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Nothing is ever easy for the rival Koreas, even that most ubiquitous and usually innocent of Olympic interactions, the selfie. Like dozens of athletes at the Rio de Janeiro Games, gymnasts Hong Un
Green, not gold, was the color of the day at the Olympic diving venue. Sure, China won its third consecutive gold medal yesterday, but the buzz was about the color of
T he first Olympic rugby gold medal in 92 years has gone to a group of Australian women that includes a mechanic, an elite former sprinter and a 21-year-old newcomer who has
Felistas Muzongondi used to be a house cleaner. She’s now an office clerk for a sugar manufacturer, and also the captain of the Zimbabwe women’s football team at the Olympics. If
The "Usain Bolt Variety Hour" hit Brazil, big time, on Monday. The closing number said it all: After talking about life, sprinting and the Olympics — and yes, Bolt insisted
American Ibtihaj Muhammad looked like all the other fencers when she stepped on the piste, save for the non-descript black scarf covering her head. With that small gesture, Muhammad made history. Muhammad became the first American athlete
Dutch gymnast Yuri van Gelder has been kicked off the Netherlands’ team at the Olympics and is being sent home from Rio for breaching team rules. The Royal Netherlands Gymnastics Association
They’ve hired the two most coveted coaches in world football. Their spending on new players this offseason has just shattered the USD300-million barrier. Their stated aim is to win the
Swimming officials from Australia and China are jumping into the fray as a feud over doping between swimmers Mack Horton and Sun Yang keeps boiling over at the Rio Olympics. The
The nerves were there. Unmistakable. Unavoidable. Standing in the darkened tunnel before entering Rio Olympic Arena yesterday , the U.S. women’s gymnastics team felt the pressure that comes not from
Disappointed yet again, the Brazilian fans jeered their own team and saved their applause for Iraq. Brazil, which has never won the Olympic gold medal in men's soccer, failed to
After a series of spills in the men’s Olympic road race left cyclists with broken bones and bloody road rash, it seemed as if the women’s race Sunday was going
Hoang Xuan Vinh heard the cheers. The Brazilian fans wanted a Brazilian to win Olympic gold and let Felipe Almeida Wu know it with every shot. They could chant “Wu!” all
In her Olympic debut, Sopita Tanasan came away with gold. The Thailand native won the women’s 48-kilogram category Saturday in the first weightlifting event at the Rio de Janeiro Games. Tanasan snatched
Baseball and softball are returning to the Olympics in 2020, while skateboarding, surfing, karate and sport climbing are joining the games for the first time. The IOC approved the addition of
The latest from the Rio Olimpic games: – American football goalkeeper Hope Solo says she was not bothered by fans who chanted “Zika, Zika” at her as the U.S. women’s team
Peter Prengaman, Rio de Janeiro For months, fears about the Rio de Janeiro Olympics have been hogging the spotlight. There are concerns about safety amid a surge of murders in Rio and
New Zealand motor racing driver Chris Amon, who was considered one of the best Formula One drivers of his generation, has died aged 73, his family said yesterday. The cause
On a recent sunny morning in northern Afghanistan, excited children and bemused policemen lined the banks of a fast-flowing river to watch a group of Europeans in multicolored kayaks navigate
Manchester City took its offseason spending close to USD100 million under coach Pep Guardiola by signing Germany winger Leroy Sane from Schalke yesterday. The 20-year-old Sane joined City for a reported
Just days ahead of the Olympic Games the waterways of Rio de Janeiro are as filthy as ever, contaminated with raw human sewage teeming with dangerous viruses and bacteria, according
A total of 270 contestants submitted their entries for the “Precious Moments in Macau” 2016 Photography Competition, which is co-organized each year by the Government Information Bureau (GCS) together with
Since he coasted to the 100-meter finish line in world-record time at the Bird’s Nest eight years ago, Usain Bolt has been the smiling face of track and field. He
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton surged into the lead at the start of the German Grand Prix yesterday and held on to win the last race before the summer break and
Rafaela Silva hoped to get an Olympic gold medal four years ago in London. Instead she got racial abuse. Disqualified in her Olympic judo match and eliminated from the chance
A depleted Russian team departed for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro yesterday, missing dozens of athletes who were excluded amid the country’s doping scandal. Team members left on a charter
Sam Wheeler, a renowned land speed motorcycle racer, is dead after the high-performance bike he was testing at Utah’s famed Bonneville Salt Flats fish-tailed, went airborne and crashed at 200
Russian President Vladimir Putin hit out at “discrimination” against the country’s banned track and field athletes at a Kremlin send-off ceremony yesterday for its depleted Olympic team. Fencers became the latest
Facing a deficit of 86 runs, Sri Lanka reached 6-1 in its second innings in the first test against Australia before persistent rain brought play to an early close yesterday. Australia
Ferrari’s technical director James Allison has left the team in what was described as a joint decision following a disappointing first half of the Formula One season during which Ferrari
Better late than never for the Australian women’s eights rowing team at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, even if they’ll have to borrow a boat and oars. The Australian women’s crew
Whistleblower Yulia Stepanova’s hopes of competing in the Summer Olympics are all but over. Her fight to expose doping and corruption is not. “It’s OK to lose a good fight,” Stepanova’s
Olympic champion Alexander Dyachenko and four other Russian canoeists have been barred from competing at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after being named in a recent report alleging a state-sponsored
Chris Froome’s superiority at the Tour de France was under threat for only a brief moment. A few minutes of suspense over 21 days of racing shed a light on Team Sky’s dominance
When he’s not chanting and living the austere life of a Buddhist priest, Kazuki Yazawa contemplates Olympic gold. The 27-year-old Yazawa will represent Japan in canoe slalom at the Rio de
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