athens
20 August 2016, 18:22 PM

Majestic Chen

China's Chen Long stepped out of compatriot Lin Dan's shadow to spoil Lee Chong Wei's hopes of a golden Olympic swansong
20 August 2016, 18:20 PM

Germany edge Sweden

Germany handed departing coach Silvia Neid the perfect send off by claiming women's football Olympic gold for the first time
20 August 2016, 18:17 PM

Felix gets record fifth gold

A day after a near-disaster with a dropped baton, defending champions the United States made no mistake on Friday when they
20 August 2016, 18:12 PM

Britain stun Dutch

Great Britain won their first Olympic Games women's hockey gold medal on Friday with a dramatic shoot-out triumph over two-
20 August 2016, 18:12 PM

IMMORTAL

Immortality: Sealed with a burst of speed, in the blink of an eye and in the matter of 37.27 seconds.
20 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Park wins women's golf gold

South Korea's Park In-Bee won the first women's Olympic golf title in 116 years on Saturday, using her effortless swing to take a five-
20 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Australian sports bodies fall out over Rio

A split has developed between Australia's two peak sports bodies in the wake of the nation's underwhelming results at the Rio Olympics.
20 August 2016, 10:25 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

Bolt praised by rivals after his Olympic finale

The runners who have lost to Usain Bolt for the past dozen years shower the Jamaican superstar with praise, after he completes his historic "triple-triple" in what he has said will be his final Olympics.
20 August 2016, 05:36 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

Bolt bows out with historic triple-triple

Usain Bolt put the seal on a glittering Olympic career with a blistering 4x100m relay victory that clinched sprint's first ever 'triple triple'. With his unprecedented third straight 100m, 200m and 4x100m clean sweep, Bolt joins Carl Lewis and Paavo Nurmi on a record-equalling nine track and field Olympic gold medals.
20 August 2016, 01:50 AM

'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

Brazil face Germany with scars of 7-1

Even though Rogeiro Micale, the coach of Brazil's Olympic football team played down talks of revenge, revenge is expected to
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