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2016 RIO OLYMPIC GAMES NEWS, SCHEDULES AND RESULTS

Meet the Olympics team you did NOT know about: Refugees find a home in Paris as athletes get a '1 in 100 million' shot at glory at the Games

22/05/24 16:25

28/06/23 16:13

American gymnastics sensation Simone Biles is set to return to elite competition, two years after she opted to take a 'mental health break' in the wake of her struggles at the Tokyo Olympics.

06/07/21 16:11

That chastening night in Belo Horizonte against Joachim Low's eventual world champions saw Brazil's hopes of a sixth World Cup crown crumble to the ground in spectacular fashion.

09/04/21 16:49

The 34-year-old, who gave birth to twins last year, is trying for the Great Britain team for this year's Games - and led throughout at the European Championships in her first race for five years

15/03/21 09:50

Smoked salmon factory owner Lance Forman's ambition of making £1million a day during the 2012 Games from his prime site is less of a fantasy now.

25/06/20 00:41

Researchers have urged Olympic and Paralympic funders to reconsider their approach after finding that 16 of the 23 sports which Team GB competed in at Rio 2016 saw all-white athletes selected.

31/12/19 09:35

KIERAN JACKSON: As we enter a new decade, does 2019 take the crown of 'British best' in the 21st century so far? 2012, and the rip-roaring stories that accompanied the Olympics would say otherwise.

18/11/19 20:16

The stunning manner of Anthony Joshua's first career defeat - a bout in which he was knocked down four times - prompted fans and pundits to scrutinise revered trainer Rob McCracken.

06/11/19 07:48

Nicola Adams, the two-time Olympic champion and current WBO flyweight world champion, has announced her retirement from boxing at the age of 37.

31/10/19 10:01

Decorted Olympian Pete Reed has revealed the heartbreaking news this week that he has been left paralysed from the chest down, after suffering a very rare spinal stroke.

23/09/18 07:34

Singles wins for Alexander Zverev and Roger Federer - over John Isner and Nick Kyrgios respectively - earlier in the day had Team Europe firmly in control, as they took a 7-1 lead before the evening.

07/09/18 16:51

Germany's Olympic and world sprint cycling champion Kristina Vogel has been paralysed following a serious crash in training in June, she told a German magazine in an interview.

13/06/18 16:37

Greg Rutherford announced his retirement from athletics and decision to switch to track cycling after a problem with his left ankle resulted in the Olympic long jumper being in persistent pain.

28/04/18 22:38

Gabriel Jesus will always have a reminder of his role in winning the Premier League title, as his winner’s medal will not be leaving his side. ‘There are some medals I have with me wherever I go.’

16/11/17 19:04

After pulling out of international duty, Kane, Alli and Winks all returned to training with their team-mates much to the delight of Tottenham fans ahead of Saturday's North London derby.

05/10/17 18:17

Equatorial Guinea narrowly missed out on one of Africa's two slots for the Rio 2016 football tournament after they were beaten 1-0 by South Africa over a two-legged tie.

26/09/17 18:59

The deeply-embarrassing news for the French anti-doping agency centre at Chatenay-Malabry comes only two weeks after Paris was named as the host of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

05/09/17 22:30

MATT LAWTON: A joint investigation by Brazilian and French authorities has led to the home of Brazilian Olympic Committee president Carlos Nuzman being raided.

17/08/17 13:05

James won two gold and bronze medals at the 2013 Track Cycling World Championships in Belarus, but preparations for Rio were disrupted by a knee injury and cancer scare.

07/08/17 00:05

Pole vaulter Holly Bradshaw declared herself 'heartbroken' after falling short in the final. Bradshaw needed to clear the bar at 4.75m on her final jump to stand a chance of a podium finish.

23/04/17 22:33

MATT LAWTON - EXCLUSIVE: As Sportsmail revealed last month, their inclusion in the first post-Rio squad was under review with Laura now expecting their first child.

23/03/17 22:32

MARTHA KELNER: The bullying crisis in British sport has spread to Paralympic swimming with even a claim that it was infected by a culture of fear.

23/02/17 11:32

Budapest's hopes of springing a surprise in the race to host the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics are over after the Hungarian government said 'the only responsible decision' was to pull out.

15/02/17 08:56

For Katie Archibald, what happened next was foremost in her mind even before her dream summer at the Rio Olympics. Four national gold medals recently suggest she needn't have worried.

14/02/17 22:30

MARTIN SAMUEL: At the age of 34, to score 14 goals in 24 league games, as Defoe has done this season, is exceptional. To do so playing for the worst team in the league beggars belief.

10/02/17 10:17

Rio de Janeiro pulled off last year's Olympics, keeping crime at bay and fending off dire forecasts of corruption, environmental degradation, and cost overruns.

01/02/17 20:59

Nicola Adams endured sleepless nights before deciding to join the paid ranks and not pursue an historic third gold medal at Tokyo 2020, although she has not completely ruled out the prospect.

28/01/17 00:09

Bolt won his third 'treble-treble' at the Summer Games in Brazil but that is now back down to two trebles and the 2008 double. Understandably the fastest man on the planet is upset.

27/01/17 19:33

It will be more than eight years late arriving, and it's bronze but none of this matters one bit to the Brazilian, who takes the medal after Nesta Carter's positive drugs test led to Jamaican disqualification.

18/01/17 12:19

Olympic sprinter James Ellington says he and Nigel Levine do not know how lucky they are to be alive after the pair were involved in a head-on motorbike accident while on a training camp in Tenerife.

04/01/17 17:40

Two-time Olympic decathlon champion Ashton Eaton announced his retirement on Wednesday, saying he had given everything he could to the sport.

04/01/17 00:51

Olympic gold medallist Jack Laugher claims seeing coach Adrian Hinchcliffe leave to join Australia's diving team is a 'massive insult'.

19/12/16 22:02

MARTHA KELNER: Brownlee finished second behind Andy Murray, receiving more than twice the number of votes of fourth-placed Farah, who defended both his Olympic distance titles in Rio.

18/12/16 21:05

Odds-on favourite Andy Murray became the first three-time winner of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award when the 2016 ceremony took place in Birmingham on Sunday night.

18/12/16 15:22

Michael Phelps will receive the BBC Sports Personality lifetime achievement award on Sunday after capping his career with five Olympic golds in Rio.

13/12/16 22:32

MIKE DICKSON - IAN WOOLDRIDGE AWARD 2016: Maddie Hinch has been in demand ever since her heroics at the Olympics made the British hockey team part of the nation's gold rush.

09/12/16 22:31

Charlie Maddock stunned reigning Olympic champion Sohui Kim of Korea to win the -49kg title at the World Grand Prix finals in Baku on Friday.

09/12/16 22:30

A nightmare year for British Cycling off the track has continued as its funding was slashed by UK Sport and they were warned of further cuts if they do not get their house in order.

21/11/16 17:48

Laura Kenny (formerly Trott) will race in the Revolution Cycling Champions League at the Lee Valley VeloPark in London, formerly the Olympic Velodrome, on December 2 and 3.

19/11/16 10:38

He may have won three Olympic golds at the Rio Games but Usain Bolt has revealed he came close to not even competing in any of the events. In April he thought about quitting the sport altogether.

15/11/16 22:33

CHARLES SALE: Keegan, who is revered at Anfield as one of their greatest players, is now being used on a regular basis for commercial duties with sponsors and for other matchday activities.

08/11/16 22:30

MARTHA KELNER EXCLUSIVE: Alistair's rescue of Jonny at the Triathlon World Series finale in Mexico a few weeks after the Olympics pitchforked the brothers to a new kind of fame.

04/11/16 00:12

The Scot, one of the main draws at the three-day UCI Track Cycling World Cup event starting at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome on Friday night, freely admits that a degree of normality has skewed her existence.

27/10/16 16:03

The golden boy of British swimming now has a 24k gold plated iPhone to go with his Rio gold medal. The breaststroke star posed with his new gadget which is also kitted out in black crocodile leather.

20/10/16 12:41

Maddie Hinch saved all-four of Holland's penalties to help her side claim gold in Brazil, but was faced with a completely different challenge when she took on three of Leicester's Premier League winners.

18/10/16 18:06

After waiting to celebrate with her team-mates at back-to-back parties in Manchester and London on Monday and Tuesday, she almost didn’t make it due to a cancelled flight at Amsterdam's airport.

15/10/16 12:19

US star Hope Solo revealed that she apologised for calling Sweden 'a bunch of cowards' at Rio, as she attempted to explain what transpired in the aftermath of the quarter-final tie.

13/10/16 09:36

Track and field icon Jessica Ennis-Hill, who won heptathlon gold for Great Britain at the London 2012 Olympics, has retired from athletics. The 30-year-old had hinted at retirement after Rio 2016.

28/09/16 15:41

The trio have escaped without bans, instead being ordered to take part in 'integrity education programmes'. The BOA and OCI have also been slapped for failing to educate their athletes.

26/09/16 19:20

EXCLUSIVE: Skateboarding is heading for Tokyo 2020, where competitors will attempt to kickflip, grind and ollie their way to gold and no-one is more excited to than US pro, Theotis Beasley.

16/09/16 15:42

Mo Farah has insisted he has 'no concerns' about Russian hackers' potential release of medical records which show he has received a past medical exemption for a banned substance.

14/09/16 22:34

The mastermind behind British hockey's golden summer, Danny Kerry, believes there will be many changes to Team GB's women's hockey squad when Tokyo 2020 comes around.

13/09/16 16:43

Georgina Hermitage won her second gold of the Rio Paralympics on Tuesday. The 27-year-old from Alton, Hampshire added the T37 400 metres Paralympic title to her world crowns.

12/09/16 12:14

Patrick Hickey, former head of the European Olympic Committee vows to fight ticket touting charges against him. Hickey is accused of running ticket-scalping ring at the Rio Olympics.

08/09/16 00:15

Jonnie Peacock is determined to mount a strong defence of his Paralympic title on Friday night in one of the most eagerly anticipated events of the Rio Games.

07/09/16 22:31

Former ParalympicsGB wheelchair rugby captain Steve Brown, who is presenting coverage of the Games from Rio for Channel 4, picks out the stars to watch in Brazil.

07/09/16 22:31

MARTHA KELNER IN RIO: It is 19 days since Sir Philip Craven, head of the International Paralympic Committee, was forced to hold a press conference to confirm these Games would even go ahead.

06/09/16 23:05

Disappointment in London has niggled in the mind of rower Tom Aggar ahead of Rio. Aggar won Paralympic gold in 2008 and was unbeaten for four years heading into London 2012.

06/09/16 17:16

Ten-time Paralympic champion Lee Pearson has been named as Great Britain's flag bearer for Wednesday's opening ceremony of the XV Games in Rio.

05/09/16 16:25

CHRIS MEARS: I'd done so many interviews that I hadn't had a chance to think about what it really meant. After getting back from Rio, I did press and media for 48 hours then flew straight out to LA.

05/09/16 16:02

Once the medals started coming in I wanted to be that person to stand on the podium – the success of the others really spurred me on. For every member of the track team to win a medal was unbelievable.

30/08/16 13:02

Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge has used the ongoing international break to hang out with Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt - and plug his new clothing brand in the process.

29/08/16 22:33

I’m not fussed about British titles or being the best in the UK. We’re talking world and Olympic titles, major honours and world records. Opportunity and longevity come into this, too.

29/08/16 13:20

Fiji rugby sevens coach Ben Ryan has been handed his own piece of paradise as a reward for the Pacific nation's gold medal success at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

28/08/16 22:30

MARTIN SAMUEL: Italy were the big winners in the latest Champions League carve-up. Mediocre, over-rated, entitled Italy. The fact the biggest leagues get four guaranteed entries was a lottery win.

28/08/16 00:48

Laura Muir set a new British women's 1500m record at the Diamond League meeting in Paris. The Scot said 'the race was amazing' and she 'couldn't believe the time'.

27/08/16 22:30

SAM CUNNINGHAM: Adam Peaty looks like he has been enjoying himself. Not Ryan-Lochte-detained-at-the-airport-enjoying-himself, but his eyes are tired and his voice is hoarse.

24/08/16 22:30

Rory McIlroy made plenty of headlines when he said he wouldn't be tuning in to watch. The four-time major winner changed his mind after a weekend spent in a cabin owned by his prospective in-laws.

24/08/16 16:35

Adam Peaty, Team GB’s breaststroke specialist, smashed the 100m world record in both his heat and the final to win gold, before adding to his medal haul with silver in the 4x100m medley relay.

24/08/16 07:23

GORDON REID: When news came out Rio 2016 was struggling with the Olympic budget and had started tapping into the Paralympic budget to make up the shortfall, it raised eyebrows.

24/08/16 00:45

Mark England revealed Andy Murray, who defended his Olympic gold medal from London 2012 out in Rio, gave an inspirational team talk on the eve of the opening ceremony.

23/08/16 23:29

'The lovely thing is the London Games were undoubtedly a huge inspiration for the nation and I think we all felt that it couldn't be replicated again, it was a once in a lifetime moment,' she said.

23/08/16 22:32

NIK SIMON: So successful was Team GB's golden fortnight in Rio that there were not enough first-class seats on the flight home for Maddie Hinch and her Olympic hockey heroes.

23/08/16 18:23

Brownlee, who held off the challenge from his younger brother Jonny, 26, in Rio to claim his second title in as many Games, will be 32 at the time of the next Olympics but he still intends to challenge.

23/08/16 15:45

Breaststroke specialist Peaty was crowned Prince of the Pool when he smashed the 100m world record, before adding to his haul in Rio with silver in the 4x100m medley relay.

23/08/16 10:45

Great Britain's record-breaking Olympians landed back home on Tuesday morning and followed a rendition of God Save the Queen by belting out the Will Grigg chant on the plane.

23/08/16 09:19

Four-time Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah does not believe he'll ever finish in the top three for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. The 33-year-old is one of this year's main contenders.

22/08/16 22:35

DALEY THOMPSON: You want to be the greatest ever and that means setting a world record. That's what we all aspire to: to write the history of our sport. So of course Mo needs a world record.

22/08/16 22:35

Our team in Rio relive the excitement of the Olympics, picking out their stars of the Games for Team GB and those to watch when the spectacle moves on to Tokyo in four years' time

22/08/16 22:32

CHARLES SALE: The British Olympic Association’s first priority after their record-breaking Games in Rio will be to secure sponsorship to help pay for their Tokyo 2020 challenge.

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