Fresh from winning Wimbledon for a second time, Andy Murray has been chosen as Team GB's flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics on Friday.more
The Olympic torch will arrive in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday (3 August) on a yacht steered by an elite crew of seven Olympic medal-winning sailors from Brazil, as it heads towards the Maracanã and the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games.more
Well, that's quite the question. It's kicking off at a civilised 20.00 local time, which means midnight on Friday night / Saturday morning if you're following it from the British Isles. We'd guess it'll take about four hours in total. more
Access to Usain Bolt has been scarce for the media desperate to speak with arguably the biggest star of the Rio 2016 Games as he prepares to defend his three Olympic titles.more
The Olympic Games football tournament gets underway in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, two days before the pomp and pageantry of the opening ceremony. There will be a 16-team men's competition and a 12-team women's tournament at the Olympics and, unlike the other events, it will be staged at venues right around the country.more
The Olympics' opening ceremony will represent a slice of life in Brazil, including a mugging scene with supermodel Gisele Bundchen the unlikely victim.more
Four members of the Australian women's water polo team have been placed into quarantine in Rio after being struck down with a virus just days out from the opening ceremony.more
Representing your country at the biggest sporting event in the world is a daunting prospect for any athlete, but for 13-year-old Olympian Gaurika Singh, it pales in comparison with surviving an earthquake in her native Nepal.more
Australian Olympic boss Kitty Chiller crossed paths with brazen Brazilian thieves who stole Zika-protective shirts during a fire evacuation, when a laptop was also stolenmore
"Many athletes have not yet arrived, but I was expecting larger crowds in the Olympic Village" - boxer Igor Jakubowski (91 kg) said. Games in Rio de Janeiro are the first in his career.more
Saudi Arabia will send four women to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, doubling its female participation after two women competed for the first time at the 2012 London Games.more
Rowing Olympic champion Adam Korol said that Poles will win in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro more than 10 medals. "I am convinced that we break this barrier, thanks to athletes and representatives of water sports" - said the former minister of sports.more
With the Summer Olympics less than two weeks away, we're hearing very little talk about which athletes will shine, which records will fall and which nations will win the most medals.more
Around 70 athletes from Russia's Olympic team touched down in Brazil on Friday ahead of next month's games, which start in Rio on August 5. However, hours earlier, the IAAF rejected an appeal from world pole vault record holder Yelena Isinbayeva to compete.more
