Rio de Janeiro - Security at the Olympic village has been tightened following the theft of a computer and team shirts from the Australian delegation during a fire evacuation, team officials said Sunday.Australia chef de mission Kitty Chiller told...
The Olympic flame will be lit in Rio de Janeiro on Aug 5 but that and the closing ceremony will be the only events you will be able to watch in Singapore when they happen.When Usain Bolt sprints down...
It is close to dinner time as Joseph Schooling dives into the pool at the South Florida Aquatic Club, just outside of Fort Lauderdale.While one could just about make out the faint growl of hungry stomachs, the quiet is...
RIO DE JANEIRO - Michael Phelps once refused to have a selfie with Olympic refugee swimmer Ramis Anis leaving the Syrian "devastated", Anis' coach said Saturday.Anis, 25 and now based in Belgium, hopes to finally get a picture with...
RIO DE JANEIRO - Russian swimmers Vladimir Morozov and Nikita Lobintsev on Saturday launched the first challenge against International Olympic Committee sanctions excluding them from the Rio Olympics.The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will hold an emergency session...
RIO DE JANEIRO - When Olympic sailors compete in Rio the cameras will show a made-for-television scene of sparkling tropical waters and mountains. Luckily, the billions of viewers won't catch the revolting stink.More than nine million people live in...
Saiyidah Aisyah Rafa'ee wears a symbol of her five-year sporting dream around her neck, in the shape of an Olympic-rings necklace.But the trinket the rower wears today, exactly a week before her dream becomes a reality in Rio de...
PUEBLA, Mexico - Argentina's Olympic football team complained Friday that cash and electronics were stolen from its players' hotel rooms while they were playing a friendly in Mexico.Argentina Football Association (AFA) vice president Claudio Tapia said the theft took...
BERLIN - Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger on Friday announced his retirement from international duty with immediate effect.The 31-year-old Manchester United midfielder won his 120th cap in Germany's 2-0 defeat to France in the semi-finals of Euro 2016.He announced the...
After she suffered a cycling accident in October 2014, doctors told the triathlete that her mobility would be affected and that she might not be able to compete as she used to.But despite being bedridden and then wheelchair-bound, Miss...
