Rio2016

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: 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...

News Hour: Jemima Sumgong became the first Kenyan to win the women’s Olympic marathon. London marathon winner Sumgong, 31, finished in two hours 24 minutes four seconds to end a run of three straight silvers in...

News Hour: Jamaica’s Usain Bolt won his third back to back Olympic gold medal in the 100 metres with a time of 9.81 seconds on Sunday. Bolt will leave the Olympic stage a triple 100m champion...

News Hour: At the start of 2016, it seemed unlikely that the Puerto Rican would even qualify for the tennis competition in Rio. Yet eight months later, Monica Puig stood on top of the podium after...