2016 Olympics
Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps cap era of excellence
Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps towered over the 2016 Rio Games, capping an era of sustained excellence that promises to reverberate through the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and beyond.
Barack Obama calls into question Olympic's host decisions
President Barack Obama has suggested that decisions on who hosts the Olympics are corrupt, in a wide-ranging interview that touched on Chicago's failed 2016 bid.
Here's why medalists don't get flowers at Rio 2016 Olympics
Olympic medalists are traditionally presented flower bouquets as they are awarded up gold, silver or bronze medals on a podium. But this is not happening in the Rio 2016 Olympics in Brazil.
Rio 2016 / Nadal and Murray sail through, Muguruza exits
Garbine Muguruza's post-French Open slump continued when she crashed out of the Olympics while Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal made the third round
Drugs row takes centre stage
Olympics officials promise to push for life bans for dope cheats, echoing calls from Michael Phelps and Michael Johnson as a bitter drugs row engulfed the Rio Games.
Ailing Venus exits Games
Four-time gold medallist Venus Williams, suffering with a virus, slumps to her first ever opening round loss at an Olympic Games
Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps cap era of excellence
Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps towered over the 2016 Rio Games, capping an era of sustained excellence that promises to reverberate through the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and beyond.
Barack Obama calls into question Olympic's host decisions
President Barack Obama has suggested that decisions on who hosts the Olympics are corrupt, in a wide-ranging interview that touched on Chicago's failed 2016 bid.
Here's why medalists don't get flowers at Rio 2016 Olympics
Olympic medalists are traditionally presented flower bouquets as they are awarded up gold, silver or bronze medals on a podium. But this is not happening in the Rio 2016 Olympics in Brazil.
Nadal and Murray sail through, Muguruza exits
Garbine Muguruza's post-French Open slump continued when she crashed out of the Olympics while Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal made the third round
Drugs row takes centre stage
Olympics officials promise to push for life bans for dope cheats, echoing calls from Michael Phelps and Michael Johnson as a bitter drugs row engulfed the Rio Games.
Ailing Venus exits Games
Four-time gold medallist Venus Williams, suffering with a virus, slumps to her first ever opening round loss at an Olympic Games