Tag: Rio 2016
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Rio Olympics | Ibtihaj Muhammad makes US history, wears hijab in Olympics
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 ... -
Gymnast kicked off the Netherlands’ team
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. ... -
Rio Olympics | Australian, Chinese swim officials tangle amid doping feud
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 ... -
Briefs | Brazil disappoints again in men’s football
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 ... -
Rio Olympics | Cycling course leaves riders bloodied, broken
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 ... -
Olympics – Weightlifting | Thailand’s Sopita Tanasan wins 48kg gold in event debut
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 ... -
Olympics | You’re in! Five new sports make Tokyo 2020 cut
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 ... -
Rio – The latest | Solo says not bothered by ‘Zika, Zika’ chants
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 ...
