On Thursday, an American journalist walking with his wife and son on the famed Ipanema beach at around 2 p.m. was mugged by a motorcycle-borne man, who grabbed and took away his waist pouch containing passport and money....
Ethiopian runner Etenesh Diro ran the last 800 meters of her 3000m steeplechase heat with one shoe on and one shoe off, but she was later given a chance to compete in the final at the Rio Olympics....
Elaine Thompson continued Jamaica's Olympic sprint monopoly by winning gold in the women's 100m at the Rio Games....
Michael Phelps won his fifth gold of the Rio Olympics and his 23rd overall as he powered the US team to a win in the 4x100-meter medley relay on Saturday night in what he said was the final race of his career....
Michael Phelps secured a fairytale end to his career as an Olympic athlete as the US continued their dominance in the pool on the final night of swimming at the Rio Games....
A first generation American of Indian origin, Rajeev Ram was a proud and satisfied man after beating India's Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna to enter the mixed doubles tennis final at the Rio Olympics along with partner Venus Williams. The American duo fought back from a set down to win the semi-final 2-6, 6-2, 10-3 in one hour and 17 minutes at t...
Crestfallen after losing in the mixed doubles semi-finals, the Indian tennis duo of Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna are determined to recover from the disappointment and go for the bronze medal at the ongoing Rio Olympics....
Indian shuttlers Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy defeated Hiroyuki Endo and K. Hayakawa of Japan in straight games in a Group D match of the men's doubles competition at the Rio Olympics here....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that India is proud of all of its athletes participating in the Rio Olympics, and urged them not to feel "burdened about the results"....
All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF) president Dmitry Shlyakhtin on Saturday said that long jumper Darya Klishina, country's sole contender at the athletics competition in the Olympic Games, was banned from competing in the Rio Games....
