Rio Games | A forgiving public embraces fewer gold medals

In a country long focused on bringing home as many Olympic gold medals as possible, this year’s haul isn’t what China expected. When China’s 416-athlete delegation set off for Rio, state

Olympics 2016 | The good, the bad and the ugly of the Rio Games

Michael Phelps won more medals than anyone else, again. And then he said farewell, also again. Usain Bolt kissed the finish line goodbye after enhancing his Olympic legacy. Simone Biles

Selecting six numbers turned Britain into Olympic superpower

The path to the Olympic podium for British athletes begins with the selection of six numbers. Every time a Briton fills in a lottery slip and hands over two pounds

MMA at the Cotai Arena| ONE Championship attracts 8,000 fans

MIXED martial arts (MMA) promoters ONE Championship attracted some 8,000 fans to The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Arena earlier this month, making it one of the biggest MMA events the region

Sports Bureau says eGaming recognition not on the horizon

In response to a Times’ enquiry last week on the possibility of recognizing electronic gaming (eGaming or eSports) as an official sport in the MSAR, the Sports Bureau (ID) has

Rio Olympics | Neymar, Brazil come out blazing in Olympic soccer semifinals

Maybe Neymar and his teammates can make the Olympics a success for Brazil after all. Brazil’s celebrated men’s soccer team rolled to a 6-0 win over Honduras in the semifinals

India set for worst performance since 1992

Months ahead of the Rio Games, Indian sports officials vowed that the massive nation would turn around its long history of dismal Olympic results and be proud of its athletes. Steeplechase.

‘Awesome Hour’ on the track as US captures six Olympic medals

Tianna Bartoletta kicked off her country’s whirlwind run of medals on the night. So, by all rights, she should get to name it. Fittingly, the newly crowned Olympic long jump

Irish Olympic executive arrested in ticket scheme

A senior Olympic executive from Ireland was arrested and taken to the hospital on Wednesday after police raided his beachfront hotel as part of an investigation into the illegal sale

Rio Olympics | China’s ‘mudslides’ inject personality into once-staid team

Lovesick. Goofy. Flamboyant. Not usually words you’d associate with China’s Olympic team. In Rio, however, a new generation of Chinese Olympians are breaking the mold and shaking up social media. There’s

Rio Olympics | Four on the floor for Simone Biles; Bolt coasts in 200 heat

Josh Hoffner Simone Biles closed her Rio Games with more gymnastics gold. Usain Bolt breezed through another sprint as he makes a run at one final Olympic title in his favorite

Mark Cavendish at long last gets Olympic cycling medal

Mark Cavendish has triumphed in 30 stages of the Tour de France, won road racing’s world title and captured dozens of other important races to become one of Britain’s most

Rio Olympics | Time, effort and money help South Korea rule obscure sports

South Korea’s women won the Olympic team archery title — for the eighth time in a row. Jin Jong-oh, meanwhile, took gold in the men’s 50-meter pistol in Rio de

The ‘other Olympics’ are far from beach and tourist spots

The roads of the Deodoro twist and turn through residential areas, past markets where locals eat lunch outside and parks where children fly paper kites. Grassy hills frame the region to

Joao Havelange, ex-president of FIFA, dies at age 100

Joao Havelange, whose two-decade presidency of FIFA saw soccer’s governing body transformed into a multibillion dollar business and a hotbed for subsequent corruption that damaged its reputation, has died. He

Rio | Bolt shines bright, wins another gold in Olympic 100

Usain Bolt sauntered onto the track, stretched out his arms and waved his hands, signaling for more applause. He knew exactly how this night was going to go. The sprinter-turned-showman’s swan

Rio Olympics | South African Van Niekerk shatters 17-year-old record

Exploding out of the blocks in lane eight, Wayde van Niekerk didn’t see another runner during the entire Olympic 400-meter final. He didn’t need to. It was just him against

Rio Olympics | Jolting start for track: Ethiopian shatters 10,000 record

What track and field really needed was a Usain Bolt-like jolt to steer the conversation from the endless string of crime, punishment and doping that nearly sank the sport over

Rio still struggles with litany of problems through first week

Rows of empty seats, green water, controlled explosions, stray bullets, the killing of a young policeman in a favela, muggings of team officials, an attack on a media bus, spotty

Briefs | US landmark arrives 1,000 Summer Olympic gold medals

When Simone Manuel touched the wall to clinch a gold medal Saturday night, it was a moment 120 years in the making. The U.S. women’s 4x100-meter medley relay team of

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