The 41st place finish that felt like gold for refugee swimmer Yusra Mardini 15:13:00 Syrian, who is part of the unprecedented refugee team at Rio 2016, is again moved by the warm reception from Brazilians She knew...
Great Britain's Adam Peaty breaks world record in 100m breaststroke at Rio 2016 15:08:00 Peaty finished his heat on Saturday with a time of 57.55 seconds, improving on his own record Adam Peaty of Great Britain has lo...
Rio 2016 gymnastics: uneven start for Japan as they bid to return to top at Olympic Games 15:04:00 World champions looked off-colour in men's preliminaries at the Rio Olympic Arena Japan hardly looked like a dominant force ...
Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar hoping to make history at Rio 2016 with notorious 'vault of death' 15:00:00 Karmakar, who is the first Indian gymnast to appear at the Olympic Games since 1964, plans to attempt the 'Produnova Dip...
South Africa footballers defeat language barrier and come together for 'Rainbow nation' 14:57:00 Despite coming from a country that has 11 official languages, the South Africa women’s football team has found a way to communicate...
Greg Van Avermaet wins road race as last man standing on tough Rio 2016 Olympic course 14:54:00 Greg Van Avermaet of Belgium out-sprinted Jakob Fuglsang and Rafal Majka on the long run to the finish at Copacabana Beach on Saturday ...
Rio 2016 basketball: Australia shock favoured France in opening game of competition 14:52:00 Andrew Bogut scored 18 as Australia upset France 87-66 in the opening men's basketball game Saturday at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games...
Home crowd show their colours on Copacabana beach, cheer Brazil on to victory 14:50:00 The Brazilian beach volleyball team’s objective of topping the medal table started brightly on Saturday morning (6 August). Though pla...