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Rio de Janneiro: Ukrainian Oleg Verniaiev made up for narrowly missing out on the all-around gymnastics title by winning the parallel bars gold at the...

Rio de Janerio: Australia's Tom Burton used a tense pre-start battle on Tuesday to snatch the gold medal from Croatia's Tonci Stipanovic who had led...

Rio de Janeiro: A hat trick from Gonzalo Peillat powered Argentina into the men's Olympic hockey final with a stunning 5-2 upset against defending...

Rio de Janerio: Montenegro put an early end to the medal bid of water polo powerhouse Hungary on Tuesday, clinching a spot in the semifinals in a thrilling...

Rio de Janerio: Ferry Weertman of the Netherlands won the men's marathon swimming event off Rio's Copacabana Beach on Tuesday in a race so close...

Rio de Janerio: One of Joao Havelange's favourite utterances was that when he arrived at FIFA house to take over as president in 1974, he found $20 in...

Rio de Janeiro: Ferry Weertman of the Netherlands won the men's marathon swimming event off Rio's Copacabana Beach on Tuesday in a race so close...

Rio de Janerio: Usain Bolt roused a quiet morning at the Olympic stadium as only he can on Tuesday, remaining firmly on course for his historic 'triple...

Rio de Janeiro: Croatia's Sandra Perkovic flirted with disaster before snatching gold in women's discus on Tuesday, successfully defending her...

Rio de Janerio: Christian Taylor of the United States retained his Olympic men's triple jump title on Tuesday, recording the longest jump of the year to...