The cases for the medals of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games have been designed in the shape of seeds, symbolising the courage, perseverance and development of Paralympic athletes. The seeds form an ...

He finished with four gold, three silver and two bronze medals. Despite initial slow ticket sales, the Games attracted 2.15 million spectators making Rio 2016 the second biggest Games in terms of ...

Alejandro Garnacho delivers BRUTAL response to YouTuber who gave him three bits of advice to improve his game ahead of Man United's win over PAOK Is this the worst kick-off routine EVER? FC ...

Time for questions and the first is for Torihara. There’s been no gold medals for Japan here in Rio. How does he intend to make improvements? "This was unexpected on our part," he says. "It is ...

Hello and welcome to day three of competition at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. It's another hectic schedule today with 48 gold medals to be won across seven sports: athletics, track cycling ...

Many countries have never earned one; more than 70 of them have never won a medal in the Summer Olympics. Two (South Sudan and Kosovo) have not yet participated, but will have their debut in Rio ...

for which it will have to top the six medals from London 2012. Rio Olympics 2016: Britain’s Nicola Adams first woman to retain Olympic boxing title Flame extinguished & International Olympic ...

Instead, the two agreed to share the gold medal, and the ensuing scene has since become one of the Games' indelible moments. Barshim, who won bronze in the high jump at London 2012 and Rio 2016, stood ...

Griggs, from Newmills in Tyrone, clocked 13 minutes and 44 seconds at the Victoria Park edition of the weekly 5km event, ...

South Korea bagged two bronze medals -- in badminton and taekwondo -- on the 13th day of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. In ...

In seeking to host the Summer Olympics, Brazil promised “green games for a blue planet.” It pledged to clean up waterways around future Olympic sites, including a lagoon in front of the ...