Rio 2016 Olympics

Brazil police raids home of country's Olympics chief amid 2016 Games corruption probe

Brazilian officials said on Tuesday that the country's Olympics chief was the "lynchpin" in a plot to bribe the International Olympic Committee to award Rio de Janeiro the 2016 Games.

World Badminton Championships 2017: Making PV Sindhu, Nozomi Okuhara play without breaks was cruel, feels HS Prannoy

Indian ace shuttler HS Prannoy says the umpires could have been lenient given how both PV Sindhu and Nozomi Okuhara were trying to catch their breath.

IAAF World Athletics Championships 2017: Almaz Ayana scripts stunning 10,000m gold victory by 46 seconds

Olympic champion Almaz Ayana of Ethiopia produced an extraordinary display in her first race of the season winning the world 10,000 metres title by almost a minute on Saturday.

FINA World Championships: Caeleb Dressel wants to avoid comparisons with 'greats' Mark Spitz, Michael Phelps

Caeleb Dressel says comparisons with US swim legends Michael Phelps and Mark Spitz are premature even though he stands on the verge of matching their historic feats.

At the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, why the Refugee Team represented a major triumph

At the 2016 Rio summer Olympics, apart from all the stories about sporting prowess, achievement, talent, struggle, victory and loss, the refugee team's was one that was perhaps the most remarkable yet

Rio 2016 gold-medallist Erica Wiebe to participate in Pro Wrestling League

Olympic gold-medallist Erica Wiebe (75kg) has confirmed participation in the Pro Wrestling League's second season.

Three Olympic boxers reprimanded by IOC for betting during Rio 2016

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Wednesday it had handed "severe reprimands" to three boxers for betting on fights at the Rio Games, two of them Irish.

Railway Ministry denies reports on hockey players’ travails, says they didn’t travel on train floor

The Ministry of Railways has reacted to reports of four Indian women's hockey team players being asked to sit on the floor of a train by the TTE.

PV Sindhu in Andhra Pradesh after Telangana celebration, to be felicitated by Chandrababu Naidu

Olympic silver medalist P V Sindhu on Tuesday reached Vijayawada to a grand welcome. She is set to be felicitated by CM N Chandrababu Naidu.

Rio Olympics 2016: Cate Campbell reveals hernia problem, says performances weren't affected

Australia's 100m freestyle world record holder and gold medal hope Cate Campbell went into the Olympics with a painful hernia, a report said Tuesday.