The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday urged athletes to come forward and report any harassment case in the wake of sexual assault allegations in the athletes village at the Rio Olympic Games.
China continued their gold rush on the third matchday at the Rio Olympics as star swimmer Sun Yang and divers Lin Yue/Chen Aisen won two gold medals on Monday.
China's Sun Yang described his victory in the men's 200m freestyle final at the Rio Olympics on Monday as the best of his career, usurping his 400m and 1500m triumphs at the London 2012 Games.
Chinese men's basketball team suffered their second loss against France at 88-60, while defending champion USA showed their dominance with a 113-69 victory over American champion Venezuela in the second round of group phase at the Rio Olympic Games on Monday.
China's Sun Yang clinched his third Olympic gold medal on Monday by winning the men's 200m freestyle at the Rio Olympics.
US swimmer Lilly King smashed the Olympic record to win the women's 100m breaststroke gold medal at the Rio Olympics on Monday.
Michael Phelps revealed on Monday that he is loading up on carbohydrates to fuel his bid for at least three more gold medals at the Rio Olympics.
Josip Glasnovic from Croatia claimed victory of men' s trap at the Rio Olympic Shooting Center on Monday.
Bruno Bini, the head coach of Chinese women's football team, believed that China can beat Sweden in their last group match on Tuesday to qualify for the knockout stage at the Olympic Games.
Hungary's Katinka Hosszu grabbed her second gold medal of the Rio Olympics by winning the women's 100m backstroke final on Monday.
US swimmer Ryan Murphy set a new Olympic record to win gold in the men's 100m backstroke at the Rio Olympics on Monday.
Australia grabbed the first ever women's rugby gold medal in Olympic history after they muscled down New Zealand 24-17 in the rugby sevens final at Rio Games here on Monday.
China's four women's singles players have all been eliminated from the tennis competition at the Rio Olympic Games.
China's Ye Shiwen qualified for the women's 200m individual medley semifinals, clocking in 2:10.56, and Michael Phelps of the United States made the semifinal of the men's 200m butterfly at the Rio Olympics here on Monday.
Brazil's police arrested a Namibian boxer registered to participate in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro for alleged sexual harassment, informed local media on Monday.
All four Chinese paddlers progressed through to the round of last 16 in the men's and women's singles with straight-set victories at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games on Monday.
Lin Yue and Chen Aisen secured China's second diving gold medal at the Rio Olympics on Monday by winning the men's synchronized 10m platform.
Olympic champion Xu Lijia led the overall ranking after two rounds in the women's laser radial when the 2016 Olympic sailing competition begins on Monday.