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

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

Ailing Venus exits Games

Four-time gold medallist Venus Williams, suffering with a virus, slumps to her first ever opening round loss at an Olympic Games
7 August 2016, 08:30 AM

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

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

2 shot dead at Olympic sites

Police shot a mugger near the stadium where the Rio Olympics opening ceremony took place and a woman was killed close to
6 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Rio sets its own standard

The opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympics on Friday night did not feature any of the tech gimmicks or futuristic visual
6 August 2016, 18:00 PM

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

Thrasher claims first Rio gold

US teenager Virginia Thrasher claims the first Rio Olympics gold medal with her final shot in the shooting on Saturday.
6 August 2016, 15:16 PM

Neymar, Brazil seek to bounce back: Rio Olympics

Mercilessly cast as "greedy" and "missing" for failing to fire Brazil to victory in their Rio 2016 opener against South Africa, Neymar and his highly-touted teammates need a big response against Iraq on Sunday.
6 August 2016, 08:46 AM