Usain Bolt will race the 200m final on Thursday after comfortably winning his semi-final, but there is no place for American rival Justin Gatlin as he fails to qualify.

Germany set up a mouthwatering men’s Olympic football final against hosts Brazil at the Maracana Stadium on Saturday.

Simone Biles bowed out of her fabulous Olympic debut in Rio with a record-equalling fourth gold, short of the record five she

Neymar scored twice, including the fastest goal in Olympics history, as Brazil coasted into Saturday's gold medal football match with a 6-0 thrashing of Honduras at Rio's iconic Maracana.

"I went down and I was like, 'What's happening, why am I on the ground?' Then suddenly this hand on my shoulder, like 'Get up,

Miriam Nagl of Brazil becomes the first woman in 116 years to hit an Olympic golf shot as competition gets under way at the Rio Games.

Brazilian police arrest top International Olympic Committee member Patrick Hickey over illegal sales of tickets.

Laura Trott crushed the opposition to retain her women's track cycling omnium title and become the first British woman to win

A Brazilian judge orders that US Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte and teammate James Feigen be prevented from leaving Brazil.

Jamaican sprint hurdler Omar McLeod swept to a brilliant gold medal at the Olympics on Tuesday as French pole vaulter

Indonesia's Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir win Olympic gold in the badminton mixed doubles.

The organs from German canoe slalom coach Stefan Henze, who died on Monday from injuries suffered in a taxi accident at the Rio Olympics, have helped save four lives.

A judge in Brazil has issued an order to prevent U.S. swimmers Ryan Lochte and James Feigen from leaving the country on the grounds they gave conflicting accounts of their robbery outside the Rio Games on Sunday, a Brazilian newspaper said on Wednesday.

Europe's International Olympic Committee chief is arrested in Rio de Janeiro over an alleged international Olympic ticket sales scam.

Jamaica unleashes a new sprint sensation as Omar McLeod takes the Rio Olympics 110m hurdles on Tuesday.

Cao Yuan shakes off the pressure of being the only Chinese diver left in the field -- a rarity in Olympic finals -- to deliver China's fifth diving gold medal.

Canada's Derek Drouin overcomes a quality field to add the Olympic high jump crown to his world title after a cliff-hanger of a final in Rio.

Kenya's Faith Kipyegon produces a startling last-lap sprint to outpace favourite Genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia to win the Olympic women's 1500m gold.

US gymnast Simone Biles gets the golden finale she craved in the Rio Olympics with a record-equalling fourth women's crown

Sweden beat Brazil 4-3 in a penalty shootout to reach the final of the women's football tournament at the Rio Olympics.