AFP, RIO DE JANEIRO: The history-chasing exploits of Usain Bolt will take centre-stage as the Olympic track and field competition begins on Friday with the drug-tarnished sport seeking rebirth after a year of shame. Ten days of competition in Rio de Janeiro's Olympic Stadium get under way with officials…

AFP, BERLIN: Germany's weightlifting coach has called for seven countries currently competing at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games to be banned from international competition -- and named an eighth -- for doping abuse. “Besides Russia and Bulgaria (who are already banned from weightlifting…

AFP, RIO DE JANEIRO: Sought-after starlet Gabriel Barbosa struck twice as Brazil's footballers finally got their Olympic campaign rolling with a 4-0…

Since its inception back in 2003, T20 cricket — the game’s shortest format till date — has had a long walk so far. In these years, cricket has got some really talented cricketers courtesy of the T20 format. While there are some players who have excelled in all formats equally, some…

Shakib Al Hasan returns to Dhaka today after ending his commitment with Jamaica Tallawahs in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).  The Bangladesh ace all-rounder is set to join the practice camp that starts July 22, within a couple of days.  Shakib had had a good outing with Jamaica in this…

AFP, RIO DE JANEIRO: Kohei Uchimura survived a challenge to his gymnastics supremacy on Wednesday sealing a second straight all-around Olympic gold with…

AFP, COLOMBO: Struggling Australia face losing their crown as the world's number one team unless they can prevent a rampant Sri Lanka from completing a series whitewash in the final Test beginning this weekend. Steve Smith, who had an unbeaten record as Test skipper ahead of the three-match series,…

AGENCIES, RIO DE JANEIRO: Kerri Walsh Jennings and her former beach volleyball partner, Misty May-Treanor, are generally considered to be the greatest…

AFP, RIO DE JANEIRO: Three elite police officers protecting Rio's Olympic Games came under fire Wednesday when they made a wrong turn and entered a slum run by drug gangs, authorities said. "They were three officers with the National Force who accidentally went into the Vila do Joao community.…

AFP, RIO DE JANEIRO: Britain’s Jack Laugher and Chris Mears won an upset victory on the Olympic men’s 3m synchronised springboard Wednesday…

AFP, RIO DE JANEIRO: Mashu Baker and Haruka Tachimoto made it a golden double for Japan on Wednesday at the Rio Olympic judo tournament. Four years on…

AFP, RIO DE JANEIRO: Kazakhstan’s Nijat Rahimov smashed the clean and jerk world record by four kilogrammes to stun Chinese superstar Lyu Xiaojun and grab Olympic gold in the men’s 77kg weightlifting in Rio Wednesday. Rahimov lifted 214 kg to add to his snatch score of 165, making a combined…

AFP, RIO DE JANEIRO: China’s Ding Ning won the women’s Olympic table tennis title on Wednesday, beating her team boss Li Xiaoxia to avenge the bitter defeat she suffered to her compatriot in London 2012. Four years after losing the title in acrimonious circumstances when she became embroiled…

“In Kazakhstan, there have been 27 positive doping cases since 2012, in Azerbaijan there have been 24 -- and so it goes on,” said Caruso. “Kazakhstan and Belarus should have been banned (due to the number of doping cases) for a year before the Olympics, but that will only come after…