Athletics

News Hour: At rio 2016, Elaine Thompson inherited the mantle of world’s fastest woman from fellow jamaican shelly-ann fraser-pryce, as Mo Farah battled back from a fall to retain his 10,000m crown. Fraser-Pryce, who took bronze...

News Hour: Iran’s kianoush rostami broke his own world record to win the men’s 85kg weightlifting at rio 2016 and clinch his country’s first medal of the games. Meanwhile rim-jong-sim opened the democratic people’s republic of...

News Hour: The United States won the men’s 4×100 meters medley relay on Saturday after Ryan Murphy had given them a world record start that propelled Michael Phelps to a 23rd gold medal in his final...

News Hour: Usain Bolt took the first steps towards in his triple title defence campaign on 13 august, as he eased through his 100m heat as the fans turned out in force to see the sport’s...

News Hour: Japan on Friday celebrated gymnast Kohei Uchimura’s all-around gold medal at the Rio Olympics with banner headlines, endless reruns of his final routine, and the sale of commemorative stamps for which hundreds queued in...

News Hour: Lukas Krpalek claimed the Czech Republic’s first ever Olympic judo medal by winning gold in the under-100kg division in Rio on Thursday, reports BSS. Czechoslovakia won a bronze medal at the 1980 Games in...

News Hour: Michael Phelps claimed his second gold medal in one night and the 21st of his career as the United States won the men’s 4×200 meters Olympic freestyle relay on Tuesday, reports Reuters. The most...

News Hour: Usain Bolt waltzed in to sprinkle a bucket of stardust over Rio on Monday, and while there were Samba smiles and dancing girls, the biggest name at the Olympics could not escape the ever-present...

News Hour: Not even the curse of the pommel horse could halt Japan’s march to the men’s team gymnastics title at the Rio Olympics on Monday as China’s eight-year reign as champions came to an end...

News Hour: Glasgow Commonwealth Games silver winner Bangladeshi shooter Abdullah Hel Baki sadly disappointed the home crowds as he finished 25th position and failed to qualify for the final round in shooting event of 10m air...