Rio2016

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: U.S. Football team goalkeeper Hope Solo called Sweden “a bunch of cowards” after they knocked the United States out of the Olympic women’s football tournament on penalties on Friday. “I think we showed a...

News Hour: The great American swimmer Michael Phelps made that abundantly clear on Friday after winning the 27th Olympic medal of his career, a three-way dead-heat silver in the men’s 100 meters butterfly, reports Reuters. “No,”...

News Hour: Patrick Bordier, physiotherapist with the French national tennis team since 2014, collapsed and died in Rio on Friday, the president of France’s Olympic Committee (CNOSF) said, reports BSS. “Patrick Bordier died suddenly this afternoon,”...

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: Police arrested two people on Thursday suspected of supporting Islamic State in planning a possible attack during the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, reports Reuters. Police had arrested 12 people before Thursday’s operation,...

News Hour: United States’s Michael Phelps won the Olympic 200 meters individual medley on Thursday to capture the 22nd olympic gold medal of his career and become the first swimmer to win the same event at...