Rio2016

News Hour: Three world and Olympic records fell and an Olympic champion was deposed on the final night of the Rio 2016 weightlifting tournament on 16 august. Lasha Talakhadze of Georgia took the men’s +105kg gold...

News Hour: Omar Mcleod took Jamaica’s excellence in the sprints to a new level when he clinched his country’s first-ever Olympic gold medal in the men’s 110m hurdles. The 22-year-old, the only man to clock below...

News Hour: Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina maintained Russia’s long unbeaten record in the Olympic synchronised swimming duet competition, outscoring their Chinese and Japanese rivals to retain the title they won at London 2012 and extend...

News Hour: Rio native Thiago Da Silva improved his personal best by 10cm to set a new Olympic record and win Brazil’s first athletics gold since 1984. Thiago da Silva, a silver medallist at the Youth...

News Hour: A gaggle of mermaids made a splash on the sandy shores of Rio de Janeiro’s Ipanema Beach on Saturday (August 14) night at a party celebrating diversity organized at the Danish Pavilion. The record...

News Hour: Sanne Wevers gave the performance of her life to outscore hot favourite Simone Biles, who was chasing her fourth gold medal in Rio Olympic 2016. The Dutchwoman caused a huge upset when she thwarted...

News Hour: Eleftherios Petrounias triumphed in rings with a score of 16.000, while Ri Se-Gwang took vault gold despite a stumble. Eleftherios Petrounias showed off his superior power in the Olympic gymnastics strongman event as he...

News Hour: Nobody was going to steal the show from Usain Bbolt’s 100m title defense on day nine of Rio 2016 but wayde van niekerk’s remarkable record-breaking triumph in the men’s 400m came close and suggested...

News Hour: Darren Bravo of the West Indies and India’s Rohit Sharma have both been fined 15 per cent of their respective match fee for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the final day’s play...

News Hour: On the final day of the Rio 2016 tennis tournament, Russia’s Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina beat swiss duo Martina Hingis and Timea Bacsinszky to win gold in the women’s doubles. Meanwhile, American pair...