Rio

Brazilian with transplanted heart from German Olympian participates in road race in Rio de Janeiro

Brazil's Ivonette Balthazar's heart was ravaged by smoking, years of stressful work and a heart attack in 2012 registered barely 40 beats a minute

World Badminton Championships 2017: Lin Dan, Lee Chong Wei aim for age-defying performances against youngsters

Lin Dan, a five time champion, and recognised as perhaps the greatest player of all time, will be looking to clinch his sixth title.

IAAF World Athletics Championships 2017 medal tally: Justin Gatlin's 100m gold on Day 2 puts USA on top

Here's a look at the medals tally after Day 2 of IAAF World Athletics Championships 2017.

IAAF World Athletics Championships 2017: Wayde van Niekerk breezes through 400m heats on Day 2

Much is expected of Van Niekerk, the world and Olympic champion who smashed American Michael Johnson's world 400m record when winning gold in Rio last summer in 43.03sec.

IAAF World Championships 2017: Usain Bolt confident of finishing last race with a win

It would be a brave person to bet against Usain Bolt, no matter how sluggish, relatively speaking, his season has been so far.

IAAF World Championships 2017: Usain Bolt, Elaine Thompson to lead strong Jamaican team's charge

The Jamaican team have started their warm-up camp in Birmingham and will aim to improve on the 12 medals secured at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing.

Mo Farah reveals how he got extra motivation to win at Rio Olympics

Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah revealed that he had promised his two kids of bringing back a gold medal each which gave him extra motivation to win

Newsroom Diaries 2016: Covering the biggest sports event in the world – the Olympics

After Dipa Karmakar’s request to return BMW, Tripura govt to repair road near her house

The Tripura government has decided to repair a road near Dipa Karmakar's home following reports that the ace gymnast wants to return the BMW presented to her following her performance at Olympics.

Watch: All that you need to know about the Rio Paralympics 2016

Rio Paralympics 2016 said Monday that 1.5 million tickets had been sold and they hope that all 2.5 million will go.