Brazil have climbed back into the top five of the FIFA World Ranking, as Argentina and Belgium stayed top of the table.

American swimmer Ryan Lochte has been suspended for 10 months, US media reported on Wednesday, following a scandal

Brazilian police arrest a man who allegedly posed as Neymar as part of a shocking extortion plot.

Two goals from teenage prodigy Gabriel Jesus fire Brazil to their first ever qualifying victory in Ecuador to reignite the South American giants' 2018 World Cup qualification campaign.

Brazil football great Ronaldinho has shown his musical talents by unveiling a music video that pays tribute to the world's Paralympic athletes.

Injury-hit Argentina resume their bid for a berth at the 2018 World Cup on Thursday as Brazil head into the latest round of South American qualifiers.

Neymar will make his return to Barcelona following the September international break.

From the dizzying gymnastics heights of African-American Simone Biles to Indian wrestler Sakshi Malik and Brazilian golden girl Rafaela Silva in judo -- Rio proves a groundbreaking Games for women.

Allyson Felix clinches a record sixth career Olympic gold as the United States win the 4x400m relay for a sixth straight Games.

Britain's Mo Farah completes a historic Olympic distance double double with victory in the 5,000m as American runner Matt Centrowitz scores an upset win to claim gold in the 1,500m.

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.

Greece's Ekaterini Stefanidi wins the Olympic pole vault and her country's first athletics gold since the 2004 Athens Games.

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

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.

US gold medallist swimmer Ryan Lochte apologises for his behaviour at the Olympics.

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.

Reports emerge that the US Olympic swimmers claiming to have been mugged in Rio in fact got into a fight with an armed gas station security guard.

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.

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.

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