Bolt completes historic 'triple-triple' as Jamaica grab Olympic 4x100m gold
Usain Bolt completed his third straight clean sweep of Olympic sprint events on Friday by leading Jamaica to victory in the men's 4x100m relay final here.
US clinched women's 4x100m gold in Rio
The United States clinched their 11th Olympic women's 4x100m relay title on Friday, setting the second fastest time in history at the Rio Games.
Nazarov wins Tajikistan's first gold of Rio Olympics in hammer throw
Dilshod Nazarov secured Tajikistan's first gold medal of the Rio Olympics on Friday by winning the men's hammer throw.
Jamaica wins 4x100m, Japan 2nd, China 4th
Usain Bolt led Jamaica to the men's 4x100m relay gold medal at the Rio Olympics on Friday.
Cheruiyot wins Olympic 5000m gold for Kenya
Kenya's Vivian Cheruiyot set a new Olympic record, clinching gold in the women's 5,000m at the Rio Olympics on Friday.
China miss out Olympic women's boxing gold
Chinese boxer Yin Junhua lost to Frenchwoman Estelle Mossely to miss a lightweight title, which could be the country's first ever Olympic gold medal in women's boxing, here on Friday.
Georgia's Khinchegashvili, Iranian Yazdanicharati win Olympic wrestling titles
Vladimer Khinchegashvili turned his London Olympics silver medal into a gold one as he won the men's freestyle 57kg title at the Rio Games on Friday when Iranian Hassan Aliazam Yazdanicharati won a bloody men's 74kg final.
Russia stripped of 2008 4x400m relay silver over doping
Russia's 4x400m relay runners have been stripped of the silver medals they won in the Beijing 2008 Olympics after team member Anastasia Kapachinskaya failed a doping test, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Friday.
Ukraine to send record number of athletes to Rio Paralympics
Ukraine will send a team of 155 athletes, the largest Paralympic squad in the country's history, to the Rio 2016 Paralympics, Sports Minister Igor Zhdanov announced here on Friday.
Russian Paralympic Committee hearing on Rio 2016 ban put back by 24 hours, IPC confirms
The Russian Paralympic Committee's (RPC) appeal against their ban from Rio 2016 will be heard on Monday (August 22), 24 hours later than originally planned, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced on Friday.
President of Irish Olympic Committee jailed in Brazil
The president of the Irish Olympic Committee, Patrick Hickey, was jailed on Friday in Rio de Janeiro for allegedly forming an illegal ring to sell Olympic tickets.
Netizens slam IAAF decision to allow US relay re-run
The US controversially qualified for the women’s 4x100 meter relay final at the Rio Games on Thursday, knocking China out of the last eight, which drew Chinese netizens’ ire and made them question whether the decision to allow them to re-run their qualifying race alone was impartial.
Colombian Pajon defends her Olympic gold in Rio
Colombian cyclist Mariana Pajon won the women's BMX title for the second time at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games here on Friday.
US edge off Spain 82-76 to enter Olympic men's basketball final
The United States edged off Spain 82-76 to enter the final of the men's basketball tournament in the Olympics for the third consecutive time here on Friday.
Olympic women's golf welcomes China Day as Lin makes history, Feng moves to 4th
Two Chinese golfers, Lin Xiyu and Feng Shanshan, both shone on Olympic course in women's third round here on Friday.
China's Liu ends long wait for Olympic glory in 20km walk
Liu Hong's long wait for an Olympic medal ended on Friday when the Chinese world record holder won a thrilling 20km race walk at the Rio Games.
Ireland's retired judge to chair non-statutory inquiry into Olympic ticketing row
Ireland announced on Friday that it will set up a non-statutory inquiry into the Olympic ticketing controversy.
Brazil fines US swimmer 10,800 USD for lying about attack
Brazil's justice system imposed a fine of 35,000 reais (around 10,800 US dollars) on US swimmer James Feigen so that he could leave the country after falsely stating he had been a victim of an armed assault along with three of his other teammates in Rio de Janeiro, local media reported on Friday.